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05/06/2010 - Valencia, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Valencia head coach Unai Emery has agreed a new one-year contract to remain in charge at the Mestalla next season.
The 38-year-old's future had been placed in doubt before Los Che ensured that they will play in the Champions League next season.
Emery commented after agreeing to stay on: "I am very grateful for the appreciation shown for our work and for the fact that we are staying on."
Spokesman Jordi Bruixola earlier told the club's official website: "An evaluation was made in a board meeting of the entire sporting season, and the president and sporting director both put their views forward.
"The overall impression of the season has been very positive, as we have achieved our goal of Champions League football.
"The president has spoken with Unai Emery personally following the meeting and the feeling that we are very satisfied with his work was expressed."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Tosic ponders Koln return
Cologne, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serbian winger Zoran Tosic has hinted that
he would like to remain with Koln next season, having impressed while on loan
with the Bundesliga outfit.
The 23-year-old moved to Germany in January after stru
<< Durant joins LeBron, Kobe, Howard, Wade on All-NBA Team
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant was selected to
the All-NBA First Team for the first time and joins four others that have been
honored in years past.
Cleveland's LeBron James, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Orlan
<< Knee injury ends Mikel's campaign
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea have confirmed that midfield
anchor John Obi Mikel will miss the final two games of the season after being
forced to undergo surgery on a knee injury.
The 23-year-old Nigeria international
<< Super Saver's owners enjoy notoriety
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The owners of Kentucky Derby winner Super
Saver are not running away from the publicity that comes with winning the
most famous race in the world.
"A friend asked me if I am getting tired of the
Man United to take on MLS All-Stars as part of North American tour >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Major League Soccer announced on Thursday that
2009 English Premier League champion Manchester United will face the MLS All-
Stars in the 2010 All-Star Game at Reliant Stadium, in Houston, Texas, on July
28.
Rice officially introduced as Rutgers new hoops coach >>
Piscataway, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rutgers officially introduced Mike Rice as
its new men's head basketball coach at a news conference on Thursday.
"I'm so excited and appreciative of the opportunity and challenge that lie
ahead of us
Four share lead at delayed Italian Open >>
Turin, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul Lawrie posted a five-under 67 Thursday to
grab a share of the lead with the first round of the Italian Open suspended
due to darkness.
Lawrie, the 1999 British Open champion, was joined in the lea
Djokovic, Isner ease into Belgrade quarters >>
Belgrade, Serbia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Belgrade native Novak Djokovic and 6-
foot-9 American John Isner were among Thursday's second-round winners at the
Serbian Open, a clay-court French Open tune-up.
The top-seeded Serbian hero Djokovi
MySportsbook.com and Kentucky Derby Offer Bonuses
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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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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