NBA 2012-2013 Season Schedule

Pending agreement, season to open Dec. 25

NBA Commissioner David Stern said early Saturday morning that, if the tentative agreement reached between the owners and players is completed and ratified, he is hopeful of having a 66-game season, beginning on Christmas Day. Assuming the season tips off on Christmas, below is a general breakdown of how the 2011-12 NBA Season schedule will be structured. Full details of the schedule will be released on NBA.com upon its completion.

2011-12 NBA Schedule Breakdown

Regular Season Start Date: December 25, 2011
Regular Season End Date: April 26, 2012
Playoffs Start Date: April 28, 2012
Last Possible Finals Date: June 26, 2012

Individual Team Schedule Breakdown

Conference Games: 48
• Play 6 teams 4 times (2 home, 2 away)
• Play 4 teams 3 times (2 home, 1 away)
• Play 4 teams 3 times (1 home, 2 away)
Non-Conference Games: 18
• Play 3 teams 2 times (1 home, 1 away)
• Play 6 teams 1 time at home
• Play 6 teams 1 time away
Back to Back to Backs: All teams with at least 1; no more than 3
Playoff Back to Backs: Possible in second round

"We are excited to tip off the start of the 2011-12 NBA season," said David Levy, president of sales, distribution and sports for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. The Basketball season starts on Christmas Day and the sport books finally reached their long wait for a new NBA season  with the game 2011-12 on Christmas Day with the Boston Celtics @ New York Knicks at Noon (ET).

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Golf is added for 2016 and 2020 Olympic

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After the long wait, golf will be returning to the Olympics at the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Golf has been reinstated for the 2016 and 2020 Games after a vote by the International Olympic Committee. The Golf sport has received large support in votes after top athletes and officials shown their support and presentation, including a taped video message from Tiger Woods which he has indicated that he would play in the Olympics if golf were accepted for 2016.

"There are millions of young golfers worldwide who would be proud to represent their country," Woods said from the Presidents Cup in San Francisco. "It would be an honor for anyone who plays this game to become an Olympian."

Golf was approved 63-27 with two abstentions and this certainly a great news to all golf fans!

Below is the OMEGA TV spot welcomes golf back to the Olympic Games:

Sports Betting Guide Post

Building a Healthy Sports Betting Habit

It is a known fact for people to have different hobbies and interests that they are very passionate about. However, as in all things, everything done in excess can already be bad for the person. The same is true for sports betting, which obviously can start as a plain leisure activity, but later on might tend to become a harmful addiction if not done judiciously.

Here are some of the most common signs that a bettor has already acquired a harmful gambling obsession:

•  If he uses money supposedly set for paying bills on gambling 
•  If he bets an amount that is beyond what he can bear to lose
•  If he goes beyond the budget or limit that he had set to make up for his losing streak
•  If he experiences lack of sleep over gambling
•  If he resorts into lying especially to loved ones about bet losses

These harmful signs are not necessarily unique to losers alone. There is also a good chance that you can see these awful symptoms among winning sports bettors. You can be a winner and yet suffer from severe gambling obsession. Nevertheless, winner or not, the most important thing for all bettors to remember is to adopt a healthy sports betting habit.

Listen to Family or Friends' Advice before you bet!
If it is your family and friends talking to you about your sports betting activities, then you cannot disregard their words. Listen to them because these people have genuine concern for you and they probably see that’s something wrong already. They may be worried that your passion for gambling has led to harmful sports betting habits so they will point out observations that you may not notice. Keep your mind open to their observations because they tend to be more objective. Someone who has gambling addiction will tend to be short-sighted and less objective so it pays to have an open mind to family or friends’ advice. It is better to discuss with them about these things and avoid being defensive so that you can evoke a healthy sports betting habit.

Sometimes, the money matter doesn’t come if you’re on the winning side. What create the problem usually is if you start spending too much time on this gambling hobby; time that is more than what is considered moderate. This doesn’t come as a surprise though since people usually tend to devote a lot of their time doing things that they enjoy the most.

In sports betting, your time is usually consumed because of several activities on top of the actual betting. First, you’ll need to constantly monitor the games and statistics particularly if you’re going to do handicap. Then, there’s also this need to research and improve your mastery of the game so you try to subscribe to several online forums and articles. You might also be persistently looking around to know which sports book provide the best value. And then, once you’ve placed in your bets you’ll of course be compulsively monitoring the games you have your stakes on so you know right away how much money you have gained or lost.

All these things contribute to that perception of your loved ones that you have unhealthy sports betting habits. Imagine them seeing you deal with all these sports-betting activities almost every second of your time. Hence, no one can blame them if they think that this lifestyle is harmful for you, regardless if you’re on a winning roll.

And so, the key solution to this problem is adopting a healthy sports betting habit. There is of course nothing wrong about betting, it just needs to be done in moderation. While studying sports betting continuously is a good practice, it does not necessarily require you to do it every day. What you can do is to come up with a schedule where you only assign a specific date for your research and studying. Moreover, there’s no use for you to monitor the games 24 by 7 because realistically, it will not help you win or lose the game even if you monitor it real-time. It’s better to just spend your time instead on doing other exciting activities like going out. And even while you’re out and not monitoring the game on TV, avoid obsessing on checking out the result of the game via other mobile devices.

So again, no one doubts that sportsbetting is an enjoyable and money-making hobby. But the key thing to remember is that you should do it in moderation. And if the time comes when it is your family or friends telling you that you are taking it too far already, there’s a good chance they are right.

Record Your Sports Bet

Keep Track of All Sports Bet

All serious or professional sports bettors practice the habit of keeping track of each of their bets. If you intend to be one, then this practice is something you must also consider. Keeping records of all your sports bets allow you to monitor and check your previous moves regularly. Some lazy or uncommitted bettors will say that they don’t need to manually keep a record because they won’t forget their bets. These people also tend to focus solely on their bet earnings, which is something that they don’t need to write down because they can conveniently monitor this via their account balance. However, to be a serious bettor, you must realize the importance of keeping records of your bets, especially when it comes to analyzing future trends and bet strategies.

An effective and very convenient way of tracking your bets is by using a computer spreadsheet, with the likes of MS Excel, EditGrid and other common versions such as Google Documents. You are already using the computer anyway as you manage your sports bets online, so it should be more convenient to deal with computer spreadsheets compared to keeping records the old school way, notebook and pen that is. There’s nothing wrong if you prefer using the latter. But we highly recommend the spreadsheet programs instead so you’ll be able to sort and filter all your data with more ease, not to mention that it is also easier to analyze the trends in this way.

These electronic spreadsheets are widely available today, and utilizing the full features of a program like MS Excel will turn out more helpful in your data gathering and analysis especially long term wise. For some of those programs, it may take a while to learn and master but nevertheless, the practicality and convenience it offers once you get the hang of it seems to prove it’s worth it. The important thing is gradually getting the habit of using spreadsheets and just experiment on which specific program works best for you, then stick with it.

Record the Important Elements of Your Betting Data

Earlier we have already established the necessity to rigorously and consistently record each of your bets. Additionally, recording your bets will not mean anything if you don’t know how to filter the important data and decide what to record. A good betting spreadsheet must contain these fundamental elements so that your data becomes meaningful:

1. Date of bet
2. The sport you joined
3. Sportsbook
4. Betting classification (i.e. Total, Halftime, Spread, Moneyline, Teaser, etc.)
5. Betting line
6. Actual bet amount (plus its percentage equivalent of your total bankroll)
7. Outcome

Now, for those who do playing line moves and deal with steam betting, it is also essential to include these two:

8. Opening Line
9. Closing Line

Offhand, some may think it’s very tedious and time consuming to record this much data every time. However, once you get the hang of recording your betting data then it’s going to be a piece of cake and the habit of recording will just come out naturally each time you make a bet.
As your spreadsheet data gets updated, you will be able to start with monitoring your betting results. Be careful not to under or over-estimate your analysis if your data spreadsheet is still very small to begin with. Just like any other study or data tracking, you will need a substantial quantity of data first before it can be statistically telling and meaningful. The important thing is to continuously grow and update your betting spreadsheet so you can build a reliable portfolio after some time. Refrain from stopping just because you got around 10-30 betting results as betting assumptions will be premature at this point.

Gain Profitable Betting Opportunities from your Spreadsheet

The moment your sports bet portfolio gets on going regularly, you have formidably increased your chances of winning in your bets and beating the bookies. This is because once you have your betting history, you get to see in full scale all the sports you joined, as well as find out what betting types you are beating or losing. With your spreadsheet, you can find out if you are really winning, especially for those who might have an increasing bankroll and yet still losing big time in the long run due to halftime betting.

Losing Even When Winning at Sports Betting

You’re Still Losing Even When You’re Winning

At sports betting, your main goal is always to go for spread bets and beat the bookies. Bettors usually do this by handicapping with a practical long-term target of getting 55% winners. Once this skill is mastered, one would then assume that you must devote all of your time doing sports betting because this is the key to winning huge money and becoming extremely wealthy. Getting 55% winners is considered an exclusive skill.

However, 55% winners doesn’t guarantee wins a hundred percent of the time. There will still be instances of losing that can challenge a player’s emotions and discipline. The worst part that you have probably not realized yet is that even though you’re with 55% winners, you will still find yourself in an overall losing streak on most games. You might take this as quite a shock, but there is truth in this. And we can explain this phenomenon with this simple answer: Juice.

In the data below, you can see the long-term percentage trend of 55% wins from handicapping. The data shows a player’s top 4 bets in a day’s average.

 

Wins	Losses	Percentage
4	0	9.15%
3	1	29.95%
2	2	36.75%
1	3	20.05%
0	4	4.10%

What this data shows is that on an average, the player has 9.15% chance of winning in all the 4 picks, whereas there’s 20.05% occurrence that he will win in 1 bet and lose in all the 3, so on and so forth.

Hence, if we analyze the data in greater detail, it will show us that there’s around 60.9% chance that a bettor on 55% winner is actually losing money. Easily you can see that losing happens on that 4.10% and 20.05% rows, but the reason why the 36.75% row where winning and losing is tied 2 for 2 is included in the losing percentage is that this does not contribute to your juice. So what happens is that you will end up with less money compared to your starting amount.

In essence, even for an exceptional spread bettor, when he does his top 4 bets, there is 60% occurrence of losing. If you want to remain on top of your game then you have to be emotionally and mentally prepared for this fact. If you do not accept this because whenever you are in a losing streak then your emotions will get the best of you and all that you’d want to do is make up for all your losses. This will be very damaging to your betting habits, not to mention to your money.

Avoid Chasing Your Losses

Chasing off your losses is never healthy, however minor you may treat it. In our example, the 55% bettor for instance gets a shaky trend with 0-4 or 1-3 losses over wins. He will probably try betting on 5 instead of the usual top 4 plays. He may not realize the harm in this at first but he is forgetting that he is only a 55% bettor within top 4 picks. Thus, his betting percentage relatively deceases as he moves to top 5 picks. He puts himself in an even unfriendly situation.

All in all, each bettor must master their emotions and discipline whenever they engage in any game, particularly handicapping, because this is key driver to succeeding in the long run.

2014 Brazil World Cup The Preliminary Draw results

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 FIFA.com rounds up the results from the Preliminary Draw which took place at the Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday 30 July.

Intercontinental play-offs Asia – South America
North, Central America and the Caribbean - Oceania

African Zone Draw Group A: South Africa, Botswana, Central African Republic, Somalia or Ethiopia
Group B: Tunisia, Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea or Madagascar
Group C: Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Gambia, Chad or Tanzania
Group D: Ghana, Zambia, Sudan, Lesotho or Burundi
Group E: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger, Sao Tome e Principe or Congo
Group F: Nigeria, Malawi, Seychelles or Kenya, Djibouti or Namibia
Group G: Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Comoros or Mozambique
Group H: Algeria, Mali, Benin, Eritrea or Rwanda
Group I: Cameroon, Libya, Guinea-Bissau or Togo, Swaziland or Congo DR
Group J: Senegal, Uganda, Angola, Mauritius or Liberia

Asian Zone Draw Group A: China, Jordan, Iraq, Singapore
Group B: Korea Republic, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon
Group C: Japan, Uzbekistan, Syria, Korea DPR
Group D: Australia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Thailand
Group E: Iran, Qatar, Bahrain, Indonesia

North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone Draw (Round Two) Group A: El Salvador, Surinam, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic
Group B: Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Bermuda
Group C: Panama, Dominica, Nicaragua, Bahamas
Group D: Canada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, St Lucia
Group E: Grenada, Guatemala, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize
Group F: Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Curacao, US Virgin Islands

North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone Draw (Round Three) Group A: USA, Jamaica, Winner of R2 Grp E, Winner of R2 Grp F
Group B: Mexico, Costa Rica, Winner of R2 Grp A, Winner of R2 Grp B
Group C: Honduras, Cuba, Winner of R2 Grp D, Winner of R2 Grp C

Oceanian Zone DrawGroup A: Vanuatu, New Caledonia, American Samoa/Cook Islands/Samoa or Tonga, Tahiti
Group B: Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea

European Zone Draw Group A: Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland, Macedonia, Wales
Group B: Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta.
Group C: Germany, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan.
Group D: Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Andorra.
Group E: Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus, Iceland.
Group F: Portugal, Russia, Israel, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg
Group G: Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia, Lichtenstein
Group H: England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino
Group I: Spain, France, Belarus, Georgia, Finland

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Why do most sports bettors lose?

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Most sports bettors prefer to bet against the spread, spread also known as "point spread" or "line" which is one of the most common way to bet. a spread bet is one team must win by a certain margin for a bet to be winner. For example in an NBA spread bet (Miami Heats -6.5) against (Cleveland Cavaliers +6.5). Miami Heats must won the games with 7 scores more in order to win the bet.




The Line bet in theory ought to give bettors a 50% chance of selecting a winner over a given bet on. Juice has been offering the sportsbook an advantage, which but not invincible - and undoubtedly vulnerable to a large number of bettors to go more than to pocket some lucky victories.


Let's take into account of some numbers. In case you bet five games a week throughout the NFL season (17 weeks), there would be 51 games. Let's keep the math in simple and say that you just play only 50 games and you bet $ 10 flat per game. Should you pick 27 winners and 23 losers, you happen to be up $ 17 by the end with the season. You've chosen 54%, that is certainly the binomial distribution tells us that 24% of monkeys throwing darts at a board (random guess) could also do. So why do much less than 5% of sports bettors make income on NFL games?

It just isn't simply because they're unfavorable winners. It's not due to sports betting and the juice can not win - even if the juice is tough to overcome. The true reason is that most bettors overbet their bankroll. They bet far more money than they should. Bookmakers are in accordance with this to make their living.
What could be the appropriate amount to bet? This really is a subject of debate. Think about an ideal situation. Allow us pretend that we can safely say that our capability to pick winners is 54%. We can't know for sure, according to 50 bets, but we make a hypothesis that allows us to apply the Kelly criterion for our situation.
f = (bp-q) / b
b = 10/11 or 0.9091
p = 0.54, q = 0.46
tells us that we need to invest only 3.4% of our bankroll on each pick.

Place your bet rationally - watch your bankroll to bet!

Consider carefully. With perfect knowledge as well as the huge advantage of getting in a position to pick up 54% against the spread, you need to be betting only 3.4% of your bankroll. It's not much. Bet more than that and your back will fall. Rates more than double (> 6.8%), and it is possible you'll be able to expect to lose cash even should you can get an amazing 54% winners. If you commit to 10% or much more of your bankroll on a single game? Most sports bettors do. Most of them lose $ and ruin their bankroll.

Another Funny Football Shootout

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Western Bulldogs 'Zero' in on footy challenge

The pride of Footscray show off their foot skills as they take on the 'Coke Zero Team Left Field, Zero In Challenge'!

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Time to Zero in

The Western Bulldogs kicking accuracy has been tested by the “Coke Zero Team Left Field” challenge.






With the aim of kicking a Coke Zero can off the goal post the boys’ on target kicking was put to the test.

The boys went into the challenge confident but the seemingly easy task proved to be harder than anticipated.

You can see full version of the ‘Coke Zero Team Left Field’ challenge on Youtube  

Manny Pacquiao Best 10 Knock Out Highlights

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Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao  (born December 17, 1978), also known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer and
politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won ten world titles, and the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). He is also a three-time The Ring and BWAA "Fighter of the Year", winning the award in 2006, 2008, and 2009.





Currently, Pacquiao is the WBO Welterweight World Champion (Super Champion). He is also currently rated as the "number one" pound-for-pound best boxer in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring, BoxRec.com, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Yahoo! Sports, Sporting Life and About.com.


Aside from boxing, Pacquiao has participated in acting, music recording, and politics. In May 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the province of Sarangani.He is the only active boxer to become a congressman in the Philippines.

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Most Funniest Penalty Goal

This is the most funniest penalty goal you may ever seen! Goleirão the goalkeeper of a 4th division Italian Football team went to celebrate a penalty kick missed and forgot to wait for the referee's whistle, and no one could imagine what's going to be happened, the ball bouncing back and went into the goal finally! The team has lost the championship and chance of promotion in this match.

Placing Football Bets

Having a little flutter on a football game can add to the excitement of watching the match. Earning a little extra cash when your team win is a nice bonus, or you can back their opponents for some small consolation if it doesn`t go the way you would have liked.

There are many types of bets that you can place, the simplest being picking the winning team, or predicting a draw. This option won`t give you much of a return on your cash however, as the odds are usually somewhere around even for this kind of bet, meaning that you will get £1 profit for each £1 of your stake. You can predict the outcomes of a number of matches to increase your return, but this obviously increases your risk as well.

First goal scorer is a popular type of bet on football matches, for this bet you predict which player will score the first goal. This will give you a better return as there are at least 22 possibilities, although some are, of course, less likely than others which is reflected in the odds. You can also bet on a specific score, or combine the first goal scorer and the actual score to give you an even better return when you get it right. If you are betting on the score, be sure to check the definition as some bookmakers define this as the score at the end of the game, whilst others will use the score after 90 minutes and not take the extra time added for matches that must be decided into account.

Another option is to predict the time of the first goal and this too can be combined with other bets to increase your return. Many bookmakers offer special bets on big games, or special combinations for a group of matches such as England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales all to win if they are playing on the same day or weekend

Deciding what or who to bet on is the hard bit. It is always difficult to separate what you want to happen from what you actually believe will happen. Betting against your team may feel traitorous, but it can also earn you a bit of cash if it goes the wrong way.

Listening to friends is always risky, but at least you can blame someone else if you lose. There are many professional tipsters that will charge you for their predictions, but also plenty of newspapers and online sites where you can get free footy tips so paying for them seems like a waste of money unless you find a tipster with psychic capabilities. In the end anything can happen so go with your gut instinct and have fun!

Online Sports Betting: How is It Better?

Over the years, many developments have already taken place in the dynamic world of gambling; take for instance, being able to gamble and place bets online. One of the most popular examples where this can be seen is in online sports betting, where online punters exchange and place their bets in sports via different websites.

Online sports betting is now gaining popularity and following worldwide. Here are some of the top reasons why more and more people opt for betting in sports online:

1. Convenience. Nowadays, people can just place their bets anywhere and any time of day, as long as they are connected to the Internet. Instead of traveling long distances to a racecourse and other facilities, they can bet online and choose among a plethora of web-based sports books.

2. There are many sports books that allow punters to place and exchange bets, and continue betting, even as the game progresses.

3. Be your own bookmaker. Handle your own betting exchanges online. There is a multitude of information available on betting methods for each type of sporting event, as well as helpful reviews on how to improve your betting techniques.

4. User-friendly navigation system. The top online sports books can easily be navigated, where betters can go from one sport to the next in a breeze. Almost all sports are found in a sports betting site so placing bets in various sporting events can be done without the hassle of toggling multiple websites.

5. Network security. Online betters need not worry about security issues as online betting sites use maximum network security to guarantee the players’ protection and privacy. Its online payment systems are designed with minimum delay so that prize money is easily claimed.

6. Bet bonuses. There are many sports betting sites that offer bonuses and rewards to all online betters. Some offer discounts off the better’s original deposit, while some give chances to place more bets with no additional fee.

The best way to start and do well in online sports betting is finding a trustworthy and reputable sports book. Familiarity with its betting options can also give players a head start. Lastly, research thoroughly reviews of professional betters per sporting events before placing bets.

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The football fireworks may be over for another year, but Intertops.com remains the place to be for all your wagering pleasure throughout the sporting year. Stay tuned for our attractive odds on all your favorite sports, plus unbeatable deposit bonuses and cash giveaways in 2011!

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