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Battle of Texas
The NFL’s Battle of Texas takes place in Dallas on Friday, when the Cowboys host the Houston Texans in NFL preseason action (8 pm ET, CBS). The teams have played each other evenly over the past two meetings, each going 1-1 SU and ATS. The last time they squared off was Oct. 15, 2006, when the Cowboys bombed the Texans 34-6 as a 13-point home favorite.

Division leaders battle in Chicago
The Tampa Bay Rays visit the Chicago White Sox for the second of a three-game set Saturday in a clash of American League division leaders (3:55 pm ET, FOX). The AL East-leading Rays will start lefty Scott Kazmir (9-6, 3.21 ERA) while the White Sox, who lead the AL Central, will counter with righthander Javier Vazquez (10-10, 4.34 ERA).

New No. 1 for U.S. Open
The 2008 U.S. Open Tennis Championships open Monday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (11 am ET, CBS, USA). One of the four major tennis tournaments that make up the Grand Slam, the U.S. Open will be the first event for new men’s No. 1 Rafael Nadal, who overtook Roger Federer in world rankings this week.

Phelps: The Greatest Debate
Let’s all take a deep Michael Phelps-ian breath shall we?
It’s been hilarious watching and reading the wags trip over one another to be the first to anoint the newest American hero the “greatest they ever saw”.
What’s the rush after all? To brand someone “All-Time” anything should take some time.
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NFL rosters start to take shape in Preseason Week 3
Traditionally, Week 3 of the NFL preseason is when teams begin finalizing their starting line-ups, which gives NFL football betting fans a chance to see how rosters really stack up this season.
betED.com has NFL betting odds for all 16 games this week, which kick off Thursday with a televised tilt between the San Francisco 49ers and the Chicago Bears (8 pm ET, FOX).

NFL Preseason Week 1
Week 1 of the 2008 NFL preseason schedule starts Thursday with five matchups, including the New Orleans Saints visiting the Arizona Cardinals (8 pm ET, ESPN). Other games include the Super Bowl champion New York Giants on the road against the Detroit Lions; the Baltimore Ravens visiting the New England Patriots; New York Jets at Cleveland Browns; and Kansas City Chiefs at Chicago Bears.

Betting for Gold
The 2008 Summer Olympics get started this week in Beijing, with the Opening Ceremonies slated for Friday (8 pm ET, NBC). betED.com has dozens of Beijing Olympics bets available, including Most Gold Medals, as well as Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Track and Field and Swimming.

90th PGA Championship
The 90th PGA Championship, the fourth and final major championship of the 2008 PGA Tour, takes place this week at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (Final Round, Sunday, 2 pm ET, CBS). With Tiger Woods out of action until next year, World No. 2 Phil Mickelson is the favorite this weekend.

When Superegos Collide
There is no such thing as a humble quarterback. First of all, submissive guys don’t make the NFL and the meek shall never, ever inherit an NFL QB slot.
You’d think the Green Bay Packers would have known that considering they have been riding their own in-house megalomaniac since September 27th, 1992…
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NFL betting fans hone skills with preseason games
NFL teams use the exhibition schedule to prepare for the regular season, and that’s exactly what football betting fans can do at betED.com, which has NFL betting lines for all 16 games slated for Week 1 of the preseason, which kicks off Thursday with five tilts.
The Super Bowl champion New York Giants get it started with a road game against the Detroit Lions. betED has the Lions as a 3-point favorite and the over/under total at 33.

British Open is wide open
The 2008 British Open, one of golf’s four Majors, gets going Thursday at the Royal Birkdale course in Southport, Lancashire, England. World No. 1 Tiger Woods will miss his first major tournament in more than 10 years as he recovers from knee surgery. TNT will air the first two days of play, starting at 7 am ET Thursday, and ABC will have coverage of rounds three and four on Saturday and Sunday, starting at 8 am ET.

Bet the British at betED.com
No Tiger for this week’s 137th British Open means a wide-open field for PGA golf betting fans.
betED.com British Open betting odds have Sergio Garcia as a slight favorite at +950 to win the US $8.2 million tournament, one of golf’s four Majors, which gets going Thursday at the Royal Birkdale course in Southport, Lancashire, England.

Top spot in NL East up for grabs

First-place in the National League East division will be on the line when the Philadelphia Phillies visit the Florida Marlins for the opener of a three-game series on Friday (7:10 pm ET). The third-place Marlins were just 1 1/2 games back of the division-leading Phillies heading into the All-Star break, with the second-place New York Mets a half game back of the lead.

CFL Week 4 kicks off

Week 4 of the 2008 Canadian Football League season features a pair of weekend tilts: the Montreal Alouettes visit the defending Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday (7 pm ET), and the Toronto Argonauts host the Edmonton Eskimos on Sunday (4 pm ET).

Mid-Summer Flaccid

The first half of the yearly epic that is the major league baseball season has come and gone, so tradition dictates that now is the time to look back at what happened.
Well, screw that. While we are dealing with this, the third straight day without any meaningful sports, the question needs to be asked, why is there an All-Star break at all?

Harden Has Left the Building
The Oakland Athletics host AL West-division rival Los Angeles Angels Friday night and have penciled in ace Rich Harden for the start (10:05 pm ET). They’ll have to find another hurler, however, as they shipped Harden to the Chicago Cubs in a five-player deal on Tuesday. Oakland is in second place, chasing the Angels for top spot in the division. The Angels will start Jon Garland (8-5, 3.76 ERA) unless, of course, he gets traded.

B.C. Lions Ready to Roar
Football betting fans can get some satisfaction this weekend with a pair of CFL tilts. On Friday, the winless B.C. Lions take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (8 pm ET). The Lions will be extra-motivated after last weekend’s sudden passing of team President and CEO Bob Ackles, who also held executive positions with the Dallas Cowboys and other NFL teams. On Saturday, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Twins and Tigers in Motor City
The Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers go head-to-head in a AL Central-division clash in the Motor City on Saturday (3:55 pm ET). The Twins are fighting with the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox for Wild Card positioning. The Twins and Tigers are also fighting for second spot in the division.

Best ever – but is it enough?
The praise is universal. Sunday’s Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal has been universally canonized as the greatest tennis match ever played.
But before that – just a side note – hasn’t 2008 been frikin’ amazing?

Seriously – did you really think you’d see something better than the best Super Bowl ever with Eli Manning et al beating the NFL’s supposedly perfect team? Or, an event that topped Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open on a broken leg?

Well, if you tuned in on Sunday – you did.

And if you didn’t – boy, does it suck to be you.

It was so good the hyperbole is in hyperspace with a debate wondering if it was the greatest sporting event not just in ’08, but ever.
That’s uncharted territory for a sport that has suffered in the doldrums for a while now…

Bet the Beijing Olympics at betED.com
The 2008 Summer Olympics could be a bonanza for sports betting fans.

betED.com is offering individual event odds, over/under medal totals, and dozens of prop bets for a wide range of sports at the Beijing Olympics, which start Aug. 8 and run to Aug. 24.

betED.com Summer Olympic Odds include the country to win the most gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as the winners of the basketball, soccer, 100-metres and many more Olympic events.

The U.S. men’s basketball team – aka, The Dream Team – is heavily favored to win the gold at -700, followed by Spain at +275, Argentina at +550, and Lithuania at +1200.
But the host country is favored to finish the Olympics with the most gold medals; China is a -300 favorite to take home the most gold, followed by the U.S. at +125 and Russia at +1200. Any other country is +2000.

Cubbies n’ Rays
The Chicago Cubs, the top team in MLB, closes out a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Both teams have surprised this season: The Cubs (45-25 SU) lead the NL Central by 3 1/2 games, while the Rays (40-29 SU) are just two games back of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in the AL East.

Road Race in Wine Country
Jeff Gordon is favored to pick up his first win of the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season at the Toyota SaveMart 350 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California on Sunday (3:30 pm ET, TNT). Gordon, ranked ninth in the Sprint Cup driver standings, is NASCAR’s all-time leader in road course wins with nine – five of them at Infineon.

No Tiger, No Rocco
Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate won’t be there, but 150 other golfers will be taking part in the 2008 Travelers Championship, which kicks off Thursday at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut (Golf Channel, 3 pm ET). Mediate lost the 2008 U.S. Open to Woods in a thrilling, 19-hole playoff on Monday.

Bet the WNBA at betED.com
The Boston Celtics won the 2008 NBA Championship Tuesday night, but that doesn’t mean the end of basketball betting at betED.com.
betED.com has daily lines for the WNBA, the women’s equivalent of the National Basketball Association.
Basketball betting fans can wager on a full slate of games Wednesday night, including two late tilts that feature two of the best teams in the league.