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02/12/2009 - Dayton, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dayton guard Rob Lowery is out for the remainder of the season after surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon in his right knee.
Lowery suffered the injury in Dayton's (22-3) victory over 14th-ranked Xavier on Wednesday.
"This is a tough thing for anyone who has the passion to play that Rob does," said Flyers head coach Brian Gregory. "I said in the post-game interviews last night that Rob is the kind of young man you are proud to have in your program because of how much he has worked to better himself."
The team's third-leading scorer with 7.5 points per game, Lowery scored a career-high 21 in Dayton's win over Marquette earlier this season in the title game of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.
<< Middlesbrough's King charged with assault
Middlesbrough, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Middlesbrough striker Marlon King has
been charged following an attack on a woman in a nightclub.
The 28-year-old, who is currently on loan at Middlesbrough from Wigan, will
appear before magistr
<< Brewers sign Looper to one-year contract
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pitcher Braden Looper officially signed a
one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.
The contract includes a mutual option for 2010, and the Milwaukee Journal-
Sentinel reported earlie
<< Saints cut ties with Patten
Metairie, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Saints released 12-year
NFL veteran wide receiver David Patten on Thursday.
Patten appeared in only five games for New Orleans last season, missing four
games with a groin injury from
<< West Ham striker Ashton has another surgery
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - West Ham United striker Dean Ashton has
revealed that he has had another operation on his injured left ankle.
The former Crewe Alexandra and Norwich City forward was pleased with the way
the surgery
Razorbacks guard Fortson suspended indefinitely >>
Fayetteville, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arkansas freshman guard Courtney Fortson
was suspended indefinitely on Thursday.
The first-year guard was having a fine freshman campaign with 14.6 points, 6.5
assists and 5.3 rebounds per contest.
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Redskins waive P Plackemeier >>
Ashburn, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Redskins waived punter Ryan
Plackemeier on Thursday.
Plackemeier joined the Redskins at midseason last year and played in 10 games,
with 55 punts for a 41.7-yard average. Durant Brooks beat
Rockies sign P Flores to a minor league deal >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rockies agreed to a minor league
contract with pitcher Randy Flores on Thursday.
Flores, 33, went 1-0 with one save and a 5.26 earned run average in 43 games
for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2008
Garrigus and Dustin Johnson lead at Pebble Beach >>
Pebble Beach, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robert Garrigus and Dustin Johnson both
posted rounds of seven-under 65 on Thursday to share the opening-round lead of
the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
This famed tournament features professi
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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