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03/14/2010 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kansas, Duke, Kentucky and Syracuse were given top seeds for the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
Kansas (32-2), which was anointed the top overall seed for the tournament, will be in the Midwest Region. The Jayhawks are coming off their seventh Big 12 Tournament title. They beat Kansas State, 72-64, Saturday night for the crown. The Jayhawks were the top seed in the Midwest in 2008, the year they won the national championship.
Duke (29-5) beat Georgia Tech, 65-61, on Sunday to win the ACC Tournament for a record 18th time. The Blue Devils are the top seed in the South Region.
Kentucky (32-2) has returned to prominence in a huge way, thanks in part to another SEC Tournament title. The Wildcats needed overtime to beat Mississippi State, 75-74, on Sunday. They are a No. 1 seed for the 10th time in school history and will be in the East Region.
Syracuse (28-4) was given the top seed in the West Region. The Orange are seeded No. 1 for the first time since 1980 and gained the spot despite suffering a loss to Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament.
The Final Four will be April 3 in Indianapolis with the championship game two nights later.
<< Nashville escapes Los Angeles with one-goal victory
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Patric Hornqvist scored the game-winner
late in the third period, as the Nashville Predators edged the Los Angeles
Kings, 3-2, at Staples Center.
Steve Sullivan and Colin Wilson also scored for
<< Stastny scores twice as Avalanche down Stars
Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul Stastny scored twice and Craig Anderson
made 48 saves, as the Colorado Avalanche earned a 5-3 win over the Dallas
Stars at American Airlines Center.
Milan Hejduk and Darcy Tucker each had a go
<< Report: Browns send QB Quinn to Broncos
McLean, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Quarterback Brady Quinn is on the verge of a new
beginning that has been rumored since the Browns apparently inked Jake
Delhomme on Saturday, as Cleveland reportedly traded the former first-round
pick to
<< Avery, Rangers notch crucial win over Flyers
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sean Avery scored a pair of goals, as the New
York Rangers topped Philadelphia, 3-1, at Madison Square Garden.
Michal Rozsival notched the other goal, while Erik Christensen and Chris Drury
picked up two assi
Els fends off Schwartzel for second WGC crown >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ernie Els fired a bogey-free, six-under 66 Sunday
to beat Charl Schwartzel and win the WGC - CA Championship.
Els, who earned his second WGC title, completed the event at 18-under-par 270.
He missed Phil Mickelso
Lille climbs to fourth in Ligue 1 >>
Lille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lille used an own goal from Bostjan Cesar to
follow up its Europa League win over Liverpool with a 1-0 win over Grenoble on
Sunday in Ligue 1 and climbed to fourth in the standings.
Bordeaux, Montpellier, Au
Browns send QB Quinn to Broncos >>
Englewood, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Quarterback Brady Quinn is set for a new
beginning that had been rumored as the former first-round pick was dealt from
Cleveland to the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
The move came a day after the Browns re
Report: Jets sign Tomlinson to two-year deal >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Jets have reportedly inked
running back LaDainian Tomlinson to a two-year deal.
Financial terms were not available, according to the New York Daily News.
The likely Hall of Fame back spe
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 and Kentucky Derby Offer Bonuses
The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.
Well, not quite $1 million, but MySportsbook.com is offering a 75% rebate for Kentucky Derby lines. Check out the exclusive horse racing bonus for all the details.
According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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