| ally there is no such thing as a free sports bet. There | | | | legs and the Miracle Mets would be triumph in Game 7. |
| are games and rounds of golf for example that may | | | | For those who did make that accurate prediction the |
| seem like they are a free sports bet, but they are not | | | | odds were so heavily stacked against them that it |
| totally free despite information that may seem to the | | | | was like making a free sports bet. That free sports |
| contrary. For example no one could have predicted | | | | bet that made some New York Mets fans some |
| Greg Norman's epic collapse at the 1986 Masters Golf | | | | money would continue to haunt diehard Red Sox for |
| Tournament, but because of that those who did | | | | years to come. That same free sports bet would also |
| predict such an occurrence felt like they got a free | | | | cause Bill Buckner's name to be linked to infamy |
| sports bet because they had basically nothing to lose | | | | forever seemingly in the Boston, Massachusetts area. |
| and everything to gain when Greg Norman did blow | | | | Of the two national championships that legendary |
| the lead. Norman's collapse is one of those events that | | | | basketball coach Dean Smith won at North Carolina |
| has been talked about in the golf world for decades | | | | you could say that one of them was definitely a fluke. |
| and for those who predicted that he would actually | | | | No one expected the Fab Five to lose to North |
| win the tournament it proved that there is no such | | | | Carolina in the 1993 NCAA Title Game, essentially |
| thing as a free sports bet. | | | | once again making it a free sports bet if you picked |
| A lot of people assumed and placed bets that with | | | | against the Michigan Wolverines. They certainly did not |
| "The Rocket" Roger Clemens leading the way that the | | | | expect to lose the way they did with Chris Webber |
| Red would surely defeat the New York Mets to win | | | | forgetting exactly how many timeouts Michigan had |
| the World Series in 1986. Very few could have | | | | left. That sort of ending would have been a free |
| predicted that the ball would roll through Bill Buckner's | | | | sports bet that we all would have likely lost. |