Patriots advance to Super Bowl, Ravens come up short
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01/22/2012 - Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - First, the win and a Super Bowl berth was knocked out of Lee Evans' hands. Then, Billy Cundiff pulled the Ravens' chance to tie the game wide left.
Baltimore couldn't capitalize on two good scoring chances in the final minute, and the New England Patriots held on for a 23-20 victory in Sunday's AFC Championship Game.
Tom Brady's diving touchdown on fourth down early in the fourth quarter was the decisive score, and helped the Patriots advance to Super Bowl XLVI. They will play the winner of the NFC title game between the Giants and 49ers on February 5 in Indianapolis.
New England advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2007 season, when the Patriots were 18-0 before losing to the Giants.
Durham, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Haley Peters scored a career-high 21 points as the No. 5 Duke Blue Devils outlasted the No. 8 Maryland Terrapins, 80-72, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Five players scored in double figures for Duke (16-2, 6-0 ACC),
<< No. 10 Ohio State outscores Illinois
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Samantha Prahalis scored 28 points and Tayler
Hill added 26 as No. 10 Ohio State posted a 96-84 victory over Illinois on
Sunday.
Amber Stokes contributed 16 points and six rebounds, while Darryce Mo
<< Messi's hat trick leads Barca over Malaga
Malaga, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lionel Messi scored his fifth hat trick this
season as Barcelona defeated Malaga, 4-1, on Sunday at the Estadio La Rosaleda
in La Liga.
Messi scored in the 33rd, 51st and 82nd minutes and Alexis Sanchez also
<< Inter continues surge with win over Lazio
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Inter Milan won its seventh straight, and for
the ninth time in its last 10 fixtures, as Diego Milito and Giampaolo Pazzini
scored on each side of halftime in a 2-1 win over Lazio on Sunday.
Inter, near the
<< Kentucky holds off Florida
Lexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kastine Evans had 10 points and seven
rebounds, helping the sixth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats hold off the Florida
Gators, 57-52.
Keyla Snowden added 11 points for the Wildcats (18-2, 7-0 SEC), who
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mo Williams scored 26 points off the bench, helping the Los Angeles Clippers dominate the skidding Toronto Raptors, 103-91. DeAndre Jordan added 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Clippers, who went
Seguin lifts Bruins over Flyers in SO >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyler Seguin scored the winner in the
shootout as Boston got past an injury-riddled Philadelphia squad, 6-5, on
Sunday evening.
Seguin's winner came at the end of round two, when he forced Ilya B
Virginia Tech takes down No. 15 Virginia >>
Charlottesville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Erick Green scored 15 points, helping
Virginia Tech pull out a 47-45 victory over No. 15 Virginia at John Paul Jones
Arena.
Dorenzo Hudson totaled 12 points, including a three-pointer in the closi
Brooks, Nets drop Bobcats >>
Newark, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - MarShon Brooks tallied a game-high 20 points
with six rebounds as New Jersey handled Charlotte, 97-87, on Sunday evening.
Deron Williams totaled 19 points and 10 assists for the Nets, who have won two
of th
Jennings, Bucks down Heat >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandon Jennings scored 23 points, dished out six
assists and pulled down six rebounds, leading the Milwaukee Bucks over the
Miami Heat, 91-82.
Ersan Ilyasova added 16 points and six boards for the Bucks, wh
FOOTBALL BETTING LINES
NFL Football Sports BettingTwo playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”
“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”
MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:
Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
"Helmer & Son": 5/2
"The Saviour": 6/1
"West Bank Story": 7/2
Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel": 7/4
"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
"The Queen": 5/4
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1
Film To Win Most Oscars:
Dreamgirls: 2/3
Pans Labyrinth: 6/5
The Departed: 6/1
The Queen: 11/1
Babel: 15/1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1
Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1
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