07/24/2008 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Denver Nuggets signed forward Chris Andersen to an undisclosed contract Thursday.
The 6-foot-10, 228-pound versatile forward began his career with Denver in the 2001-02 campaign. After spending three seasons with the club, he hooked up with the New Orleans Hornets in 2004.
In early 2006, Andersen was suspended for two years by the NBA for violating the league's drug policy. He signed with the Hornets after being reinstated last season and played in five games, recording 1.2 points and 1.8 rebounds per outing.
For his six-year career, the 30-year-old has compiled averages of 5.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.34 blocks in 258 games.
<< Romero, Vaughan share lead at Senior British Open
Ayrshire, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eduardo Romero and Bruce Vaughan opened
with rounds of three-under 68 on Thursday to share the lead after the first
round of the Senior British Open Championship.
Andy Bean, John Cook, Kirk Hanefel
<< Mets move ahead of Phils in NL East behind Perez, Delgado
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Delgado's two-run double in the eighth
inning provided the winning margin, and the New York Mets moved into first
place in the National League East with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia
Phillie
<< Field of 11 set for Whitney Handicap
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Salvator Mile winner Notional will go
after a second "Win and You're In" victory on Saturday in the $750,000 Whitney
Handicap at Saratoga. The winner of the 1 1/8 mile Whitney gains automatic
entry
<< Liverpool signs French teen Ngog
Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French striker David Ngog left Paris St.
German to sign with England's Liverpool on Thursday.
Ngog, 19, signed a four-year contract. He played in 18 games for PSG last year
and scored one goal. He is c
49ers sign first-rounder Balmer >>
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco 49ers signed their
first-round draft pick, defensive lineman Kentwan Balmer, on Thursday. Per
club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
The Niners chose Balmer --
Kirilenko advances, second-seeded Srebotnik upset at Slovenia Open >>
Portoroz, Slovenia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko
needed little time to advance to the quarterfinals of the $145,000 Banka Koper
Slovenia Open, but second-seeded Katarina Srebotnik wasn't so fortunate on her
home tu
Sabres sign LW Darche >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Sabres signed left wing Mathieu
Darche on Thursday. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Darche, 31, played in 73 games last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning,
posting career highs
Knicks sign free agent Roberson >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks signed free agent guard
Anthony Roberson, the club announced Thursday.
Terms of the pact were not disclosed, although the New York Post reports it is
a two-year deal with the first year
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere.
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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