Calhoun takes medical leave of absence
NCAA Basketball Betting Lines
02/03/2012 - Storrs, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - University of Connecticut men's basketball head coach Jim Calhoun is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence, starting with Saturday's game against Seton Hall.
Calhoun is suffering from spinal stenosis, a lower back condition that causes severe pain and hampers mobility.
The Huskies are 14-7 this season, including 4-5 in the Big East, and have lost four straight games.
Calhoun has battled medical issues in the past. He missed seven games during the 2009-10 season for an unspecified problem and is a three-time cancer survivor. He recovered from prostate cancer in 2003 and skin cancer in 2008.
The 69-year-old Calhoun guided UConn to its third national championship last spring. He was elected to the basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.
Portland, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Portland Timbers forward Jose Adolfo Valencia will undergo surgery to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee and will be sidelined six to 12 months. Valencia was acquired on loan from Colombian first-divi
<< Safety among prevalent issues for Goodell
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Armed with labor peace for the next 10
years, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell discussed a number of topics Friday in
his annual state of the league address.
Last year's session with the assembled m
<< Berdych, French seeds reach Open Sud semis
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and Gael Monfils were a trio of quarterfinal winners Friday at the Open Sud de
France tennis tournament.
The Czech world No. 7 Berdych handled France's Nicolas Mah
<< Derdiyok out three weeks after freak injury
Leverkusen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayer Leverkusen striker Eren Derdiyok
will miss the next three weeks after he cut his foot on a toothbrush holder.
A glass holding Derdiyok's toothbrush fell and shattered on his bathroom
floor,
<< McHale will open for U.S. against Azarenka
Worcester, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A Fed Cup World Group II matchup between
the United States and Belarus will get underway Saturday with a rubber between
American teenager Christina McHale and newly-crowned world No. 1 star Victoria
Azarenk
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell is set to spend another spell on the sidelines after sustaining a hernia injury in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with West Bromwich. The 29-year-old already missed time th
ACC sets new scheduling formats for expansion >>
Fort Lauderdale, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlantic Coast Conference has
announced its scheduling format once Syracuse and Pittsburgh join the league.
Syracuse and Pittsburgh were announced as new members in September, giving the
ACC
Report: Clippers, Martin reach deal >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Clippers have agreed to a deal,
pending a physical, with free-agent forward Kenyon Martin, the Los Angeles
Times reported Friday.
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with the league's worst record gets as much attention as the two that will be
competing for the NFL's most cherished piece of sterling silver.
Or when Chad Och
Every day still a struggle for Hamilton >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton
relapsed this past week.
The 2010 American League Most Valuable Player met the media on Friday to
address the situation. According to Hamilton a family issue led him to
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Betting Sports
The most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made)
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Points (or Runs) Scored
Another bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game.
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Sports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
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Proposition Bets (or Prop Bets)
Proposition bets , also known as prop bets, focus upon the more exotic aspects of a game and are generally reserved for events that are widely televised. Prop bets are extremely popular when it comes to wagering on the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. The Imperial Palace Casino’s sportsbook is well-known for the enormous number of prop bets offered. For example, you can bet on:- What team will win the coin toss
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Types of Bets
Straight Bet
Involves one individual wager, whether it be on your team to cover the point spread, to win the game straight-up on the money line, or to go over/under the total.
Sports Betting Parlays
A parlay is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers and is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. The benefit of the parlay bet is much better odds than placing each individual bet separately since the difficulty of hitting it is much higher.Standard payoffs on a two-team parlay are 13/5; while a three-teamer pays 6/1; and a four-teamer 10/1.
Parlay cards are also fairly common in sportsbooks and popular with bettors, as they are released early in the week with set odds that do not change in return for a slightly lower payoff.
Round Robin Betting
Adventurous bettors who enjoy betting parlays sometimes put together a series of parlays called a Round Robin . A three-team Round Robin consists of one three-team parlay and three two-team parlays. For example, Joe likes teams A,B,C – with a Round Robin he has a three-teamer with ABC, and two-teamers with AB, AC, and BC.Betting Teasers
Similar to a parlay, a teaser bet is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers, but is different in that the point spread is adjusted to your advantage on each individual wager. In exchange for the points, you get less of a return on your bet compared to a parlay. For example, a 6-point teaser would move the line on a 7-point favorite from -7 to -1, meaning the team would have to cover 6 less points. Each of the individual wagers must win or the bet is a loss.These are the main types of sports bets available today. But as sports betting continues to grow, sportsbooks will continue to develop new and creative ways to bet. We’ll continue to track these changes to the sports gambling landscape, so check back often and we’ll tell you all about it!
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