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GALLERY: ALICE EVE IS OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE

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theOCD
Published: 15 March 2010 9:13 AM EDTPosted in: World Class Women

Alice Eve at the premiere for She's Out of My League

Alice Eve is the female lead in the movie She’s Out of My League. Before that movie, she was known for being on the BBC show The Rotters’ Club and the movie Stage Beauty — two of my personal favorites. Not really. Eve is 28 years old and was born in London but was raised in the UK and Los Angeles.

The shots we have are from the She’s Out of My League premiere event in Las Vegas. Ms. Eve will also appear in the upcoming Sex and the City sequel. So it’s very possible that she will blow up in the near future despite her porno name.

You can check out 10 pics of Alice Eve after the jump.

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GALLERY: CLUB SI SWIMSUIT PARTY AT VANITY IN VEGAS

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theOCD
Published: 15 February 2010 9:45 AM ESTPosted in: World Class Women

Cintia Dicker at the Club SI Swimsuit Party at Vanity in Las Vegas

Do anything cool this weekend? Chances are that it didn’t really compare to the Club SI Swimsuit Party at Vanity on Friday. The party was attended by the lovely women in the issue along with celebrities and sponsors.

Somehow, Mark McGrath was involved and also speaking on behalf of Sports Illustrated. He suggested that the event would be in Vegas for the next three years. Other than the models, celebrities in attendance included:

Members of the USA Sevens Rugby team competing here this week; Chris Phillips of Zowie Bowie with new date Felice Garcia, who impersonates Carrie Underwood in American Superstars at the Stratosphere; Adam; Dancing With the Stars’ Cheryl Burke and Chelsie Hightower, who are featured in the body-painted models section; Brooklyn with the 2010 edition seemingly glued to her hands; 2010 Miss Nevada USA Julianna Erdesz, who has just moved into her new Las Vegas home; and 2008 Miss Indiana Brittany Mason

After the jump, you can check out 25+ red carpet pics of Cintia Dicker, Cheryl Burke, Chelsie Hightower, Bar Refaeli, and Jessica Gomes.

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NEVADA SPORTS BOOKS TOOK IN $83 MIL ON SUPER BOWL

By
theOCD
Published: 10 February 2010 3:08 PM ESTPosted in: NFL, gambling

The Nevada sports books took in a reported total close to $83 million in wagers on the Super Bowl this year. It was the 14th time in the last 15 years where the sports books cleared a profit. This year they won $6.7 million or about 8.3%.

The state record for Super Bowl wagers is still $94.5 million which happened in 2006. Last year, the “handle” came in at only $81.5 million. Jimmy Vaccaro, director of operations for Lucky’s sports books, said that he had thought the handle would be around $86 million this year.

The sports books lost a bit of money due to last minute moneyline bets on the Saints. But they had big wins on early Colts money and “tie lose” parlays. Many gamblers lost money on “tie lose” parlays such as when Reggie Bush managed to hit the line set for his total receptions which was four.

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JOHNNY DAMON TRIES TO LOSE HIS SHIRT IN VEGAS

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theOCD
Published: 10 November 2009 5:25 PM ESTPosted in: MLB

Johnny & Michelle Damon in Las Vegas

Johnny Damon has been enjoying his championship victory. The (former?) Yankees slugger hit up Las Vegas to savor the win. Damon was spotted cozying up with his wife Michelle at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.

Damon happened to be wearing one of the ugliest shirts I have ever seen in my life. You’d think that his wife might speak up about the warring patterns on his button-down shirt. But I guess tacky attracts tacky, right? And as you can see, Damon is still going with the “electrocuted caveman” spike haircut.

Johnny and his wife also enjoyed the Hard Rock’s club called Wasted Space. The happy couple downed Patron and Jack Daniels while partying it up. Hey, there was even a Jason Giambi sighting. The Giambino sent his old chum a bottle of Dom Perignon.

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JIM BROWN GOT SERVED BY 9-YEAR-OLD ANDRE AGASSI

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theOCD
Published: 30 October 2009 1:18 PM EDTPosted in: NFL, tennis

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Jim Brown is arguably the best all-around athlete of all time. Brown was one of the best high school lacrosse players ever, averaged 38 points per game on his basketball team, and then went on to set NFL records in rushing. The guy is a certified freak and could probably take you down in any sport. Unless you’re Andre Agassi.

Yahoo’s Shutdown Corner reports that Jim Brown encountered a 9-year-old Agassi back in 1979. Brown was in Vegas at a tennis club when his playing partner bailed. The former NFL star was looking to make a wager and that’s when Mike Agassi suggested that he play his young son. Apparently, Mike Agassi initially offered to bet his HOUSE but then Brown lowered the terms to a mere $10,000.

Brown was even warned by the owner of the club not to play the future tennis star. But after a short interrogation session, Brown decided he’d take the kid on after playing two practice sets. Little Andre dusted Brown 6-3 and 6-3 so Brown offered to bet $500 on the next set. Agassi dropped Brown 6-2 and took the prize.

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GAMBLOR WEAKENED BY HORRIBLE NFL TEAMS

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theOCD
Published: 27 October 2009 8:00 AM EDTPosted in: NFL, gambling

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The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother! I call him Gamblor, and it’s time to snatch your mother from his neon claws! — Homer Simpson

Unfortunately, sports betting is not legal where I live.  Perhaps I could try a site like BetUS but, instead, I just make hypothetical wagers.  Is that believable?  In any case, I’ve been doing pretty well in my bets this year.  But it turns out it might not be my wagering skill that’s winning me money.

Matt Youmans of the Las Vegas Journal-Review did some digging and found out that sports books are suffering from the horrible performances of certain NFL teams.  Jack Kornegay, who runs the Hilton sports book, told Youmans that he “can’t remember an NFL season with this many bad team.”  If you follow the NFL, you know that the Browns, Bucs, Lions, Skins, Rams, Raiders, and Chiefs have a very hard time winning.  The article notes that Tampa, St. Louis, and Cleveland have only covered the spread six out of 21 games.

After Sunday, the favorites in NFL games were a whopping 5-0-1.  The problem with that?  Bookies don’t make money by betting against you.  They make money by accurate setting the margin of victory so that there’s action on equal sides.  A bet on either side of the line has a vig (i.e. the bookie’s take) that’s typically between 10-20% for each game.  Example: you bet $10 on the Patriots but you can only win $9.09 with a 10% vig.  Unfortunately for the sports books, there’s no way to cover their losses with the vig if everybody bets on the favorites and wins.  Kornegay revealed that 90% of straight bets made on the Indianapolis/St. Louis game were placed on the Colts.

It’s likely that we’ll start seeing ridiculous 20-point spreads that are prevalent in college football.  Still, my wagering strategy is unlikely to change.  I prefer to leverage underdogs in parlays and spread the risk by diversifying my bets.  With this approach, I usually lose small and occasionally win big.  Below is a sample of my week 7 wagers.  Yes, I would have won or pushed all but one bet had the Vikings not CHOKED.  Note: does not include my two college football picks of Texas -12.5 @ Mizzou and Oregon State +21 @ USC.  Both won.  No big deal.

WEEK 7 WAGERS

  • ATL W @ DAL, NYJ -6.5 @ OAK
  • SD -6.5 @ KC
  • MIN W @ PIT
  • MIN W @ PIT, SF W @ HOU
  • MIN W @ PIT, SF +3 @ HOU, NYJ -6.5 @ OAK, ARI +7 @ NYG
  • CIN -1.5 vs. CHI, GB -8 @ CLE, SF +3 @ HOU
  • MIN W @ PIT, ARI W @ NYG
  • SD -6 @ KC, NO -7 @ MIA
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GONE TO VEGAS… BE BACK NEXT WEEK

By
theOCD
Published: 15 October 2009 7:04 AM EDTPosted in: Random

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Unfortunately, we probably won’t be putting up any posts for the next few days. John and I are headed to Vegas to help improve our blogging skills and drinking ability at Blogs With Balls in Las Vegas.

Like an idiot, I scheduled a flight that will make us to miss all of the presentations today. Oh well. The first thing we’ll probably do is go to a screening of one of ESPN’s 30 for 30 movies at ESPN Zone. Hey, there’s free food. Other than that, I’m hoping that I will be up at 9AM Las Vegas time on Saturday to watch Texas play Oklahoma… but that’s going to be tough.

BigLeagueScrew should be back to normal on Monday. Leave any suggestions for fun (legal or otherwise) in Vegas below.  We get the comments by email.

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GALLERY: JESSICA SIMPSON IS SULTRY & SLIM IN VEGAS

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theOCD
Published: 05 October 2009 6:24 AM EDTPosted in: World Class Women

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Tony Romo’s ex appeared alongside her sister in Vegas this weekend. Ashlee Simpson was celebrating her 25th birthday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The Simpson sisters both looked great at the Wet Republic poolside affair. Jessica didn’t seem to be desperate or melting down. Instead, she looked slim and sexy on the blue carpet. The full gallery is after the jump.

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The Curious Case of Potential Plagiarism

By
theOCD
Published: 24 June 2009 3:53 AM EDTPosted in: Sports Media

I know how people feel about my writing. It’s occasionally palatable but mostly disappointing. It’s comparable to pulling the trigger on the beauty-impaired, large-breasted floozy who’s still around (and alone) near last call. Much like bedding a chesty brown-bagger, my words are fleetingly enjoyable, usually regrettable, and certainly are not a source of pride. But hey, that’s better than nothing, right?  So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that a blogger had seemingly hijacked my mediocre prose.

But who watches the watchmen, Steve???

Steve Lepore explains what his blog, PuckTheMedia, is about. But who watches the watchmen, Steve???

The first time I had heard of PuckTheMedia was a few weeks ago. I decided to check out the PuckDaddy (Yahoo’s NHL blog) liveblog for the Red Wings/Penguins game that night. After making a few comments of relatively low value, my parade was promptly rained on. That’s when “Steve Lepore” harshly dismissed my attempt to make a joke about Mike Emrick’s penchant for repetition.

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