Cardinals hold off Bears
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08/28/2010 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derek Anderson and Matt Leinart each tossed a touchdown as the Arizona Cardinals downed the Chicago Bears, 14-9, in the third preseason game for both teams.
Anderson went 7-for-12 for 94 yards while Leinart finished the game 9-for-10 with 84 yards for the Cardinals, who improved to 2-1 in the preseason. Tim Hightower had eight carries for 62 yards in the win.
Jay Cutler went 10-for-20 with 129 yards and two picks while Dan LeFevour was 10-for-12 for 100 yards and a touchdown for the Bears, who have dropped all three of their preseason games.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Cardinals took the lead on a 27-yard touchdown catch by Stephen Williams from Anderson for a 7-0 lead.
It was 14-0 in the third quarter after Steve Breaston hauled in a 13-yard touchdown pass from Leinart.
Chicago finally got on the board in the fourth when Robbie Gould connected on a field goal from 22 yards out to make it a 14-3 game.
Juaquin Iglesias caught a third-yard touchdown pass from LeFevour later in the fourth and it was a 14-9 game after the two-point conversion attempt fell short.
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luke McCown threw the game-winning touchdown pass and Josh Scobee booted four field goals as Jacksonville came from behind to beat Tampa Bay, 19-13, at Raymond James Stadium. David Garrard played deep into
<< Carolina downs Titans as offense continues to struggle
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Goodson returned a kickoff 91 yards for
a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to give the Carolina Panthers a 15-7
win over the Tennessee Titans in the third preseason game for each club.
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<< Chacin, Gonzalez pace Rockies over Dodgers
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jhoulys Chacin tossed seven innings of one-run
ball and Carlos Gonzalez powered the Rockies' offense in a 5-3 victory over
the Dodgers.
Gonzalez tripled and hit a two-run homer for the Rockies, winners in
<< New receivers make impact in Vikes win over Seattle
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Javon Walker, signed earlier in the week
after it was revealed Sidney Rice will miss extended time with a hip injury,
caught the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter from Sage Rosenfels to
help gi
<< Cowboys' offense struggles again in loss to Texans
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Schaub threw for 183 yards and a
touchdown, and Arian Foster rushed for 110 yards in Houston's 23-7 win over
Dallas at Reliant Stadium.
Schaub connected on 18-of-29 throws, while Andre John
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Conor Casey had a goal and two assists in the first 23 minutes and the Colorado Rapids defeated the short-handed Houston Dynamo, 3-0, on Saturday in Major League Soccer at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Case
Ravens WR Stallworth breaks foot, out two months >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Donte'
Stallworth broke his foot in Saturday's preseason game against the Giants and
will miss up to eight weeks after undergoing surgery.
Stallworth, who according to
Cain's hit in 11th lifts Brewers over Pirates >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lorenzo Cain's RBI single in the 11th
inning lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates
in the second contest of a three-game set.
With Wilfredo Ledezma (0-1) on the m
Arizona pummels struggling Giants >>
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Reynolds and Adam LaRoche each
homered and Daniel Hudson continued to impress with seven sturdy innings as
Arizona downed San Francisco, 11-3, in the second of three meetings at AT&T
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Millwood dominant as O's blank Angels >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Bell hit a two-run homer and Kevin
Millwood pitched his best game of the season, as the Baltimore Orioles shut
down the Angels, 5-0, in the second test of a three-game series.
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It's less than a month until the NHL hockey betting season opens at MySportsbook.com and preparations are underway for another battle in the race to hoist Lord Stanley's mug in 2007.
As cup crazy fans prepare to place their bets, one online sportsbook ,MySportsbook.com, is offering hockey betting lines on the 2007/2007 Stanley Cup , who will bring it home this upcoming season.
Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.
Always a threat are the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes. The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers at this sportsbook are optimistic that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final upset to the Buffalo Sabres.
Also worth noting are the defending Stanley Cup champs Carolina Hurricanes, a 10-1 bet to repeat. Behind the Canes are the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks all sit at 12-1. In the basement are the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues who all have 100-1 odds to win.
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SPORTS BETTING - Tennis is an underrated and under-utilized bettors' sport.
Ten years ago, at just about this time, I called Alan Boston in Vegas and left him a voicemail that went something like this (abridged version): "Hey Alan, Chad Millman from ESPN The Magazine calling. I want to do a book about wise guys, you in?"
A couple weeks later I got a message back (abridged version): "I don't know, maybe," Boston said. "Call me and we'll talk about it. But not later today. I got $1,000 on Andre Agassi to win the French Open at 40-1, and he's in the finals."
Here's what happened next (abridged version): Agassi won his tourney. Boston won his $40,000. I wrote sportsbook.
In the ten years since, how much has been wagered on the big-time tennis events? Put it this way: The Nevada Gaming Commission doesn't even track the number year by year because it's so small.
"Tennis makes up about one-tenth of one percent of our take," says Lucky's bookmaking boss Jimmy Vaccaro. "The last big golf major we probably had $100,000 worth of bets. In tennis, we might have written two big tickets."
Tennis' lack of popularity amongst the American bettoratti is no surprise, really. For starters, the biggest sports betting holidays -- the Super Bowl, the NCAA tourney -- are must see TV. People, at least the degenerates I know, plan vacations around watching those events in Vegas sports books.
But Wimbledon? Doesn't exactly reel in the whales. "Seriously, it's the nuts as an event," says Boston. "But who even knows when it's on?"
Here's another reason that helps explain why golf gets traction, something I call "The Bubbe Theory." My Bubbe is pushing 95 and has cataracts so bad that, to her, even the most crystalline Chicago day is mostly cloudy. But she still listens to the Cubs games, and she still calls me in a fit if she disagrees with something Rick Telander writes in the Chicago Sun Times. She's a sports fan. If she doesn't know you, you're just filling a niche. And niche players, even historically good ones like Roger and Raf, don't drive betting volume. Only the highest profile names attract square money, which inflates wagering totals like a shot of saline to the lips. Bubbe, and the public, loved Agassi, tennis' last cross-the-rubicon, mainstream draw. She also has a crush on Tiger. She's given me standing orders to put a sawbuck on the big cat whenever I walk through a sports book (or mistakenly tap into one via my Internet machine.) That explains why the Masters is getting $100K in action at some books while the four tennis majors might not get that combined this year.
This isn't a case of tennis being a difficult sport to bet. In fact, in Europe, it's probably the second most popular sport for gambling after soccer. Granted, as the WSJ football betting last week and The Mag's Shaun Assael examined in even greater depth last year, that might be because gamblers across the pond see it as an easy game to fix. But it could also be because, over there it holds the kind of sway the big two do over here.
Street corners in Spain are peppered with public courts and kids doing their best Raffy impressions. In some war torn parts of Eastern Europe poverty-stricken kids view tennis as an escape route, like football or basketball here. A couple years ago The Mag's Lindsay Berra wrote a great piece about Belgrade's Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic. They learned the game as kids while bombs were raining down on their homeland. They practiced in drained swimming pools. Not exactly Nick Bolletierri conditions.
In the United States, casual fans think tennis is played four times a year. But on the tightly packed European continent, national interest in homegrown talent runs deep every weekend. Of the ATP's current top 20 players, only two, tennis betting and James Blake, are American. Fourteen are from Europe, representing six different countries.
No wonder fans from Lisbon to Bhudapest get jacked up for the net game, whether it's Wimbledon or a low-level tourney like the Estoril Open in Portugal (congrats to Spain's Albert Montanes for winning that one, btw). Chances are good that someone representing their flag will not only be playing, but have a shot at winning.
And that's all any bettor can ask for.
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