The Olympic odds continue today from Vancouver. Bodog has odds posted on the TNT double-header plus all the ESPN family of networks games.
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X-games skier CR Johnson was killed in a fall at Squaw Valley. Johnson was 26…SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed during a show by a shamu killer whale. She was 40 years old…ESPN was a victim of a hoax by a caller pretending to be Brian Westbrook. The four-letter evil empire which suspended host Tony Kornheiser for joking about the wardrobe of Hannah Storm, looked borderline moronic when they allowed the prankster on the air.
Sportsbook odds are posted for men's hockey semi-final action. The Finland vs. United States odds has the USA at -174 while Slovakia-Canada has the Canadians at -875.
Free sports picks…
OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Handicapper, Generation Zero tipster Matt Rivers has Arizona State -2.5 at Stanford.
Stanford has been alright at home this season and Green and Fields are quality players but when push comes to shove right now I can't help but back the more talented and superior Sun Devils, even on the road here as the dreaded road chalk.
Arizona State has not exactly overachieved this season but when you lose great players in Harden and Pendergraph that is hard to do. Herb Sendek's team has been pretty good though at 19-8 is still not terrible and at 9-5 in the Pac-10 these guys are right there at the top looking for the conference title, just a half game behind Cal. Derek Glasser is your typical solid point guard that has experience and can get the job done and Abbott, Kuksiks and Boateng are quality players who can fill it up.
ASU has now won three in a row and five of six including four of the last five away from Tempe. Just the other day Sendek's squad outclassed Arizona in Tucson and is coming into Palo Alto playing quite possibly their best ball of the year and with a ton of momentum.
Stanford at home should be good enough to compete here and they have actually won two straight and three of four. Johnny Dawkins' team has some upside to be a little bit dangerous as any team does that boasts two talented scorers but the Cardinal are going nowhere this season and are in too tough of a spot today.
The Pick: Arizona State at SportsBook The final score will be 64-57 in favor of the Sun Devils.
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Denver Nuggets (-5.5) at Golden State Warriors – 10:30 p.m. ET
Denver (37-19, 26-27-3 ATS) has cooled off in February, going 4-4 in its last eight games. The results have been nearly identical against the spread at 4-3-1 during that same stretch. The Nuggets have done a solid job covering on the road; although they1-1-1 ATS in their past three road games, they've gone a solid 5-3-2 against the point spread in their past 10 games away from home.
Golden State (16-40, 31-24-1 ATS) has won just three times in its past 10 games, but the Warriors have been slightly better against the spread, covering half of those games. Playing at Oracle Arena hasn't helped much—Golden State is 4-6 against the spread in its past 10 home games, though it's a slightly improved 3-2 in its past five.
While Denver has dominated the head-to-head series, winning eight of 10, Golden State has managed a 5-5 split against the spread. Both teams like to run wild but, at least compared to the Warriors, Denver has some semblance of a defense.
Pick: Denver -5.5 at Bodog
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Top betting trends…
All records are against the spread. In the NBA, Denver Nuggets are 10-0-1 with three or more days rest. The Minnesota Timberwolves have covered seven straight to the Northwest Division.
