Thursday, December 31st ndash; 7:05 PM ET
Basketball Betting Spread:nbsp;Mavericks -1
nbsp;nbsp;
The Week That Was: Mavericksnbsp;
It was a light but highly successful week for coach Rick Carlislersquo;s club, which asserted itself as the second-best team in the Western Conference.

Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs
Thursday, December 31st ndash;nbsp;7:05 PM ET
Basketball Betting Spread:nbsp;
The Week That Was: Heatnbsp;
The Heatrsquo;s third game of the past week came Wednesday night at New Orleans, before this article was written, but in the weekrsquo;s first two games, it can safely be said that Miami stabilized its season.nbsp;
Coach Erik Spoelstrarsquo;s team had…

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Utah Jazz (18-13 SU, 17-13 ATS) at Oklahoma City Thunder (17-14 SU, 20-11 ATS)
Thursday, December 31 – 8 PM ET
BetUS NBA Basketball Sports Betting Odds:nbsp; OKLAHOMA CITY -3, Total 198
Here are some of the NBA pro basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

UTAH has covered 11 of its last 17 games
UTAH has lost 15 of its last 21 road games SU
OKC has won five of…

In what is already being heralded as a bout to determine the next number-one contender to UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, lsquo;Sugarrsquo; Rashad Evans (-220) will face Thiago Silva (+175) at UFC 108.
Evans (13-1-1), a former champion and Ultimate Fighter winner, brings a wrestling pedigree and explosive speed and knockout power into the cage. Meanwhile, Thiago Silva (14-1) is known for his…

Miami Heat (16-13 SU, 15-13 ATS) at San Antonio Spurs (18-11 SU, 15-13-1 ATS)
Thursday, December 31 – 7 PM ET
BetUS NBA Basketball Sports Betting Odds:nbsp; SAN ANTONIO -7.5, Total 195
San Antonio was running with the pack for a while, but after winning six out of seven games they are making a move on the upper reaches of the Western Conference. The Spurs are now six games behind the Los…

It is December 31st, 2009 today. Right? Lest I have lost a year somewhere then the decade is not over for another 12 months.
So what is up with all these ldquo;decaderdquo; articles cropping up everywhere as we approach the Eve of the beginning of the last year of the decade?
Is it not enough we have sullied Christmas with marketing the festivities in September, spoilt Easter with Easter…

The Hyundai Hopman Cup enters its 22 nd year and has become a stalwart fixture at the start of the Tennis season, growing in popularity and prestige. And this year, the Perth Challenger event accomplished its biggest coup yet by acquiring world No.4 Andy Murray in the line-up.

Next week is the first 2010 golf tournament on the PGA Tour. A couple of names absent from the SBS Championship entry list are Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. That doesnrsquo;t mean, of course, that either Tiger or Phil wonrsquo;t figure prominently in 2010, but Irsquo;d wager a guess Phil is going to be in the running a lot sooner than Tiger.
Golf is an ever-changing sport, no matter what the…

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