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08/30/2010 -
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -Michael Jordan and his Bobcats NBA team will donate $250,000 to middle-school athletics programs in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.
The Charlotte Observer says the NBA hall-of-famer and North Carolina native will announce the gift Monday.
Jordan, who made a fortune playing in the NBA and marketing his image as one of the world's best-known athletes, talked about being a contributor to the Charlotte community when he bought the Bobcats this spring.
Charlotte schools cut $1.25 million cut from athletics programs this year and school officials announced a plan to charge students $50 for middle-schoolers and $100 high-schoolers who play.
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<< Report: Manny Ramirez to join White Sox
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baseball sources have confirmed to MLB.com that
Manny Ramirez will become a member of the Chicago White Sox on Monday.
The star outfielder was placed on waivers by the Dodgers earlier in the week.
The White So
<< Braun's early goal helps Chivas edge D.C. United
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Justin Braun scored his eighth goal of the year
in the 13th minute and Chivas USA edged D.C. United, 1-0, on Sunday night in
Major League Soccer at The Home Depot Center.
Zach Thornton made four saves for his
<< Tebow, Broncos take down Steelers
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Tebow made his debut in front of the home
crowd and tossed a touchdown as the Denver Broncos downed the Pittsburgh
Steelers, 34-17, in preseason action.
Tebow, who missed last Saturday's preseaso
<< Johnson and Rays down BoSox
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dan Johnson capped a three-run sixth
inning with an RBI single, as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox,
5-3, in the rubber match of a three-game set from Tropicana Field.
Carl Crawford a
McCourt divorce trial opens in Los Angeles >>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers?That's what attorneys for Frank and Jamie McCourt will argue Monday as their non-jury divorce trial begins.A Superior Court judge must decide the validity of a postnuptial marital agreement that gi
2010 World Basketball Championship update - August 30th >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -
Halftime: Serbia 57, Jordan 37 (Kayseri)
Halftime: Croatia 44, Slovenia 39 (Istanbul)
Group A: Australia vs. Germany, 12 p.m. (Kayseri)
Group B: Tunisia vs. Iran, 12 p.m. (Istanbul)
Group A: Angola vs. Argentia,
FCS Season Preview: Ivy League >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ivy League football coaches like to play
off the idea that there's parity within the Ancient Eight.
You know the old familiar lines - that they're recruiting from within the same
small pool of high school
White Sox hit the road to battle the Indians >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The playoff-hopeful Chicago White Sox may get an added
boost to their 10-game road trip, which begins tonight with the first of three
straight matchups against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.
It has been report
Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
MySportsbook.com's Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds:
Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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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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