Bob Heintz and Martin Laird both opened with rounds of seven-under-par 63 Thursday to share the lead after the opening round of the Wyndham Championship.
Behind the two of them were 4 golfers at shooting 64.
Tim Clark, Scott Sterling, Carl Pettersen and Garrett Willis.
The Houston Rockets officially landed controversial forward Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings on Thursday.
The Kings receive guard Bobby Jackson, rookie forward Donte Greene and Houston’s 2009 first-round draft pick in the deal. Greene was the holdup in the trade because he was not permitted to be traded until a month after signing with Houston.
The Southeastern Conference and CBS Sports announced a 15-year contract extension Thursday for broadcast rights to SEC football and basketball games. Beginning with the 2009-10 season.
As an added bonus the deal includes certain digital, Internet, wireless, video-on-demand and enhanced highlight rights.
The yearly ESPN draft special is on live on Espn right now and the celebs and ESPN football experts are in.
Here’s their picks for this year. This is an 8 Team League, so you’ll see some surprises.
2008 CappersPicks.com FREE NFL Fantasy Draft Guide >>
Round 1.
1. Adrian Peterson (Team Merril Hoge)
2. LT 2 (Team Suzy Kolber)
3. Frank Gore (Team Method Man)
4. Brian Westbrook (Team Chris Mortenson)
5. Tom Brady (Team Roy Williams WR – Det)
6. Joseph Addai (Team Nick Bakay)
7. Randy Moss (Team Michael Smith)
8. Marshawn Lynch (Team Summer Sanders)
Round 2.
9. Tony Romo (Sanders)
10. Clinton Portis (Smith)
11. Steven Jackson (Bakay)
12. Marion Barber (Williams)
13. Darren McFadden (Mort)
14. Payton Manning (Method)
15. Drew Brees (Kolber)
16. Brandon Jacobs (Hoge)
The preseason college football magazines are a great way to identify underrated and overrated teams for the upcoming season.
That’s why the Sportsbook.com research team accumulated all the pre-season publications and compared it to the current odds for the six major conferences.
Here’s what we found out.
ACC – Atlantic
1) Clemson (8:5)
2) Wake Forest (8:1)
3) Florida State (4:1)
4) Boston College (25:1)
5) Maryland (30:1)
6) NC State (30:1)
ACC – Coastal
1) Virginia Tech (3:1)
2) North Carolina (8:1)
3) Miami-Fl (6:1)
4) Georgia Tech (30:1)
5) Virginia (50:1)
6) Duke (100:1)
With the start of the 2008 NCAA College Football season schedule to get underway just about two weeks from now, members of the BetUS NCAA College Football online sports wagering community are gearing up for another college football wagering season in a big way.
With some of the best college football handicappers and analysts in the sports wagering industry providing online bettors with tons of smart wagering advice, BetUS college football bettors everywhere can make winning wagers in the BetUS Sportsbook at a moment’s notice.
I bet you didn’t know that the good folks at BetUS Sportsbook have some great propositions on the table in which you bet a head-to-head matchup between a college football team and an NFL club, usually falling within the same geographic region. We will endeavor to take a look at as many of these as we can, and today that means we examine a “matchup” between the Indianapolis Colts and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
by BetUS Staff
The AFC North might as well be called “How The Mighty Have Fallen”. Baltimore is soul searching, Cincinnati is just trying to stay out of the slammer and Pittsburgh has gone offensive. Meanwhile, Cleveland has risen amongst the ashes to become the favorite to win the division. Can they repeat their Cinderella season? Or will one of the other three pick themselves up off the mat?
THE FAVORITE – Cleveland Browns (+175 to win division)
Why do I love the Browns over the NFL odds-on favorite? Simple. This is a team that is accustomed to running the score, and keeping pace with the full-throttle offenses in the league. They averaged a stunning 25.13 point per game on offense, and have added speedster Donte Stallworth to help free Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow Jr.
With Week One of the NFL preseason a thing of the past, it’s time to take a look at how each team fared in an effort to give BetUS NFL online bettors a bit of an edge heading into Week Two of the preseason and beyond.
Here is a brief look at each team, followed by my overall analysis on the NFC up until this point.
The Giants fell to the lowly Detroit Lions 13-10 last Thursday, and saw quarterback Eli Manning, the Super Bowl MVP, struggle on his only two series, completing just two of six passes for 19 yards in his first game without Plaxico Burress or David Tyree. Still this team is not worried in the least.
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The Philadelphia Eagles are 3 ½-point home favorites Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers as both teams try to show they’re for real in the NFC.
With the regular season right around the corner, the NFL Futures Odds at Sportsbook.com are getting lots of attention. Bet on the Division, Conference and Super Bowl Winners, Week 1 matchups and the biggest Games of the Year.
This game will be broadcast at 8 pm ET on FOX and 89% of the early bettors favor Philly. There’s one other game on Thursday night with Buffalo 1 ½-point dogs at home versus Pittsburgh.
Rocky Atkinson
Carolina Panthers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Carolina @ Philadelphia 8:00 PM EST
Play On: 1* Carolina +3 1/2
Carolina is 12-3 ATS against conference opponents since 1993. Carolina is 17-10 ATS as underdogs in preseason since 1990. Carolina is 7-1 ATS as dogs last 8. Carolina is 14-3 ATS their last 17 against NFC opponents including 10-1 ATS as an underdog. We’ll recommend a small play on Carolina tonight as our FREE play! Thanks and good luck, Rocky
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Week 2 NFLX Pre-Season Matchup Betting Odds
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| Aug 14, 7:30 PM | PIT @ BUF | 1½ | 33 |
| Aug 14, 8:00 PM | CAR @ PHI | -3½ | 35½ |
| Aug 15, 8:00 PM | OAK @ TEN | -5 | |
| Aug 16, 7:00 PM | WAS @ NYJ | -3 | |
| Aug 16, 7:30 PM | IND @ ATL | -3 | |
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The National Football League heads north of the border on Thursday night to kick off the second week of its preseason schedule. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .
Event of the day . . .
The Buffalo Bills are starting to tap into the lucrative Toronto market this season, and it all begins with their exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Rogers Centre on Thursday night (with the kickoff set for 7:30pm ET). And Bills supporters hope that their team will be lucrative at the betting window once again this season.
Buffalo went 7-9 straight-up in 2007, but they were 10-6 against-the-spread. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, was 10-6 SU last year, and only 8-8 ATS. For Thursday night the Vegas oddsmakers have pegged this neutral-site game as a pick’em, despite Buffalo’s proximity to Toronto. The total for the game has been set at 33 points.
Steelers starting QB Ben Roethlisberger should see just limited time on Thursday, with newly-signed backup Byron Leftwich getting more snaps. Don’t expect to see much of RB Willie Parker either. Bills starting QB Trent Edwards will be looking to bounce back from a poor outing in Buffalo’s preseason opener against Washington.
August 14 2008
In the game of Razz, starting hand selection is very important. Unlike games such as Omaha or Texas Holdem, you can’t hit a monster hand with any old cards. This is a low-hand game, so you must start with low cards if you want a chance to win a hand. Razz is played in the 7-Stud format, so your first three cards will help you decide if you’re going to play the hand.
You should have no cards higher than an 8 in the first three cards you are dealt. Sometimes you can go to the 9, but 9-high rarely wins a hand. Stick with the 8 rule, and if it’s the beginning of a tournament you can drop it down to 7-high. The only other times you might consider playing three first cards bigger than a 9 would be if all of your opponents are showing big cards and your up card is small, or if it’s late in a tournament and there’s pressure from the blind levels. Then you come in with a raise and you can often pick up the pot right there.
There are no other exceptions for playing hands with cards bigger than 9. You drastically decrease your odds of winning if you do, so stick to the rule and you’ll find success.
