http://www.mysportsbook.com/ MySportsbook - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@mysportsbook.com http://www.mysportsbook.com//promos/baseball_contest.html MySportsbook.com is offering weekly $500.00 MLB Baseball contests all season long. The contest is free for all active members. http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/519102.html Leandro Lazzaro scored a 67th minute goal for Tigre, but it wasn't enough for its first Argentine title as Boca Juniors held on for its 23rd Argentine Championship on Tuesday at Presidente Peron. Despite a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Tigre, Boca won the championship in the three team aggregate playoff. After San Lorenzo, Tigre and Boca Juniors all finished with 39 points in the regular season, a round-robin playoff decided the 20 http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/517654.html First-half goals by Pablo Barrientos and Gonzalo Bergessio helped San Lorenzo defeat Tigre 2-1 on Wednesday in the first match of a three-way playoff to decide Argentina's Apertura. San Lorenzo can clinch the title Saturday with a win over Boca Juniors in the second match of the playoff system, making Tuesday's game between Boca Juniors and Tigre unnecessary. San Lorenzo, Tigre and Boca Juniors all finished with 39 points in the regul http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/517042.html The championship in Argentina's Apertura remains undecided as San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Tigre all finished the season tied atop the table at 39 points after 19 games. Goal difference is not used to decide the championship and a three-way playoff will be held in the next week to decide the champion. http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/506419.html New Argentina coach Diego Maradona wants Liverpool's midfield hardman Javier Mascherano to be the captain of his national team. The 24-year-old has been backed by Maradona to take on the top job, although the player himself is waiting to hold talks over his possible new role. Maradona was quoted as saying: "I want Mascherano to be my captain because I believe he is the Argentinean player who is closest to the idea I have about the http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/504760.html Diego Maradona has agreed to become the new coach of Argentina's national team, it was confirmed Thursday. Maradona, a legend on the field and troubled off it, will be appointed manager on Tuesday, according to the Argentine Football Association website. Carlos Bilardo will be Maradona's assistant coach. Argentine star Lionel Messi spoke about Maradona at a press conference Thursday and believed the two-time World Cup finalist could l http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/500891.html Lionel Messi claims he would prefer to win trophies with Barcelona and Argentina rather than be named recipient of this year's Ballon D'Or. Messi has emerged in recent weeks as a serious rival to Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo in the race to be named Europe's footballer of the year. But speaking ahead of next month's presentation, the diminutive forward claims he prizes team glory ahead of personal success. "It is great praise a http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/485727.html Boca Juniors striker Martin Palermo suffered a serious knee injury on Sunday and is expected to miss at least the next five months. The 34-year-old Palermo sustained the injury in the first half of his team's 2-1 win over Lanus when he damaged the cruciate ligaments in his right knee after falling awkwardly. Palermo is expected to undergo an operation on Tuesday that will keep him out of action for what is expected to be between fiv http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/471482.html The Argentinian Football Association has warned Barcelona that they fully expect star Lionel Messi to join up with their squad for the Olympic Games. Barcelona is threatening to prevent the forward from taking part as it clashes with the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. But Argentina are adamant the 21-year-old is to meet up with his teammates ahead of next month's tournament and play a full part in the Beijing games. FIFA ru http://www.mysportsbook.com/news/sports_betting/467889.html Sporting director Txiki Begiristain has revealed that Barcelona will fight to prevent Lionel Messi from playing in the Olympic Games. Messi has been named in the Argentina squad for next month's games in Beijing, but the Catalan club has no intention of letting the diminutive playmaker compete. The 21-year-old would miss Barca's Champions League qualifying round games should he head off on international duty. "We are right and