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In May, NASCAR can only mean one thing, the All-Star race and Charlotte. Usually ending in hurt feelings and battered race cars, the All-Star race is always a no holds barred, peddle to the metal affair.

Closer to the race, which goes May 20, NASCAR odds for this event will be available.

All-Star race was no different last year. On his teammate Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin threw a block, causing him to damage his car and later blow a tire. Behind Denny Hamlin’s hauler, an irate Kyle Busch parked his wrecked racer and waiting inside until he could confront Hamlin.

In the race, it is a typical incident which awards no points. For a total of 90 laps this year the All-Star Race will feature three segments, such as; a 50 lap segment and two 20 lap segments with a fourth and final 10-lap shootout at the end. Not to alter the format NASCAR agreed with the track’s decision.

This year, who are the favorites to win the All-Star Race? Even though for this race it is always good to find long shot, Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson will be the favorites in Las Vegas. For the All-Star race who will be a long shot. To be a long shot heading into the race, look for Mark Martin or Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Because Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not automatically qualified and he may have to win the Open, he should be a great price. There is also a fan vote, no fear Dale Jr. fans. Dale Earnahrdt Jr. will be in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race, rest assured.

Mark Martin will be another long shot to consider in this race. This will be his last chance to win this race in Hendrick Motorsports equipment as he will go off at 25-1.

In game 1 of what will be the most highly anticipated matchup to this point in the playoffs, the Miami Heat will take on the Boston Celtics this weekend and ABC will broadcast this match at 3:30 pm ET.

In NBA Betting the Heat are a 5-point, -220 moneyline favorite and the over/under total is 182.5.

The Boston Celtics hope to return to take another shot at winning the title as they were the representatives for the Eastern Conference in the Finals last season. They struggled a bit towards the end of the season and there are some concerns that the Celtics may not have it in them to take on teams like the Heat and the Bulls during the playoffs while they have looked good for the better part of the season.

Having a younger, quicker team, the Heat will definitely have the advantage and they have 3 stars on their team. In the NBA in the open court Wade and James are two of the best players. They will capitalize for some easy buckets as they will try to beat the Celtics back on defense. In this series the Heat will need James and Wade to step up and play like they are 2 of the best players in the NBA.

The Celtics dominated the season series as a result as during the season James and Wade did not exactly play at their highest level against the Celtics. In this series the Celtics need to try to employ a similar game plan.

By hitting 3 point shots to help carry the Heat through tough times during the game, Chalmers stepped up at times during the last series for the Heat. The Heat will be difficult to beat if Chalmers has a couple of similar games during the series.

Trainers, owners and fans are all watching to see which horses will step up to the forefront as the most popular race in all of horse racing Kentucky Derby approaches. In the Kentucky Derby Dialed In is one of the horses that is preparing to perform.

In horse racing betting odds, Dialed In is at 5-1 odds to win the Run for the Roses.

Robert Lapenta is the owner of Dialed In and he has chosen the famous Nick Zito to prepare the horse for his career.

There is no reason to count him out just yet while there are other horses out there with more experience than this horse. In the field, Dialed In has already emerged as one of the top horses. He has already won three of the four races that he has taken part in while his career has just begun.

Mineshaft, who has already shown the ability to produce winning offspring, was the father of the horse. Though, Dialed In is different than the other horses that have come from Mineshaft. On a closing ability which Dialed In relies heavily is matched by few horses in the world. Dialed In seems to get better the longer the race is as he has the ability to catch his opponents from behind.

Even though Dialed In be a good pick for those people that are looking for a solid horse to follow, he will have to face the best horses in the world at the Kentucky Derby. He is the type of horse that can never be counted out of a race with his great speed down the stretch.

In the Charleston WTA Family Circle Cup, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza entered pre-quarterfinals with a hard-fought three set victory over Vania King.

After trailing the first set to register a 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2 win over the in-form local player, the World No 90, Sania made a sparkling comeback. Vania happens to be Sania’s previous doubles partner.

Through qualifying route, Sania had entered the main draw and she got the better of Alison Riske 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in her opening round of the $ 721,000 hard court event. For a spot in the last eight, Sania will next play the winner of the match between wildcard entry Sabine Lisicki of Germany and fourth seed Marion Bartoli of France.

In the opening round match, Sania and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina will take on second seeds Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber in the doubles event. For a spot in the last eight, Sania will fight it out with either fourth seed Marion Bartoli of France or German wild card Sabine Lisicki. In their second round today, Lisicki and world number 10 Bartoli will clash.

In straight sets 6-4, 7-6(7), American tennis player Vania King defeated Russian pro Vera Dushevina in her opening match at the 2011 Family Circle Cup. In a little over an hour and three minutes, she shocked viewers by upsetting the higher-ranked player.

Over Alize Cornet of France, Swedish tennis player Sofia Arvidsson scored a victory. Arvidsson defeated Cornet in three sets 6-4, 2-6, and 6-3. To attain this win, she took a little over two hours and six minutes.

The team that has best power plant under the hood will win the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, California. The teams with the best engine program appear to be the Ford camp as this season progresses. A track the size of Fontana will be a huge advantage for these drivers as the new FR-9 engine has given Ford the upper hand this year.

To have a big day in California, look for Marcos Ambrose as well as A.J. Allmendinger. This track will bring out the best in them and their engine package as the two Richard Petty Motorsports drivers have done well this year.

As two drivers that have the potential to run up front and be in the top five at the end of the race with a chance to win, the Roush Fenway drivers will be the favorites in NASCAR Odds published in online betting sites when NASCAR rolls into Fontana led by Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth.

Another driver who will be tough to ignore on the sweeping two mile oval is Greg Biffle. His team will have to pick up the pace if they want to win this weekend as he has struggled with pit issues this year.

Tony Stewart is the best driver with a chance to win in California not driving a Ford. California is a track he has run well in the past as Stewart is on the edge of putting together the best season of his career. After finally checking the track off his list in 2010, Stewart may take down his second win in Fontana.

At the Queen Sirikit Cup, the first day proceedings went as supposed, with favorites and defending champion, Korea taking a two-shot lead over Philippines. Korea has won the four successive years and they are looking to expand their winning streak in this edition. Korea was led by defending individual champion, Hyo Joo Kim.

For sixth place at 152, India were expected to take advantage of home course but were tied. With Gauri Monga carding the best for India with a one-over 73. With a one-over 73 at the treelined Delhi Golf Club, Gauri Monga led India’s charge. To play very well on the back nine and card 79, 12-year-old Aditi Ashok overcame early jitters. With 152, Indians were tied for sixth.

All over the world, Hyo has been dictating the women amateur scene, birdied all the par-fives. She was playing for the first time cost her a few shots and due to non-acquaintance with the course, she hit the ball long and straight. She said that her approach shots helped her a lot and she putted well. Hyo dropped bogeys on 15th and 17th and she was four-under with four to play, before picking a birdie on 18th for a 69.

Gauri said that she muddled up three holes and paid the price for it with three bogeys. After going into the rough and bushes, she bogeyed the eighth, 12th and 16th. As she made up towards the end, Gauri had birdies on the 15th and 18th. She reached in three after hitting a driver off the tee and following that up with a 5-wood and on the 15th she had a good 15-footer for birdie and then on 18th she birdied from six feet and had a good chip onto the green. The finish made her feel good.

This year one of the top 3-year-old thoroughbred race horses in California has been taken off the Kentucky Derby trail as he has been diagnosed with a bone chip in a knee. In various sports betting sites horse racing odds are available for Kentucky Derby race.

Trainer Steve Asmussen said this week that, Tapizar will be taken to Kentucky, where noted thoroughbred veterinarian Larry Bramlage will perform surgery on the injured knee.

Asmussen did not give an estimate on how long Tapizar would be out of training though as of Tuesday, the horse was still in California. He said, “It’s very, very disappointing. I feel bad for everybody involved.”

Winchell Thoroughbreds is the owner of Tapizar. On Jan. 15, Tapizar won the Grade 3 Sham Stakes over 1 1/16 miles by 4 1/4 lengths. At Santa Anita last Saturday, however, the horse finished a disappointing fifth as a huge horse racing betting favorite (3/10) in the Grade 2 Robert Lewis Stakes over 1 1/8 miles.

Even though Tapizar faded through the final furlong to finish 6 1/4 lengths behind the race’s winner, Anthony’s Cross, he led by as many as 2 1/2 lengths in the first half of the Lewis.

For total winnings of $110,632, Tapizar, a colt by Tapit, had won two of six starts. At Churchill Downs in November, Tapizar won his maiden race in his fourth start, by 10 1/4 lengths.

Dick Zokol was named today as one of two new inductees into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He rose from the junior ranks at Vancouver’s Marine Drive Golf Club to become one of this country’s top touring pros.

At a news conference in Toronto as the hall’s latest inductees, Zokol, 52, and Stephen Ross, former executive director of the Royal Canadian Golf Association, were named.

In 1982, before joining the PGA Tour, Zokol captained his Brigham Young University golf team to the 1981 NCAA Championship. He won the Canadian Amateur Championship, later that summer. Richard Zokol and Stephen Ross stood together on the first tee at Calgary Golf and Country Club, long before they ever dreamed of entering the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. It was the 1981 Canadian Amateur and the two men would cross paths, first of many times.

In a one-hole playoff to capture first national championship, Ross was the RCGA’s director of amateur tournaments and he looked on as Zokol beat Blaine McCallister. As Zokol and Ross were unveiled as the Hall’s 2011 induction class, the memory was particularly fresh.

In separate ceremonies, the men will be inducted, which will highlight the unique impact each has had on the sport.

At Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver, Zokol grew up playing and went on to hold a PGA Tour card for more than two decades. Spending 30 years with the RCGA, Ross devoted an entire working lifetime to growing the sport in Canada.

At all levels of the sport, the 52-year-old from Kitimat, B.C., had success. He won the 1981 Canadian Amateur, numerous pro events and an NCAA team championship with Brigham Young University.

On the PGA Tour, Zokol spent 22 years. The 1992 Greater Milwaukee Open and 1992 Deposit Guarantee Classic were his has two career victories. The 1994 Utah Open and he 2001 Canadian PGA Championship was also won by him.

Zokol said that he is very excited and it is an immeasurable honor for him to be inducted in the Hall of Fame. Of many PGA Tour golfers, Zokol was something of a character that did not follow the cookie-cutter image. Wearing headphones on the course in the early 1980s was one of his biggest claims to fame. It was a habit that earned him the nickname Disco Dick.

The world’s top female tennis players are focused on preparing for the 2011 Australian Open, while terrible floods are sweeping across Australia. The only forms of preparation for the women are the warm up events in the first few weeks of January. For the women’s side of the draw, a recap of the latest results is a good forecast.

Australia unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova defeated German Andrea Petkovic 6-1 6-3, in Brisbane. In the second round, first seeded Aussie Samantha Stosur lost early. They are not exactly part of the conversation about the contenders for the Australian Open, even though that was a good performance from both young players.

In Auckland, New Zealand, Greta Arn of Hungary defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-3 6-3, at the same time. She beat first seed Maria Sharapova along the way to the title as the unseeded Hungarian was a surprise finalist. In his year’s first Grand Slam, the two finalists are also not real threats. For surprise performances however, the women’s side of the draw at the Australian Open is notorious.

On Australian soil, the last warm up events are held at Hobart and Sydney. As Sydney features the top women’s players, most of the focus is on it. By Dominika Cibulkova, the world’s number one ranked player Caroline Wozniacki was knocked out in the second round. Vera Zvonareva, World’s number 2 player also lost early. In order to face China’s star player Li Na, for now Kim Clijsters cruised to the final.

While sister Venus will compete as the fourth see, defending champion Serena Williams will be absent because of an injury. The women’s field in Melbourne is wide open, without Serena Williams.

For the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls, the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 has been nothing but positive. Even though both teams really stepped up in early December, they started the 2010-2011 seasons rather slowly. In the Eastern Conference rankings since both found themselves at the top. NBA betting odds have not been yet published for this matchup.

Since the beginning of December, the Miami Heat has only lost one game. In order to overtake the number one spot in the East, Miami’s hot streak helped them. Even though the Boston Celtics have struggled lately and dropped to second, they were the best team in the east for the first few months of the season. Chicago remains in the conversation for the playoffs race being ranked third in the east.

Between Chicago and Miami this season, Saturday January 15th will be the first of three meetings. For this weekend evening game, the Bulls will have the home advantage. Miami’s current firepower is hard to match and overcome, though considering all factors.

As seen by the chart topping statistics, Heat’s trio of Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh has been on fire. As James and Wade are ranked within the league’s top six scorer’s table, they each average about 25 points a game. Lebron finished the game with 44 points in a recent win over Portland. In the last game of December against the Rockets, Wade scored 45 points.

In the league, Chicago’s Derrick Rose is without a doubt one of the best players. Rose doesn’t have the type of solid backup from his teammates that Lebron and Wade have, even though he is one of the top 10 scorers. In hopes of leading Chicago to a victory, sometimes, he carries too much of a burden. The Bulls’ chances of winning any game are slim, if Rose has an off day.