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12/07/2006 - Acquired pitcher Kevin Hart from the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade for utilityman Freddie Bynum; traded outfielder Josh Hamilton to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations.
<< Browns Likely to Start New QB Against Steelers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derek Anderson is expected to receive his first NFL start
on Thursday night, when the second-year quarterback leads the Cleveland Browns
into Heinz Field to face the arch rival Pittsburgh Steelers.
Anderson burst on the sc
<< Boateng will appear on the pitch
Middlesbrough, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Middlesbrough captain, George
Boateng, found out on Thursday that his appeal against a four-game ban, that
he received after being sent off against Tottenham earlier in the week, was
upheld
<< Sharapova will play at Pan Pacific
Tokyo, Japan (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova informed
tournament officials that she will play in next year's Pan Pacific Open.
The world No. 2 Russian star captured the event in 2005 and will be among a
trio of to
<< Struggling Preds head to LA
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The slumping Nashville Predators try to put the brakes on a
three-game skid tonight when they visit the Los Angeles Kings at Staples
Center.
The Preds, who lead the Central Division by three points over second-place
Detro
Five share lead in South Africa >>
Mpumalanga, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Charl Schwartzel, the 2005 winner
here, posted a four-under-par 68 Thursday to grab a share of the lead after
the opening round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Schwartzel was joined atop
Gil Meche chooses Royals >>
Lake Buena Vista, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals have agreed to
terms with right-hander Gil Meche on am multi-year contract. Although the team
has yet to confirm the deal, the Kansas City Star is reporting it is for five-
years w
Wolff heads overseas >>
Kansas City, MO. (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kansas City Wizards Josh Wolff will be
heading to Germany instead of Missouri in preparation of his 2007 soccer
season, as the 29-year-old and Major League Soccer's Kansas City could not
reach
Nieuwendyk calls it a career >>
Sunrise, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Florida Panthers forward Joe Nieuwendyk has
announced his retirement due to lingering back problems.
"This game has been great to me," said Nieuwendyk. "I am forever grateful to
all those players, coach
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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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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