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Las Vegas - C'MON people. Stop shooting the poison arrows. Talking to the talking heads and the inksters who are trashing the NHL for the plan to return hockey to a sports-starved public. No plan is perfect. Nothing is EVER perfect, but at least Gary Bettman and the NHL are making an effort. Gotta respect the effort. Maybe there are a few minor tweaks before the NHL gets back on the ice, but from this keyboard, we'll be BETTING BAABBBEE and that's a YUGE plus.
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Las Vegas - Staying in Germany and moving from Dortmund to Leipzig, just about 415 kilometers, which is about 258 miles and should take about four hours by car. Of course, you can probably push the speedometer to 90+ on the Autobahn and make the trip in three hours and small change. If you don't feel comfortable driving, you can jump on the train in Dortmund, pay €19.90 Euros (like $21.85 U.S. bucks) and get there in 5 hours and 11 minutes.
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Las Vegas - Think Yankees/Red Sox. Think Lakers/Celtics. Think Duke/North Carolina or Barcelona/Real Madrid. Some of the greatest rivalries in all of sports. Now, take it to the Bundesliga, and you have Bayern Munich, the YANKEES of German soccer, they've won 29 titles and are gunning for number 30, against Borussia Dortmund. Bayern is the road favorite at -$115, with Dortmund the home underdog at +$250, with NO fans.
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Las Vegas - You know that we've been studying day & night to bring you some winners in European soccer, and just might have another W for you. Taking a look at the Armenian Premier League match between FC Ararat and FC Urartu, formerly FC Banants. Naturally, we had to dig REALLY deep to research this game and this league, but that's why I'm here.
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Las Vegas - Get out your clubs because we're heading to Florida for The Match: Champions for Charity. It'll be Tiger and Peyton Manning vs. Phil and Tom Brady. Of course, we've done the required research and found out that Peyton has a 6.4 handicap according to the USGA. Also found Manning's last five scores at his home course, the Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver, were 83-88-82-86-84. TB 12 plays out of the The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts where his handicap is listed at 8.1.
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