PAC-12 Preview: USC at Arizona State Pick - Because of probation USC cannot win the PAC-12 championship this season. But the Trojans will certainly have something to say about who does. Arizona State is a prime candidate to take advantage of the Trojans’ ineligibility. Playing in the PAC-12′s South Division the Sun Devils are shooting for a berth in the first PAC-12 championship [...]

News and Notes from the NFL- Sept.23 - News and Notes from the NFL- Sept.23   The 2011 NFL regular season is only two weeks old, but the print media and air waves are already filled with predictions of Super Bowl glory for any team that is 2-0 and an entry into the Andrew Luck-sweepstakes for all the teams that are 0-2. Jumping [...]

MLB Futures Betting Update – Aug 18 - The 2011 Major League regular season enters the home stretch with about 40 games to go in the 162-game schedule. We already have a pretty good idea of most of the teams that will make it into the postseason, but there are a few division races that could still come down to the wire. The [...]

List of Best Sportsbooks for US Players - Bang the Book is getting ready for yet another football season, but before we get started with the year, we are providing you with the list of the top sportsbooks for US players. We’ll begin with a website that has been around for ages, Bookmaker Sportsbook. Bookmaker has undergone a number of changes over the [...]

2011 Pittsburgh Steelers Team Preview and Prediction - The Pittsburgh Steelers somewhat unexpectedly won the AFC championship last year for the third time in the last six seasons. But the last couple of times Pittsburgh has played as the defending champs things haven’t gone too well. Last year most sportsbooks sent the Steelers off at right around 5/2 to win the AFC North [...]

2011 Cleveland Browns Team Preview and Prediction - The Cleveland Browns haven’t had much success since getting a rebirth as a franchise 12 years ago. In that time Cleveland has posted two winning records and made the playoffs once. And while they seem to be putting something together, the Brownies are now on their third head coach in the last three seasons, which [...]

2011 Detriot Lions Team Prediction and Preview - The Detroit Lions and their fans have been starved for a winner, and after 10 straight losing seasons the table looks like it’s set. Detroit has apparently accumulated the requisite talent and a little experience, as they advanced from 0-16 in 2008 to 6-10 last year. Now, according to a good percentage of folks who [...]

2011 Green Bay Packers Prediction and Preview - For a team that was considered a Super Bowl contender before the season started and then won the Big One, 2010 was a roller coaster of a season for the Green Bay Packers. The Pack began last season getting right around 11/1 at most online sportsbooks to win the Super Bowl. But going into the [...]

NASCAR Hits the Brickyard - After taking last week off NASCAR’s Sprint Cuppers restart their engines Sunday with the running of the Brickyard 400 at historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1:15 pm Eastern, ESPN). Two weeks ago Ryan Newman led a race-high 119 laps on his way toward winning the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire. In doing so Newman [...]

NASCAR Sprint Cup Futures Update – July 20th - Ryan Newman’s victory last Sunday in New Hampshire marked the 19th point race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup series 36-race schedule and with just seven races remaining until the start of the 10-race ‘Chase’ to this year’s title, the top 10 of the current point standings remains littered with familiar names including five-time champion [...]