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05/04/2010 - Burnley, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Burnley skipper Steven Caldwell has admitted to being disappointed at not being offered a new contract by the relegated Turf Moor club.
The 29-year-old central defender joined Burnley in January 2007 from Sunderland, but is out of contract this summer, having suffered a number of injury problems as his side have failed to survive in the Premier League.
He told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph: "I've never been offered a contract, so it's out of my hands. That's life, sometimes things change and you move on to a different challenge.
"I'll just go about my business and work hard. It's never really happened, people speaking to me and obviously I've been injured for a while, which has maybe been taken into consideration.
"I'm always willing to listen, but I'm a little disappointed it hasn't come so far.
"Things change and people move on, if it had come a little earlier, I think I would have been interested to listen and see what is said.
"I've been a prominent feature in the team for three-and-a-half years though and I've thoroughly enjoyed my time here at Burnley. It's a fantastic club and we've achieved unbelievable things.
"Sometimes clubs seek different routes and people move on and I'm open to challenges. If nothing's been said so far, maybe we have to move on."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Chivas USA's Lahoud, D.C.'s Onalfo earn supplemental discipline
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Major League Soccer Disciplinary Committee
suspended and fined Chivas USA midfielder Michael Lahoud and D.C. United
coach Curt Onalfo because of incidents in recent weeks.
Lahoud was fined $500 and
<< Bolton's Coyle keen to keep Wilshere
Bolton, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bolton manager Owen Coyle is keen to bring
Arsenal youngster Jack Wilshere back to the Reebok Stadium next season.
The 18-year-old attacking midfielder joined the Trotters on loan in January
and has imp
<< Fowler out as NC State's director of athletics
Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lee Fowler will resign from his position as
North Carolina State athletics director effective June 30, the school
announced Tuesday.
Fowler has led the Wolfpack's athletics department for the past
<< Pirates P Donnelly lands on DL
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday placed
pitcher Brendan Donnelly on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique
strain.
In 11 relief appearances this season, Donnelly had a 2-0 record with a 7
Seppi, Gasquet move on in Belgrade >>
Belgrade, Serbia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eighth-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi and
former top-10 star Richard Gasquet highlighted Tuesday's opening-round winners
at the Serbian Open, a clay-court French Open tune-up.
Seppi came from behind to de
Braves put SS Escobar on DL >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves on Tuesday placed
shortstop Yunel Escobar on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left
groin.
The 27-year-old Escobar was hitting .215 with eight RBI in 22 games for t
MLS Players Union officially ratifies CBA >>
Bethesda, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Major League Soccer Players Union
announced that the agreement between the league and players announced prior to
the 2010 season on a new collective bargaining agreement has been officially
ratifie
Celtic edges Rangers in Old Firm derby >>
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lee Naylor and Marc-Antoine Fortune both
scored in the first half, and Celtic edged Rangers 2-1 on Tuesday at Parkhead
to win its first Old Firm derby of the season.
Rangers captured two of the clubs' f
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.
MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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