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07/09/2010 - Joliet, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Harvick will start on the pole for Friday's Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race after turning the fastest lap in qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway.
Harvick posted a lap of 177.696 m.p.h. around the one-and-a-half-mile oval for his second pole of the season and the 21st of his Nationwide Series career. He is the only driver with multiple Nationwide victories at Chicagoland, winning here in 2005 and '07.
Points leader Brad Keselowski will start on the outside pole with a qualifying lap of 177.509 m.p.h. Trevor Bayne qualified third, followed by Carl Edwards and Joey Logano, who is the defending race winner. Keselowski currently holds a 277-point advantage over Edwards.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray and Shelby Howard completed the top-10.
Danica Patrick will start 28th. Patrick was the first driver in the 47-car field to make her qualifying attempt.
Jeremy Clements, Kevin Hamlin, Brian Keselowski and Jennifer Jo Cobb failed to qualify.
The 300-mile race at Chicagoland is scheduled to start around 8:00 p.m.
<< White Sox lose Peavy for season
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox will be without the
services of Jake Peavy for the rest of the season after the right-hander
announced Friday he will undergo surgery.
Peavy has a detached latissimus dorsi m
<< Rangers emerge as winner of Lee sweepstakes
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers have acquired highly
sought-after pitcher Cliff Lee, along with pitcher Mark Lowe and cash
considerations, from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for first baseman Justin
Smoak and three minor
<< Rangers reportedly land Lee; PC scheduled
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers are holding a press
conference at 6 pm (et) to make a major announcement.
According to multiple sources, including Evan Grant, who covers the team for
the Dallas Morning News, the
<< Mets demote Igarashi, recall Evans
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets have optioned right-handed
reliever Ryota Igarashi to Single-A St. Lucie and recalled utility man Nick
Evans from Double-A Binghamton.
Igarashi was 0-1 with a 7.91 earned run average in
Rockies reinstate P De La Rosa from DL >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rockies reinstated pitcher Jorge De
La Rosa from the 15-day disabled list in time to make his start against San
Diego on Friday.
De La Rosa, who was placed on the DL on April 27, missed the l
Tennessee dismisses one, suspends two others after bar brawl >>
Knoxville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The University of Tennessee football program
dismissed Darren Myles Jr. and suspended Marlon Walls and Greg King
indefinitely for their participation in a bar fight in Knoxville early Friday
morning
Nationals option P Atilano >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Nationals optioned rookie
right-handed pitcher Luis Atilano to Triple-A Syracuse on Friday.
The move was made in order for Atilano to get extra work during the All-Star
break. However,
Clippers sign free agent Brian Cook >>
LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Los Angeles Clippers have signed free agent forward Brian Cook, bringing him back to the city where he began his NBA career with the Lakers.The deal was announced Friday, a day after the Clippers signed free agents Randy Foye a
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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