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2012 Preakness

The Preakness States is the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown and will take place Saturday at Pimlico in Baltimore. The race typically lacks the mystic of the Kentucky Derby, due in large part to the smaller field. With the Derby and Preakness just two weeks apart, a number of trainers aren’t in any [...]

2012 NHL Conference Finals

The National Hockey League is down to its final four teams and two of them, the Los Angeles Kings and Phoenix Coyotes, will be in action today, with the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers kicking in Monday. There are plenty of great storylines in each of the four remaining teams and two series [...]

NBA Conference Final Trends

We’ll stick with our customary look at each round of the NBA playoffs, this time jumping ahead to the NBA Conference Finals. In the past we’ve discussed long-term trends versus short-term trends and how professional sports will typically, over time, correct itself, if we are seeing a high percentage of overs or unders, favorites or [...]

Run for the Roses

A full field of 20 horses are expected to go off in today’s Kentucky Derby, as thunderstorms are forecast several times during the day, making the Run For the Roses as unpredictable as ever. Union Rags has become the betting favorite as of early Saturday morning, but even he is at 5-to-1 odds, giving decent [...]

NBA Playoff Second Round Trends

It’s time to jump ahead to the second round of the NBA playoffs, so you can get a bit of a head-start on your handicapping. The NBA Conference Semifinals have shown even more pronounced trends than the first round, including some that directly oppose one another, so it’s important to look at each round of [...]

2012 NHL Conference Semifinals

The second round of the NHL playoffs begin tonight in Arizona, where the Predators take on the Coyotes, and the other three will get started over the weekend. The Blues are the favorites to come out of the West, while the Flyers are slight favorites in the East, despite being the No. 5 seed and [...]

NBA Playoff Team Trends

The NBA playoff field is set, so it’s time to take a look at post-season trends each of the teams have developed over the past seasons. Some teams, such as Memphis or New York, have little in the way of playoff history, while the old standbys, such as Boston and the Lakers, have plenty of [...]

NBA Playoff First Round Trends

The NBA playoffs are just around the corner, so it’s time to switch gears a bit and look at first-round trends from the past five years. As always, we’ll look at both side and total trends. There were a few more tendencies than might be expected and we’ll look at them in NBA Playoff First [...]

Blackhawks & Coyotes NHL Betting Preview

CHICAGO (WIRE/NHL) – There is a good chance that the playoff series between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Phoenix Coyotes is going to go seven games. It is not so much that these two teams are evenly matched, it is the way that each goalie has been playing. In game two, Phoenix goalie Mike Smith [...]

NHL Betting Preview: Western Conference Quarterfinals Blackhawks & Coyotes

CHICAGO (NHL) – There is a good chance that the playoff series between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Phoenix Coyotes is going to go seven games. It is not so much that these two teams are evenly matched, it is the way that each goalie has been playing. In game two, Phoenix goalie Mike Smith [...]

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