They are the top two sportsbook online favorites as both are about even money.

No other player is even given any kind of chance to win. Let’s preview the French Open that begins on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal He has been the master of the French Open with five titles in six appearances.  His overall record at Roland Garros is an amazing 38-1. His only loss came against Robin Soderling in 2009. He avenged that loss by destroying Soderling in the final last year.  Nadal has beaten everyone on clay this year except Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic He is a perfect 37-0 this year and has already won seven tournaments this year including the Australian Open.  He is 4-0 this year against Nadal including two wins on clay. His

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For nearly a year, LeBron James has shaken off the criticism, laughed off the trash talk.

None of it mattered to James, not as long as the Miami Heat remained on the route to a championship.

But when that pursuit became threatened in part by his own poor play, James couldn’t ignore the only critic that matters: himself.

James said Wednesday he “didn’t play well” in Game 4, when the Dallas Mavericks edged the Heat 86-83 to even the series at two games apiece after the two-time MVP failed to find ways to make an impact offensively.

“I didn’t do that last night,” James said. “Those are the things that I pride myself on that hurt me the most.

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The USA women’s soccer team knows how to win the World Cup with the pressure of being the betting favorites. The women’s squad has won from the favorite position several times. This year, however, the team came into the World Cup as only the third choice of odds makers. They are the number one ranked team in the world, but that does not mean anything when dealing with Las Vegas sports books. The odds makers create the betting lines based on the betting public, and with that in mind, Germany was listed as the favorite, with Brazil the second choice. That left the top ranked team as the third choice. This past weekend, it looked as if the odds makers had it right, at least with the Brazilian team.

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The Boston Bruins know their hopes of getting back to Vancouver and a chance to win the Stanley Cup ride largely on how they play in front of the Canucks’ net.

Get traffic in front of goalie Roberto Luongo and start launching pucks his way. It’s a simple formula that helped the Bruins go 2-0 at home in the Stanley Cup Final, but hasn’t translated north of the border.

“Our net-front presence definitely caused problems for them in our two games here,” Boston center Gregory Campbell said. “Even before that, it’s worked for us in the last three rounds, too. If he can’t see the puck, he can’t stop it, so we want to keep doing it.”

Luongo has been a stalwart at home but suspect on the road in the series, which Vancouver leads 3-2 entering Game 6 Monday night in Boston.

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The French Open on the men’s side is all about Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in tennis odds at the sportsbook.

The French Open begins on Sunday and unlike the men’s side where Nadal and Djokovic are expected to meet in the final, anything is possible on the women’s side and the odds at the sportsbook are wide open.  Let’s look at the leading contenders in sportsbook online odds at Sbg global.com and a couple of longshots.

Both of the Williams’ sisters are out with injuries so there is not a clear cut choice on the women’s side to win the French Open. There are some definite contenders though.

Caroline Wozniacki She is the top ranked player in the world but has yet to win a major. The world nu

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