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07/10/2010 - Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - FC Dallas travels to take on Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer action at Qwest Field on Sunday night.
Dallas (5-2-6) has been on an impressive run as of late, winning three straight while losing just once in its last nine league fixtures.
A big part of that run has been because of the strong play of the versatile Heath Pearce, who has played both defense and midfield this season.
"I wouldn't say there's one particular thing," Pearce told mlssoccer.com when asked what has contributed to the strong play of the Hoops. "We've been playing well the entire year. We've had a string of a number of good games this season."
He did eventually elaborate, saying the confidence the team has in each player on the field has been a strength of the club.
"Its a really beneficial thing late in the game when you don't have to worry about guys around you and you're able to focus on getting the result, because you know the guys around you are going to hold their own weight and support you."
As well as Dallas has been playing, Seattle has been struggling. The second- year MLS club has lost three straight while winning just one of its last six.
The latest loss was 3-1 at the Los Angeles galaxy last weekend.
"We got beat by a better team simple as that nothing more," Seattle goalkeeper Kasey Keller told his club's website. "That is what we need to strive to do bring that energy bring that ability. We found a way to keep the score respectable and now we need to figure out the rest. We are not at the level we need to be at and obviously we need to improve drastically."
The Sounders (4-8-3) will have to find a way to do that without the services of attacker Freddie Ljungberg, who is not expected to play with an injury. Also out with injuries are midfielders Brad Evans and Michael Fucito and defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado. Midfielder Osvaldo Alonso is questionable with a quad strain.
FC Dallas will only be without the services of backup goalkeeper Dario Sala because of a calf strain.
<< Stricker sets 54-hole mark on PGA Tour
Silvis, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Steve Stricker has set the 54-hole scoring
record on the PGA Tour.
Stricker fired a nine-under 62 at the John Deere Classic on Saturday to finish
three rounds at 25-under 188. That broke the old record of 189 es
<< Fish to meet Rochus in Newport final
Newport, RI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mardy Fish was a semifinal winner Saturday at
the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The fifth-seeded Fish beat British qualifier Richard Bloomfield 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
to reach his second ATP final of the seas
<< Rangers activate Lee prior to debut
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers made several roster moves
prior to Saturday's game against the Baltimore Orioles, including the
activation of pitcher Cliff Lee, whom the team acquired on Friday.
Lee, a 2010 Al
<< Indians designate C Redmond, bring up Gimenez
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians have designated
veteran catcher Mike Redmond for assignment and recalled catcher/infielder
Chris Gimenez from Triple-A Columbus.
Redmond was hitting .206 with five runs batte
Twins' Morneau to miss All-Star Game >>
Detroit, MI (The Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Minnesota Twins first baseman
Justin Morneau will miss Tuesday's All-Star Game in Anaheim as he continues
to suffer from concussion-like symptoms.
Morneau was accidentally kneed in the he
Former Sooner great Daryl Hunt dies at 53 >>
Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Oklahoma linebacker Daryl Hunt has
passed away at the age of 53.
The Oklahoman reports Hunt passed away of an apparent heart attack some time
over the weekend.
The two-time All-American played
Mariners add Smoak to active roster >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Mariners announced on Saturday that first
baseman Justin Smoak has been added to the team's 25-man major league roster.
Smoak, acquired in the deal that sent pitcher Cliff Lee to Texas, will wear
unifo
Tigers blast four homers to extend Twins' woes >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez and Johnny
Damon each hit a home run to support six solid innings from Jeremy Bonderman
in Detroit's 7-4 win over Minnesota in the middle meeting of a three-game set.
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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