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03/07/2009 - Hampton, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Not even late-race transmission problems could stop Kyle Busch from winning his fourth Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway as he bounced back in the final laps to take Saturday's American Commercial Lines 200.
Busch, who started on the pole, held the lead for a restart with 12 laps to go, but dropped back in the field after loosing second and third gears. He overcame his mechanical issues by driving past Todd Bodine for the top spot with five laps remaining. Busch then fought off a furious charge by fellow Sprint Cup driver Kevin Harvick in the final two laps to follow up on his victory two weeks ago at California.
"The restart there, I stepped in it, and as soon as I stepped in it and I applied power, it snapped it into (second gear), and I had to go all the way to fourth," Busch said. "I kind of had to lug it all the way around there. I got out of the way so those guys could go and race and did not want to block them up. It felt like an eternity to get this thing up to speed and get going. Once we got there man, I didn't lift those final 12 laps, and I stayed in the gas wide open right in the middle groove and it prevailed."
On the restart, Busch did not get up to speed while Terry Cook passed him for the lead. Colin Braun also passed Busch on the backstretch, but Braun bumped into the back of Cook and then was tapped from behind by Brian Scott. Braun spun and slammed into the inside wall. The fifth and final caution setup an eight-lap shootout to the finish.
Cook held the lead for the final restart, while Busch ran in the ninth spot. But Busch charged to the front in three laps after he got back up to speed.
"I don't think we out trucked them today, but we out drove them at the end," Busch said.
The victory was Busch's 11th career in the series. He won last year's spring event at Atlanta.
Busch has finished either first or second in the first three races this season.
Harvick led the most laps with 68, but finished a truck-length behind in second.
"That was a lot of fun there at the end," Harvick said. "The thing was fast, but it doesn't matter if you can't do a pit stop."
Harvick, competing in his first truck race this season, struggled on his pit stops.
Bodine finished third. Mike Skinner came in fourth, and Cook was fifth.
Chad McCumbee, Ron Hornaday Jr., Mike Bliss, Johnny Benson and Scott completed the top-10.
On lap 74, Braun hit Ricky Carmichael from behind, turning Carmichael around. Dennis Setzer slammed into Carmichael's truck while trying to avoid the incident.
With the victory, Busch increased his lead to 25 points over Bodine.
The next race is scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at Martinsville Speedway.
<< Ligue 1 title race heats up with Lyon loss
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Bastos earned Lille a 2-0 win over defending French Ligue 1 champions Lyon on
Saturday.
With the loss the league title chase heats up. Lyon now has just a 1
<< Pendergraph leads No. 21 Arizona State past Cal
Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Senior forward Jeff Pendergraph posted game-highs
of 27 points and 10 rebounds as 21st-ranked Arizona State used a strong first
half to down California, 83-66, at Wells Fargo Arena.
James Harden contributed 20 p
<< Sloan helps Aggies upend No. 15 Mizzou
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players in double figures with 16 points, as the Aggies upended 15th-ranked
Missouri, 96-86, at Reed Arena.
Josh Carter and B.J. Holmes each added 13 poin
<< Bergenheim helps Isles in clobbering of Devils
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sean Bergenheim posted his first career hat
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Jeff Tambellini, Kyle Okposo, Radek Martinek an
Yang remains atop Honda leaderboard >>
Palm Beach Gardens, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Y.E. Yang carded just a single
birdie in his third round Saturday, but it was enough for him to remain atop
the leaderboard after three rounds of the Honda Classic.
Yang, whose best PGA Tour finish w
Report: Bills sign WR Owens to one-year deal >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Bills have reportedly
signed volatile wide receiver Terrell Owens to a one-year deal.
According to a report in The Buffalo News, the deal is worth $6.5 million
guaranteed.
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I Want Revenge takes Gotham Stakes >>
Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - I Want Revenge, making his first start
outside of California and on dirt, captured Saturday's $250,000 Gotham Stakes
at Aqueduct. The 1 1/16 mile Gotham is a prep race for the Wood Memorial on
April 1
Barca extends lead with win coupled with Real draw >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barcelona extended its lead in the Spanish La
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Madrid draw with Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
Real's 10-match winning streak came
Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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After all the trouble that’s ensued since Braylon Edwards allegedly punched one of LeBron James’ homeboys in the face at a club, the Cleveland Browns have sent away their last remaining player of worth to the New York Jets. This is a great move for Dirty Sanchez and all, but it’s even better for the Knicks. Now Donnie Walsh can say, “You get to haunt Braylon Edwards with your posse if you sign here!” next summer.
Putting that aside for a moment, the move is a clear indication that the new-look Jets are gunning for the Super Bowl this year. I don’t think that New York thought that Dirty Sanchez was going to be such a rock star. With a 75.2 passer rating that was killed against the Jets, Sanchez is doing an admirable job of managing games and putting the Jets in a position to win. The defense has been the major story in New York thus far, but the acquisition of Braylon Edwards makes this offense loaded with talent that can dent any defense…as long as Dirty Sanchez continues his meteoric rise.
Thus far, Edwards has been a non-factor in the NFL piling up just 139 receiving yards on 10 catches. He has yet to find the endzone, and with the Browns mired in the most unsexy quarterback controversy of all time (Anderson vs. Quinn...yawn), there going nowhere fast. Edwards is two seasons removed from a career year which saw him catch 80 passes for 1,289 yards and 16 touchdowns when the Browns were the spread killing monsters of 2007. In 2008, injuries slowed the receiver down to just 873 yards and three touchdowns though he played in all 16 games.
So that being said, we really don’t know if Braylon Edwards is just a flash in the pan, or a legit threat. At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, he is a prototypical receiver. But he’s also shown a strange, and unwarranted, talent for dropping passes. Lining up opposite Jericho Cotchery, a speed demon with 23 catches, 356 yards and a single touchdown, may give Braylon the open looks he needs. A change of scenery may also rejuvenate the star receiver.
In return, the Browns will receive Chansi Stuckey, online football betting a special teams player you’ve never heard of and a pair of draft picks. That’s a tall order for a guy whose only real value right now is in his name, and it shows no promise to the Browns that they can rebuild around those acquisitions. Braylon was the only reason to hope for the Browns to go 3-14 SU this year. Without him, they don’t have a single guy on offense that can scare any team.
For the Jets, it’s a response to the pounding that they took at the hand of the Saints. Thomas Jones and Leon Washington have averaged around 4.0 yards per carry each on the ground, but striking a fair balance between the passing and rushing attacks in New York has been a struggle. You have to believe that the trio of Dustin Keller, Jericho Cotchery and Braylon Edwards will give Sanchez the weapons he needs to unleash through the air. Theoretically, that would open up holes for the rushing game. But the proposed public option health care plan works in theory too. We need to see the proof in the pudding before we start loading up mega bucks on the New York Jets to take the AFC.
The one wrinkle in this whole thing is that Braylon could very well be suspended by the league for disciplinary action due to his “brawl” with LeBron’s friend. If that’s the case, the Jets may have to bench him for a few games leaving them with a somewhat depleted receiving corps for a few games. Also, this is a guy who gets in fights with people at clubs. New York may not be the best place for him. Just sayin’.
The Jets have a long week before they meet the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football Betting in a virtual pick ‘em game. Braylon’s excess baggage may be a distraction, and his curiously low production may be what we should be expecting of him overall, but for the Jets, taking a chance to strike gold is well worth it. At the end of the year, they can simply just blame it on their rookie quarterback.
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