Sports Betting Column: Pinnacle Pulse (Rolling Good Times)
(PRESS RELEASE) -- It's said that coaches win games, players lose them, and referees ruin them. Never was this more evident than in the U.S. vs. Italy match, spoiled by referee Jorge Larrionda's often displayed red-card....more...Sports Betting Site Bodog.com Posts Odds on World Cup for Team USA (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
(PRWEB) June 21, 2006 -- Facing possible elimination, it's all or nothing for Team USA as it heads into Saturday's World Cup match against Italy....more... Retooled Tribe facing lofty odds (Covers.com)
The new-look Cleveland Indians have a big reputation to live up to at the sportsbooks. Although things have gotten so bad that general manager Mark Shapiro felt it necessary to overhaul the roster, the club continues to be priced like a......more... Being a Black Man: Ballou's Dynamic Duo (Washington Post)
Washington Post education reporter, V. Dion Haynes , Ballou Senior High School valedictorian Jachin Leatherman and salutatorian Wayne Nesbit will be online Friday, June 23, 2006 at noon ET to take questions about " For the Love Of Ballou ," the fifth installment of the " Being a Black Man " series....more... Rossi finds many shades of '82 in Italian blue (Guardian Unlimited)
Betting scandals are nothing new to Paolo Rossi. The 1982 villain-turned-hero knows the pressures the scandal will be placing on the Italian players....more... Workers Still Mulling GM Buyout Offer (Bismarck Tribune)
DETROIT - For some workers, the decision to take the General Motors Corp. buyout and run didn't require much thought....more... Live Blog: Germany Vs. Ecuador (Deadspin)
Ecuador has been one of the more pleasant stories of the tournament, upsetting Poland and cruising past Costa Rica in their first two games. This is, obviously, the real test, with the Ecuadorians......more... Dim Sum, Beer and Gooooaaals (Spiegel Online English)
Chinese state television is broadcasting World Cup matches with a time-delay -- probably because censors here fear impromptu protests in German stadiums from the Falun Gong or the political opposition. Other than that pesky little detail, the Chinese have been overcome with enthusiasm for the soccer tournament....more... Casino's impact on community is huge (The Union Democrat)
Three hundred and fifty acres just west of Tuolumne symbolize both the rough times the town has endured and the renaissance many residents say is ahead....more... |