January 25, 2017 – Page 3 – Officialsportsbetting.com

Brent Musburger is retiring from sportscasting at age 77 (Sports Betting News)Brent Musburger is retiring from sportscasting at age 77 (Sports Betting News)

January 25, 2017| 21:10

Brent Musburger is calling it a career at ESPN after being the play-by-play man in the booth at sporting events enjoyed by millions of Americans, most prominently when he was the lead voice for CBS Sports in the 1980s. Musburger, 77, said he’s leaving active sportscasting to help his family get a sports handicapping business started and to use some of the millions of airline miles he’s earned for some fun travel. Both Musburger and ESPN say comments about Oklahoma football player Joe Mixon that were criticized as insensitive during the Sugar Bowl earlier this month had nothing to do with his exit.

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Citizens board: Video backs cop in Steelers’ coach arrest (Sports Betting News)Citizens board: Video backs cop in Steelers’ coach arrest (Sports Betting News)

January 25, 2017| 21:05

Surveillance video supports a police officer’s version of the arrest of Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter, including that Porter briefly grabbed the officer’s wrists, the head of the city’s Citizen Police Review Board said Wednesday. A county prosecutor has said the video doesn’t support prosecuting the most serious criminal charges against Porter – including aggravated assault – for allegedly grabbing Officer Paul Abel’s wrists. Elizabeth Pittinger, the executive director of the review board, said she was assessing Abel’s truthfulness and conduct, not the prosecutor’s. The review board investigates allegations of police misconduct, but its findings and disciplinary recommendations are non-binding.

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Towns, Embiid highlight NBA’s Rising Stars rosters (Sports Betting News)Towns, Embiid highlight NBA’s Rising Stars rosters (Sports Betting News)

January 25, 2017| 21:01

NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid are holding out hope that they will be named as All-Star reserves on Thursday. If not, they have a consolation prize.

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Source: Nance Jr. won’t be in dunk contestSource: Nance Jr. won’t be in dunk contest

January 25, 2017| 20:44

Source: Nance Jr. won’t be in dunk contest

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LPGA Tour begins 2017 season in the Bahamas (Sports Betting News)LPGA Tour begins 2017 season in the Bahamas (Sports Betting News)

January 25, 2017| 20:41

Defending champion Hyo Joo Kim and reigning player of the year Ariya Jutanugarn highlight the field as the 2017 LPGA begins its season on Thursday with the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic at the Ocean Club Course at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. The fifth edition of this tournament is the first of 35 events on the LPGA Tour schedule, up from 33 in 2016. The combined total official prize money of the tour’s events is an LPGA-record $67.35 million – and 11 of the events (including four of the tour’s five major championships) will have increased purses.

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Woods’ return is all the rage at Farmers Insurance Open (Sports Betting News)Woods’ return is all the rage at Farmers Insurance Open (Sports Betting News)

January 25, 2017| 20:30

All the talk at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open is that 14-time major champion Tiger Woods is set to tee it up in his first official PGA Tour round since August 2015. It’s a compelling storyline, but there are myriad other draws for attention that might be flying under the radar as 156 golfers begin play Thursday at the North and South Courses at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, Calif. First things, first — all eyes will be focused on Woods, at least for the first two days of the tournament.

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NASCAR’s Carl Edwards does not rule out US Senate run in ’18 (Sports Betting News)NASCAR’s Carl Edwards does not rule out US Senate run in ’18 (Sports Betting News)

January 25, 2017| 20:21

Two weeks after his abrupt retirement as a full-time driver in NASCAR, Carl Edwards on Wednesday would not rule out a potential U.S. Senate campaign in his home state of Missouri next year. Terry Smith, a political science professor at Columbia College, speculated in a Wednesday piece for KBIA’s Talking Politics that Edwards will challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat whose second term expires in 2018. Edwards didn’t exactly rule it out when reached by Sports Betting News.

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NASCAR’s Carl Edwards does not rule out US Senate run in ’18 (Sports Betting News)NASCAR’s Carl Edwards does not rule out US Senate run in ’18 (Sports Betting News)

January 25, 2017| 20:21

Two weeks after his abrupt retirement as a full-time driver in NASCAR, Carl Edwards on Wednesday would not rule out a potential U.S. Senate campaign in his home state of Missouri next year. Terry Smith, a political science professor at Columbia College, speculated in a Wednesday piece for KBIA’s Talking Politics that Edwards will challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat whose second term expires in 2018. Edwards didn’t exactly rule it out when reached by Sports Betting News.

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Play of the Day – Dion WaitersPlay of the Day – Dion Waiters

January 25, 2017| 20:13

Dion Waiters hits the 3 pointer to put the game away

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Source: Rox agree with former All-Star closer HollandSource: Rox agree with former All-Star closer Holland

January 25, 2017| 20:05

The Colorado Rockies and free-agent reliever Greg Holland have agreed to a one-year contract with a vesting option, MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez reported on Wednesday. The club has not confirmed the deal.

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