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American Andy Roddick was able to oust fan favorite Andy Murray of Scotland in Wimbledon’s semifinals on Friday, so Roddick should be used to playing against the crowd when he takes on Roger Federer in Sunday’s finals. Federer has opened as a big favorite on WagerWeb.com, and the crowd will definitely be behind him as Federer attempts history. The Swiss star has reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final (first player since 1922 to do... [Read more]

In a surprise move, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin seen as a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate said Friday she was stepping down and would not seek re-election. Palin, who was John McCain’s running mate in his failed 2008 White House bid, said she would step aside as governor in “another few weeks” and be replaced by Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell. Local media said the move would come on July 25. Palin told a surprise... [Read more]

The only cycling event that matters to most American returns on Saturday with the Tour de France. And no sportsbook on the Web offers more prop bets on cycling’s Super Bowl than WagerWeb.com. This year’s race runs through Sunday, July 26, and will be made up of 21 stages, as follows: 10 flat stages, 7 mountain stages, 1 medium mountain stage, 2 individual time-trial stages, 1 team time-trial stage. Of course the big news is the return... [Read more]

Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway – the race most consider the halfway point of the Sprint Cup season – will see a first at the track: double-file restarts. The series switched to double-file restarts last month at Pocono, and Saturday night’s race will be the first Cup race on a restrictor-plate track since the change. The leader has the choice of restarting on the inside or outside, and at Daytona... [Read more]

Michael Jackson’s public memorial — to be held Tuesday, July 7 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles — will be open to 17,500 attendees chosen through a free, online lottery system at StaplesCenter.com, officials involved with the plan said at a news conference today. Tim Leiweke, head of AEG, the company that had been producing Jackson’s comeback concert “This Is It,” explained that... [Read more]

What else did everyone really expect but another all-Williams Wimbledon final on Saturday? How they got here was surely different, however. Serena Williams saved a match point and overcame Elena Dementieva 6-7 (4), 7-5, 8-6 in 2 hours, 49 minutes — the longest women’s semifinal at Wimbledon in at least 40 years. Venus, meanwhile, needed only 51 minutes to demolish world No. 1 Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0 and reach her eighth Wimbledon final.... [Read more]