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12/13/2008 - Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sami Khedira scored twice, including the tying goal in the 90th minute, and Stuttgart tied 10-man Bayern Munich 2-2 in the German Bundesliga on Saturday.
Bayern, which got goals from Tim Borowski and Luca Toni, still moved into first place with Hoffenheim idle but wasted a chance to put more pressure on the new Bundesliga club.
Hoffenheim hosts Schalke on Sunday needing just a tie to lead the league at the winter break.
Defending league champion Bayern was in great shape to take all three points at Mercedes-Benz Arena, but defender Massimo Oddo was red carded in the 85th. That helped Khedira add his second goal in the dying seconds of a half - he also had a goal on the last play of the first half.
Stuttgart slipped one spot to 10th, but is still just 10 points behind Bayern. The top five clubs - Bayern, Hoffenheim, Hertha Berlin, Hamburg and Leverkusen - are separated by just three points.
Khedira handed Stuttgart the lead off a corner in the last seconds of the first half, running onto a flicked on header from Matthieu Delpierre to head the ball into the left side past a diving Bayern goalie Michael Rensing.
Borowski, starting in place of injured French star Franck Ribery, tied the game in the 48th minute with a tap-in goal from close range. Bayern played a corner kick short and got the ball to Bastian Schweinsteiger on the top right edge of the area.
Schweinsteiger unleashed a shot that forced Jens Lehmann to make a diving save, but he gave up a rebound and Borowski picked up the easy goal for his fifth of the season.
Borowski set up the tying goal in the 66th, delivering a cross from the left to pick out Toni on the right. Toni didn't get a great touch on the ball, but his shot bounced in front of Lehmann and hoped over the diving goalie. Toni's goal was his ninth of the season.
Bayern was cruising toward the win until Oddo got a red card in the 85th minute for trying to win the ball with his studs inches from the face of Stuttgart's Christian Trasch.
Stuttgart pushed everyone forward in the final minutes, including Lehmann, but Khedira was the hero. He ran onto to a short punched corner from Rensing to hit a rocket just under the crossbar, a nearly unstoppable tying goal, in the 90th.
Bayern still extended its unbeaten streak to 16 straight games, including five Champions League games, but has to watch the scoreboard Sunday to see if it can hold onto the lead for the winter break.
Hertha Berlin quietly continued to take care of business and remain with close range of the top two clubs, getting three late goals to defeat Karlsruhe 4-0.
Maximilian Nicu opened the scoring for Hertha in the eighth minute, and Valeri Domovchiyski (74th), Fabian Lustenberger (86th) and Raffael (88th) capped the win to pull Hertha within two points of the top spot.
Hamburg also moved with two points of Bayern, getting a goal from Mladen Petric in the 59th minute to edge Eintracht 1-0.
Bayer Leverkusen's slide down the standings continued when Jiayi Shao scored in the 90th minute to give Energie a 1-1 draw. Bayer, which led the league a few weeks ago, is fifth.
Werder Bremen got a goal from Per Mertesacker and an own goal to edge Wolfsburg 2-1 to move up seventh, one spot ahead of Wolfsburg.
Nine-man Koln got goals from Kevin McKenna and Manasseh Ishiaku to edge Bochum 2-1 and Artur Wichniarek scored in the 59th and Arminia Bielefeld earned a 1-1 tie with Hannover to wrap up Saturday's matches.
<< Tigers non-tender pitcher Lopez
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers announced their decision to
non-tender pitcher Aquilino Lopez on Saturday.
The right-hander was not offered a contract after appearing in 48 games for
the Tigers last season, registeri
<< Sharks try to remain hot at home against Blues
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Jose Sharks have been unbeatable at home in 60
minutes this season. They'll end a five-game homestand and shoot for a seventh
straight win over the St. Louis Blues tonight at HP Pavilion.
San Jose is 3-0-1 so far o
<< Canucks end long road trip in Edmonton
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Vancouver Canucks will bring their season-long road
trip to a close tonight, when they visit the Edmonton Oilers and Rexall Place.
The Canucks play their seventh straight as the visiting club tonight, and have
won just
<< Red Wings make a stop in Phoenix
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Red Wings will try to get back in the win
column tonight when they visit the Phoenix Coyotes for a meeting at
Jobing.com Arena.
The Red Wings have dominated the series with Phoenix in recent years, winning
eig
Report: Cheeks shown the door in Philadelphia >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Maurice Cheeks is out as Philadelphia
76ers head coach, according to a report in various media outlets.
In a somewhat surprising Saturday afternoon move, general manager Ed Stefanski
fired Cheeks
Embree, Rockies agree to one-year contract >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rockies signed veteran southpaw
Alan Embree to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2010 on
Saturday.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Embree, who will be 39 when the
Owls upset No. 8 Tennessee >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dionte Christmas led all scorers with 35
points, as Temple shocked eighth-ranked Tennessee with an 88-72 rout at the
Liacouras Center.
Christmas hit 12-of-22 shots from the floor, including 7-of-1
Carolina activates D Gleason off IR >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Carolina Hurricanes activated defenseman
Tim Gleason from injured reserve on Saturday.
Gleason, 25, missed Carolina's last eight games with a leg injury he suffered
against the Nashville Predators on No
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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American Idol Betting Season 6 Strategies
It's that time of year folks. Betting on American Idol Season 9. And we have plenty of American Idol Season 6 strategies appearing below. With the Top 24 finalists revealed, online gambling sites will be offering betting odds on each of them, including MySportsbook.com.
No other “event” has been growing as fast as wagering on American Idol. It has turned into a huge betting event with reasonably high limits and all sorts of profit-making potential for sharp bettors. Last year, MySportsbook.com experienced unprecedented traffic as a result of the American Idol betting craze.
Every week there will be odds to win American Idol, various elimination props and contestant versus contestant match-ups at the MySportsbook.com website.
Whether a fan of America’s top-rated show or watching only because of a wife or girlfriend, here are some of basic strategies to use when betting American Idol.
Odds to Win
There are a few things to consider when looking for the right win bet. First off, remember that this bet is for the long haul. Many people make the mistake of picking the performer who sang the best the previous week. This strategy leads to an underlay situation – betting a price, which is less than what it should be.
All Idol contestants struggle at some point in the competition, so you should always look for value. In last year’s competition alone, two performers who had some of the best performances early in the series were subsequently bet down to low prices - Lisa Tucker and Ace Young. After just a few weeks, Tucker had already been eliminated, while Young quickly became a huge long shot to win America’s largest talent search.
A better strategy is to look for performers who don’t necessarily get the praise from the judges, but show flashes of the talent necessary to go the distance.
Another important thing to remember when betting any contestant to win is the demographic breakdown of the voters, the viewing public and potential future CD purchasers. Unlike sporting events, American Idol is not decided on the field of play – it’s decided by the American public under the guiding influence of the shows producers.
Understand that the great state of Alabama has a mighty edge when it comes to American Idol.
Therefore, to be successful betting on American Idol, put any personal opinions or prejudices aside and think like the majority of the voting public. Remember that the typical voter is young, female and quite often, Southern.
If a contestant cannot appeal to this demographic, no matter how much talent he or she possesses, they’ll struggle for votes. Looks, demeanor and charisma are extremely important. And it’s no coincidence that every Idol winner so far has hailed from a Southern state.
Elimination Props
Every week MySportsbook.com anticipates offering a prop on who’ll be eliminated from the show each Wednesday night. A suggestion to handicap this is to gauge an overall feel for who’s the least popular contestant left in the competition. Generally the least popular performers have recently appeared in the bottom three and will have been the target of repeated criticism from the judges.
Last year, resources included dialidol.com and votefortheworst.com. Dialidol.com measures the volume of each contestant’s voting line. While by no means a perfect science, it does give a good indication of who is generating votes and who isn’t. Meanwhile, votefortheworst.com is a site that attempts to build support for the worst competitor to keep them in the competition for ‘entertainment’ value. The site has a proven track record of keeping performers around who most feel should have been voted off a long time ago.
Contestant vs. Contestant Match-ups
The best strategy for doing well on match-ups is to assess how close either of the contestants is to being eliminated. If neither is expected to be voted off of the show in the coming weeks, the value is almost always on the underdog. If both are expecting an imminent exit in the near future, the favorite in the match-up might offer value.
Watch for American Idol betting odds on each of the contestants shortly and good luck with these American Idol betting strategies.
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