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11/24/2006 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Pike, a 21-yard-old amateur from Australia, struggled late, but shot a three-under 69 on Friday to stay atop the leaderboard after the second round of the MasterCard Masters. Pike stands at 11-under-par 133 and is two ahead at Huntingdale Golf Club.
Justin Rose posted a six-under 66 on Friday and is alone in second place at nine-under-par 135. One shot behind Rose is Kurt Barnes, who also carded a second-round 66.
Steven Bowditch (69), Tony Carolan (69), Greg Chalmers (67), Simon Khan (66)) and John Senden (68) are knotted in fourth place at seven-under-par 137.
Pike, who matched the course record on Thursday with an eight-under-par 64, parred his first two holes Friday before breaking into red figures with a birdie at the par-three third.
At the par-five sixth, Pike knocked his third in a bunker and only blasted out to 25 feet. He sank that birdie putt, then made birdie at the seventh to reach 11-under par for the championship.
The 21-year-old Australian parred his final two holes on the front side, then returned to the 10th, his first hole during Thursday's first round. In round one, Pike eagled the hole to fly out of the gate, but on Friday, he only managed a birdie.
Pike padded his lead with his second birdie in as many rounds at the 606-yard, par-five 14th. He got to 13-under par and owned a four-shot lead over Rose, who finished in the morning.
Things fell apart quickly for Pike down the stretch. He bogeyed both the 17th and 18th holes to see his once-strong four-stroke cushion get cut in half with half the tournament to go.
The amateur does not even seemed to be greatly impacted by his position on the leaderboard.
"Just because I'm leading or just because there might be top-20 golfers breathing down my neck I'm not going to go out there and hit a thousand balls tomorrow morning to try to get better," said Pike, who did not even take up golf seriously until last year. "I've shown for the first two days that I can play and if I do it again, if I shoot 11-under again, which is doable, it's going to be hard for one of those guys to run over the top of me."
Rose played the back nine first on Friday and tallied three birdies in his first six holes. He bogeyed the 18th for the second straight day, but made the turn at two-under-par 34.
Rose started his second nine in a similar fashion to his first nine. He birdied one, three and four, then dropped a shot at the fifth. The Englishman birdied six and nine to move into second place.
"I played the par-threes really, really well today," Rose said. "I made three twos, and hit iron shots close on all of those birdies so anytime you make three twos it tidies up your score pretty quick."
Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin only managed an even-par 72 on Friday, but is alone in ninth place at six-under-par 138.
Aaron Baddeley (71), Peter Lonard (71), James Nitties (68), Carl Suneson (71) and Peter Wilson (74) are tied for 10th place at minus-seven.
The 36-hole cut fell at one-over-par 145 and 67 players made it to the weekend. The most notable golfer who failed to make the cut was former U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell. The 2005 U.S. Open winner struggled to a one- over 73 on Friday and completed two rounds at three-over-par 147.
<< Predators blank Canucks
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Hartnell's two goals led the Nashville
Predators to a 6-0 rout of the Vancouver Canucks at Gaylord Entertainment
Center.
Paul Kariya registered three assists, Martin Erat added two helpers, S
<< Romo's big day leads Cowboys over Bucs
Irving, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tony Romo threw for 306 yards and tied a team-
record with five touchdown passes as Dallas moved into first place in the NFC
East with a 38-10 victory over Tampa Bay in a Thanksgiving Day matchup at
Texas S
<< Former Baltimore pitcher Dobson passes away
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Pat
Dobson passed away late Wednesday night. He was 64.
According to the San Francisco Examiner, Dobson died in the San Diego area and
the cause of death was not know
<< Gonzalez active against Denver
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony
Gonzalez is active and will start Thursday night's game against the Denver
Broncos.
Gonzalez, who was questionable with a shoulder injury, suffered a Gra
No. 1 Florida plays Western Kentucky in Sin City >>
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-ranked Florida Gators try to match
a
school record with their 17th straight win tonight, when they take on
the
undefeated Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in the third round of the
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Thrashers head to Tampa >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Thrashers will try to stay on the winning track
tonight, when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Pete Times Forum.
The Thrashers halted a season-high four-game slide Wednesday night by posting
a victory
Pistons battle Bobcats at The Palace >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Pistons will try to extend their season-best
win streak to five games tonight when the resurgent club hosts the Charlotte
Bobcats at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
The Pistons got off to an uncharacteristic 3
Chelsea, United battle for England's top spot >>
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The biggest fixture of the year to
date in the Premiership will take place on Sunday at Old Trafford, as
Manchester United entertains Chelsea in a matchup of the top two teams
in Englan
Super Bowl XLIII isn't even a week old yet and oddsmakers have already released Super Bowl XLIV odds.
Despite the Pittsburgh Steelers winning Super Bowl 43, the New England Patriots are 8/1 favorites to win Super Bowl 44.
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With their 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII, the Steelers became the latest NFL champion. But believe it or not, oddsmakers from online sports book MySportsbook.com don't have the Steelers the favorites to win Super Bowl XLIV next season.
That honor belongs to the New England Patriots, who are 8/1 favorites to win despite not even qualify for the postseason in 2008. The Pats also have a major decision to make regarding what to do with Matt Cassel, who played well in Tom Brady's (knee surgery) absence last year but is also a free agent this offseason.
Ironically, the Steelers aren't even oddsmakers second choice to win Super Bowl 44, as the Dallas Cowboys are listed right behind the Patriots at 9/1 despite not making the playoffs themselves. Clearly oddsmakers think the public will hop back on the Cowboys' bandwagon considering the immense talent they have and the opening of a brand new stadium.
After Dallas, then comes Pittsburgh at 10/1, but they share those odds with the New York Giants, who won Super Bowl XLII. The Indianapolis Colts and San Diego Chargers round out the top six teams at 12/1, while the Baltimore Ravens (14/1), Tennessee Titans (16/1), Carolina Panthers (18/1) and Philadelphia Eagles (18/1) complete the top 10.
The NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals got no love from oddsmakers as they were established as a 30/1 long shot to win next year's Super Bowl. They share those same odds with the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers – two teams that didn't even qualify for the postseason. Other long shots are the Kansas City Chiefs (100/1), Detroit Lions (100/1), St. Louis Rams (75/1) and Oakland Raiders (75/1).
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NFL TEAM FUTURE ODDS TO WIN SUPER BOWL XLIV
New England Patriots 8/1
Dallas Cowboys 9/1
New York Giants 10/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 10/1
Indianapolis Colts 12/1
San Diego Chargers 12/1
Baltimore Ravens 14/1
Tennessee Titans 16/1
Carolina Panthers 18/1
Philadelphia Eagles 18/1
New Orleans Saints 20/1
Atlanta Falcons 25/1
Denver Broncos 25/1
Green Bay Packers 25/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 25/1
Minnesota Vikings 25/1
New York Jets 25/1
Arizona Cardinals 30/1
Chicago BearS 30/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30/1
Buffalo Bills 35/1
Houston TexaNS 35/1
Miami Dolphins 35/1
Washington Redskins 35/1
Seattle SeahawkS 50/1
Cleveland Browns 55/1
Cincinnati Bengals 60/1
San Francisco 49ers 60/1
Oakland Raiders 75/1
St. Louis Rams 75/1
Detroit Lions 100/1
Kansas City Chiefs 100/1
Odds as of: 2/2/09
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LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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