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Las Vegas - Phil and TB12 vs. DeChambeau and Mr. Discount Double Check. If you like the brainiacs, Aaron Rodgers and the Scientist, you'll have to lay $180 to win back $100. If you want a taste of Lefty and the Brady Bunch, you'll put up $100 and get back $160. Of course there is an array of props, including will there be a hole-in-one, will there be an eagle, will they go to a playoff. The only prop that is gonna get my cash is, will DeChambeau hit a drive 450 yards or longer?
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Las Vegas - Gotta start reading my stuff. In my writeup for the last Stanley Cup game on Friday, I said, 'Obviously, the Lightning are the superior team, by a bunch.' Then like a big dope, I open my wallet and tickle the Canadiens. Not tonight. Gonna get my broom out and watch Tampa sweep Montreal on to the golf course. But the wager is just, instead of Bud Light, it's Benj Light!
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Las Vegas - If you missed my hot dog rant a few days ago, it's July 4th and that means the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island. Yea, Joey Chestnut is the Babe Ruth/Wayne Gretzky/Michael Jordan/Jim Brown of dogs. Yea, Jaws has 13 Mustard Belts and is looking for number 14. Yea, Chestnut is an OVERWHELMING favorite, bet $5,000 to win back $100, so you gotta turn to the props.
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Las Vegas - Not gonna open the wallet for England vs. Ukraine because my HEART is with the Three Lions in Rome. And I never bet with my heart. Well, almost never. Will take a small taste of Denmark in the early game against the Czech Republic in Baku, Azerbaijan. After the horrific Christian Eriksen collapse on the field in the opening game against Finland, the Danes have bounced back strong. They blasted Russia 4-1 then fed a 4-0 bagel to Wales in the last match.
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Las Vegas - Like Yankee Stadium, the old Montreal Forum, the TEMPLE of hockey, was and is considered hallowed ground in Canada. My first major assignment was covering the 1979 Stanley Cup when the Canadiens hosted the New York Rangers. Just walking into Le Forum de Montreal was breathtaking. In New York, we had the Babe, Mickey, Joe D, Lou Gehrig and Yogi. When you looked down on the Forum ice, you saw the ghosts of Richard, Beliveau, Lafleur, Lamaire and Boom Boom Geoffrion.
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