2011 October at BetLM

Stewart Wins at Martinsville; Closes in on Edwards

By HANK KURZ Jr., Sports Writer Fans wait out a rain delay before the Goody’s 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at the Mar­tinsville Speed­way on Sun­day.( Photo/Steve Hel­ber) MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Tony Stew­art hadn’t won a race all sea­son and didn’t list him­self as a cham­pi­onship con­tender when asked to hand­i­cap the field before NASCAR’s 10-race play­offs got going. Now, his third cham­pi­onship is there for the taking. “We’ve had one of those up-and-down years and we’re hav­ing a run in this Chase and now we’re hun­gry,” Stew­art said after... 

Casino Game Site Tips: Types of Bets in Roulette

Roulette is among the most pop­u­lar online casino games played online. Play­ing roulette can be excit­ing and prof­itable affair if you know the rules and strate­gies involved in the game. The min­i­mum and max­i­mum bet is pre-specified for each roulette table. There are pri­mar­ily inside and out­side bets in this game. One can use sev­eral means to make dif­fer­ent inside bets, like bet­ting straight up or over­lap the line to select a com­bi­na­tion of num­bers. When you bet a num­ber straight up then you will be paid 35 to 1. In case of Split Bet, wherein you bet on... 

Kvitova Wins WTA Championships

Updated Oct 30, 2011 5:55 PM ET ISTANBUL Wim­ble­don cham­pion Petra Kvi­tova won her first WTA Cham­pi­onships title on Sun­day, beat­ing Vic­to­ria Azarenka 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 for a vic­tory that will also put her at No. 2 in the world rankings. Kvi­tova raced to a 5–0 lead in the first set, but Azarenka ral­lied to level it at 5–5. The Czech player finally con­verted her fifth set point when Azarenka’s fore­hand sailed out. Azarenka set­tled into a con­sis­tent base­line game in the sec­ond set and clinched it with a fore­hand win­ner on the line. Kvi­tova saved... 

MLB’s Important Offseason Dates

FOX Sports OFFSEASON CALENDAR Updated Oct 30, 2011 8:39 PM ET We know you miss base­ball already. Don’t worry. The off­sea­son is full of impor­tant events. Fol­low it all at FOXSports.com. Date Event Nov. 14, 2011 AL, NL Jackie Robin­son Rookie of the Year Awards announced Nov. 15, 2011 AL Cy Young Award announced Nov. 16, 2011 AL, NL Man­ager of the Year Awards announced Nov. 17, 2011 NL Cy Young Award announced Nov. 18, 2011 Day to file reserve lists for all Major and Minor League levels. Nov. 21, 2011 AL Most Valu­able Player Award... 

Week Eight Monday 10-Pack

It’s the mid­point of the sea­son, sort of. Eight weeks are in the books, but only eight teams have played eight games. For the other 24, the sea­son won’t hit the turn until next week. And while we’re start­ing to get a feel for the good teams and the bad teams and the in-between teams, the any-given-Sunday vibe remains alive and well — and the for­tunes of teams can change quickly, for good or bad. Until we crown a cham­pion, we can dab­ble only in a series of snap­shots as to where teams are right now. Here are 10 of them, plenty of which may fade to black by the time Jan­u­ary... 

Badgers, Buckeyes Headed Opposite Ways

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three weeks ago, Wis­con­sin seemed to be cruis­ing toward a sea­son to remem­ber, unbeaten and in the run­ning for a shot at a national championship. Mean­while, Ohio State was 0–2 in con­fer­ence play and seem­ingly play­ing out the string in a sea­son beset with NCAA prob­lems, sus­pen­sions and bad breaks. How quickly things have changed. The Bad­gers, once No. 4 and con­sid­ered an elite team, have been deflated by two soul-crushing defeats on suc­ces­sive Sat­ur­day nights on the road. The Buck­eyes, their sea­son all but writ­ten off, now find... 

Bejarano Wins 4 of 5 Cal Cup Stakes at Santa Anita

ARCADIA, Calif. — Jockey Rafael Bejarano dom­i­nated the Cal­i­for­nia Cup at Santa Anita on Sat­ur­day, win­ning four of the day’s five stakes for state-bred horses, includ­ing a vic­tory aboard the favorite Norvsky in the $ 175,000 Cal­i­for­nia Cup Classic. Santa Anita’s lead­ing jockey also won the Cal Cup Juve­nile on Rous­ing Ser­mon, the Juve­nile Fil­lies aboard Starlight Magic and the $ 125,000 Distaff with Unzip Me. He added an allowance vic­tory that was not part of the cup competition. “My agent and I have been work­ing hard. I have to give him a lot... 

The Sergio Surge Continues

Two in a row for Ser­gio Gar­cia. Vic­to­ries, that is. Gar­cia won the Andalu­cia Mas­ters on Sun­day at Valder­rama, his sec­ond straight win on the Euro­pean Tour, his sec­ond straight win in his home coun­try of Spain. Last week, Gar­cia won the Castello Masters. These back-to-back wins are so notable because, prior to the Castello Mas­ters last week, Gar­cia hadn’t won any­where since 2008. Back in 2008, Gar­cia won The Play­ers Cham­pi­onship, and fin­ished out the PGA Tour part of his sched­ule with four Top 5 fin­ishes in five starts (and three of those were... 

Giants DE Tuck Set to Play for First Time Since Week 3

Defen­sive end Justin Tuck will play for the first time since Week 3 when the New York Giants host the Miami Dol­phins on Sunday. Tuck, who was listed as ques­tion­able, had missed three con­sec­u­tive games with neck and groin injuries. Run­ning back Bran­don Jacobs (knee) also was active after miss­ing the Giants’ pre­vi­ous two games. Jacobs was listed as prob­a­ble on the Fri­day injury report. Notable inac­tives for the Giants are full­back Henry Hynoski and offen­sive line­man Stacy Andrews. Bear Pas­coe will start for Hynoski. Dol­phins run­ning back Daniel Thomas... 

Stanford Grateful for Test From USC

LOS ANGELES — David Shaw waited through nearly a full year of blowout vic­to­ries to see what Stan­ford would do when faced with real pres­sure and dire circumstances. They don’t get much more dire than a triple-overtime game against rival South­ern Cal­i­for­nia in a sold-out Col­i­seum, and the fourth-ranked Car­di­nal emerged with a vic­tory that told their coach more about his team’s char­ac­ter than any blowout ever could. “I tell you what, our guys fight,” said Shaw, who still hasn’t lost as a rookie head coach after the 56–48 vic­tory. “They just kept fighting.” When...