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03/06/2010 - Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey was released from a Cleveland hospital on Saturday after undergoing tests following his near-collapse on the bench during Friday's game against the Cavaliers.
The Pistons, on their Twitter page, said all medical results were "normal," and added that Stuckey will undergo further tests upon his return to Detroit on Saturday.
Stuckey was taken from Quicken Loans Arena on a stretcher late in the third quarter Friday night.
During a timeout, Stuckey was seen reaching out for Pistons strength and conditioning coach Arnie Kander. Kander held him seated in place with Stuckey's head resting against the trainer's chest before he was gently lowered to the floor.
After being given an EKG and an oxygen tank, Stuckey was wheeled through an access tunnel to a waiting ambulance. He was listed as stable Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic.
<< Lions make it official with Vanden Bosch, Burleson
Allen Park, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Lions made it official on
Saturday and announced the free-agent signings of defensive end Kyle Vanden
Bosch and wide receiver Nate Burleson.
Terms of the deals weren't immediately dis
<< Who Dat? Inc. sues NFL Properties, Saints, La.
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<< McCulloch helps Rangers extend SPL lead
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lee McCulloch's brace allowed Rangers to
claim a 3-1 win over St Mirren at the Ibrox Stadium on Saturday, stretching
the club's lead atop the Scottish Premier League table to 13 points.
Graham Carey
<< Rams sign QB Feeley, bring back S Dahl
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Rams announced Saturday they
have signed quarterback A.J. Feeley and re-signed safety Craig Dahl.
Feeley, 32, has 10 years of NFL experience while serving primarily as a
backup. He ha
Aggies victorious over Sooners in Norman >>
Norman, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Khris Middleton scored 15 points and Bryan Davis
added 13 with 10 rebounds, as 23rd-ranked Texas A&M closed out the regular
season with a 69-54 win over Oklahoma at the Lloyd Noble Center.
Donald Sloan
Spain takes 2-1 lead over Switzerland in Davis Cup play >>
Logrono, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two-time reigning champion Spain got
a doubles victory from Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers on Saturday to grab
a 2-1 lead over visiting Switzerland in a best-of-five first-round Davis Cup
affair.
Freeman returns to lead Hoyas to easy win over Bearcats >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Austin Freeman returned to the Georgetown
lineup just days after being diagnosed with diabetes and scored 24 points to
lead the 19th-ranked Hoyas in a 74-47 rout of Cincinnati at the Verizon
Center.
Notre Dame routs Louisville in Big East tourney >>
Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Erica Williamson scored 16 points in a
balanced Notre Dame attack, as the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish rolled to an
89-52 victory over Louisville in the second round of the Big East Tournament.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.
Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.
The NFC South is also very strong, at +600 in the NFL futures, considering that it is home to the defending Super Bowl champions. However, some predictions have the Atlanta Falcons with possibilities of claiming the divisional title this season in place of the Saints, as no team has won back-to-back division championships since the division realignment took place. Let’s not overlook the AFC North at +500. As TO goes to Cincinnati to join Chad OchoCinco and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, this team looks to claim the division title again. And it is likely they will do so. The Bengals lost in the AFC Wild Card spot in a hard-fought battle against the New York Jets last season. Lest not forget the Pittsburgh Steelers, the XLII Super Bowl Champions… All these teams present interesting odds and matchups for the upcoming season, but the safest and surest bet seems to be with the Colts in the AFC South and the Cowboys in the NFC East. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win.
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