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01/14/2007 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - On the same day that the Philadelphia Eagles were scheduled to take on the New Orleans Saints, a horse from the Philadelphia area came to town and won a stakes race at the Fair Grounds.
Hard Spun, ridden by Mario Pino, easily defeated six rivals on Saturday in the $100,000 Lecomte Stakes. The three-year-old is being counted upon to continue the recent string of Kentucky Derby contenders with connections from the Philadelphia region.
Owned by Fox Hill Farms, Hard Spun set the pace in the one mile event and, when asked, repelled his main rival Teuflesberg. The two colts were first and second up the backstretch, and separated themselves from the field entering the final turn.
Hard Spun responded on the turn to the challenge and ran away from the competition. He finished first by five lengths over Izzie's Halo. Teuflesberg faded to third with Makeithapencaptain fourth. Rounding out the finish was Beta Capo, Tony Terrific and Citi Smoke.
The time for the Lecomte Stakes was 1:37.87 on a fast track.
Hard Spun earned $60,000 with the victory and remained undefeated in four starts. Trained by Larry Jones, the three-year-old has earned $160,970.
The Pennsylvania-bred, like Smarty Jones, broke his maiden in his first start at Delaware Park and followed that with a victory at Delaware in the Port Penn Stakes.
Hard Spun closed 2006 with a convincing win at Philadelphia Park in the Pennsylvania Nursery, a stakes that Smarty Jones won in 2003.
Hard Spun returned $4.00, $3.00 and $2.10. Izzie's Halo paid $4.60 and $3.20, and Teuflesberg paid $2.80 for show.
<< No. 7 UConn rolls past Syracuse
Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kalana Greene poured in a career-high 23
points as the seventh-ranked Connecticut Huskies routed Big East foe Syracuse,
76-45.
Tina Charles scored 14 points, pulled down a career-high 19 rebounds a
<< Champions Skins Game will see lucrative Sunday
Wailea, HI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Why do today what you can put off until
tomorrow?
The first hole Sunday at the Wendy's Champions Skins Game will hold a prize
value of $220,000 after four all-star pairings pushed the last five hol
<< North defeats South in IntaJuice All-Star Classic
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Akron's Luke Getsy threw for 90 yards and a
touchdown, and also ran for a score, as the North All-Stars defeated the South
All-Stars, 28-17, in the inaugural IntaJuice All-Star Classic.
San Jose State's Jam
<< No. 13 LSU holds off Auburn
Baton Rouge, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Terry Martin had a game-high 23 points as
13th-ranked LSU held off Auburn for a 65-63 win at the Maravich Center.
Tasmin Mitchell added 12 points and seven rebounds while Glen Davis donated 11
points and
Hokies dump No. 1 Tar Heels >>
Blacksburg, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - North Carolina's reign as the top team in
the nation will most likely be a short one, after the Virginia Tech Hokies,
behind 23 points from Zabian Dowdell, handed the Tar Heels a 94-88 defeat.
Jamon G
Jussie's late tally rescues a point for Lens >>
Lens, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jussie's goal in the 84th minute allowed
Lens to take a point from its contest with Lille at the Stade Felix-Bollaert
on Saturday as the two teams played to a 1-1 draw.
The result allows Lens to rem
Vinatieri sets postseason field goal record >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri set
an NFL postseason record with his 33rd career field goal in the team's
playoff game against Baltimore on Saturday.
Vinatieri's fourth field goal of the g
Padres sign Estes, Greene to minor league contracts >>
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres agreed to terms on
minor league contracts with pitcher Shawn Estes and catcher Todd Greene on
Saturday.
Both players were also invited to spring training with the Padres.
Est
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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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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