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04/08/2007 - Lebanon, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards won Saturday afternoon's Pepsi 300 Busch Series race at the Nashville Superspeedway. The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford crossed the finish line 4.466 seconds ahead of David Reutimann.
The victory was Edwards' second in a row and 11th of his Busch career.
"I'm very fortunate to drive for Roush Racing," said Edwards.
David Stremme brought the field to the green flag after collecting his second career Busch pole earlier this morning. Stremme jumped right out to a one- second lead and held it for 20 laps.
Then Reutimann slid his No.99 Toyota underneath Stremme on lap 21 for the race's first lead change. He built a lead of almost three seconds through 30 laps. Meanwhile the battle behind him was three wide and three deep as cars were beginning to make a move.
Shane Huffman, Scott Wimmer and Jason Leffler grabbed second through fourth and pole winner Stremme fell to sixth.
Wimmer emerged as the strongest challenger and began to eat into Reutimann's big lead. By lap 50 he had cut the margin to half-a-second. On the next lap he surged past the No.99 for the lead.
Through a round of green-flag pit stops and Wimmer still had the lead. But he was caught by Leffler and Reutimann who both took turns with the lead as the field passed the 85-lap mark. The torrid pace left just 13 cars on the lead lap.
Through 100 laps Shane Huffman was the leader with Todd Kluever and a suddenly strong Edwards just behind. However the race was being slowed by multiple caution flags after a clean early portion of the race. Edwards kept charging once the green flag came out and grabbed his first lead on lap 119.
A Sam Hornish Jr./Johnny Sauter incident brought out caution flag No.4 and slowed the race once again. Another crash involving Jason Keller and Richard Johns also kept the race from going green.
Once they finally got a long green flag run, Leffler started on top of the charts until Edwards caught and passed him with 81 laps to go. Edwards was really fast and built a margin of two seconds within half-a-dozen laps. His lead was still growing (5.008 seconds) as the laps remaining fell to 50.
On lap 180 a debris caution flag set everyone up for a final sprint to the checkered flag. Leffler won the final race off pit lane with Kluever second and Edwards third.
Leffler got a great jump on the restart and put two lapped cars between himself and Edwards. His lead was almost two seconds until Edwards got around the slower cars and began to attack. With 30 laps to go the margin was just 0.752 seconds. On lap 201 Edwards got the nose underneath Leffler and the lead was his.
Edwards again built a big lead. The only thing that could stop him from cruising to back-to-back victories was a caution flag or a mechanical problem.
The gap from Edwards to Reutimann was 3.912 seconds with 10 to go and with no caution flags Edwards took the checkered flag unchallenged.
"We didn't have anything for Carl," said Leffler.
Blaney, Leffler and Regan Smith completed the top-five.
The win gives Edwards a 321-point lead over Dave Blaney, who jumped past the idle Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch in the standings.
The next Busch Series race is set for Saturday, April 14th at the Texas Motor Speedway.
<< Samuelsson scores twice as Red Wings pound Blackhawks
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mikael Samuelsson scored a pair of goals and
added three assists for a career-high five points, as the Detroit Red Wings
closed their regular season with a 7-2 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe
Louis A
<< Rapids open up MLS season with victory
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 2007 MLS season kicked off on
Saturday as Herculez Gomez scored the first goal of the year to lead the
Colorado Rapids over D.C. United, 2-1, in the inaugural match at a sold-out
Dick's
<< NEC topples PSV behind Holman's double
Nijmegen, Holland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PSV's struggles continued on Saturday
as NEC's Brett Holman scored two first-half goals in a span of two minutes to
stun the Eindhoven club 2-1 at De Goffert.
PSV has seen its lead in the Eredivisie
<< Cowtown Cat captures Illinois Derby
Cicero, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trainer Todd Pletcher's decision to run Cowtown
Cat in Saturday's $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne proved to be a wise
one, as the three-year-old colt went wire-to-wire in winning the 1 1/8-mile
race ov
Pirates activate Sanchez from DL >>
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Pirates activated second
baseman Freddy Sanchez from the 15-day disabled list on Saturday.
Sanchez, who started the season on the DL with a right knee injury, played
second, short a
Smoltz, Braves hand Mets first loss of season >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Smoltz won the battle with his best friend
and former teammate Tom Glavine, tossing six innings as Atlanta beat New York,
5-3, to hand the Mets their first loss of the season.
Smoltz (1-0) gave up seven
Crew hold New York to scoreless draw >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Heading into the 2007 Major League Soccer
season, Red Bull New York stressed going forward, both in the organization and
on the field.
Head coach Bruce Arena had a full offseason and preseason to meld
Kent, Lowe lift Dodgers past Giants >>
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Kent drove in a pair of runs and
Derek Lowe continued his mastery at AT&T Park, as the Los Angeles Dodgers
downed the San Francisco Giants, 4-1.
Wilson Valdez finished 3-for-4 with one run s
The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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Brandon Roy Favorite to Win 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year
Portland TrailBlazer’s guard, Brandon Roy, is MySportsbook.com’s overwhelming favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year odds.
Despite missing 20 games due to an injury earlier this season, Roy has definitely put up the best numbers of his 1st year peers. In 32 games, Roy is averaging 15.3 PPG, 4.2 boards and 3.5 assists in over 33 minutes of play per game. While most rookies breakdown as the season progresses (see Morrison), Roy is only getting stronger as his playing time and scoring average has increased each month.
With 30 or so games left in the regular season, Roy isn’t a lock for the award by any means. Other rookies are putting together some pretty impressive campaigns and a few could give Roy a run for the award with increased playing time. Heading the list is first pick, Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors. Even though he has started only two games all season, Bargnani is averaging 10.3 PPPG while shooting 35% from deep.
Randy Foye of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be set to give Roy the best competition NBA Rookie of the Year betting lines. With the benching of Mike James, Foye looks like he could be the starter in the T-Wolves backcourt for the rest of the season. So far, Foye has averaged 9 PPG and 2.4 assists in just under 21 minutes per game. With his new role of starter, Foye’s numbers will definitely increase. In his first game as the new starting guard this past Sunday, Foye had 10 points; five rebounds and 8 assists. More importantly, he logged 34 minutes of playing time; his third highest run of the season.
Adam Morrison, of the Charlotte Bobcats, was the favorite early on in the season after averaging 15+ PPG through the first month of the season. Ever since his torrid start, Morrison’s point production has declined each month. This really isn’t surprising, considering at 6’8” he only weighs 205 lbs. Obviously he will need to hit the weights big time during the off-season in order to keep from breaking down in the future.
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