Super Bowl Betting: High Stakes Game As Birdman, 50 Cent Place A Bet

Super Bowl betting is all about the props. After all, you can bet on the winner of a game at any point throughout the NFL season; it’s only the Super Bowl where you get a smorgasbord full of props. But there are two celebrities who have less interest in the endless assortment of proposition bets that the Bovada Sportsbook lines

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Rob Gronkowski will be OK to play in Super Bowl

The big injury question heading into next Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between New England and the New York Giants revolves around the ankle of Patriots record-setting tight end Rob Gronkowski. Gronkowski’s foot twisted in an awkward position when he was tackled after a 23-yard reception with 19 seconds left in the third quarter in Sunday’s 23-20 win over the Ravens.

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Ben Roethlisberger settles rape lawsuit

Ben Roethlisberger has settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims the Pittsburgh Steelers QB forced her to have sex with him in 2008. Lawyers for Roethlisberger and his accuser — Andrea McNulty — announced the two sides have reached an agreement which ends the lawsuit. McNulty — who worked at the Harrah’s Hotel in Lake Tahoe at the

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Giants visit 49ers in NFC Championship Game surprise matchup

While chalk held in the AFC side of the bracket, it’s a shocking NFC Championship Game matchup on Sunday evening in San Francisco when the New York Giants visit the 49ers. Of course the G-Men stunned reigning Super Bowl champion Green Bay as a sizable underdog last week at Lambeau Field, while the Niners went off as 3-point dogs at

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Giants Cover the Spread to Reach Super Bowl

The NFL odds were in San Francisco’s favor Sunday evening, unfortunately a special teams fumble did them in. Tied at 17 10 minutes into overtime, 49ers punt returner Kyle Williamsfumbled the ball on his own 25 giving the New York Giants a break in a defensive stalemate and handing the New York Giants a chip-shot field goal in overtime for the 20-17 win.

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Bucks’ playoff hopes vanish with Bogut injury
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The struggling Milwaukee Bucks got some extremely bad news on Thursday as they learned that former All-Star center Andrew Bogut will be out indefinitely with a fractured ankle. The Bucks are in Chicago to face the Bulls tonight – Place your NBA basketball bets at WagerWeb.com. Bogut suffered the injury in Wednesday’s game against Houston, leaving the game in the

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Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony out for weekend
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The sinking New York Knicks will not have star Carmelo Anthony (wrist, ankle) for their games Friday against the Miami Heat or Saturday against the Houston Rockets as Anthony will sit out to rest his various injuries. Anthony hasn’t been playing well. He followed a 10-of-30 game against Denver with a miserable night in Charlotte. He missed seven shots and

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Australian Open women’s final: Maria Sharapova vs. Victoria Azarenka
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Not only is the first Grand Slam title of the season on the line Saturday in Melbourne (Friday night U.S. time) when Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka face off in the Australian Open women’s final, but the winner also will replace Caroline Wozniacki as the No. 1 player in the world. Azarenka is the -140 tennis bets favorite on WagerWeb.com.

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Mariners may move Ichiro out of leadoff spot
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Once considered the premier leadoff hitter in all of baseball, a slipping Ichiro Suzuki may find himself in a different part of the Seattle Mariners’ lineup this season. For 11 seasons in Seattle, Ichiro hitting out of the leadoff spot has been a Mariner fixture. That’s where he’s been for 1,722 of his 1,749 games. But Mariners manager Eric Wedge

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NBA Betting Line Pits OKC Against Golden State
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Riding a three-game winning streak, the Oklahoma City Thunder will try to make it four victories in a row – and pay off for their supporters on the NBA betting lines – on Friday night as they play on the road against the Golden State Warriors. NBA Back in Business. The biggest stars hit the hardwood. Bet on the NBAat Bovada. However, paying

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Jean Paul Gaultier’s Amy Winehouse fashion show irks family
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Amy Winehouse’s grieving father, Mitch Winehouse, is not happy about Jean Paul Gaultier’s latest fashion show which featured models wearing Amy Winehouse style make-up and beehive hair smoking down the catwalk. Unfortunately, the fashion show coincided with the six-month anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s death. “The family was upset to see those pictures, they were a total shock. We’re still grieving

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Fail whale: Twitter to start restricting content
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Twitter has caved, and free speech is paying for it. Company officials have announced that they will voluntarily restrict Twitter content in specific countries to comply with government limits on what citizens are allowed to read. “As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression,” Twitter wrote in

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Apple knows about working conditions in factories… doesn’t really care
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The New York Times has launched an investigation into the factories that make Apple products, and it’s not pretty. Suppliers used to manufacture new models of iPads and iPhones have come under scrutiny for underage labor, unsafe exposure to hazardous chemicals, brutal hours, and dangerous conditions that in some cases have led to fatal explosions. And all this comes after

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Good news Oklahomans! Your food could soon be human-fetus-meat free!
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Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey has introduced a bill banning any food products “which contains aborted human fetuses in the ingredients.” I know, I know… you’re thinking: Is this a going problem in Oklahoma? Well no, but Shortey read about it once on the Internet, he tells the AP, and the bill is intended to raise “public awareness” of the issue.

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A 36-pound bag of cocaine accidentally delivered to U.N. headquarters in New York
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A bag containing 36 pounds of cocaine was found at the United Nations headquarters in New York last week, police have said. Spokesman Paul Browne said they seemed to have been delivered by accident (no shit!) The white bag raised suspicions when it was being scanned because a poor imitation of a UN logo had been stamped on it, apparently

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