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01/16/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roy and Gretchen Jackson, owners of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, and the University of Pennsylvania's Equine Hospital will receive the Special Eclipse Award for 2006.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced on Tuesday that the Jacksons and the New Bolton Center are to be honored with the award for outstanding individual achievements in, or contributions to, the sport of Thoroughbred racing.
"We've tried to do the right thing from the start," said Roy Jackson. "It's been a surreal journey for us since the start of 2006 with a lot of ups and downs, but it is a real highlight in this journey to be recognized by the industry in this fashion. It's not just for ourselves, but also for Barbaro. He's been the one taking us on this journey."
The story of Barbaro is now well known. He won the Kentucky Derby by more than six lengths and was being hailed as a strong candidate to sweep the 2006 Triple Crown. Then early in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico he suffered a life threatening injury to his right hind leg.
The Jacksons decided to do everything possible to save his life. At the New Bolton Center Dr. Dean Richardson led a team in repairing the colt's leg.
"They have been remarkable throughout the whole process," noted Roy Jackson. "Dean Richardson has done a wonderful job in explaining Barbaro's condition to the general public in layman's terms. Barbaro has brought them to the forefront, but they've been able to do remarkable things through combined research between the medical school and the vet school. They are leaders in their field."
Barbaro remains at the New Bolton Center near the Jacksons' home in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He has been battling laminitis in his left hind foot since the summer and remains under constant observations.
The Special Eclipse Award will be presented at the 36th annual Eclipse Awards on Monday, January 22 at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.
<< Wild return home for battle with Oilers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coming off a surprisingly successful road trip, the
Minnesota Wild will try to regain their usual home dominance when they
entertain the division-rival Edmonton Oilers tonight at the Xcel Energy
Center.
The Wild had lost
<< Devils and Rangers collide in Jersey
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Devils look to pad their lead over the
second-place New York Rangers in the Atlantic Division when the two area
rivals face off this evening at Continental Airlines Arena.
New Jersey has built a comfortable
<< Nadal, Blake win Aussie openers in sizzling Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Spaniard Rafael
Nadal and fifth-seeded American James Blake were among the first-round winners
on a blistering-hot Day 2 at the 2007 Australian Open.
The two-time French Open champion
<< Lightning put streak on the line vs. Leafs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Lightning go in search of a sixth consecutive
victory when the red-hot club returns home to host the Toronto Maple Leafs
tonight at St. Pete Times Forum.
Tampa Bay extended its season-best win streak on Monda
Indignity of Indignities: Colts End Ravens' Run >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Use all the logic you can muster, and it still won't erase
the sting for fans of the Baltimore Ravens.
Objectively, the Ravens' 15-6 Divisional Round loss to the hated Colts on
Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium wasn't much of a
Bayern and Germany midfielder Deisler announces retirement >>
Berlin, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayern Munich and Germany National Team
midfielder, Sebastian Deisler, announced Tuesday that he is retiring from
professional soccer because of a troublesome knee.
The 27-year-old announced his
White Sox, Crede avoid arbitration >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox and third baseman Joe
Crede avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year $4.94-million contract on
Tuesday.
Crede's new deal gives him over a $2 million raise from a season ago. The
Weir leaves Everton for Rangers >>
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thirty-six-year-old David Weir left
Everton for Scottish Premier League club Rangers Tuesday.
The central defender will, once again, team up with new Rangers manager Walter
Smith after leaving the E
In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox early favorites to win 2008 World Series
The Major League Baseball season starts this weekend and MySportsbook.com, a leading online sportsbook for over 8 years, is the first to offer baseball sports betting lines on who will win the 2007 World Series.
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Going in to this weekend, MySportsbook.com's favorites to win the World Series are the New York Yankees at 7-2 and last year’s winners the Chicago White Sox at 9-2.
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