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The website centsports.com was introduced in 2007. This website allows people to gamble on all sporting events for free. The site gives every user ten free cents to use. If you use up all the money, they keep on giving a new ten cents. This is legal because people are not gambling their own money but the company's money. You can't be eligible for the any money until you eclipse the $20 mark. The money is made from the advertisers that have ads on the site. I have used the site in the past it is a fun way to gamble with not losing money. I think that it will stay in business for a while as long as companies still by ad space on the site. This is a great way to gamble for people who don't want to go to Vegas or mess with a bookie.

I love the Slingbox.  I've been looking for a way to stream my own TV media to me anywhere, and the fine folks at Slingbox have really put together several nice products.  Tether your cell phone's 3G data connection to your laptop and you've got TV anywhere.  I think it's just a matter of seconds before some auto manufacturer figures this out and starts building the whole shebang into mom's minivan. Just be careful where you watch.  Those roaming charges will kill ya.

via theregister.co.uk via Chicago Sun Times
The long and short of it? A guy decides to watch his Chicago Bears game on a cruise ship while waiting for departure. The cell phone picks up on some international signal, goes into roaming, and garners a charge of $28,067.31. The folks at the Sun Times get involved and have the charges reduced to a more reasonable $290.65.

Seriously, the Yankees spending $190mm on salary? How can anyone be a Yankees fan? After someone explains to me why a World Series was cancelled yet the salary differential is still extremely large (did I mention the Yankees have $45mm more in salary than the BoSox who is another  $28mm above the 3rd team), then you can rationalize why the NL Central has 6 teams in the division and the AL West only has 4 teams. But if push came to shove and I only had $25 million to spend, I would take the Tampa Bay "Dont call me Devil" Rays in a one game playoff against A-Rod. I know of only one time that a 1 player team beat a 9 player one. To paraphrase Lloyd Bensen, "I have met Bugs Bunny, and you, A-Rod, you are no Bugs Bunny"

Go Brew Crew

 

NY Times is reporting on the aftermath of a steam pipe explosion in Manhattan last month.  It seems that a law office underneath the pipe that exploded was left in ruins.  As the firm began to clean up and temporarily move offices some of their office equipment and various sports memorabilia were stolen.  They took autographed baseballs including a Mickey Mantle and a Joe DiMaggio. The punchline?  The left the Bonds ball.