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Giants' Burress takes field in pads for first time
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 17:10
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress took the field in pads Tuesday night for the first time since the New York Giants opened training camp late last month. Burress jogged a few pass routes during individual drills and lined up wi...
Red Sox get RHP Paul Byrd in trade with Indians
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 17:09
BOSTON (AP) -The Boston Red Sox acquired pitcher Paul Byrd from Cleveland on Tuesday, hoping to boost a rotation hurt by an injury to Tim Wakefield and the struggles of Clay Buchholz. The Red Sox will send either a player to be named or cash ...
Injuries piling up for Gators in fall practice
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 17:09
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -Two more Florida players will miss the season after tearing knee ligaments. Gators sophomore offensive lineman Jim Barrie and freshman linebacker Brendan Beal are the fourth and fifth players to tear their ACLs. Beal suffe...
Banged-up Browns nurse nagging injuries
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 17:08
BEREA, Ohio (AP) -Browns Pro Bowl receiver Braylon Edwards was home Tuesday resting his stitched-up right foot, and the guy who put him there said he's in good spirits. ''He was cheering me up more than I was able to cheer him up,'' said receiver...
Another Indy Colt lands on the injury shelf
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 17:03
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -Colts defensive back Michael Coe will be placed on injured reserve and will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee last week. Coach Tony Dungy had said Coe was likely to miss at least eight weeks a...
Longhorns have three RBs battling to replace Charles
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 11:52
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -Texas coach Mack Brown refuses to talk about depth charts early in training camp. It wouldn't do much good at running back, where three Longhorns are battling to be the starter. It wasn't supposed to be this way. Jamaal Charle...
Ben Burns' NFL Week 2 preseason betting notes
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 11:12
The dogs certainly roared in Week 1 of the NFL preseason, rolling to a 10-5-2 spread mark. Oddsmakers typically like it when the dogs bark loudly. There was not much in the way of strategy, which is the norm, with most offensive and defensive coor...
Three's company: Explaining preseason's 3-point spreads
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 11:06
This story was originally posted on Aug. 15, 2007. As you can see by this week's slate of games , the 3-point line trend still applies. Quick, take a look at the lines for this week’s NFL preseason schedule. See a pattern? If you said, "home ...
Wednesday’s streaking starting pitchers
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 10:45
Streaking Jorge Campillo , Atlanta Braves (7-4, 2.83 ERA) Campillo is doing well in his first season as a full-time big league starter and he seems to be getting more comfortable as the season wears on. He is 4-0 in his last six starts, ...
English Premier League betting preview
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 10:17
English soccer's biggest prize could be staying in American hands. After American Malcolm Glazer's Manchester United wrested the Premier League title away from Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich last season, Liverpool's Tom Hicks and George ...
CFL betting: Week 8 power poll
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 8:54
1: Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-1/0-1) (6-1 ATS) (LW: 1) So, they’re not perfect after all. It took almost two full months, but the defending champs suffered their first loss of the season at home in the back half of a home-and-home series against ...
Favre fallout: Capping Jets, Packers, Vikings post-trade
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 8:30
Sports Interaction betting analyst Frank Doyle considers the role of the quarterback in terms of informed NFL betting. This has been an interesting week to think about quarterbacks, and the value careful quarterback study gives t...
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Tuesday, August 12th 2008 7:39
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Leonard: A good memory is key in NFL handicapping
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 6:51
Handicappers should have good memories, or at least have a full supply of pencils and notebooks handy. Events from earlier in the season as well as past seasons can help find edges against the spread. Five years ago, for instance, when the NFL ope...
Dolphins release kicker Jay Feely
Tuesday, August 12th 2008 6:42
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -The Miami Dolphins cut kicker Jay Feely , a year after he set the team's single-season record for field-goal percentage. Feely's release Tuesday clears the way for undrafted rookie Dan Carpenter to take over as the starting kic...