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The Boston Herald’s Official Apology to the Patriots

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

bostonherald.com — “The Boston Herald repents the scathe done to the team by publication of the allegement, and sincerely apologizes to its readers and to the New England Patriots ’ owners, players, employees and fans for our error.”

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Types of sports betting

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Aside from simple wagers–betting a friend that one’s favorite baseball team will win its division, for instance, or buying a football “square” for the Super Bowl–sports betting is commonly done through a bookmaker. Legal sports bookmakers exist throughout the world (perhaps most notably in Las Vegas). In areas where sports betting is illegal, bettors usually [...]

what’s sports betting?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. Perhaps more so than other forms of gambling, the legality and general acceptance of sports betting varies from nation to nation. In the United States, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1994 [...]