09/02/2008 - Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Miami Heat signed free agent center Jamaal Magloire on Tuesday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We are very fortunate to be able to come to terms with Jamaal Magloire," said Heat president Pat Riley. "We feel that he will dramatically support our post position. He is an excellent rebounder with a big body. On the defensive end he will plug up the paint and on the offensive end he can score. We feel that this is definitely the right place for him to re-energize his career."
Magloire, 30, split the 2007-08 season between the New Jersey Nets and the Dallas Mavericks. He averaged 1.8 points and 2.9 rebounds in 9.2 minutes per game, playing just 31 games.
An All-Star in 2004, Magloire has averaged 8.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.03 blocks and 24.2 minutes per game during an eight-year NBA career which has included stints with the Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, Nets and Mavericks.
<< Woods and wife expecting second child
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods announced on his website Tuesday
that he and wife Elin are expecting a second child.
"Elin and I are proud to announce that we are expecting our second child in
late-winter," Woods said on h
<< Southeastern Conference News and Notes
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) -
ALABAMA: The Crimson Tide were the most impressive SEC team on opening
weekend, as they knocked off ninth-ranked Clemson by a 34-10 final. It is
absolutely staggering to see that Alabama held Clemson and its
<< ACC Still Mired in Mediocrity
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's usually not the best of signs when
the supposed top two teams in your conference go down to defeat the first week
of the season. That's what happened to the ACC as Clemson looked completely
lifeless vs
<< Va. Tech to take redshirt off QB Taylor
Blacksburg, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Just a week after naming senior Sean
Glennon starting quarterback for the 2008 season and saying that sophomore
Tyrod Taylor would redshirt this year, Virginia Tech head football coach Frank
Beamer
Huff gets AL player honors >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Aubrey
Huff has been selected as the American League Player of the Week for the
period ending August 31.
Huff finished the week hitting .478 (11-for-23) with two
Guzman, Arroyo named NL Co-Players of the Week >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian
Guzman and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo have been named the National
League Co-Players of the Week for the period of August 25-31.
Guzman led the NL w
Upshaw to be honored at all NFL games in Week 1 >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NFL announced Tuesday that Gene Upshaw
will be honored at each of the 16 games during the league's opening weekend.
Upshaw, the longtime head of the NFL players' union and Pro Football Hall of
Famer,
Bucs-Saints game to go on as scheduled >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Saints announced on Tuesday
that the team's season-opening contest at the Louisiana Superdome against the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be played as scheduled.
"There were a number of critical
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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