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02/18/2012 - Rotterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Feyenoord was denied three points on Saturday in the 87th minute when RKC Waalwijk's Robert Braber scored the equalizer in a 1-1 draw at De Kuip Stadion.
Feyenoord was in position to claim a fifth win in six games, which would have moved the club into third place, when John Guidetti converted a penalty kick in the 77th minute to put the home side in front.
But Guidetti, who had already been booked, received a second yellow card for his goal celebration, reducing Feyenoord to 10 men.
And the visitors made the most of the opportunity as Brabers scored on a header from Mitchell Schet's cross minutes after RKC was denied the equalizer by the post with Aaron Meijers striking the woodwork.
Excelsior and Den Haag finished 1-1 after Roland Alberg scored the tying goal in the 49th minute for Excelsior, which went behind on a first-half own goal from Edwin de Graaf.
Venlo moved to within three points of safety after securing a 4-1 win at De Graafschap as the visitors scored four goals in the second half after falling behind 1-0 at the break to a Rydell Poepon goal.
Saturday's other match saw Heracles claim a 2-1 win over Roda after going a goal down at halftime.
Sanharib Malki put Roda in front but Everton equalized midway through the second half before Pawel Kieszek's red card in the 75th minute was followed by a successful penalty kick from Willy Overtoom to win the match for Heracles.
<< Almagro to face Volandri for Brazil title
Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seed and defending champion Nicolas
Almagro and Italian veteran Filippo Volandri were semifinal winners Saturday
and will meet for the title at the $475,300 Brasil Open.
The Spanish Almagro beat
<< Federer survives Davydenko, will face del Potro in Rotterdam final
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer needed three sets
and two hours, 15 minutes, but the Swiss world No. 3 took down Russian Nikolay
Davydenko to advance to the final at the ABN AMRO World tournament.
Top-seeded Fed
<< Perry in command at ACE Group
Naples, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kenny Perry fired an impressive 10-under 62 on
Saturday to move atop the leaderboard after the second round of the ACE Group
Classic.
Perry finished two rounds at 18-under 126 and obliterated the fo
<< Elliott, Blues shut out Wild
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Saturday might have been the easiest shutout
of Brian Elliott's NHL career.
The 26-year-old netminder needed to make just 13 saves to record his sixth
shutout of the season and 15th of his career as t
Benzema's brace helps Real cruise past Racing >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Karim Benzema netted a goal in each half as
Real Madrid coasted to a 4-0 win over Racing at the Santiago Bernabeu on
Saturday.
The result stretches Madrid's lead to 13 points over second-place Barce
No. 1 Kentucky takes down Ole Miss >>
Lexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kentucky's offensive depth was too much for
upset-minded Ole Miss.
Terrence Jones posted a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds, as the No.
1 Wildcats came away with a 77-62 win over the Rebels on Sat
Mickelson, Bradley share lead at Riviera >>
Pacific Palisades, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Phil Mickelson struggled a bit on the
back nine Saturday, but did enough to share the third-round lead with reigning
PGA Champion Keegan Bradley at the Northern Trust Open.
Mickelson's primary problem
Air Force upends No. 13 San Diego State >>
Colorado Springs, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Lyons poured in a game-high 27
points to go with four steals as Air Force knocked off 13th-ranked San Diego
State, 58-56, on Saturday.
Max Yon finished with 10 points, while Mike Fitzgeral
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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Big 12 Conference betting odds
Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.
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