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Las Vegas - Another trip over to London for a Premier League match between Tottenham and Everton. Everyone that sits at the Ecks & Bacon table knows my outright HATRED for the Spurs, and the fact that Mrs. Ecks & Bacon backs Tottenham is even more annoying. However, if there's money to be made, have to put my feelings to the side.
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Las Vegas - Got some early morning action, REALLY early 7:30 ET/4:30 PT), over in England and we're looking at Leicester City over Leeds United. Leicester, pronounced Lester, comes in off a solid 2-0 road win at Burnley, and getting back their leading scorer, Jamie Vardy, was crucial. The Foxes are not gonna make any noise in the top four, but Leeds is making some noise at the bottom of the table.
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Las Vegas - March Madness. No, we're actually NOT talking about the actual games, but rather what you'll need to bring if you're coming to watch in Vegas. You can grab a seat in the Caesars Palace sportsbook and watch the games for a day, but you'll have to slice a large chunk of cash from your bank account, because the price will run from $500 to $1000 PER DAY. After air fare and hotel charges, you might be looking at OVER $6,000 bones if you're staying all four days. WITHOUT FOOD!!!
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Las Vegas - Rolling out West tonight and gonna throw down on Arizona State over California. Not sure what Bobby Hurley said to his kids after an ugly 87-64 loss to Washington back on February 10, but it WORKED! The Sun Devils have won five of the last six, with the only loss coming AT a very good UCLA team. ASU has also covered five of the last six, and been exceptional the last two times at home in Tempe.
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