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03/02/2010 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Flyers announced on Tuesday that goaltender Ray Emery will have season-ending surgery to repair damage to his right hip.
The club had placed Emery, who has not skated since February 1, on long-term injured reserve Monday, due to a bothersome left-hip injury.
The procedure in question will be a bone graft to his right hip in order to relieve avascular necrosis. The surgery will be performed at an unknown date in the near future at Duke University Medical Center.
It was a sudden end to Emery's first campaign back in the NHL since he was let go by the Ottawa Senators due to poor play and discipline issues following the 2007-08 season. Emery was picked up as a free agent by the Flyers and signed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal last summer.
The 27-year-old finishes the year at 16-11-1 with a 2.64 goals-against average and three shutouts.
Michael Leighton and Brian Boucher will finish the club's final 22 games in the crease. The Flyers begin their post-Olympic slate on Tuesday in Tampa.
<< Schalke signs teenage midfielder Matip
Gelsenkirchen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Schalke signed teenage midfielder
Joel Matip to a 3 1/2-year contract Tuesday.
Matip, 18, made his Bundesliga debut in November and has played 12 matches. He
has two goals. He could earn his first
<< Jags bring back WR Williamson
Jacksonville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to terms
with wide receiver Troy Williamson on a contract Tuesday. Terms of the deal
were not disclosed.
Williamson, who was acquired by Jacksonville from Minnesota
<< Ellis, Biedrins expected to miss Warriors' five-game road trip
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors will likely be
without guard Monta Ellis and center Andris Biedrins for the duration of the
club's five-game road trip beginning Tuesday in Miami.
Neither traveled with the
<< Tottenham's Huddlestone suffers ligament damage
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tottenham has confirmed that a scan has
shown that Tom Huddlestone suffered damage to the ligaments in his right ankle
during Sunday's 2-1 victory against Everton.
The former Derby County midfielder w
Zidane refuses to apologize to Materazzi >>
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former France, Juventus and Real Madrid star
Zinedine Zidane has refused an offer to apologize to Inter Milan defender
Marco Materazzi over the head-butt incident that marred the 2006 World Cup
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Portsmouth's future remains unclear >>
Portsmouth, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Portsmouth's future remains unclear
as they have been told they must return to the High Court later this month
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Johnson on the right track heading to Atlanta >>
Hampton, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date: Sunday, March
7. Race: Kobalt Tools 500. Site: Atlanta Motor Speedway. Track: 1.54-mile
oval. Start time: 1:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 325. Miles: 500.5. 2009 winner: Kurt
Busch. Televisi
Trucks back on track at Atlanta >>
Hampton, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck. Date:
Saturday, March 6. Race: E-Z-Go 200. Site: Atlanta Motor Speedway. Track:
1.54-mile oval. Start time: 2:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 130. Miles: 200.2. 2009
Winner: Kyle Busch. Tel
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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