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12/16/2008 - Blackburn, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blackburn fired boss Paul Ince on Tuesday and hopes to have a new manager in place by Saturday.
Ince was sacked after just 17 Premier League games and six months in the Ewood Park hot-seat.
Blackburn had slipped into the relegation zone on the back of an 11-game winless league run and chairman John Williams hopes to have Ince's successor in place before Saturday's crunch meeting with Stoke City.
Former Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United boss Sam Allardyce and ex-West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley are the two early frontrunners for the post.
Graeme Souness has also been linked with a return to the club he managed for four years before leaving to join Newcastle in 2004.
"Appointing a new manager is our total focus," Williams told the club's official website. "We acknowledge that timelines are tight for we are in a very worrying situation concerning our Premier League status.
"We will endeavor to have a new manager in place for Saturday's game with Stoke City at Ewood Park, but there are no guarantees and we must ensure that we get the right man.
"In the meantime, the day-to-day training will be carried out by Archie Knox, Ray Mathias and Karl Robinson. Our coaching staff and all of the players fully understand the importance of this weekend's game.
"Our supporters can rest assured that we will do everything in our power to get the team climbing the Premier League table as soon as possible."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Cubs add speedster Gathright
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs signed speedy outfielder
Joey Gathright on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not released.
Gathright played last season with the Kansas City Royals, but they did not
offer him a contra
<< Ibanez signs with Philly
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The World Series champion Philadelphia
Phillies made it official Tuesday and signed free agent outfielder Raul
Ibanez.
The deal, which was reported by several media outlets last Friday, is
<< Oklahoma's Murray won't play in BCS Championship Game
Norman, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray will
undergo surgery next week to repair a partial tear of a hamstring tendon in
his left leg and won't play in the BCS National Championship Game against
Florida
<< Hurricanes welcome Canadiens to town
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of teams hoping to avoid three-game losing streaks
will meet tonight in Raleigh, as the Carolina Hurricanes host the Montreal
Canadiens at RBC Center.
The Canadiens are coming off back-to-back losses to Tampa Bay an
The Top 10 Bowl Best Bets (Part One) >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The bowl season begins on Saturday,
December 20 with four games and continues through Thursday, January 8 with the
BCS Championship between Oklahoma and Florida. I am already on record taking
the Sooners a
Harrington selected as PGA Tour's top player >>
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Padraig Harrington won just twice on
the PGA Tour in 2008, but those victories at the British Open and PGA
Championship were enough to make him the Player of the Year.
In an award selected
de Jonge named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year >>
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brendon de Jonge was selected as the
Nationwide Tour's top player for 2008.
A native of Zimbabwe who played collegiately at Virginia Tech, de Jonge
finished second on the money list thanks to
Reggina fires Orlandi, hires Pillon >>
Reggio Calabria, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serie A struggler Reggina has sacked
coach Nevio Orlandi and brought in Giuseppe Pillon as his replacement.
The club currently lie 19th in the table, having won just three of their 16
league gam
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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