{"id":5383,"date":"2009-08-25T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/what-do-roger-federer-randy-couture-and-natalie-coughline-have-in-common\/"},"modified":"2009-08-25T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T16:10:00","slug":"what-do-roger-federer-randy-couture-and-natalie-coughline-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/what-do-roger-federer-randy-couture-and-natalie-coughline-have-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Roger Federer, Randy Couture, and Natalie Coughline Have in Common?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=129\">2009 US Open Tennis odds<\/a> are up. Roger Federer is the overwhelming favorite, but Andy Murray and Rafael <span class=SpellE>Nadal<\/span> are considered reasonable bets according to the US Open Vegas odds. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Serena Williams edges out her sister Venus as the chalk from the ladies side. <a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.betonline.com\/aspx\/affiliateStoreClick.aspx?ID_SC=1969\">Bet Online<\/a> has a preview of the tournament from a <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=129\">betting standpoint<\/a>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The legendary Federer is 11\/10 favorite on the male side with <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Murray<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at 10\/3, <span class=SpellE>Nadal<\/span> at 11\/2. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other contenders include Novak <span class=SpellE>Djokovic<\/span> and Andy <span class=SpellE>Roddick<\/span> at 10\/1. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The current betting line for Serena is 7\/4 and 9\/2 for Venus. Maria <span class=SpellE>Sharapova<\/span> leads the non-Williams contenders at 8\/1, followed by Elena <span class=SpellE>Dementieva<\/span> at 10\/1. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usopen.org\/en_US\/interactive\/video\/live.html?promo=slamtracker\">Live streaming of the 2009 US Open<\/a> plus the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usopen.org\/en_US\/about\/tv_us.html?promo=topnav\">US Open TV schedule<\/a> are on the official site USOpen.org. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A slightly more contact sport <span class=SpellE>MMA<\/span> has the <a href=\"http:\/\/record.partners.betus.com\/_jZT527Sb1WXqaEn2LeVpkWNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\"><span class=SpellE>UFC<\/span> 102 odds <\/a>up. Randy Couture is -180 against Antonio Rodrigo <span class=SpellE>Nogueira<\/span>, while Keith <span class=SpellE>Jardine<\/span> is -145 over <span class=SpellE>Thiago<\/span> Silva. Complete and live <\/span><\/font><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sports-betting\/mixed-martial-arts.jsp\">MMA Odds<\/a> <\/span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>are at OffshoreInsiders.com. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other <font color=black><span style='color:black'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/entertainment-betting-odds.aspx\">entertainment and political betting odds<\/a><\/span><\/font> include the latest Vegas odds on who will win Season 9 of Dancing <span class=GramE>With<\/span> the Stars as Natalie Coughlin still edges out Joanna <span class=SpellE>Krupa<\/span>, Melissa Joan Hart, and <span class=SpellE>Mya<\/span>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Also included are odds for the 2009 Emmy Awards and even betting odds on the gender of Caster <span class=SpellE>Semenya<\/span>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 US Open Tennis odds are up. Roger Federer is the overwhelming favorite, but Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal are considered reasonable bets according to the US Open Vegas odds. Serena Williams edges out her sister Venus as the chalk from the ladies side. Bet Online has a preview of the tournament from a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/what-do-roger-federer-randy-couture-and-natalie-coughline-have-in-common\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Do Roger Federer, Randy Couture, and Natalie Coughline Have in Common?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}