LA Times · Apr 10, 2016
Leicester City's EPL run is a story fit for a king
Leicester’s Shinji Okazaki, left, celebrates with teammates Jamie Vardy, leaping, and Daniel Drinkwater after scoring against Newcastle during an EPL game on March 14. (Rui Vieira / Associated Press) Leigh Herbert freely admits he had been drinking before he made the bet. After all, it’s easier to defend being drunk than it is to defend being stupid.
In reality, he probably had to be a little of both last August when he put down five pounds — about $7 — on Leicester City to win the English Premier League.
The British bookmakers said the odds of that happening were 5,000 to 1. A month later they set the odds of Kim Kardashian becoming president at a mere 1,000 to 1.