When daylight grows shorter, temperatures drop and snow starts to fall, some people may reminisce about the sunny days of summer. Not sports fans in Wisconsin, though. The winter time is when the action is the hottest in this Midwest state with basketball and hockey in full swing. Whether on the court or the ice, the action never ends in Wisconsin. Milwaukee is also known as being the original home to many breweries, meaning that a good time is...more
Chariot horse racing goes back to ancient Greek and Rome. It was one of the most popular of sports. During the middle ages knights were honored for their horsemanship. In the 1600's horsemanship became an art of the royal courts and many riding schools were established in Italy, Austria, England and France.Horses have long been used in warfare. Until World War I, the cavalry was an important branch of all armies. Today, most people do not need to...more
This winter, don't just enjoy the views from Wisconsin's largest city and southernmost Lake Michigan shore; instead, venture out and enjoy all that Milwaukee has to offer, particularly when it comes to sports. Besides being home to the professional baseball team the Brewers and the NBA team the Bucks, the Wisconsin city also finds its claim to fame in college sports teams like Marquette University's Golden Eagles and the Wisconsin Badgers. See how the teams carry themselves this year when they play at home, as the Golden Eagles attempt to bring down the South Florida Bulls at Bradley Center and Wisconsin with the Minnesota Mavericks at the Kohl Center. Get specific schedules online, and pick up those Bradley Center tickets today. The Bradley Center isn't just home to the Milwaukee Bucks and the Milwaukee Admirals, but also to the Golden Eagles Marquette Basketball team, who tend to fill the 55,000 seat stadium with screaming college alumni, fans and professional recruiters. The team's season has remained strong thanks to key players like Lazar Hayward, who even during team losses manages to get the top scores and the highest rebound count in games. This year the Golden Eagles...more
On the way to Sports betting and dont know how to go about? Then this is time to get serious about both the game and the business. Sports betting or sport handicapping is not as easy as it looks. Similar to playing the game, sports handicapping business requires extensive study of the game and its statistics. The bettor also needs to have an idea...more
Do you enjoy watching Purina's Incredible Dog Challenge? Have you seen the big diving dogs? The name of the sport where the Labrador Retrievers go leaping into the pool is actually called Dock Jumping. You don't have to have a Labrador Retriever to compete. Any water-loving dog can take the leap. This "big splash" is lots of fun for dogs that...more
Sportsbook betting is an activity in which someone makes a wager on the outcome of different sports, including golf, baseball, basketball, football, soccer, hockey, boxing, horse racing, or mixed martial arts at a sportsbook, the place where the betting takes place. There are 150 licensed sportsbooks in the United States, all located in casinos in Nevada. In the past, gamblers could shop around at various sportsbooks for better odds and choices on which to wager money. Now, since most casinos are owned by the same parent company, the odds and wagering choices are the same. That has become a disadvantage for gamblers who don't like the odds and choices presented to them.The practice of sportsbook betting has been outlawed in most states in the US, due to the passage of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, with only a handful of exceptions. Oregon and Delaware conducted sports lotteries and those were exempt from the law, as were the licensed sports pools that took place in Nevada. The practice in Europe is called bookmaking and although it is strictly regulated there, it is not criminalized. No matter what location sports betting takes place, there is...more
Sport betting involves placing a bet on who the person making the wager thinks will win in a sporting event. There are many sporting events which can be bet on including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, horse racing, boxing, and mixed...more
Sports betting is the act of making a bet on who someone thinks will win at a sporting event. Many sports can have bets placed on the outcomes of their events including, basketball, football, base, soccer, hockey, horse racing, boxing, and mixed...more
Now before we go any further, lets consider cheerleadings background quickly. By no means definitive, heres a simple version of the history of cheerleading in about 20 seconds: Just recently beginning to gain in worldwide popularity, cheerleading...more
The winter months may sweep in the colder temperatures in Portland, Ore., but that shouldn't stop residents from venturing away from home. Portland has some of the best entertainment choices in the winter months, ranging from sports to concerts,...more
Now in 2009 many motorists have pulled back or even downsized their vehicles. You can now this fall or in the winter of 2010 upscale on the cheap big time. For not much cash , on a trade you may be able to move up the ladder to a "real" luxurious...more
There is a great deal of unused talent within school campuses and because of that, there are a number of wasted opportunities too. Some people just do not know that they have what it takes to be a stellar college student with an athletic...more