Gambling News by House of Odds

Know thyself, Socrates said. Aaron Ross does. The Texas cornerback, one of the top prospects at his position available in this month's NFL draft, fully understands his gambling ways on the field, accurately assesses the risk-reward factors and does not hesitate when asked if he or his girlfriend Sanya Richards, a gold medal winner in the Athens Olympics is the better athlete. "She is," Ross says.Ross heads trio of Texas DBs ready to storm NFL draft (USA Today)

Deal expected to pay up to $1.2M per year The Ravens and Rex Ryan have agreed on a two-year contract that will make Ryan one of the highest-paid defensive coordinators in the NFL, according to both Ryan and general manager Ozzie Newsome.Ravens, Ryan agree on two-year contract (Baltimore Sun)

Carlo Maria BadiniObituaries in the news (AP via Yahoo! News)

It's as traditional as fireworks on the Fourth of July that the water-cooler chatter in the workplace always gets around to sports.Minor league, major fun (In Business Las Vegas)

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's revised personal conduct code has caused a lot of teams to rethink how they look at some players in the upcoming draft and free agency.NFL teams shying away from troublemakers (Houston Chronicle)