My Sports News Digest

Approaching the 2011-12 NFL season’s opening weekend, the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots are definitely the odds on favorites to take the Super Bowl. Accourding to the Super Bowl odds released at LinesMaker (BetLM.eu), the betting line for the Packers is presently at 5-1 to win the NFL championship while Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are presently listed at 9-2.

Other credible contenders include the Philadelphia Eagles and Steelers. BetLM has the Super Bowl betting line at 10-1 for each teams. Also worth considering at 10-1, include the Chargers who are currently shown at 10-1 to win the big prize.

Browse the full Super Bowl line listings below for all teams and vist BetLM for free real-time super bowl lines all year.

Arizona Cardinals 40/1
Atlanta Falcons 15/1
Baltimore Ravens 15/1
Buffalo Bills 150/1
Carolina Panthers 200/1
Chicago Bears 30/1
Cincinnati Bengals 200/1
Cleveland Browns 60/1
Dallas Cowboys 15/1
Denver Broncos 75/1
Detroit Lions 20/1
Green Bay Packers 5/1
Houston Texans 20/1
Indianapolis Colts 25/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 100/1
Kansas City Chiefs 30/1
Miami Dolphins 60/1
Minnesota Vikings 40/1
New England Patriots 9/2
New Orleans Saints 12/1
New York Giants 30/1
New York Jets 12/1
Oakland Raiders 75/1
Philadelphia Eagles 8/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 8/1
San Diego Chargers 10/1
San Francisco 49ers 60/1
Seattle Seahawks 80/1
St Louis Rams 35/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30/1
Tampa Bay Buccanneers 30/1
Tennessee Titans 100/1
Washington Redskins 100/1

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With help from LeBron James’ fourth quarter heroics, the Cavaliers clinched the NBA’s Central Division title on Wednesday night.

LeBron James has beaten Magic Johnson’s record becoming the third player to have 49 games or more with 30 plus points, eight-plus rebounds and eight plus assists. He had 32 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Cavaliers on Wednesday. LeBron is 1/10 favorite for regular season MVP. The 99 – 94 victory against the Indiana Pacers was the second straight outright NBA Division win for Cleveland (54-15). They are the first team to claim a division title this season.

The Pacers have not had a good week faltering in the last few minutes against both Cleveland and Milwaukee. They have lost 13 of their last 17 games, including nine straight on the road.

The game was close with four minutes, seven seconds left when the Pacers had closed to within one (88-87).  James showed his true power and athletic skills to put it away for the Cavaliers. They and the Lakers have odds of 7/5 to win the NBA Championship at LInesMaker and 1/3 to win the Eastern Conference.

The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-1 on Wednesday night. Earlier the same day it was revealed Texas manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine, amazingly this news seemed to have a positive affect on the team’s game.

Washington admitted how “stupid and shameful” his actions were luckily his team did not follow suit.  The Rangers scored eight times in the early innings; Neslon Cruz hit two home runs Josh Hamilton and Chris Davis added solo homers for the Rangers and righty Scott Feldman gave them four stellar innings.

Seattle pitcher Cliff Lee made his highly anticipated debut only to be suspended for the first five games of the regular season for throwing over the head of a hitter. Ian Snell felt the impact of the Mariners slugging allowing six hits and three runs in four innings, striking out five but allowing four home runs including Cruz and Hamilton. He feels he is still learning and wants to improve on his bullpen and side work.

The World Series is still a long way off but after this week’s events we’ll see how the Rangers fair and how the Mariners improve.  Both teams have odds at LinesMaker of 25/1 to win the World Series.

It’s a great time to be a sports fan.

There is no avoiding the madness this weekend! The NCAA tournament first round slams into action this Thursday, March 18^th.  You have until 10.59 AM EST that day to complete your March Madness Brackets. All you die hards hoop fans can check out all the March Madness betting odds at LinesMaker.

The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is back in action after a week off and heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500. LinesMaker has favored Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin with odds of 7/1 to win. Bristol is a track that demands skill and concentration promising high-octane excitement for drivers, spectators and bettors alike.

For those like prefer to take things a little more slowly the PGA Transition Championship commences on Thursday at Palm Harbor, Florida. No. 2 ranked Steve Stricker is 15/1 favorite to win but he’s up against a very competitive field including Padraig Harrington (20/1), Ian Poulter (25/1), and Vijay Singh (25/1).

After the completion of the conference tournaments on Sunday the Kansas Jayhawks are the top No. 1 seed and the NCAA committee’s 65-team bracket is complete.

Three other teams that won their conferences making the No 1 seed spots are Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse. As America’s biggest office pool commences today you can make your picks in the LinesMaker’s free Bracket Buster Contest with $112,000 in prize money up for grabs.  The opening round starts in Tuesday with Arkansas-Pine Buff and Winthrop and the tournament will be in full swing on Thursday.

In the conferences the Big East has brought eight teams to the tournament for the third time, the Big 12 has seven and only two from the ailing Pac-10.  For the first time since 1966 five of the big-name school did not make the tournament – UCLA, Indiana, Connecticut and Arizona defending titleholders North Carolina.

Favorites Kansas (32-2), with odds of 2/1 at LinesMaker to win the NCAA tournament, open on Thursday against No.16 Lehigh in the Midwest regional.  Other first-round games in the Midwest are: No. 8 UNLV vs. No. 9 Northern Iowa; No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 New Mexico State; No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Houston; No. 2 Ohio State against No. 15 UC-Santa Barbara; No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Georgia Tech; No. 3 Georgetown vs. No. 14 Ohio; and No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 11 San Diego State.

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The Dallas Stars were shining when they beat Washington on Monday.  Unfortunately, they could not repeat their great shoot-out performance when they met the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.

Buffalo’s rookie Tyler Myers scored 55 seconds into the game and had three assists, but it was Thomas Vanek’s goal in the second period that sealed the Sabres a 5-3 victory over the Stars (29-25-12).  The teams were tied at three after the first 20 minutes but Buffalo dominated the final two periods as the Stars could only manage to get six shots on Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller, who finished with 17 saves. This was the Sabres third straight win.

Coming out of the Olympic break the Stars have lost four of five important games and now the Western Conference play-off slot seems to be slipping away. Dallas has odds of 40 to 1 to win the conference at LinesMaker and now remain 5 points behind eight-place Calgary with odds of 30 to 1 and have no games in hand.

As the college basketball pace picks up this week in the conference tournament, here’s a round up of how the top ranked teams are performing.

No. 1 Syracuse was knocked from the top spot when they lost to the Cardinals at Louisville on Saturday. They had spent five days at the top of the poll and it was the first time Syracuse (28-3) had been ranked No. 1 in the regular-season for 20 years. This is their was the Orange’s second loss to Louisville in two weeks but they have already won the Big East regular-season title. Syracuse could be a great choice for bettors with odds at LinesMaker of 7-2 to win the NCAA Championships. Kansas are the favorites at 2-1.

No. 2 Kansas (29-2) beat Missouri on Saturday and they could be reclaiming the top ready for them to reclaim after the Syracuse loss. After finishing first in the Big 12 Kansas is has secured the position of overall top seed in the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks had slipped from No 1. after falling to Oklahoma last week.

No 3 Kentucky’s Darius Miller and Eric Bledsoe had 14 points each to help fend off a comeback from Florida. Kentucky beat the Gators 74-66 victory in Lexington yesterday. Kentucky has completed an 18-0 home season and could be on its way to securing a top seed in the NCAA tournament. They have odds of 7-2 to win the NCAA Championship at LinesMaker along with Syracuse. The Wild Cats (29-2) have won the Southeastern Conference title after Vanderbilt lost to South Carolina on Saturday.