In the wake of the filibuster deal, politics blog Slowplay.com suggests now’s the time to sell Senator John McCain short on his chance of snagging the 2008 GOP presidential nomination:
The only thing resolved in this so-called “deal” is that if John McCain wants to be president he’s going to have to win the Democratic nomination.
This […]

A degenerate nob on the Two Plus Two forums has put together an equation which he suspects ensures a profitable haul if you play both sides of a baseball game. Observe genius in action:
was looking a senerio … where you would play both sides of a baseball game… runlines… -1.5 for each team…both plays would […]

Easy money or disaster incarnate? Bodog has set its lines for the mindless summer blockbuster that will make the most money its opening weekend. Suprisingly, the Steven Spielberg movie War of the Worlds and its so-in-love-we-may-puke-all-over-the-wall star Tom Cruise is slated at 3/1, with the darker, creepier Christian Bale-helmed Batman Begins given the biggest […]

· Antonio Esfandiari took some time away from boning Shannon Elizabeth to play cards and top the leaderboard at the WSOP Circuit Championship. [Card Player]
· Crandell Addington, one of the founders of the World Series of Poker and considered the game’s best-dressed player, is trying to cure cancer. No shit. [RedNova]
· Experts say regulators would […]

Yes, apparently there are some people desperate enough for action that they’ll actually throw money at the WNBA. It’s unfathomable to us that someone would actually do this, but apparently, the WNBA is one of the easiest money-makers in gambling–especially when some of the bigger stars get hampered by injuries. So keep an ear to […]

Oddjack continues its rundown of the major forces in the 2005 National Spelling Bee, which kicks off June 1…
Joseph F. Sheperd, Speller No. 59
Sponsor:
The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia
Age:
13, seventh grade
School:
Home School, Waynesboro, Georgia
Bio:
Joe participated in the Georgia Geographic Bee and in state-level Mathcounts competition. He won first place in a 4-H forestry contest. His […]

From the cranky folks at 2 + 2… regular poster TylerDurden goes into oh-so-precise detail about his trip to Vegas, his meals, the hands he played, and his run-in with the Timberlake-humpin’ star of Charlie’s Angels:
I was in the 10 seat so I couldn’t see the cards too well till the dealer moved her hand […]

· July 25th poker tournament at Foxwood’s is for fantasy hockey players, who have had nothing to do for quite some time except learn how to play poker. [Poker 777]
· Another poker for cash site crops up via the UK; another dental bill will be ignored or paid-in-full. [TMCNet]
· Daniel Negreanu blogs about his match […]

We posted a story about French Open betting opportunities from Covers and goddammit, we took their advice. So, we took Andy Roddick, American tennis pro whose penis was once inside Mandy Moore, at -215 to win LIKE THEY SAID. No dice, as Roddick was beaten this afternoon by an Argentinian tennis player named Jose Acasuso, […]