11/14/2008 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson will not play Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers because of a strained right thigh muscle.
"Steven's [Jackson] out, he's not traveling [to San Francisco]," Rams interim coach Jim Haslett said on Friday.
Jackson was hurt during the October 19 game against Dallas, despite rushing for 160 yards and three touchdowns, then missed two of the Rams' next three games, including last Sunday's 47-3 blowout loss to the New York Jets.
For the season, Jackson has 525 yards on 128 carries with four touchdowns and has added 25 catches for 259 yards.
Antonio Pittman, who ran for a mere 28 yards on 13 carries in the setback to New York, and Kenneth Darby will likely see the majority of carries out of the backfield in Jackson's absence.
<< NHL Central: Hossa fitting right in with Red Wings
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It hasn't taken Marian Hossa long to find a comfort level
with his new team, the Detroit Red Wings.
When Hossa signed with Detroit this past offseason, inking a one-year deal
with the team that had just beaten him in the S
<< Quick change; Melrose out in Tampa
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Lightning made a coaching change
Friday, firing Barry Melrose after just 16 games and replacing him on an
interim basis with associate coach Rick Tocchet.
Melrose was hired on June 24 af
<< Real Madrid ready to move on against Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Madrid lost Ruud Van Nistelrooy for
the season earlier this week, but the Dutch striker's absence is not what coach
Bernd Schuster is worried about the most before Saturday's game at Valladolid.
Va
<< Red Bulls hope to continue improbable playoff run at RSL
Sandy, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The question is, after upsetting the two-time
defending Major League Soccer Cup champion Houston Dynamo in the Western
Conference semifinals last week, can the New York Red Bulls keep their
improba
Hannover settles for draw against Bochum >>
Hannover, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jan Schlaudraff scored his fifth goal but
Hannover handed Bochum a 1-1 draw on an own goal on Friday at AWD-Arena.
Schlaudraff, who left Bayern Munich to join Hannover this season, has done well
in a sta
NAC rolls over Heracles to move into first >>
Breda, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ellery Cairo, Edwin De Graaf and Patrick
Zwaanswijk scored as NAC defeated Heracles 3-0 on Friday at Rat Verlegh Stadion
to move into first place in the Dutch Eredivisie.
NAC entered this week's matches
Bears' Orton probable, could start Sunday >>
Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Bears quarterback Kyle Orton is
listed as probable for Sunday's game against Green Bay, as he continues to
recover from an ankle injury.
Orton, who missed last Sunday's game against Tenn
Isles D Pock suspended >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Hockey League has suspended New
York Islanders defenseman Thomas Pock for five games, without pay, for an
incident that occurred in Thursday's 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
Pock wa
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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.
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Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
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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.
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