Americans Will Wager $8.5 Billion on March Madness

    47 Million People Plan to Place Bets on NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Americans plan to wager $8.5 billion on this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, with 1-in-5 adults placing a bet, according to a new survey released today by the American Gaming Association (AGA). Key findings from the survey, conducted by Morning Consult, include: 47 million American adults will…

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      Studio Shelves 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Director Bryan Singer's Next Film over Sexual Assault Claims

      The studio backing the next film helmed by Hollywood director Bryan Singer has shelved the project over the mounting accusations of sexual assault being brought against him. On Monday, Millennium Films told Deadline Hollywood that Singer’s planned Red Sonja fantasy-action film is “not on the slate at the moment.” The director of the recent award-winning Queen…

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        Professional power has put the squeeze on Ireland’s once-vibrant club rugby scene

        This is part of The42′s Class of 95 series, a week-long examination of professional rugby in Ireland. Packo Fitzgerald gets to grips with Swansea. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO “WHEN MUNSTER PLAYED Swansea in the province’s first ever European Cup tie in November 1995, a crowd of 5,000 witnessed proceedings at Thomond Park,” writes Dr Liam O’Callaghan in his comprehensive…

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          British Elite Duathlon Champs coming to Rockingham

          The British Elite Duathlon Championships are beginning with what is expected to be a hotly contested race at Rockingham Motor Racing Circuit this Sunday 29th March. Advertisement Three-time British Champion, Mark Buckingham heads into the event as one of the favourites having finished second at the ETU Triathlon European Cup in Quarteira last weekend. Competitors…

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