09/04/2008 - Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 10th-seeded tandem of American Lisa Raymond and Aussie Samantha Stosur secured a spot in the women's doubles final at the 2008 U.S. Open.
Raymond-Stosur stopped a fourth-seeded pairing of Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik and Japan's Ai Sugiyama 7-5, 6-1 on Thursday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The 35-year-old Raymond and 24-year-old Stosur will meet the winner of the other semifinal between the top-seeded team of Zimbabwe's Cara Black and American Liezel Huber and the fifth-seeded duo of Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual.
The Wimbledon runners-up Raymond and Stosur were the U.S. Open champs in 2005. They captured the French Open in 2006.
<< Daunte Culpepper retires
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Daunte Culpepper has announced his retirement from the NFL,
bringing an end to a nine-year career for the quarterback that started with
promise and finished with injury-filled disappointment.
The former Minnesota Viki
<< Stoke City plans to spend more this winter
Stoke-on-Trent, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stoke City manager Tony Pulis will
receive further financial backing in the next transfer window, according to
ambitious club chairman Peter Coates.
The Potters have already invested around $3
<< Curlin's next start at Belmont Park
Lexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Leading thoroughbred Curlin will make his
next start in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Saturday, September 27 at
Belmont Park. Majority owner Jess Jackson made the announcement Thursday
morning
<< Browns LB Peek done for season after knee surgery
Berea, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cleveland Browns outside linebacker Antwan Peek
will miss the entire 2008 season after undergoing surgery on Thursday to
repair a torn patella tendon in his knee.
Peek, entering his sixth season in th
19-year-old McIlroy leads in Switzerland >>
Crans Montana, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy,
the 19-year-old former amateur star, fired an eight-under 63 on Thursday to
take the lead after the first round of the European Masters.
McIlroy birdied eight
Cobourne, Lloyd and Duval named CFL Players of the Month >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Montreal teammates Avon Cobourne and Damon
Duval, and Saskatchewan linebacker Maurice Lloyd were honored as CFL Players
of the Month for August.
Cobourne earned offensive honors for the Alouettes by r
Black, Paes capture U.S. Open mixed doubles title >>
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A fifth-seeded tandem of Zimbabwe's
Cara Black and Indian Leander Paes captured the mixed doubles title at the
2008 U.S. Open.
Black-Paes bested an unseeded pairing of American Liezel Huber and
Newcastle coach Keegan quits >>
Newcastle, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Keegan has ended several days of
speculation over his future at Newcastle United by confirming his resignation
Thursday as the club's manager.
The 57-year-old had been locked in talks with the
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Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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