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08/15/2010 - Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem was reportedly charged with drug possession after an initial traffic stop on Sunday.
According to WSVN-TV in Miami, Haslem was charged with possession of marijuana. Both Haslem and a passenger were cited by police, although no further details were available.
Haslem has spent his entire seven-year career with the Heat and recently signed a five-year contract with the team this past offseason rather than taking more lucrative offers to play elsewhere.
<< Wisconsin LB Taylor likely to miss opening game
Madison, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wisconsin sophomore linebacker Mike Taylor is
likely to miss the team's season-opener at UNLV on September 4 because of a
knee injury.
Head coach Bret Bielema said that Taylor will undergo surgery on Tu
<< Texans rookie RB Tate to have ankle surgery
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston Texans rookie running back Ben Tate
will undergo ankle surgery for what the team has termed a "pretty severe"
injury suffered in Saturday's preseason game against Arizona.
Tate was carted off
<< Padres capture series in key NL West clash with Giants
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miguel Tejada went 3-for-4 and drove in
a pair of runs, and the San Diego Padres knocked out Tim Lincecum in the
fourth inning en route to topping the San Francisco Giants, 8-2, in the rubber
match o
<< Young leads Rangers to series win over Red Sox
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Young hit a three-run homer to pace
Texas in a 7-3 decision over Boston in the finale of a three-game series.
Julio Borbon and Andres Blanco each drove in two runs for the Rangers, who
took two
Titans' rookie Johnson has surgery >>
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tennessee Titans rookie running back Stafon
Johnson underwent surgery to repair a dislocated right ankle.
According to NFL.com, the procedure was performed earlier Sunday, less than 24
hours after the first
Clijsters rallies after rain delay to capture Cincy final >>
Mason, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kim Clijsters stormed back following a rain delay
late in the second set to defeat Maria Sharapova in the final of the Western &
Southern Financial Group Women's Open.
The fourth-seeded Belgian rallied past
Johnson out of PGA Championship playoff >>
Kohler, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dustin Johnson was given a two-stroke penalty
after his round on Sunday and that knocked him out of a playoff for the PGA
Championship.
"I don't know if I can describe it," Johnson told CBS' David Fehert
Playoff at PGA; Johnson out after penalty >>
Kohler, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer are in a playoff
to determine the winner of the 92nd PGA Championship, but the big story took
place before the extra session began.
Dustin Johnson was given a two-stroke penalty af
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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