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11/04/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets will try to get back on the winning track tonight, when they welcome the St. Louis Blues for a Central Division battle at Nationwide Arena.
The Blue Jackets had won four straight games before dropping a close one in Anaheim on Thursday. Mathieu Schneider scored the lone tally in the shootout and the Ducks defeated Columbus, 2-1, at Honda Center.
In the second round of the shootout, Schneider skated in on net and flicked a shot that trickled between the pads of Fredrik Norrena. Jean-Sebastien Giguere then made saves on Rick Nash and David Vyborny to win the contest.
Nikolai Zherdev scored a goal while Norrena made 33 saves in the loss for the Blue Jackets, who collected a point for the fifth straight game. At 7-3-2, Columbus is still off to its best start ever to a season.
Columbus, which is 4-1-1 as the host this year, is home for just one game tonight before beginning a three-game road trip in Chicago on Wednesday.
The Blues have dropped two of their last three contests and are coming off Saturday's setback to the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. Patrick Sharp scored a pair of short-handed goals, including one with 2:21 left in the third period, as the Blackhawks edged St. Louis, 3-2, at the Scottrade Center.
David Perron and Paul Kariya scored for St. Louis, which has alternated losses and wins over the last five games. Manny Legace had 19 saves in the loss.
Tonight marks the start of a brief two-game road trip for the Blues, who are 3-2-0 as the visitor this season. St. Louis will also visit Chicago on Friday evening.
Columbus earned a 3-0 home win over the Blues in the first meeting of the year between the teams on October 25. The Blue Jackets have taken three straight and seven of the last 11 encounters.
St. Louis has dropped two straight and four of its last seven tests at Nationwide Arena.
<< New-look Timberwolves pay a visit to Madison Square Garden
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks play their home opener when they
welcome the new-look Minnesota Timberwolves today to historic Madison Square
Garden.
New York has dropped five straight home openers. On Friday, LeBron James
poured in
<< Pistons welcome Hawks to The Palace
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Pistons play their home opener, as they welcome
the Atlanta Hawks tonight to The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Detroit started the campaign with a pair of road contests. On Friday, Ronald
Murray scored 19 points off
<< Cavaliers open road trip in Phoenix
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Cavaliers begin a season-long six-game road
trip, as they visit the Phoenix Suns tonight at US Airways Center.
This is the Cavaliers first road game of the 2007-08 campaign. On Friday,
LeBron James poured in
<< Hornets try to sting Nuggets in Denver
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Hornets begin a three-game road trip when
they visit the Denver Nuggets tonight at the Pepsi Center.
The Hornets opened the season with a pair of games at home. On Friday, Chris
Paul posted 19 points and s
Preds head to the Windy City >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Nashville Predators will try to maintain their momentum
this evening in Chicago, as the Blackhawks host a Central Division battle at
the United Center.
The Predators have won two straight and four of their last five ga
Rose wins playoff and Order of Merit title >>
Cadiz, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Justin Rose birdied the second playoff hole to
defeat Simon Dyson and Soren Kjeldsen on Sunday and win the season-ending
Volvo Masters.
Before the playoff at Valderrama, Rose already clinched the Orde
Nalbandian stuns Nadal to take Paris Masters >>
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Nalbandian finished an unbelievable run
by stunning second-seeded Rafael Nadal to win the Paris Masters Sunday.
After falling behind 4-3 in the first set, the Argentine stormed back to win
nine straig
Hibernian ties Hearts in Edinburgh clash >>
Edinburgh, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hibernian took an early lead on an own
goal and held on for a 1-1 draw against Hearts in a clash of Edinburgh squads
Sunday to move into third in the Scottish Premier League.
Christian Nade scored in
Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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