Blackhawks shoot for series win
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05/08/2010 - CHICAGO (AP) -The Vancouver Canucks are searching for their composure and a way to avoid losing in the Western Conference semifinals to the Chicago Blackhawks for second straight year. After dropping the series opener, Chicago has won three straight and is brimming with confidence as it looks to finish off the Canucks in Game 5 Sunday night at the United Center. The Blackhawks have apparently gotten into the Canucks' psyche and solved goaltender Roberto Luongo. Luongo's own coach, Alain Rigneault, described the Olympic gold winner as the second best goalie on the ice behind Chicago rookie Antti Niemi. Chicago's Jonathan Toews scored three of the Blackhawks' four power-play goals Friday night in a 7-4 victory when the Canucks seemed to confuse physical play with ill-advised penalties - eight of them - while trying to counteract 6-foot-4, 257-pound Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien scored three goals in Chicago's Game 3 win and then drew three penalties Friday night. His ability to get in Luongo's space has been one of the big factors in the Blackhawks' success against the Canucks the last two postseasons.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
<< Up 3-0, Suns writing the book on playoff rebirth
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -Hungry after taking a 3-0 lead on the San Antonio Spurs with a fifth straight playoff win, the Phoenix Suns ate dinner early Saturday at one of the few places they could find open.``Hard Rock,'' Grant Hill said. ``We didn't have ma
<< Diamondbacks activate OF Jackson
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Arizona Diamondbacks activated outfielder
Conor Jackson from the 15-day disabled list on Saturday and optioned
outfielder Gerardo Parra to Triple-A Reno.
Jackson had been on the DL since Apri
<< Sizemore, Tigers take opener of shortened series with Tribe
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Sizemore knocked in three runs and
Miguel Cabrera contributed two RBI as Detroit dispatched Cleveland, 6-4, in
the opener of a truncated series.
Austin Jackson and Brennan Boesch each collected
<< Blanco's HR in 11th gives Mets second straight late-inning win
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Henry Blanco's first home run as a Met gave
New York a 5-4 win over San Francisco in 11 innings, the club's ninth
consecutive win at Citi Field.
Blanco ended 3-for-5 in place of starter Rod Bara
<< Nats edge Marlins
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Renyel Pinto hit Adam Dunn with the bases
loaded in the bottom of the eighth to force in the go-ahead run, which held up
as the Washington Nationals took a 5-4 victory over the Florida Marlins in the
middle
Danes upend Finland, Swiss win at Worlds >>
Cologne, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Frederik Andersen stopped 36-of-37 shots
as Denmark shocked Finland, 4-1, at the 2010 World Ice Hockey Championship on
Saturday.
Frans Nielsen tallied twice, with Peter Regin and Julian Jakobsen scoring
Dementieva among first-round winners in Madrid; Kuznetsova ousted >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sixth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva was a
first-round winner, while fellow countrywoman and fifth-seeded Svetlana
Kuznetsova was bounced on Day 1 at the $4.5 million Madrid Open, a clay-court
French
Westwood on top at Sawgrass; Woods, Mickelson trail big >>
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lee Westwood managed a two-under 70
Saturday to remain atop the leaderboard after three rounds of The Players
Championship.
Westwood completed 54 holes at 14-under-par 202, for a one-stroke lead over
Cubs activate P Caridad from DL >>
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs on Saturday activated
pitcher Esmailin Caridad from the 15-day disabled list.
Caridad, who was put on the DL on April 14 with a right forearm strain, is 0-1
with a 13.50 earned run a
Atlanta's three-run sixth enough to get by Phillies >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Melky Cabrera drove in the game-winning
run in the sixth to help Atlanta take a 4-1 win over Philadelphia in the
second of a three-game set.
Troy Glaus, Eric Hinske and Omar Infante each drove i
NFL Football Betting Online
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
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