11/17/2008 - Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oklahoma City Thunder forward Desmond Mason will reportedly miss up to two weeks with a sprained elbow.
According to a report in the Oklahoman, Mason did not participate in Monday's shootaround and the team has not set a date for his return. The Thunder reportedly said they will reevaluate the elbow in about 10 days.
Mason aggravated the elbow during the fourth quarter of Saturday's game against the 76ers after originally sustaining the injury early in the season.
The 6-foot-5 Mason is averaging 8.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in 10 games this season.
<< Blues C McDonald out eight weeks
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis center Andy McDonald is expected
to miss the next eight weeks with a fractured left leg, Blues president John
Davidson announced Monday.
McDonald, 31, had an MRI exam which determined surgery w
<< College basketball hall of fame member Newell dies at 93
Berkeley, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - College basketball hall of fame member Pete
Newell, the head coach of an NIT champion, NCAA champion and Olympic champion,
passed away Monday at the age of 93.
The University of California, the program New
<< NFL Inactives (Monday, November 17, 2008)
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The following is a list of inactive players
for tonight's NFL game.
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 8:30 P.M. (ET)
Browns - 3rd QB Ken Dorsey, TE Martin Rucker, CB Gerard Lawson, S Hamza
Abdullah, FB
<< Boston F Garnett suspended one game
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett has
been suspended for one game without pay for throwing a punch at Milwaukee
Bucks center Andrew Bogut.
In the Celtics' 102-97 overtime victory over Milwauke
No. 6 Pitt pulls away to rout Miami-Ohio >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sam Young and Jermaine Dixon led a balanced
Panthers attack with 14 points apiece and point guard Levance Fields added 12
points and 12 assists, as sixth-ranked Pittsburgh wore down Miami-Ohio, 82-53,
at the
Curry, Davidson cruise past James Madison >>
Norman, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stephen Curry dropped 33 points, and the
Davidson Wildcats routed the James Madison Dukes, 99-64, in opening round play
of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
The 21st-ranked Wildcats (2-0), which started their
Predators C Arnott leaves game on stretcher >>
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nashville Predators captain Jason Arnott left
Monday's game against the San Jose Sharks on a stretcher late in the first
period.
Arnott, 34, was driving hard toward the crease when he was bumped by
Oilers' Pisani leaves game vs. Detroit >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edmonton Oilers forward Fernando Pisani was
helped off the ice by a couple teammates after leaving Monday's game against
Detroit with a leg injury.
Pisani was battling Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom fo
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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