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American Idol Final 12 Betting Odds

Last night, American Idol (Season 9) revealed their twelve finalists after a round of four eliminations. Of the final twelve, LinesMaker Sportsbook is pleased to release our odds on the next American Idol winner. The current odds are: Aaron Kelly  40/1     Andrew Garcia  12/1     Casey James  4/1     Crystal Bowersox  3/2     Didi Benami  12/1     Katie Stevens  25/1     Lacey Brown  50/1     Lee Dewyze  5/1     Michael Lynche  10/1     Paige Miles  50/1     Siobhan Magnus  7/4     Tim Urban  50/1   LinesMaker is a premiere destination... 

Hot Hoops and Gearhead Action

  NCAA Conference Championships, NBA Action, and Revving Up for the Bahrain Grand Prix! It’s NCAA conference showdown time starting with the ACC, Big 10, SEC and culminating with the Big East Championship at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Will top seeded Syracuse remain at the top?  Not getting enough hoops?  There’s plenty of NBA action this weekend. Kobe helped he Lakers break their three game slide, they will meet Phoenix on Friday. Another NBA Championship favorites, Cleveland have a busy weekend with two games on tap For all you gearheads the Bahrain Grand Prix revs up on Sunday.... 

Luck of the Irish in Big East

Notre Dame shut down Seton Hall’s powerful offense in the second round of the Big East Tourney on Wednesday. Luke Harangody bounced back into action for the Fighting Irish. He entered as the nation’s second-leading scorer at 23.3 points per game but missed 5 games after being injured in a 90-87 loss at Seton Hall on Feb. 11. He certainly wasn’t going to let Seton Hall beat them this time. He had 20 points and 10 rebounds off the bench in the 68- 56 victory for the Fighting Irish (22-10). Tony Jackson helped by adding 13 points and six assists. Notre Dame is the No 7 seed and now improves... 

Dallas Stars Not Shining

The Dallas Stars were shining when they beat Washington on Monday.  Unfortunately, they could not repeat their great shoot-out performance when they met the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. Buffalo’s rookie Tyler Myers scored 55 seconds into the game and had three assists, but it was Thomas Vanek’s goal in the second period that sealed the Sabres a 5-3 victory over the Stars (29-25-12).  The teams were tied at three after the first 20 minutes but Buffalo dominated the final two periods as the Stars could only manage to get six shots on Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller, who finished with 17 saves. This... 

Kobe Ends Lakers Three Game Slide

It was Kobe Bryant’s late jumper that put an end to the Lakers three game slide on Tuesday night. With just 1.9 seconds left Bryant hit a 17-foot jumper taking the Los Angeles Lakers to a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors. This ended what was the Lakers longest losing streak this season. The Raptors totally outplayed the defending champions through most of the three-quarters up until Bryant’s heroic shot in the fourth. Chris Bosh hit a 3-pointer with 9.5 seconds left to bring the game to a tie. Then Bryant eluded Antoine Wright’s defense getting the ball on the wing and moved nearly... 

More Spills than Thrills in Atlanta

Kurt Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500 for the second time in a row at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race was more like an endurance race with restarts and crashes caused by tire problems. There were two dramatic and frightening crashes that prolonged the race by 16 extra laps. Carl Edwards caused the first by clipping Brad Keselowski’s car and sending it upside down into the grandstand. Speculation is that this was retaliation for a race last year at Talladega, in which Keslowski won after colliding with Edwards. Luckily Keselowski was ok and Edwards was ordered off the track and reprimanded by NASCAR. The...