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01/12/2012 - Auckland, New Zealand (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Nicolas Almagro was a quarterfinal upset victim before rain halted play Thursday at the Heineken Open, a final hardcourt Australian Open tuneup.
Eighth-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber took out the Spanish Almagro 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 at ASB Tennis Centre, where rain prevented a pair of quarterfinals from being completed on Day 4.
One other result saw pesky Belgian Olivier Rochus outlast French qualifier Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-4). Rochus will meet the 2008 Auckland champion Kohlschreiber in a semifinal here on Friday.
Third-seeded Fernando Verdasco was leading fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia- Lopez 3-1 in the opening set when play was called because of wet weather, and a match between top-seeded and defending champion David Ferrer of Spain and Colombian Alejandro Falla was postponed altogether.
The Ferrer-Falla winner will meet the Verdasco-Garcia-Lopez victor in the other semi.
The two-time Auckland champion Ferrer bested Argentine star David Nalbandian in last year's Auckland finale.
The 2012 Auckland champion will collect $71,900.
<< Harvard assistant reportedly choice for Yale football
New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Yale University has called a news conference
for Thursday afternoon to introduce a new head football coach, reportedly
former Bulldogs assistant Tony Reno.
The New Haven Register is reporting Reno, a Harvard
<< Li Na, Victoria Azarenka to meet in Sydney finals
Sydney, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Li Na and Victoria Azarenka each won
their semifinal matches on Thursday and will meet in the finals at the
$637,000 Sydney International tennis tournament.
The fourth-seed and defending c
<< Clippers edge Heat in overtime
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Paul scored 27 points and dished out
11 assists as the Los Angeles Clippers took down the Miami Heat, 95-89, in
overtime at Staples Center.
Caron Butler and Blake Griffin each added 20 points,
<< Wickmayer moves on; Gajdosova knocked out of Hobart QFs
Hobart, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer was
as easy winner, while defending champion Jarmila Gajdosova was upended in the
quarterfinals Thursday at the $220,000 Moorilla Hobart International tennis
event.
SEC clash pits Bulldogs against Vols >>
Starkville, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 20th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs
seek their first SEC victory of the season, as they welcome the Tennessee
Volunteers to Starkville for a conference showdown at Humphrey Coliseum.
Rick Stansbury's
Hawks kick off homestand vs. Bobcats >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having suffered just one loss so far this season as the
host, the Atlanta Hawks aim to tack on some more wins when they commence a
four-game homestand tonight versus the Charlotte Bobcats at Philips Arena.
The Haw
Bucks' Skiles aims for 400th win with Pistons in town >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles will shoot for his 400th win
as an NBA coach on Thursday when his Bucks play host to Central Division-rival
Detroit.
After a 106-103 victory over San Antonio on Tuesday, Skiles is set to be
Hoosiers host Golden Gophers in Big Ten action >>
Bloomington, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Golden Gophers seek their
first conference win of the season when they invade Bloomington this evening
for a Big Ten showdown with the seventh-ranked Indiana Hoosiers at Assembly
Hall.
Tubby
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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MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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