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Ohio State has caught up to Alabama in the odds to win the national championship at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.The SuperBook moved the Buckeyes into the role of co-favorites early last week, after taking a five-figure wager on Ohio State at 4-1, according to Ed Salmons.Alabama remains the consensus favorite in Las Vegas, but the gap between the Crimson Tide and the Buckeyes has narrowed. Alabama opened at 6-1 to win the national championship, with Ohio State opening at 10-1.The Crimson Tide and Buckeyes are now each 5-2 at the SuperBook. Clemson and Washington are next at 6-1, followed by Michigan at 7-1 and Louisville at 8-1. Those six contenders are the only teams with single-digit odds at the SuperBook.Salmons projected Alabama would be around a 3.5-point favorite over Ohio State, if they were to play this week on a neutral field. It definitely would make for a great game, Salmons said. Nick Bogdanovich, director of trading at William Hills U.S. sportsbook, said the line may even be smaller.Under a field goal, I think, he added.Washington attracts big betsThe Washington Huskies inflicted some serious damage on Las Vegas sportsbooks over the weekend.More than twice as much money was bet on Washington-Oregon than any other game at William Hills Nevada sportsbook, with 84 percent of the money on the favored Huskies. Five of the nine largest bets the sportsbook took on Saturday were on Washington, the largest being a $44,000 pop on the Huskies.Washington closed as a 10.5-point road favorite and easily won 70-21, handing multiple sportsbooks their worst defeat on Saturday. Only the Tom Brady-led New England Patriots cost Caesars Palace more money than the Huskies. A Caesars representative said the books loss on Washington was four times greater than any other single-game loss Saturday.The Huskies opened as high as 75-1 to win the national championship at MGMs sportsbook, which took 50 small bets on Washington at those odds. The 6-0 Huskies are now 6-1 to win the title.Washington is kind of the new Oregon, Westgate SuperBook assistant manager Salmons said.The Ducks are 0-5-1 against the spread this season.NFL book reportSunday got off to a good start for bettors, who sided heavily with Brady and the Patriots against the Cleveland Browns. The morning was a little ugly, MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood said. With Brady coming back, [producing] the normal results, it was the worst game of the morning.The Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings also delivered early blows to the sportsbooks, with the Detroit Lions win over the Philadelphia Eagles producing the houses biggest win of the morning.The Lions saved the morning, said Jason McCormick, a sportsbook director for Station Casinos.Outright wins by underdogs Dallas and Atlanta helped the books recover in the afternoon. The Cowboys opened as 1-point favorites, but closed as 2.5-point home underdogs to the Bengals.We had some strong play on Cincinnati, said Rood, who added that Dallas victory would erase all the books losses from the morning.Football vs. baseball bettingMore money is being bet on sports in Nevada than ever before, with the states regulated books handling a record $4.23 billion in 2015. It was the sixth straight year Nevada sportsbooks set record for the amount wagered, with all-time highs being bet on basketball ($1.25 billion) and baseball ($897.31 million), according to gaming control. The amount bet on football, however, saw a slight drop from $1.74 billion to $1.69 billion in 2015, the first year-over-year decrease since 2008-2009, during the recession.Football remains king at the window, though. Three times as much money was bet on the primetime game between the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers than was bet on Sundays three MLB playoff games combined at William Hills Nevada sportsbook. (That includes wagers on Game 3 of the ALDS between Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox, which was postponed by inclement weather).Overall, on Sunday, 11 of the 12 NFL games attracted more betting handle than any of the three baseball games at William Hill. The Washington Redskins-Baltimore Ravens game was the least bet NFL game Sunday. It had comparable handle to each of the baseball games on Sunday.Game 1 between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs on Friday was the most-heavily bet baseball game in the divisional round. It attracted only 5 percent of the handle that Giants-Packers did at William Hill.Presidential oddsHillary Clinton is a 2-9 favorite to win the U.S. presidential election, with Donald Trump listed as a 10-3 underdog at English sportsbook giant William Hill.Graham Sharpe, media relations director for William Hill U.K., told ESPN on Monday morning that 2 million pounds had already been wagered on the presidential election. Sharpe said the book took its largest wager ever placed on any U.S. election last week, when a 46-year-old woman staked 550,000 euros on Clinton at 4-11. The bet would net 200,000 euros. Sharpe said the six-figure bet is the largest wager ever placed at William Hill on any U.S. election market.Trump would be the best outcome for us, Sharpe said.Clinton was a 1-5 favorite before the debate Sunday night. She was down to 2-9 Monday morning.Gordon Hayward Jersey . Perez, 35, posted a 1-2 record with a 3.69 earned-run average in 19 relief appearances last season. His season ended Aug. 9 due to a torn ligament in his left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training. Shaquille ONeal Jersey . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.authenticcelticsproshop.com/Bill-Russell-Jersey/ .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Paul Pierce Jersey . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Marcus Smart Celtics Jersey . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday.Ten years ago, the PDC revealed a new contender named Raymond van Barneveld would join the Premier League Darts ranks.The Dutchman, backed by his Barney Army, has become one of the sports most loved characters and his match on Thursday against Robert Thornton will mark his decade anniversary in the Premier League.Sky Sports have looked back over 10 years of highs and lows... Stamping his authorityEntering the PDC as a four-time BDO world champion, Van Barneveld immediately showed that he meant business by adapting to the Premier League like a duck to water. Ronnie Baxter was his first victim as the 39-year-old Barney thrashed him 8-1 in Blackburn. Which brave challenger would step up to face the new kid on the block next? Raymond Van Barneveld was one of the BDOs top talents when he crossed over You guessed it, Sky Sports very own Wayne Mardle took on Van Barneveld in the Dutchmans second week as a PDC player. Wayne wont mind us reminding you that Barney ran out an 8-4 winner in Sunderland. Roland Scholten (remember him?), Peter Manley and Colin Lloyd were the next names to fall to Van Barneveld before, in the Dutchmans eighth Premier League match, he finally tasted defeat to Phil Taylor. It was the second chapter, after they drew their first match, in a remarkable Premier League rivalry. Mardles crystal ball Will Van Barneveld win this week? Rivalry with TaylorVan Barneveld undoubtedly would have won considerably more had his career not run parallel with Taylors, and the veteran pair have spent the last decade flinging high-pressure arrows to captivate the Premier League audience. Taylor, overall, has enjoyed the lions share of this rivalry. Barney defeated Phil Taylor two weeks ago in the Premier League But that in itself is what makes Barney such an adored part of Premier League history. To this day, he has the feel of an underdog even though he won his most recent meeting with Taylor a fortnight ago. Van Barneveld, however, needed 21 attempts to finally get a Premier League victory over his rival, although they have shared fireworks at the oche.His maiden victory was in the 2014 semi-final and propelled him to his only title but another memorable contest came a year later. Barney, enduring a disappointing run of one win in six, got the better of Taylor in a back-and-forth duel which saw The Power average 115.80 but still emerge as a loser. That 7-4 win ranks as one of the tournaments greatest ever games.The nine-darters The first Premier League nine-darter was scored by Barney against Peter Manley Van Barneveld required just five Premier League matches to hit the competitions first nine-dart finish. He achieved the perfect leg against Manley in Bournemouth 10 years ago, a rare feat that underlined his early promise to become one of the sports elite players. Barney hits his second Premier League nine-darter against Terry Jenkins He needed another four years before he could post another nine-darter in the Premier League.dddddddddddd Although he managed it in 2009 at the World Darts Championship, his next perfect leg in the Premier League came a year later against Terry Jenkins in Aberdeen. Surely theres no better way of marking his decade with the PDC than with another nine-dart finish?New talent from the NetherlandsThe orange-clad country that is mad about darts has produced plenty of excellent throwers but the emergence of a young Michael van Gerwen has kept Van Barneveld on his toes.Their first four meetings were at lower-level events but a 16-year-old Van Gerwen won three and lost just once. A stark message had been sent about the balance of power at the oche. They wouldnt meet in the Premier League until 2013, and Van Gerwen won both meetings, meaning the 2014 final had particular significance. Michael van Gerwen (right) has threatened Barneys status as the top Dutch player The younger Dutchman was the reigning champion so it took all of Barneys might to finally record a title-winning victory - it was their third Premier League meeting of that year and they had shared the first two results.More recently, they met at last years play-offs at The O2 and Van Gerwen was back to winning form to eliminate Van Barneveld. The rivalry will continue on March 31 on the final date of this years initial league phase. Whos playing Thursday? Full details of the fixtures The championVan Barneveld finally went the whole way and lifted the Premier League Darts crown in 2014. It was the perfect addition to his jam-packed trophy cabinet although the sole prize perhaps does not do Barneys brilliance justice. When his moment in the spotlight arrived, he grasped it in spectacular fashion with a 10-6 win over the magnificent Van Gerwen in the final.Barney had only entered the 2014 competition as a Sky Sports Wild Card after a below-par run of form. He stormed to the runners-up position in the league phase having beaten Van Gerwen along the way, although his younger compatriot pipped him to the No 1 spot. Two years ago Raymond van Barneveld won the Premier League title The play-off phase presented Van Barneveld with a task as challenging as it could possibly have been. But he toppled Taylor in the last four, his first ever Premier League win against The Power, before going a step further and edging Van Gerwen to claim the championship. He ended a glorious Premier League season with a terrific checkout percentage of 50.22.Watch Premier League Darts from Dublin on Thursday at 7pm on Sky Sports 1 HD. 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