http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087127.html The Cleveland Indians activated first baseman/outfielder Nick Swisher from the paternity list Friday. Swisher was placed on the list Tuesday, when his wife gave birth to their first child. Swisher has hit .274 with six home runs and 16 runs batted in over 40 games this season, his first with Tribe after signing a four-year, $56 million deal with the club in the offseason. To make room for Swisher, the Indians optioned infield http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087094.html The Cincinnati Reds reinstated reliever Manny Parra from the 15-day disabled list prior to Friday's game against the Chicago Cubs. To make room for Parra, who was originally placed on the DL with a left pectoral muscle strain, the Reds placed fellow left-hander Sean Marshall on the 15-day DL after he missed Wednesday's game versus the New York Mets due to left shoulder discomfort. Parra, who signed a one-year contract with Cincinn http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087083.html Chicago White Sox starter John Danks, who has yet to pitch this season, will return to the mound for the start Friday in his team's three-game interleague series opener versus the Miami Marlins. The club's announcement comes nearly one year after Danks went on the 15-day disabled list on May 25, 2012. His season ended with arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder. Danks made four rehab starts, including three for Triple-A Charlotte this season, http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087057.html The dusk of May is usually way too early to begin talking about a team approaching a make-or-break it portion of their schedule. But as expected contenders for not only the American League West crown, but for the AL Pennant, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are no ordinary team. The Angels looked as if they were in a fantasy baseball league when they landed both Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson in the offseason following the 2011 campaign. But that http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087052.html If you are a baseball fan you should really sit back and appreciate what is happening in Detroit. Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera could very well be on his way to becoming the best hitter this game has seen in some time. Yes Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez were great and few players were ever as prolific as Barry Bonds, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree there may have been something else fueling them. Perhaps history will one day tell us http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087043.html This is probably the sort of streak that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim figured would be a regular thing throughout the season. While that hasn't been the case, the Angels are slowly digging themselves out of an early-season hole and shoot for a sixth straight victory on Friday night in the second contest of a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals. Los Angeles made a big splash this past offseason when it added Josh Hamilton's bat to a lineup that alread http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087042.html The red-hot Cleveland Indians made manager Terry Francona a winner in his return to Fenway Park. Now another former member of the Boston Red Sox will try to join in the fun as Justin Masterson takes aim at a fourth straight winning start on Friday night as the Tribe and Red Sox resume a four- game series. Not only were the Indians looking to avenge a three-game sweep in Cleveland at the hands of the Red Sox back in mid-April, but Francona returned to town as an opp http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087040.html After losing the final six games of their recent road trip, the Seattle Mariners should be happy about playing at home for the next week. That excitement may be a bit dampened, though, as their first opponent will be the first-place Texas Rangers. The two AL West rivals open up a three-game series on Friday night. Seattle's recent swing got off to a good start as the club took two of three from the New York Yankees. Things went south after that, with the Mariners http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1087039.html Three's a crowd atop the NL West standings, but the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants will both try to change that as they meet up Friday at AT&T for the opener of a three-game series. The Rockies, Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks are all tied for the division lead with identical 26-21 records entering the weekend. While Colorado and San Francisco face off against one another, the D-backs are hosting San Diego. Colorado has won five of its last six, and