Archive for June, 2008

Maria Sharapova kicked out of Wimbledon by low profile player

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Yes, it is real! One of the most bizarre events took place at Wimbledon, where Maria Sharapova got kicked out of the Grand Slam tournament during the second round.  What happened to the determination of repeating the glory of 2004?
The weirdest thing was the opponent that beat Sharapova: Alla Kudryavtseva, a fellow Russian tennis player, […]

Venus Williams is a good defending Champion at Wimbledon

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Venus Williams, 7th seed and one of the biggest tennis stars, had a great start at Wimbledon, winning the opener and seems like an excellent candidate for the Grand Slam title. Will this be Venus’ 5th Wimbledon title?
 

Williams showed a lot of energy and a great performance, defeating British player Naomi Cavaday 7-6 (5), 6-1. […]

Action is ready after Wimbledon Draft

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Now that NBA games are over and NFL games won’t start yet, it’s a great chance to look to the other events that will have as much adrenaline running as the rest of sports. Tennis betting is high this month with the upcoming Grand Slam event: Wimbledon.
The Wimbledon draft has been made and a lot […]

Boston Celtics win Game 6 - Say hello to the new NBA Champions

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Finally!! As a Boston Celtics fan I’m grateful and relieved. On Tuesday night the Celtics defeated the L.A. Lakers to become the new NBA Champions. The Spurs said goodbye (well, they already had) to their Championship title, since they failed at keeping it this NBA season.
 

It seems the Celtics parade will take place on Thursday, […]

NBA Finals Game 6 - Now or never for the Celtics

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Boston Celtics betting fans could catch their breath again when the NBA team gave one more step to the 2008 NBA Championship on Thursday. However, Sunday put things on doubt again when the Lakers had another victory, creating one more game for the NBA Championship.
The L.A. Lakers certainly didn’t expect that kind of comeback in […]

Tiger Woods is back and he has good rivals at U.S. Open

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Many wagering fans were disappointed when Big Brown screwed up at Belmont Stakes, making them hesitate with special events and stick to the traditional sports betting. But I hope they change their minds now that the 2008 Golf US Open is coming.
For starters, it will be easy to follow the event with Prime Time coverage […]

NBA Finals Game 3 - Lakers still have hope… if they win

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

The Boston Celtics really knew how to take advantage of those first games at home. Last week it was celebration all over Boston, where the Celtics set a 2-0 score over the L.A. Lakers for the 2008 NBA Finals.

According to the NBA schedule, Tuesday night will be the Lakers’ turn to start catching up […]

Red Sox and Rays fight at Fenway Park

Friday, June 6th, 2008

MLB games haven’t been hightlighted news lately. The bad part is that the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays maybe managed to get more attention than the NBA Finals today… but it was because of an awful fight.
Thursday night had more than baseball action on Fenway Park, when it suddenly turned into something […]

NBA Finals Game 1 - Celtics have all set to win this game

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Let’s face it: these won’t be easy NBA Playoff games at all. We’re talking about two big forces, facing each other, trying to take an early lead no matter what. Tonight the challenge begins at Boston, 9PM ET. The Celtics will have to win this game if they want to increase their chances to be […]

2008 NBA Finals - Garnett faces the Black Mamba

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Kobe Bryant used to nickname himself (in his classic arrogant style) the “black mamba”, just like the deadliest snake on Earth. He said at that time that he chose that nickname because of the snake’s accuracy of every strike, which was the level he wanted to reach. Many NBA betting players that have seen him […]