Heat's Wade faces ex-partners in restaurant suit
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05/12/2010 - MIAMI (AP) -Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade will be in a different kind of court as he faces trial in a $25 million lawsuit filed by his former partners in a failed restaurant venture. Jury selection was set to begin Wednesday in the case over the defunct D. Wade's Place chain. Wade's former partners claim he broke a contract by demanding higher compensation and then abandoning the deal in 2008. Wade contends in court documents he had every right to end the business relationship. His lawyer says the all-NBA guard plans to attend the two-week trial and is likely to testify. Wade is also involved in a messy divorce and faces two other lawsuits over business dealings. One of them involves Miami-based charter schools that were supposed to bear his name.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
<< King misplaces crown when Cavs need him most
It's a good thing LeBron James will change the number on the back of his jersey from 23 to 6 next season, if only because wherever he winds up, it will be one less reminder of the player he will never be.The comparisons to Michael Jordan were overbl
<< Nolasco strong as Marlins edge Cubs
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ricky Nolasco gave up a single run in seven
innings and was backed by home runs from Cody Ross and Gaby Sanchez, as
Florida took a 3-2 victory from the slumping Cubs in the second of three games
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<< Longoria leads Tampa over Angels
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Evan Longoria slugged a three-run homer and
finished with four RBI, as Tampa Bay halted its longest losing streak of the
season at three games with a 7-2 win against the Angels.
Jeff Niemann (3-0) produ
<< Eckstein, Padres edge out Giants
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Eckstein went 2-for-2 with three
walks and two RBI, helping the surprising San Diego Padres remain in first
place with a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants.
Adrian Gonzalez and Oscar Sal
<< Dodgers clobber D'Backs' bullpen in rout
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Russell Martin hit a three-run home run, and
Ronnie Belliard added three RBI, as Los Angeles dominated Arizona, 13-3, in
the second of a three-game set.
James Loney went 4-for-6 with two RBI and two runs
Purdue reinstates QB Siller after year suspension >>
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -Purdue has reinstated quarterback Justin Siller after suspending him all of last season for an academic violation.The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Siller was expected to compete with fifth-year senior Joey Elliott for the starting
Phils, Rockies hope to play two at Coors Field >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roy Halladay's homecoming in Colorado was put on hold due
to a mixture of rain and light snow in the Denver area. So the Phillies ace
will take the ball Wednesday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader
against the Rock
Kuroda aims to lead Dodgers to sweep of Diamondbacks >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hiroki Kuroda hopes to get in on the action when the Los
Angeles Dodgers shoot for a three-game sweep of the NL West-rival Arizona
Diamondbacks this evening at Chase Field.
Los Angeles starters Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billin
Braves aim for sweep of Brewers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves shoot for their second sweep of the
season when they wrap up a nine-game road trip Wednesday afternoon against the
Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.
The Braves swept Houston in three games from April 30-
Padres try to extend win streak over Giants >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres have lost just one series since mid-
April and will shoot for their fifth straight win over the San Francisco
Giants tonight in the continuation of a three-game series at AT&T Park.
San Diego is 6-
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.
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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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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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