Sports Betting – A Look At Saturday’s Wagering Schedule

[Freddy Wills]

of the lines that you’ll find on Thursday will focus on the ongoing Olympics and baseball, but there is also a World Golf Championship teeing off as well.

Olympic Betting

100m Butterfly Odds (6:00 AM ET): Michael Phelps already has the record for the most medals in Olympic history, but it has still been an uneven performance from the swimmer, who will be favored by those that use price services in the 100m butterfly, where he won the gold in 2008.

USA Nigeria Odds (5:15 PM ET): The Americans were favored by 53 points in Tuesday’s meeting with Tunisia, so there is a good chance that the odds at are going to be tilted heavily towards the defending gold medalists on Thursday against Nigeria.

MLB Odds

Mets Giants Odds (3:45 PM ET): Chris Young will lead New York out on the West Coast at AT&T Park as they take on San Francisco, who will counter with Barry Zito in a matchup of veterans that can get the better of hitters when they’re on, but

Phillies Nationals Odds (7:05 PM ET): Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels was supposed to be the big fish on the trade-deadline market before the Phillies re-signed him to one of the largest contracts in MLB history, and he’ll lead the Phillies out in the nation’s capital against Ross Detwiler.

Angels Rangers Odds (8:05 PM ET): Both of these American League West rivals made moves to improve their sport betting (check for these lines) odds before the deadline, and Texas picked up Ryan Dempster, who will make his debut for the Rangers against C.J. Wilson, who will get a rowdy reception from his former fans.

Golf Betting

WGC-Bridgestone Odds (tee times start at 9:40 AM ET): Tiger Woods has to be the favorite in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone, where he has won seven of his 12 appearances, but Woods has struggled there over the past couple years as he has been repairing his professional and personal lives. Woods will go off at No.1 with Branden Grace at 2:50 PM ET in this invite-only event, while the day is loaded with excellent twosomes: Zach Johnson and Jeev Mikha Singh at 10:50 AM ET and Sergio Garcia and Bo Van Pelt 10 minutes later on the first tee, while major champions Ernie Els and Bubba Watson headline a strong morning group going off No.10 at 10:30 AM ET. In the afternoon on No.1, Rory McIlroy and Ryo Ishikawa tee off at 2:20 PM ET, while Jason Day and Jim Furyk at 2:30 PM ET is the marquee group in Thursday afternoon’s schedule in your .