10/10/2008 - Adelaide, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Caroline Hedwall shot an even-par 73, Anna Nordqvist had a one-over 74 and Sweden increased its lead to 11 shots after three rounds of the Women's World Amateur Team Championship.
Playing on the Grange Golf Club's East course, Sweden finished the third round Friday at 14-under-par 422 for its 11-stroke advantage over Spain. It matched the second-largest 54-hole lead in championship history.
Spain, behind by eight shots when the round began, fell three strokes further back and stood at three-under 433.
Sweden captain Walter Danewid remained cautious, even as his team inched closer to becoming the first wire-to-wire winner at this championship since the United States in 1990.
"It is a big lead, but there is still a lot of golf to be played," Danewid said. "We will do our thing and we will stay focused."
Japan moved into third place with a three-under 143 in the third round, while the U.S. vaulted four spots into fourth place following a four-under 142.
The championship, which features teams of two or three players, concludes with the final round on Saturday. The two lowest scores from each team constitutes that team's score for each round.
<< Krejci's tally lifts Bruins over Avs in season-opener
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Krejci's even-strength marker late in the
third period proved to be the game-winner, as the Boston Bruins kicked off the
2008-09 campaign with a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi
Center.
<< Vancouver throttles Calgary in season-opener
Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alex Burrows scored a pair of goals and
Roberto Luongo stopped all 25 shots he saw, as Vancouver rolled to a 6-0 win
over Calgary in both clubs' season opener.
Mattias Ohlund notched a goal and ass
<< Pittsburgh extends women's hoops coach Berenato
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The University of Pittsburgh on Thursday
announced a three-year contract extension for head women's basketball coach
Agnus Berenato.
The move will make her Pitt's head coach through the 2015-16 season
<< RSL, RBNY open Rio Tino Stadium with lackluster 1-1 draw
Sandy, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Red Bulls and Real Salt Lake opened
Major League Soccer's seventh soccer-specific stadium - Rio Tinto Stadium - on
Thursday night with a lackluster 1-1 result in front of over 20,000 screaming
fans ju
Phils try to go two up on Dodgers in NLCS >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia tries to take a two games to none lead in the
National League Championship Series this afternoon when it plays Game 2 against
the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park.
Philadelphia drew first blood in the
Sharks open promising season at home vs. Blue Jackets >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One season after a surprising march to the Western
Conference finals, the Dallas Stars open up their 2008-09 campaign with a home
test versus the Columbus Blue Jackets at American Airlines Center.
The Stars ended
Predators, Blues to begin season with Central clash >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If the Nashville Predators are to make the postseason for a
fifth straight season, they will likely have to do so without one of their top
performers from a year ago.
Minus Alexander Radulov, Nashville begins its 2008-09
Habs begin 100th campaign in Buffalo >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Montreal Canadiens will open their 100th year of
existence on the road tonight against the Northeast Division-rival Buffalo
Sabres in the season opener for both clubs at HSBC Arena.
Montreal is trying to build off an i
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Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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