Team USA Basketball is and will be favored to win everything in this summer’s Olympic Games, but as a bettor, it’s hard to really guage their odds without knowing the schedule.
We’re still waiting on the men’s, but the women’s team will apparently be playing in the tournament opener on July 28 against an unknown opponent. It would clearly be better to have a name in that blank, but it’s good to know we will get a feel for them before all the other teams. Continue reading
The 2012 Olympics haven’t even begun yet and oddsmakers have already made their presumptions about track clear. It’s still Usain Bolt, and then everyone else. Well, that is, Michael Johnson from a decade ago shows up. Bolt is getting 8/13 odds from Bet365 to win the 100m, the event he has completely destroyed since breaking the world record in 2008. USA sprinter Tyson Gay gets 13/2 from them also, which is good to know that America is going to be close enough to see Bolt break his old record again. Continue reading