11/30/2008 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robert Mathis' 37-yard fumble return with 9:55 remaining in the fourth quarter lifted the Indianapolis Colts to a 10-6 win over the Cleveland Browns.
Mathis finished with two sacks for the surging Colts (8-4), who have reeled off five straight wins after an uncharacteristic start that featured four losses in their first seven games, continuing their push for a Wild Card spot in the jumbled AFC.
Peyton Manning completed 15-of-21 passes for 125 yards and had three turnovers, including a pair of interceptions, for Indianapolis, while Joseph Addai mustered only 57 yards on 15 carries.
Derek Anderson's Pro Bowl campaign in 2007 resulted in a big contract in the offseason and heightened expectations for the Browns, but the Oregon State product endured a slow start and was relegated to backup duty in favor of Brady Quinn. But with the former Notre Dame signal-caller out for the season with a fractured right index finger, Anderson was back under center for the Browns (4-8), who have dropped four of their last five games.
He threw for just 110 yards on 16-of-26 passing before leaving the game late in the fourth quarter with an unspecified injury.
<< Bills' Edwards leaves with groin injury
Orchard Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards
was on the sidelines in the second half of Sunday's game against San Francisco
with a groin injury.
J.P. Losman took over under center for the second half
<< Arsenal edges Chelsea; United holds off City
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robin van Persie scored twice as Arsenal was
able to overcome an early own goal to shock Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, 2-1, in
the English Premier League on Sunday.
Arsenal, which has five losses already this
<< Anderson, Panthers blank Rangers
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Craig Anderson made 37 saves to record his
sixth career shutout, as the Florida Panthers blanked the New York Rangers,
4-0, at Madison Square, splitting a home-and-home set.
The Rangers notched a 4-3 sh
<< Tyus leads Gators past UMKC
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alex Tyus scored a game-high 25 points and had
eight rebounds as 17th-ranked Florida cruised past UMKC, 86-65, at Amway
Arena.
Tyus made 10-of-13 shots from the field, while Chandler Parsons chipped
Report: Burress to surrender to authorities >>
Newark, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress
will reportedly surrender to authorities as soon as Monday to take care of his
recent legal issues.
According to the Newark Star-Ledger, Burress, who spent a nig
Avs recall MacKenzie from Lake Erie >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Avalanche recalled defenseman Aaron
MacKenzie from their American Hockey league affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters.
This is the 6-foot-0, 193-pound MacKenzie's first NHL call-up after scoring
thre
Palermo rolls to 3-1 win over AC Milan >>
Palermo, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fabrizio Miccoli, Edison Cavani and Fabio
Simplicio each scored in the second half to help Palermo shock AC Milan, 3-1 on
Sunday at Renzo Barbera in the Italian Serie A.
Miccoli opened the scoring five m
Amerks recall Baker from ECHL >>
Rochester, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Rochester Americans recalled right winger
Kevin Baker from the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.
This will be the 29-year-old Baker's first recall to the American Hockey
League. He is currently thir
It's less than a month until the NHL hockey betting season opens at MySportsbook.com and preparations are underway for another battle in the race to hoist Lord Stanley's mug in 2007.
As cup crazy fans prepare to place their bets, one online sportsbook ,MySportsbook.com, is offering hockey betting lines on the 2007/2007 Stanley Cup , who will bring it home this upcoming season.
Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.
Always a threat are the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes. The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers at this sportsbook are optimistic that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final upset to the Buffalo Sabres.
Also worth noting are the defending Stanley Cup champs Carolina Hurricanes, a 10-1 bet to repeat. Behind the Canes are the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks all sit at 12-1. In the basement are the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues who all have 100-1 odds to win.
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Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their “supplements” to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this won’t be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a “truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit.” And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. “The plug-necked yahoos on your team,” you can say, “will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.”
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesn’t focus only on your opponent’s team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Where’s your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, “I’ll try to type slower for you next time.” Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, don’t just conclude by saying your opponent is a “twerp who drafts like my grandmother.” Say that your opponent is a “sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars.” By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You won’t be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, I’m sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
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