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10/16/2011 - Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former IZOD IndyCar Series champion and two- time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a horrifying 15-car crash during Sunday's 300-mile season-finale race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He was 33 years old.
Wheldon, who captured his series title in 2005 and won his second Indianapolis 500 five months ago, was fatally injured after his car became airborne. The vehicle then appeared to hit the outside wall and catch the fence along the backstretch, and erupted into flames. The incident occurred after Wade Cunningham ran into the back of J.R. Hildebrand, sending Hildebrand's car airborne and triggering the crash.
IndyCar chief executive officer Randy Bernard made the announcement of Wheldon's death roughly two hours after the accident occurred.
"IndyCar is sad to announce that Dan Wheldon passed away from unsurvivable injuries," Bernard said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today."
Bernard also announced the race would not finish. Shortly after, drivers made a five-lap salute to Wheldon.
<< Couples win AT&T Championship by a touchdown
San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fred Couples chipped in for birdie on the
final hole Sunday to shoot six-under 66 and win the AT&T Championship by seven
strokes.
Couples finished at 23-under-par 193.
A day after matching the course
<< Levante downs 10-man Malaga to stay unbeaten
Valencia, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Barkero, Juanlu and Arouna Kone scored
inside 41 minutes against 10-man Malaga, as Levante moved back level on points
with Barcelona atop La Liga on Sunday with a 3-0 win at Ciutat de Valencia.
Barkero
<< Crane wins playoff; Simpson leads money race
Sea Island, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ben Crane poured in eight birdies in a 10-
hole span on Sunday to get into a playoff, providing him the opportunity to
two-putt for par on the second playoff hole to beat Webb Simpson and win The
McGladrey Clas
<< Raiders QB Campbell leaves game
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell
left Sunday's game against Cleveland in the second quarter with an apparent
right shoulder injury.
Campbell stretched for a first down after scrambling as S
Ravens pull away from Texans >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Billy Cundiff made five field goals and Joe
Flacco threw for 305 yards as Baltimore downed Houston, 29-14.
Flacco completed 20-of-33 passes with a rushing score and Ray Rice ended with
101 yards on 23 c
Raiders beat Browns, lose QB Campbell >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland defense sealed the win with 37
seconds left as Colt McCoy's pass for Mohamed Massaquoi on 4th-and-3 fell
incomplete and the Raiders held on to defeat the Cleveland Browns, 24-17.
Darren M
Lulay, Lions beat Roughriders for 8th straight win >>
Regina, SK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Travis Lulay threw for 287 yards and two
touchdowns, as the British Columbia Lions recorded a 29-18 victory over the
Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Geroy Simon had 86 receiving yards, while Andrew Harris
Last-minute score lifts Patriots over Cowboys >>
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Hernandez's touchdown within the final
minute gave the New England Patriots an historic 20-16 victory over the Dallas
Cowboys.
The win is the 116th time the quarterback-head coach duo of Tom Brady and
Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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