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08/27/2010 - Aberdeen, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aberdeen enters the weekend on top of the Scottish Premier League table with two wins from its first two games, and the Dons will look to make it three wins from three matches on Saturday when they host Kilmarnock.
Aberdeen has beaten Hamilton and St Johnstone in the league so far this season, and they continued their positive start with a 3-0 win at Alloa in the league cup in midweek.
But the win at Alloa came at a cost as midfielder Fraser Fyvie suffered a season-ending knee injury, while Sone Aluko has yet to recover from an Achilles injury and will miss out on Saturday's game.
Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee is obviously pleased with his club's strong start, but he also knows that somewhere down the line, his team will suffer a set back.
"Somewhere along the line we will have a set back," McGhee told the club's official website. "The better you are when you have that set back and the stronger you are then the easier it will be to recover from it. If we can keep this going for a while yet, then certainly the day we have a set back then we will overcome it."
Kilmarnock is coming off of a 6-2 win over Airdrie United in midweek in league cup action, but they have yet to record a point this season in the league after losses to both Rangers and Motherwell.
Celtic had a disastrous time in midweek in Europa League qualifying as they lost 4-0 to Utrecht to find themselves eliminated from the competition. The Hoops will try to rebound with a win at Motherwell, while Rangers is hoping to win its third straight game to start the season when they host St Johnstone.
Hamilton has lost its first two matches by a combined score of 8-0, and they will visit Inverness, while the other match this weekend features St Mirren entertaining Hibernian.
<< Rays sign OF Hawpe to minor league deal
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with
outfielder Brad Hawpe on a minor league contract Friday and assigned him to
Single-A Charlotte.
The 31-year-old was given his release by the Colorado Rock
<< Boyd leads 3-way tie for lead in Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Five days after losing a playoff,
England's Gary Boyd shot a four-under 68 to earn a share of the second-round
lead Friday at the Johnnie Walker Championship.
France's Julien Guerrier fired a 67
<< Knicks agree to terms with Patrick Ewing Jr.
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks on Friday agreed to terms
with forward Patrick Ewing Jr.
Details of the contract were not released, per club policy.
The 26-year-old Ewing was originally drafted by Sacramento in the
<< Houston hopes to start win streak at Colorado
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston manager Dominic Kinnear summed up
the Dynamo's 4-3 win over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night perfectly when he
said, "Thank goodness for Brian Ching."
Ching scored a hat trick, including a spec
Report: Manny awarded to White Sox through waiver claim >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox have reportedly been
awarded Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez through a waiver claim, MLB.com has
confirmed.
There is still the matter of either finalizing a trade with Los Angeles
TFC aims to start new home streak vs. RSL >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Salt Lake travels to take on Toronto FC in
Major League Soccer action at BMO Field on Saturday night.
RSL, which has just one league loss in its last 16, will be facing a Toronto
side that is coming off
Fire's Ljungberg set for first trip to Seattle >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freddie Ljungberg will return to Seattle on
Saturday for first time since being the first designated player ever traded in
Major League Soccer, as his new club Chicago visits Qwest Field.
Ljungberg joined S
Briscoe captures third straight Chicagoland pole >>
Joliet, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Briscoe will start on the pole for an IZOD
IndyCar Series race at Chicagoland Speedway for the third year in a row after
winning Friday's qualifying for the PEAK AntiFreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300.
With In
Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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