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03/22/2010 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Risen Star Stakes winner Discreetly Mine heads a field of 13 three-year-olds for Saturday's $750,000 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds. Formerly run at 1 1/16-miles, the race is now a 1 1/8-mile prep for the Kentucky Derby.
Last year's race was won by Friesan Fire who was then the post-time Kentucky Derby favorite.
Discreetly Mine will again be ridden by Javier Castellano and the pair will start from post seven. Owned by E. Paul Robsham, Discreetly Mine is the 7-2 morning-line favorite.
The colt won the Risen Star Stakes last month by 1 1/2-lengths over Tempted to Tapit after leading the entire race. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Discreetly Mine has won two of seven career starts for a little less than $360,000.
The 4-1 second choice in the program is A Little Warm who was second in the Hutcheson Stakes last month at Gulfstream Park. The colt will break from post five with David Cohen in the saddle.
Trained by Tony Dutrow for Edward Evans, A Little Warm won the Spectacular Bid Stakes at Gulfstream in January. He lost the Hutcheson to D' Funnybone by a length. D' Funnybone won last week's Swale Stakes at the Miami track.
A Little Warm has earned $134,280 with two wins in six lifetime starts.
Breaking from the far outside post will be 5-1 third pick Drosselmeyer. The chestnut colt will be ridden by Kent Desormeaux for WinStar Farm and trainer Bill Mott.
Drosselmeyer is coming off a fourth-place finish in the Risen Star as the 2-1 favorite. He was just 1 3/4-lengths behind Discreetly Mine in the February stakes. The favorite in five of six career starts, the colt has two wins and $86,170.
Here is the complete field for the Louisiana Derby in post position order: Hotep, Patrick Husbands; Mission Impazible, Rajiv Maragh; Fly Down, Jose Lezcano; The Program, Martin Garcia; A Little Warm, David Cohen; Ron the Greek, James Graham; Discreetly Mine, Javier Castellano; Island Soul, Robby Albarado; Stay Put, Jamie Theriot; Wow Wow Wow, John Jacinto; Mister Marti Gras, Shaun Bridgmohan; Backtrack, Shane Sellers and Drosselmeyer, Kent Desormeaux.
Post-time for the 97th Louisiana Derby will be 5:50 p.m. (et). All 13 horses will carry 122 pounds.
<< Eagles re-sign LB Jordan
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Eagles announced the
signing of linebacker Akeem Jordan to a contract on Monday.
Jordan had earlier been tendered at the level of a second-round draft pick by
Philadelphia.
A vet
<< Brewers get INF Olmedo from Texas
Maryvale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers acquired infielder Ray
Olmedo from the Texas Rangers for catcher Matt Treanor on Monday.
The 28-year-old Olmedo began his big league career with Cincinnati in 2003 and
spent parts of f
<< Pierce, Gasol named NBA players of the week
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce and Los
Angeles Lakers center Pau Gasol were named the Eastern and Western Conference
Players of the Week, respectively, for the period ending March 21.
Pierce helped
<< '10 Season Preview: Sounders have tough act to follow
Renton, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Seattle Sounders FC are coming off the most
successful expansion season since the 1998 Chicago Fire, who went on to win
the U.S. Open Cup and MLS Cup in their first season in the league.
The Sounders wo
'10 Season Preview: N.Y. hopes Red Bull Arena will usher in new era >>
Harrison, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York is entering a new era in
the history of one of Major League Soccer's original 10 clubs.
The 2010 season will be the first for the franchise in its brand new state-of-
the-art 25,000-seat
Gunners appeal Vermaelen red card >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arsenal have appealed against Thomas
Vermaelen's controversial red card in Saturday's 2-0 victory against West Ham
at the Emirates Stadium.
The Belgium international was adjudged by referee Mart
Watmore steps down from FA post >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ian Watmore has resigned from his position
as Football Association chief executive just nine months after landing the
job.
The 51-year-old moved to the FA from the Department for Innovation,
Federer is top seed in Miami >>
Key Biscayne, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 1 Roger Federer is the top seed
at the Sony Ericsson Open, which will get underway on Wednesday for the men at
Crandon Park.
The reigning Wimbledon and Australian and French Open champion F
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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