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08/21/2010 - Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo has been released from the hospital and is resting at home.
Calvillo was removed from Thursday's 39-17 rout of Winnipeg at Molson Stadium with a bruised sternum, suffered when he fell on the football after Bombers linebacker Odell Willis leveled him with a crushing hit on a sack.
The veteran signal-caller was removed from the game on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital for examination and evaluation. He was kept an extra night due to the unexpected seriousness of the injury.
Montreal has a bye this week before returning to action September 3 against the B.C. Lions.
<< Padres activate Eckstein from DL
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres have reinstated
infielder David Eckstein from the 15-day disabled list among a handful of
moves prior to Saturday's game against Milwaukee.
Eckstein was placed on the disabl
<< Atwal alone at the top of Wyndham Championship
Greensboro, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arjun Atwal fired a five-under 65 on
Saturday to take sole possession of the lead after the third round of the
Wyndham Championship.
Atwal, who fired a 61 for the first-round lead and shared
<< Chargers OT Thomas retires
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Chargers revealed on Saturday
that left tackle Tra Thomas has retired.
Thomas had been signed to a one-year contract back in June, but knee troubles
ended his preparation for the upcoming
<< Strong seventh gets Yanks by Mariners
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Teixeira's sacrifice fly capped a three-run
seventh inning, as the New York Yankees beat Seattle, 9-5, in the second
portion of a three-game set.
Robinson Cano hit a two-run single and Jorge Posada ad
Lehman moves in front at the Tradition >>
Sunriver, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tom Lehman posted a three-under 69 on Saturday
to move in front after the third round of the Tradition, the fourth Champions
Tour major of the season.
Lehman, who won one of those majors, the Senior PGA Cham
Wondolowski's early goal is enough for San Jose >>
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A goal from Chris Wondolowski in the fourth
minute was enough for the San Jose Earthquakes to claim a 1-0 win over the Los
Angeles Galaxy at Buck Shaw Stadium on Saturday.
The goal came after Bobby Convey'
Fish dunks Roddick, reaches Cincy final >>
Mason, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mardy Fish rallied past fellow American
Andy Roddick in the early rain-slowed semifinal matchup Saturday at the $3
million Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, a U.S. Open Series event.
R
Blind Luck captures Alabama Stakes >>
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The two leading three-year-old fillies
in training met Saturday in Saratoga's $500,000 Alabama Stakes and it was
Blind Luck proving the better of the two in the 1 1/4-mile race.
Devil May Care, r
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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