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06/15/2007 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings won the 2007 Lady Byng Trophy, awarded annually to the player who combines sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct with excellence on the ice.
Datsyuk, who led the Red Wings in scoring, tied his career-high with 87 points (27 goals, 60 assists), appeared in 79 games and accumulated only 20 penalty minutes.
He becomes the first player to win consecutive Lady Byng's since Paul Kariya did it when he was with the Ducks in 1996 and 1997. Ron Francis is the last player to win the Byng three times, accomplishing the feat in 1995, 1998 and 2002.
Datsyuk collected 705 points to win the award while Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis finished second with 513 points and Colorado's Joe Sakic had 354 points.
<< Vancouver coach Vigneault wins Jack Adams Award
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault
won the 2007 Jack Adams Award for the top coach in the league as voted by the
NHL Broadcasters' Association on Thursday.
Vigneault, who is the first Vancouver
<< Malkin named NHL's top rookie
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin won what teammate
Sidney Crosby did not, as he took home the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best
rookie in the NHL on Thursday night.
Malkin, who is the first Penguin to win the C
<< 2007 Masterton Trophy awarded to Kessel
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston's Phil Kessel won the Bill Masterton
Memorial Trophy at the 2007 NHL Awards presentation on Thursday. The award is
presented to the player who exhibits perseverance, sportsmanship and
dedicat
<< Dougherty leads U.S. Open; Woods lurks
Oakmont, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Englishman Nick Dougherty shot a two-under 68
Thursday to take the first-round lead at the U.S. Open.
His red number barely had any company.
Angel Cabrera was the only other player under-par following a t
107th U.S. Open Final Round News and Notes >>
Oakmont, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Phil Mickelson wore a black brace on his
injured left wrist Thursday during the first round of the U.S. Open. He took
it off to putt, revealing a bandage underneath.
Mickelson opened with a four-over 74 at Oakm
Rangers use long ball to pound Pirates >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jerry Hairston, Travis Metcalf and Gerald
Laird all hit homers -- Laird's a breathing-room three-run shot in the seventh
-- as Texas downed Pittsburgh, 6-0, to wrap up an interleague series at PNC
Park.
O's waste opportunities, go down to Nationals >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Zimmerman knocked in the go-ahead run in
the eighth inning as the Washington Nationals edged the Baltimore Orioles,
3-1, to sweep a three-game interleague set with their Beltway rival.
Jason Simontac
Sid the Kid has big night at 2007 NHL awards >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sidney Crosby finished his fantastic season
with another two awards to go with his Art Ross trophy, as he garnered the
Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player and was also awarded
the Le
It’s time to see how the biggest NFL free agent signings will perform for their news teams. Some will work out and could be the difference that makes a difference in the win column.
We look at the best off-season signings and if they should influence your NFL betting this season. Julius Peppers – Peppers was the biggest prize available on the 2010 NFL free agent market and the Chicago Bears opened the bank to bring his talents to the south side.
Peppers is explosive, he can get around blockers and cause quarterbacks to lose their minds. We all remember the classic Peppers game last year against the Vikings where he hounded Brett Favre into his worst game of the season. Peppers joining the Bears could be the reason Favre retired for good Tuesday morning. In addition to Peppers, the Bears added Chester Taylor to back up Matt Forte, Forte didn’t have the same intensity in 2009 compared to 2008 and bringing in Taylor will challenge Forte to bring it every game or he’ll risk losing carries to Taylor.
Betting on the Bears is a good option this season because of Julius Peppers and to a lesser extent Taylor. Antonio Bryant and Terrell Owens – The Cincinnati Bengals signed two former number one wide receivers to line up with Chad Ocho Cinco. Antonio Bryant had a huge season in 2008 catching 83 passes for over 1200 yards but regressed last season. Playing for the Tampa Bay Bucs last season was a large part of the regression, everyone was bad in TB last season.
Bryant should have a bounce back season if he can win the number two spot from Terrell Owens. If Bryant wins the number 2 WR spot, it will open up a completely new set of problems for the Bengals. If Owens is forced to the bench in favor of Bryant, his attitude will create trouble for Carson Palmer and head coach Marv Lewis. If Owens is the number two receiver, it means Bryant can’t live up to his past numbers and the Bengals are still limited in the passing game. NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. 2010 football betting lines for this can be found at this top online sportsbook. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense.
NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense. They signed away the Arizona Cardinals top linebacker Karlos Danby. In the past two seasons, Danby has totaled 228 tackles, 5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles. The Dolphins are the forgotten team of the AFC East with the second longest odds to win the division but with the addition of Karlos Danby and a trade for WR Brandon Marshall makes the Miami Dolphins legitimate contenders in the AFC East and in the NFL’s Eastern Conference.
The Dolphins will make NFL wagering fans a lot of money this season, get in early and enjoy the cash.
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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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