05/13/2008 - Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini is set to delay his retirement to continue for yet another season with the Rossoneri.
The 39-year-old defender had earlier stated that this campaign would be his last, but Maldini is now poised to bring up a quarter of a century at the San Siro.
"I am moving towards the decision to carry on playing and in the week I will go to the offices for discussions," Maldini told the Italian press.
"There's nothing official because there doesn't need to be while I am still under contract, but I am in agreement with vice president Adriano Galliani.
"I'm thinking about carrying on as my physical condition has improved and the club have asked me, more or less explicitly, to play for another season."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Former Pats employee Walsh meets with NFL commissioner
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former New England Patriots employee Matt
Walsh met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday to discuss what he
knows about the team's videotaping practices.
Walsh is now on his way to a separa
<< Royals sliding down AL Central standings
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals have officially fizzled out.
After getting off to a decent start to the season, the losses are occurring
more frequently and just like that they are five games below .500. They've
lost five of their
<< Cardinals limp home to take on Pirates
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Cardinals hope that the home crowd can lift
their depleted spirits, as the slumping club opens a six-game homestand
tonight with the first of three straight games versus the Pittsburgh Pirates
at Busc
<< Struggling Dodgers begin trek in Milwaukee
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Penny will try to rebound from a horrible outing when
he takes the hill tonight for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who will open a six-
game road trip with the first of three straight matchups against the Milwaukee
Brewers
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It is just 11 weeks into the 36-race
2008 Sprint Cup season, but NASCAR will hold its "mid-season" classic which
highlights this week's racing action.
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Parma fires coach Cuper before season finale >>
Parma, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serie A strugglers Parma have sacked coach
Hector Cuper ahead of their decisive last league game of the season.
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has been una
D'Antoni introduced as new Knicks coach >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks made it official on
Tuesday and introduced Mike D'Antoni as their new head coach.
D'Antoni and the Knicks agreed in principle to a deal late Saturday. Terms
were not disclosed
Eskimos' Maurer retires >>
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edmonton Eskimos fullback and special teams
standout Mike Maurer retired from football Tuesday.
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was named the Top Canadian in t
“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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The most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made)
But you could also simply bet on the money line, or straight-up winner of the game. Oddsmakers use the money line so that more money must be risked on the favorite or expected winner and less money on the underdog to balance the action on both sides. While money line gambling is an attractive option for football and basketball bettors who only care about picking a winner, it is the primary option for those bettors who enjoy wagering on MLB baseball and individual sports like boxing, tennis, golf and racing events such as NASCAR. ( More details on playing the Money Line)
Another bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game.
The final score of Super Bowl XXXIX was 24-21; the scoring of both teams added up to 45, which means the game went Under . So Under bettors won, and Over bettors lost.
Sports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The main advantage of futures is that you can get appealing odds by betting far in advance. For example, with NFL futures you often can get much higher odds on a team by betting before the season even starts. A NFL future bet on a team to win the Super Bowl odds might be 20/1 in the preseason; but by midseason, their odds might decrease to 10/1 if they turn out to be legitimate championship contenders.
Involves one individual wager, whether it be on your team to cover the point spread, to win the game straight-up on the money line, or to go over/under the total.
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