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/1085173.html Freiburg welcomes Schalke to the Dreisamstadion on Saturday with one goal in mind, and that is to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in club history. To accomplish that goal, Freiburg must beat Schalke on Saturday, while the visitors will clinch fourth place with a draw as they hold a one-point advantage on the home side. Freiburg boss Christian Streich knows his team is in for a tough battle agains http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1084797.html Schalke defender Christoph Metzelder revealed Thursday that he intends to retire from football at the conclusion of the season. "I am just being honest with myself and I feel that I am no longer physically able to play consistently at this level," Metzelder said. "And after 13 years, the fire inside me, which is necessary for this job, has burnt out." Most of Metzelder's career has been marred by injury, though he did manage to collect 47 http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1084437.html Werder Bremen announced on Wednesday that manager Thomas Schaaf has left the club by mutual consent after 14 years in charge. Bremen has endured a poor campaign with just eight wins in 33 Bundesliga games, while the club only secured its safety last weekend with a 1-1 draw against Eintracht. "In the past few days we analyzed our sporting development and came to the conclusion that we wanted to venture a new beginning," read a http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1083579.html Bayern Munich continued its extraordinary Bundesliga campaign by cruising to a 3-0 victory over Augsburg at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. The Bavarians improve to 88 points in Germany's top flight as they prepare for their Champions League final clash with Borussia Dortmund on May 25. Bayern is unbeaten in its last 13 matches across all competitions as well as its last 24 matches in league play. After a scoreless first half on Saturday, Thom http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1083237.html Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler committed his future to the club on Friday by signing a contract extension that ties him to the Royal Blues until 2018. The 19-year-old began his career with the club at the age of seven, and after making his debut in January 2011, Draxler has gone on to become the youngest player in club history to make 100 appearances. Draxler has attracted interest from a number of clubs, but Schalke has http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1082996.html Ivan Klasnic and Andreas Ivanschitz will not return to the Coface Arena next season after Mainz revealed that the club will not renew their respective contracts. "These were human painful decisions but we have decided to make changes," general manager Christian Heidel said at a press conference. Ivanschitz has made 29 appearances for Mainz this season, scoring six goals and adding six assists. Klasnic, who made the move to Mainz from Bol http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1082317.html Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller signed a contract extension to remain with the club until the summer of 2016. Weidenfeller, 32, is closing in on 300 appearances for Dortmund since he joined the club in 2002. He has played in 288 matches in over a decade with the club, but has become a key member of the squad during their run to back- to-back Bundesliga titles in each of the past two seasons. "Transferring t http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1082194.html Cedric Makiadi and Jonathan Schmid scored on opposite sides of halftime to lift Frieburg to a 2-0 defeat of Augsburg at the Mage Solar Stadion on Sunday. Makiadi opened the scoring at the half-hour mark to send the home side into the halftime break with a one-goal lead, and Schmid doubled Freiburg's advantage with a goal in the 61st minute. The win sees Freiburg snap a two-game slide to improve to 48 points and remain in the hunt for http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1082068.html A pair of goals from Alexander Meier helped Eintracht to a 3-1 home win against Dusseldorf on Saturday, keeping the hosts within three points of a place in the top four. Meier opened the scoring after 31 minutes when he was on hand to finish off a parried shot from Srdjan Lakic, who found the net himself early in the second half by heading home a corner kick from Takashi Inui. A nice solo effort from Dani Schahin allowed Dusseldorf to pul