10/30/2007 - San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Antonio Spurs have reportedly signed All-Star forward/center Tim Duncan to a contract extension.
According to the San Antonio Express-News, Duncan has agreed to a two-year extension worth around $40 million.
The deal will keep Duncan in a Spurs uniform through the 2011-2012 season.
The 31-year-old Duncan has averaged 21.8 points and 11.9 rebounds per game in 10 NBA seasons, all with the Spurs.
A nine-time All-Star, Duncan has led San Antonio to four NBA titles.
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OUTLOOK: The Sun Belt Conference sent two teams to the postseason last year,
as North Texas represented the league in the NCAA Tournament and South Alabama
earned a bid from the NIT. Both North Texas and S
<< College Basketball Preview - Missouri Valley Conference
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OUTLOOOK: The Missouri Valley Conference has made a name for itself the past
several years, including last season, when the league sent two teams to the
NCAA Tournament and two more to the NIT. The
<< College Basketball Preview - Conference USA
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OUTLOOK: For a third straight season, the Memphis Tigers are expected to
dominate Conference USA, which hasn't been the same since the league lost
several key members a few years ago. Last season,
<< College Basketball Preview - Big 12 Conference
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OUTLOOK: The Big 12 is considered one of the top conferences in the nation and
for good reason. The league has sent at least half of its teams to the
postseason in every year in conference history and
Thrashers battle Canadiens seeking consecutive wins >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Thrashers will try for back-to-back wins for
the first time this season when they battle the Montreal Canadiens tonight at
the Bell Centre.
Atlanta dropped its first six games of the season, prompting an early
Boyes, Blues welcome Coyotes to St. Louis >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Boyes will try to continue his hot play to start the
season tonight, when his St. Louis Blues welcome the Phoenix Coyotes to
Scottrade Center.
Boyes scored a pair of goals in Saturday's 4-3 win over Washington to give
Report: Girardi is new Yankee skipper >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Girardi has reportedly agreed to become
the New York Yankees manager.
According to the New York Post, Girardi will officially be named as Joe
Torre's replacement on Tuesday. Numerous media sou
Nashville kicks off road swing in Calgary >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The bounces may finally be going Nashville's way. The
Predators hope that trend continues tonight, when they begin a lengthy road
trip in Calgary against the Flames at Pengrowth Saddledome.
Nashville has won two straight -
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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