10/22/2008 - Linz, Austria (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis event.
The world No. 10 Radwanska handled Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-4 on the indoor hardcourts at Intersport Arena.
Radwanska was joined in the quarterfinals by eighth-seeded Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, who took care of Russian Maria Kirilenko 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.
In opening-round action on Day 3, seventh-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta pasted struggling Hungarian Agnes Szavay 6-1, 6-2, Czech qualifier Petra Kvitova clocked Austrian wild card Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-3 and Austrian crowd favorite Sybille Bammer topped Italian Francesca Schiavone 7-5, 6-3. Pennetta was last week's Zurich runner-up to Wimbledon champion Venus Williams.
On Thursday, top-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic will meet Bammer in a second-round affair. Ivanovic is the reigning French Open champion and Australian Open runner-up.
The 2008 Linz champion will pocket $95,500.
<< Chiefs add QB Gray
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs signed quarterback
Quinn Gray to a two-year contract after the team's top two signal-callers,
Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard, both suffered injuries in Sunday's loss to the
Titans.
<< Bailey brothers to miss significant time for Denver
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denver cornerback Champ Bailey and his brother,
linebacker Boss Bailey, will both miss a significant amount of time after
suffering injuries in Monday's 41-7 drubbing at New England.
Champ will miss four
<< Favre denies sharing information on Pack with Lions
Florham Park, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre said
he did not share information on his old team, the Green Bay Packers, with the
Detroit Lions.
This past Sunday, Fox Sports reported that Favre had a conversation
<< Mariners tab former Brewers exec Zduriencik for GM post
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Seattle Mariners announced Wednesday that
they have named Jack Zduriencik executive vice president and general manager.
Zduriencik, 57, spent the past nine seasons working in the front office of the
Milwa
Blake, Andreev reach Basel quarters >>
Basel, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth-seeded American James Blake
and sixth-seeded Russian Igor Andreev posted victories Wednesday at the $1.2
million Swiss Indoors Basel.
Blake fought his way past dangerous German Nicolas Ki
Patriots' Morris misses practice >>
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New England Patriots running back Sammy Morris
did not practice with the team on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old Morris injured his knee during New England's 41-7 victory over
the Denver Broncos last Sunday and
Rams RB Jackson misses practice with thigh injury >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson
missed practice on Wednesday with a thigh injury.
Rams interim head coach Jim Haslett on Monday termed the injury a strain, and
said he did not expect Jackso
Simao saves a point for Atletico >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Simao's goal in the 83rd minute helped
Atletico Madrid salvage a 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Wednesday at the
Vicente Calderon in Champions League Group D action.
Both sides entered the matc
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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