Despite being scared straight by Team USA yesterday–where the Americans barely lost 5-4–Team Canada is still an odds-on favorite to win Gold at the World Hockey Championships.

The Canucks are paying out at even money in SPORTSBETTING.COM IIHF championship futures.

With only four teams left in the NHL playoffs, many are beginning to project who the eventual playoff MVP will be.

SPORTSBETTING.COM has Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby (+450) as the odds-on to be the 2008 Conn Smythe trophy winner.

With ‘07 starter Matt Flynn graduating to the NFL, backup Ryan Perrilloux will not be competing for the vacant QB position at Louisiana State.

Perrilloux, who was a member of last season’s LSU Tiger BCS championship team, was kicked off the team for allegedly failing a drug test.

LSU is listed at +1200 to successfully defend its national title.

After sweeping the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers await their next opponent.

The Lakers are favored to come out of the Western Conference at -120 and have covered the spread in eight consecutive games. 

According to many NFL pundits, the Kansas City Chiefs made out the best in this past weekend’s draft adding the likes of LSU DT Glenn Dorsey and Virginia O-Lineman Branden Albert.

Even though, the Chiefs are still 50-1 to take the AFC Championship.

With the NFL Draft taking place tomorrow the window for related proposition betting is closing.

Wager on Darren McFadden, Chris Long, Glenn Dorsey and the crew here.

On the strength of 9.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 1.4 steals a game, Boston Celtic PF Kevin Garnett was named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year.

The Celtics are currently 15-point favorites for their playoff game against the Atlanta Hawks tomorrow night at SPORTSBETTING.COM.

After sweeping the Ottawa Senators in its first round Best-of-Seven series, Pittsburgh will move on to the next round.

SPORTSBETTING.COM has the Penguins listed at 6/5 to win the Prince of Wales trophy as the Eastern Conference champions.

Going into spring workouts, University of Southern California head coach Pete has anointed a starting quarterback.

Mark Sanchez is the favorite to run the offense this upcoming season and SPORTSBETTING.COM has the USC Trojans as 3/1 favorites to take the 2009 BCS championship.

The Super Bowl might be a distant memory and the regular season might be about five months away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still wager on the NFL.

The NFL draft is coming up at the end of the month and there are always futures bets to make.

For offseason NFL betting go here.