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04/26/2009 - Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rafael Nadal continued his domination on clay with a straight-set victory over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in a rematch of last year's title bout.
The top-seeded Nadal claimed his fifth consecutive Barcelona Open title with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over the fourth-seeded Ferrer, who was appearing in his second final of 2009, having previously lost to Novak Djokovic at Dubai in February.
Nadal, who pocketed a first-place prize of $370,000, improved to 25-1 all-time in the tournament, falling only to countryman Alex Corretja in the second round of the 2003 event, when his was making his tournament debut at age 16.
In addition, he is now riding a 25-match winning streak on clay and improved his record to an astounding 142-4 on the surface since 2005.
Already a three-time ATP Tour winner this year with crowns at the Australian Open, Indian Wells and a title last week at the Monte Carlo Masters, Nadal is 35-9 all-time in finals, with 24 of those victories coming on clay.
A year ago, Ferrer battled Nadal to three sets, with Nadal earning a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 win to take home the Barcelona crown. Nadal owns a 7-3 lifetime mark against Ferrer.
<< Tigers send C Treanor to DL
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers placed catcher Matt
Treanor on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a right hip strain.
Treanor has no hits in 13 at-bats over four games for Detroit this season.
To fill the ros
<< No relegation relief for Den Haag
The Hague, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Den Haag's relegation worries grew
on Sunday as Roy Makaay scored with eight minutes to play, handing Feyenoord a
3-2 win over Den Haag at Het Zuiderpark.
The loss leaves the home side above the
<< Dodgers target sweep in set with Rockies
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers are on a roll and
will try for their fourth straight win and a three-game sweep of the division-
rival Colorado Rockies today at Coors Field.
Los Angeles has posted back-to-back 6-5
<< Eveland, Sonnanstine square off at Coliseum
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dana Eveland hopes to find the win column this afternoon
when the Oakland Athletics play the rubber match of their three-game series
with the Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland Coliseum.
Eveland has been awful in his three starts
Wolfsburg falls to Energie >>
Cottbus, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wolfsburg wasted a glorious opportunity to
take charge of the Bundesliga title race as they suffered a 2-0 defeat to
relegation-battling Energie at Stadion der Freundschaft on Sunday.
A win would hav
Italy dethrones Russia, advances to Fed Cup final >>
Castellaneta Marina, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Francesca Schiavone posted a
triumph in the second reverse singles rubber on Sunday, as Italy deposed of
two-time defending champion Russia in the semifinals of the Fed Cup.
Trailing 2-0 i
Swiss top Germans at World Championship >>
Bern, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Host nation Switzerland thrilled a
capacity crowd with a 3-2 victory over Germany in Group B play at the 2009
World Championships.
Mark Streit, a member of the New York Islanders, notched the
Quality Road shows blood from quarter-crack >>
Elmont, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Florida Derby winner Quality Road came back
from a Sunday morning gallop at Belmont Park's training track with a small
amount of blood from a quarter-crack of the right front foot. The colt was
sent o
MySportsbook.com favors Bears, Bengals, Chargers and Colts to remain perfect
LAS VEGAS , Sept. 28 - Two big match-ups of undefeated teams have fans salivating at the Week Four schedule in the NFL. The Chicago Bears stifling defense looks to provide a less than hospitable welcome to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night in a battle of two 3-0 teams in the NFC conference. In the AFC, the San Diego Chargers (2-0) head to Maryland to face the surprising Baltimore Ravens (3-0) as both try to keep pace atop the conference standings. Betting Lines makers at MySportsbook.com, online sportsbook and casino, have set the Bears as 3.5 point favorites while the Chargers are a 2.5 point bet.
Of the three remaining undefeated teams, only one, New Orleans, enters this week's game as an underdog. Despite an emotional and resounding win over Atlanta on Monday night, the Saints are a 7.5 point underdog against the struggling Carolina Panthers. Indianapolis looks to stay perfect when they face the New York Jets as a 9 point road favorite while the Cincinnati Bengals are a 6 point favorite at home to the New England Patriots.
Six teams enter the week still looking for their first win, with a seventh, Tampa Bay, on a bye week. The prospect of dropping another game would not bode well for a potential playoff run. Since 1990, just three teams -- the 1992 Chargers, 1995 Detroit Lions and 1998 Buffalo Bills -- have overcome losing their first three games of the season to earn a postseason berth. And only the Chargers managed to accomplish the feat after starting 0-4.
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“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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