Kentucky Derby 75 Bonus - The real Roger Clemens - David Blaine
Trouble brewing in Beantown?
It looked like the No. 1 Boston Celtics were going to run away with their first-round NBA Playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, after blowing out the Hawks in the first two games in Boston. That is, until the series shifted to Atlanta, where the Hawks won Games 3 and 4. Pivotal Game 5 goes Wednesday in Beantown (8:30 pm ET, TNT).
NHL marathon continues
There could be some upsets in the 2008 NHL Playoffs, but the two series taking place Thursday are progressing according to the pundits’ predictions. The Pittsburgh Penguins lead their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the New York Rangers heading into Game 4 in New York (7 pm ET, VERSUS), as do the Detroit Red Wings in their West semifinal against the Colorado Avalanche (10 pm ET, VERSUS).
Big Brown’s Big Race
Kentucky Derby favorite Big Brown will be trying to accomplish something that hasn’t happened since 1915 (6:30 pm ET, NBC). Big Brown has raced only three times and is aiming to become the first thoroughbred to win the Derby after so few starts since Regret did it 93 years ago. Big Brown and the next favorite, Colonel John, are ranked 1-2 in the final Top 10 list released before the Derby by The Associated Press.
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Way back when, remember that Roger Clemens guy you thought you knew? You know the one who visited hospitals, signed autographs, kissed babies, gave to charity, had the hot wife and was the most dominant pitcher of his generation?
Funny story. He’s … ummm… not that guy.
For the once perfectly crafted reputation that was already in shreds, you’d have thought for baseball’s former poster boy it couldn’t get any worse… but that was before the story broke that he’d had a 10-year affair with a country music singer and it started when she was only a 15-year-old.
He’s denied it. She said she “cannot refute anything in the story.”
So - out of these two, who are you gonna believe?
It’s a toss up I would say.
Bet on David Blaine’s breath-holding stunt on Oprah
betED is giving bettors a chance to make some money off endurance artist David Blaine’s latest stunt - whether he’s successful or not.
Blaine will try to break the underwater breath-holding Guinness World Record live on the Oprah Winfrey Show on Wednesday afternoon.
betED.com’s Prop Bet offers -280 moneyline odds that Blaine’s record-breaking attempt will be unsuccessful, and +160 that he’ll pull it off.
Blaine has reportedly been training for months, and paramedics will be on hand at Oprah’s studio should anything go wrong.
