Sports betting guide

The 2011 NFL season officially comes to an end on Sunday night. In a rematch (have you heard?) of Super Bowl XLII, the Patriots and Giants will take the Lucas Oil Stadium field in what will likely be the highest rated Big Game ever. The storylines are numerous: Brady’s vengeance, Eli emerging from Peyton’s shadow, Gronkowski’s ankle, terrible secondary versus awful secondary, to name just a few. Which conference champ will come out on top? Let’s take a look inside

One of the biggest storylines this week at the Super Bowl–in addition to speculation on the future of Peyton Manning–is the injury status of New England tight end Rob Gronkowski. According to ‘Gronk’, he’ll make the final call on whether he plays or not after consultation with the team training staff: “It’s my body and I know how I feel the best. I just communicate with the trainers on how I feel, what they think, and we just put all

Tom Brady’s supermodel wife Gisele is pulling out all the stops to ensure her beloved hubby hoists the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday. In an email meant for friends and family that was “acquired” by the New York Post, Tom’s better half pleads for support, prayers and most importantly, “positive energy” to help the Patriots win another Super Bowl. Oh, isn’t she adorable?

Evidently Super Bowl week has become a platform for washed-up quarterbacks to beg for jobs. The latest irrelevant signal-caller to crack the headlines is Donovan McNabb, who emerged from exile to announce he has no intention of retiring. According to Donny Mac, there are a trio of teams he’s considering as potential landing spots for the 2012 season.

One would think during Super Bowl week there wouldn’t be a shortage of stories for football scribes and talking heads to beat into the ground. Between Tom Brady, Eli Manning and the endless rumors surrounding Peyton Manning’s future, there’s more than enough fodder for pundits to chew on. Which is why Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne (remember him?) making headlines is that much more puzzling.

Professional and amateur gamblers alike will have no shortage of things to wager on in Super Bowl XLVI. Prop bets are all the rage at Las Vegas sports books and are rumored to number in the hundreds. If you can think it, there’s a better than average chance you can lay cash on it. Some prop bets make sense, like the over/under for receiving yards by Wes Welker, but others are downright silly. For instance…

In our last Super Bowl betting update we suggested that there might be some support for the Patriots in the betting market. We’re still waiting. The public keeps betting the Giants and so far there’s been little movement in the line. It’s hard to determine if this is due to enough Patriot money keeping things in balance or whether bookmakers are hesitant to move it off the key number of 3 and risk a ‘middle’–a situation where the final score

Everyone knows a guy that gets hyper competitive in inappropriate situations–like a guy who is blitzing and running over little kids in a family flag football game. Were he not playing in the NFL Aaron Rodgers would clearly be that guy–the guy who puts eye black under his eyes before a company softball game. Rodgers is complaining about a lack of effort from his teammates. Not his Green Bay Packers teammates, but his teammates in the least relevant of all

Think ESPN is the ‘Worldwide Leader’ and the go-to place for the latest sports news? Think again–with virtually every other sports outlet on the planet along with quite a few mainstream media channels reporting that Peyton Manning’s playing career is in jeopardy at best and is over at worst ESPN instead went into ‘spin’ mode trying to convince everyone that things were fine. It’s like the scene in Star Wars where Obi-Wan Kenobi convinces the Stormtroopers that ‘these aren’t the

While the Patriots and Giants are being poked and prodded on Super Bowl Media day, a player not even participating in the Big Game continues to dominate the headlines. Of course that player is quarterback Peyton Manning. Will the Colts release or trade him? Is his neck fully healed? Can he play in 2012? Will he retire if he can’t? The questions have been flying fast and furious, but the latest rumors regarding Manning’s future don’t sound promising.