Earlier this summer the Atlanta Thrashers managed to nab playoff hero Dustin Byfuglien off of a vulnerable, cash-strapped Chicago Blackhawks just weeks after they won their first Stanley Cup in decades. Now news has broken out that the team may very well use him on the defensive end.
Byfuglien proved his significance throughout the playoffs when [...]

There are some incredible matchups on Saturday in college football, including Michigan at Notre Dame, Miami at Ohio State and Florida State at Oklahoma. But the problem with those three games is that they all start around 3:30 ET, meaning that unless you have picture-in-picture, multiple TVs or are at a sports bar, you have [...]

There are three matchups on Saturday featuring ranked teams who have met in a national championship games, and Saturday’s Florida State-Oklahoma showdown is one of them: the Sooners upset the Seminoles in the 2001 Orange Bowl for their first (and still only) national title under Bob Stoops. And really that game changed the fortunes of [...]

The most impressive team performance in the opening week of college football was easily what Oregon did to New Mexico. True, UNM isn’t a great team, but the Ducks won 72-0 and put up a school-record 720 yards. Those 72 points tied the school’s modern-day record and was Oregon’s largest ever margin of victory against [...]

If you held a Heisman vote following Week 1 of the college football season, Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson would be the winner. All the sophomore did in his first career start was run for 197 yards — setting a school record for a QB — and a TD while going 19-for-22 passing for 186 yards [...]

The first U.S. Open men’s semifinal Saturday is expected to be a good one, while the next one should be a little more lopsided. Rafael Nadal takes on Mikhail Youzhny on Bodog’s tennis odds.
Nadal is an overwhelming -1400 favorite. He arrived in the semis after topping eighth-seeded Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. It wasn’t all [...]

Two familiar foes meet on Bodog’s tennis odds Saturday, as Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic clash in the first of two U.S. Open men’s semifinals.
Federer is a -350 favorite over Djokovic, and with good reason. Despite more inclement weather, the Swiss looked like his old self in the quarters. Federer earned a convincing 6-4, 6-4, [...]

Tennis odds continue this week with the U.S. Open women’s semifinals on Friday. In the first semi, Venus Williams will take on Kim Clijsters. Clijsters is a -225 Bodog favorite after winning her last four meetings between these competitors. Williams clocks in as a +165 underdog.
Williams arrived in the semifinal despite hitting the tournament with [...]

Who knew it would be this easy for Tom Brady? Survive a car accident, get your contract extension.
After surviving a scary crash that left one person in need of the jaws of life, Brady brushed himself off, made his way to the Patriots practice facility and signed a contract that guarantees he’ll retire in New [...]

It wasn’t the dramatic back-and-forth that was the 2009 NFC Championship Game, but just like that game the New Orleans Saints were able to pull off the win.
The Saints beat the Vikings 14-9 despite their struggles getting up and down the field. Drew Brees finished up with 237 yards and one touchdown. Nothing spectacular, however [...]