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Men’s Aussie Open

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Men’s Aussie Open Preview

By Marty Gitlin
WagerWeb.com Contributing Writer

One might ask why they bother playing out the men’s draw of the Australian Open.

Well, it gives a bunch of guys some exercise. And, hey, second place is nice.

The champion is all but a foregone conclusion. Sensational Swiss Roger Federer will be shooting for his 10th Grand Slam title. WagerWeb.com lists him at -300 (1-3) to achieve that goal – and for good reason. The only time he seems to lose, particularly in Grand Slam events, is to clay court specialist Rafael Nadal in the French Open.

Federer is arguably the most dominant player in history for two reasons. One is his undeniable talent. The other is that compared to other eras, such as the 1970s and ’80s, when Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl graced the courts, there is little premier competition these days.

Federer should breeze through early play, though U.S. Open semifinalist Mikhail Youshny might await in the third round. Federer might also struggle against likely quarterfinal opponent, Marcos Baghdatis, a surprise finalist a year ago.

WagerWeb.com posts the second-seeded Nadal at +600 (6-1). He is not nearly as dominant off clay and is on a collision course with Britain’s tough Andy Murray in the fourth round. James Blake, the top American hope along with Andy Roddick, and two-time Grand Slam winner Lleyton Hewitt also loom in the bottom quarter of the draw.

The inconsistent Roddick might be overrated a bit at +1200 (12-1), especially considering he is seeded sixth. Third-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko could prove a stronger bet at +2000 (20-1). The same holds true for fourth-seeded Croatian Ivan Ljubicic (+2800, 28-1) and the fifth-seeded Blake (+2000, 20-1). Eighth-seeded David Nalbandian (+2000, 20-1) has risen quickly through the ranks.

Last year, Nadal and Murray were the lone players to defeat Federer, who compiled a 92-5 record and appeared in all four Grand Slam finals and won three. He was the first player since Aussie great Rod Laver in 1969 to accomplish that feat.

The toughest first-round matchup among the contenders belongs to Blake, who is slated to meet former top-ranked Carlos Moya. Roddick would be severely tested against likely third-round foe and 26th-seeded Russian Marat Safin, who won the 2005 Australian Open.

Safin, however, must overcome young German sensation Benjamin Becker in the first round. Becker rose a whopping 419 places to No. 58 in the world in 2006.

Federer? Is he more likely to lose to injury or an opponent? Probably an opponent, but it’s close.

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Beckham to MLS

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Beckham To MLS

By Tim Robertson
WagerWeb.com Contributing Writer

Eleven years after it was launched, Major League Soccer has come of age.

The announcement that David Beckham is to sign for the Los Angeles Galaxy has instantly put the league on the international map. While the 2007 season may kick off in April, it will come to life in July, when the world’s most recognizable footballer lands on the West Coast.

Beckham has agreed a five-year deal that could earn him around $250 million – almost $1 million per week – but this is good business for everyone, from the Galaxy to Beckham to the Melrose Avenue boutiques that can look forward to accepting Posh Spice’s credit cards.

Galaxy jerseys are likely to become one of the biggest sellers in the world as Beckham’s army of fans – particularly in Asia – rush to buy his latest colours, while Galaxy games will be broadcast around the world, opening up the league and its players to new markets.

Beckham becomes the first player to take advantage of the new MLS rules allowing clubs to break the salary cap – Beckham’s deal obliterates it – to sign one “designated player,” and there can be no better standard-bearer if the league wants to attract a new influx of international talent.

Indeed, in the hours after Beckham signed, FC Dallas manager Steve Morrow confirmed he was working on a deal to bring former Holland midfielder Edgar Davids from Tottenham to Texas.

According to reports, the structure of Beckham’s deal is complex – his salary of around $10 million per year is only a fifth of the total value, which also takes into account image rights, sponsorship deals and a stake in the Galaxy franchise itself.

But unlike when Pele, Franz Beckenbauer et al signed for the New York Cosmos in the 1970s, this deal will pay for itself through the hype Beckham will attract.

In making the move, Beckham has fulfilled a long-standing pledge to finish his career in the U.S., but crucially for the league, he has done it at the age of 31 – meaning he still has 2-3 seasons in him before age really begins to catch up.

It is easy to think that Beckham is washed up already. Dropped from the England team after resigning the captaincy in the wake of a poor World Cup, Beckham has spent much of the Spanish season so far on the bench.

But he was still wanted by the club, and left the offer of a new two-year deal on the table to make this move. Beckham showed he can still be effective at the World Cup, and there were also a queue of suitors in the Premiership and elsewhere in Europe who would have gladly signed him up.

Instead, Beckham has embarked on what he believes is a long-term project.

“I don’t want to go out to America at 34 and people saying ‘He’s only there to get the money’,” said Beckham, who already owns a training centre for young soccer players in Los Angeles. “Soccer in America is the biggest played sport up to a certain age. That’s where I want to take (the game) to another level.

“I think potentially it can go higher in America than anyone can believe.
“There are so many great sports in the USA. There are so many kids playing American football and basketball. Soccer is huge all around the world except in America, and that’s where I want to make a difference with the kids.”

The vision Beckham and the Galaxy share is to make Los Angeles the first MLS “Super Club”. Right now, the only place the club sits alongside the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester United is on Beckham’s CV, but the ambition to be recognised on the world stage is there.

That is for the long term. In the short term, it is MLS itself that benefits the most.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber gushed over Beckham’s decision to join the league.
“David Beckham is a global sports icon who will transcend the sport of soccer in America,” he said. “His decision to continue his storied career in Major League Soccer is testament to the fact that America is rapidly becoming a true ‘soccer nation’ with Major League Soccer at the core.”
Beckham’s arrival in Los Angeles – even though it comes midway through the season in July – will make the Galaxy preseason favourites to win back the MLS Cup crown they lost this season.
Whether or not the arrival of one player – no matter how big a name – is enough to decide the destination of the title remains to be seen, but make no mistake – this is a pivotal moment in MLS history.

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Shaq is Close

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Shaq Is Close

By Marty Gitlin
WagerWeb.com Contributing Writer

A comforting sight at practice Thursday in the massive form of Shaquille O’Neal has bolstered the hopes of the Miami Heat.

O’Neal won’t play Friday night at Golden State or the following night in Utah. He said he would need at least four or five practices to return, which could also count him out against his former Los Angeles Lakers team Monday night.

The Heat should benefit against the Warriors from the return of forward Antoine Walker and James Posey, who had been placed on the inactive list Jan. 3 for failing to meet team conditioning standards. Neither will start, however.

WagerWeb.com lists Miami as a 5-point underdog at Golden State.

WORSE THAN EXPECTED: Among the lone bright spots for Boston this season has been the continued development of guard Tony Allen.

Not anymore.

Allen, who had been averaging 20 points a game over the last two weeks, will miss the rest of the season with two torn ligaments in his left knee. His injury occurred when he landed awkwardly following a meaningless dunk late in a 97-84 defeat to Indiana on Wednesday.

The battered Celtics, who have lost eight of their last 10 games, are already missing leading scorer Paul Pierce with a stress fracture in his left foot. Forward Wally Szczerbiak will miss a week due to ankle injuries and starting guard Delonte West is out with a sore back.

The Toronto Raptors aren’t complaining. They are a 5.5-point favorites Friday night in Boston, according to WagerWeb.com.

BOYKINS BACKCOURT BOOST FOR BUCKS: The Denver Nuggets claimed they wanted to see diminutive guards Earl Boykins and Allen Iverson on the court at the same time.

They apparently didn’t like what they saw. Though the pair scored plenty of points, they presented matchup disadvantages. And with Carmelo Anthony returning after serving four more games of his suspension, they believed Boykins was expendable.

That’s why they traded the explosive 5-foot-5 bundle of energy to the decimated Milwaukee Bucks, along with guard Julius Hodge and cash for reserve guard Steve Blake.

Boykins, who has scored 20 or more points in eight of 10 games since the arrival of Iverson, should provide much-needed punch. The Bucks will be without starting point guard Mo Williams (shoulder) for 2-3 weeks, as well as backcourt mate and NBA fifth-leading scorer Michael Redd (knee) for at least a month. Starting forward Charlie Villanueva (shoulder) is also out indefinitely.

Boykins will help Milwaukee fans forget fellow waterbug point guard T.J. Ford, who was traded to Toronto during the offseason.

WagerWeb.com lists Milwaukee as a 6.5-point underdog Friday night in Philadelphia and Denver as a 2.5-point underdog against visiting Houston.

DRIBBLES: The Detroit Pistons had to be happy Thursday night. Only two games were played, but both of their top Central Division rivals lost. Chicago dropped its fifth in six, 86-83, to visiting New Jersey. It marked the second time in a week the Nets erased an 18-point deficit to defeat the Bulls, who fell behind Indiana into fourth place in the Central. Meanwhile, surging Cleveland was stopped dead in its tracks in a 109-90 loss at sizzling Phoenix. Suns point guard Steve Nash tied a personal best with 14 first-half assists and finished with 21 in just 31 minutes. The Pistons, who remain a half-game behind Cleveland, are 7.5-point favorites Friday night in Atlanta. … A home win against weak Charlotte on Friday night would vault New York to within a half-game of first place in the Atlantic Division. The Knicks are 6-point favorites, according to WagerWeb.com.

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Temple-UMass

Press Notes

Coming off a tremendous 91-84 win over defending A-10
regular-season champion George Washington on Wednesday, the Minutemen host
arch-rival Temple on Saturday at Noon at the Mullins
Center. UMass
comes into the game with a 12-4 record and a perfect 2-0 mark in A-10 play. The
Minutemen are off the best start since the 1995-96 season
when they won the first 26 games of the season and were ranked No. 1 most of
the year. UMass is seeking its first 3-0 start in
A-10 play since 1997-98 when they started 8-0. The UMass-Temple
rivalry opens a new chapter as the Owls come to Amherst
without their longtime Hall of Fame Coach John Chaney, for the first time in
history. Under new coach Fran Dunphy, the Owls are
6-8 overall and 0-2 in the league, riding a four-game losing streak. The
Minutemen reached the 10-win mark earlier than any point in a season since that
year, when they were 10-0. UMass has been stellar away from the Mullins Center this season with an 8-2 record. Those eight road/neutral
wins are tied for the most in the nation among all teams. No. 12 Butler is 8-1
away from Indianapolis and Virginia
Commonwealth has an 8-2 mark like UMass. It
is huge improvement for UMass, which was just 3-13
away from home in 2005-06. UMass has won eight of the
10 games away from home in the first two months. That includes a stretch of
five wins in a row away from Mullins. UMass has won
14 of its last 18 at home.

Cincinnati-South Florida

Press Notes

The University
of Cincinnati will seek its first
BIG EAST Conference victory of the season and an end to a three-game losing
streak when the Bearcats visit USF on Sunday, Jan.
14. Game time at the USF Sun Dome is 2 p.m. UC enters the
contest with a 9-6 record but has been idle since its 54-42 loss to Rutgers
on Jan. 7 in its league opener. USF is 9-8 overall
and 0-3 in BIG EAST play. The Bulls lost to Louisville,
81-55, on Wednesday. Cincinnati and
USF have played one common opponent. Both have lost
to UAB. UC incurred a 59-57
setback to the Blazers on Dec. 4 while USF fell,
78-62, on Dec. 27. The Bearcats will be out to avert their longest losing
streak in 19 seasons. UC last dropped four in a row
in February of the 1987-88 season.

NFL

Seahawks-Bears

Boston Globe

WR Darrell Jackson (left toe)
was forced out in the third quarter of the Seahawks’ 21-20 wild-card win. Coach
Mike Holmgren didn’t expect D.J.
Hackett (sprained right ankle) to even play vs. Dallas, but he contributed two
catches for 8 yards .WR Deion Branch has four 100-yard
receiving games in the postseason, all with New England . In QB Matt Hasselbeck’s seven games since returning from a right knee
injury, the BC product has topped out at 243 yards passing. The Bears allowed
more than 300 yards in each of their final six regular-season games. CB Marcus Trufant (ankle) is out .The Seattle run defense, which
allowed an average of 152.7 yards the last six games, was ranked 22d. Holmgren has a 12-9 playoff record and is 14-3 vs. the
Bears.

Courier News

At least on paper, the Seattle Seahawks look like the
ideal opponent for the Bears’ running game. That’s because Seattle’s
run defense has been paper thin. The greatest obstacle for the Bears’ running
attack may have been removed Friday when fullback Jason McKie
was given clearance to play by coach Lovie Smith in Sunday’s playoff game after missing most of
two games with a sprained ankle.

Patriots-Chargers

Victoria Times Columnist

Tom Brady is 11-1 in playoff games as a starting
quarterback. Philip Rivers is starting his first.

SF Gate

San Diego
scored an NFL-high 492 points behind Tomlinson and first-year starting quarterback Philip Rivers. New England
held its opponents to 237, second-lowest in the league. Defensive-minded coach
Bill Belichick no doubt will throw something at Rivers that the QB hasn’t seen.
While the Patriots will try to keep marching toward their fourth Super Bowl
appearance in six seasons, the Chargers and their coach, Marty Schottenheimer,
will try to erase some brutal playoff history. The Chargers haven’t won in the
playoffs since stunning Pittsburgh
in the AFC championship game on Jan.
15, 1995. Counting the Super Bowl wipeout that followed, they’ve
lost three straight in the postseason. And of course, Schottenheimer is 5-12 in
the playoffs, with Cleveland, Kansas
City and San Diego. Should the loss
column hit 13 short of the Super Bowl, he could be fired by general manager A.J. Smith.The Chargers, who won
their last 10 games to finish an NFL-best 14-2, are well aware of the Patriots’
mystique.

 


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INDIANA +4.5 Dallas

This is one of those examples of a recently refined theory
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has played has played a disproportionate percentage of their games on the road,
and the other at home, the team that has played the fewer home games is
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Dallas, not as
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has only played 41.6 percent of their games at home.

The Pacers, home dogs, are playing decent ball, winning
9-of-13 SU. It goes down to the wire.


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Florida-South Carolina

Press Notes

South Carolina,
10-4 and 0-1 in the SEC, returns home to host its SEC home opener by welcoming
the defending NCAA Champion Florida Gators. The No. 2 Gators come in with a
15-2 record, including 2-0 in the SEC. Florida is riding an eight-game winning
streak, while Carolina has dropped
two straight after piecing together a six-game winning streak. The Gamecocks
opened their 16th season of SEC play at Georgia on Wed., Jan 10 and
fell 80-56 in their worst lost in Athens since 2000 (62-90 at Georgia on Jan.
22, 2000). USC is 5-11 in SEC openers, including 1-6 on the road. It was the
first time USC opened the SEC slate against Georgia
during its 16 years in the SEC. The Gators are 2-0 in the SEC with home wins
against Georgia
(67-51, Jan. 6) and Arkansas
(79-72, Jan. 10). USC won the season series last year with a 68-62 win in Columbia
and a 71-67 victory in Gainesville,
but fell 49-47 in the SEC Tournament Championship game. USC is 5-11 in SEC
openers, including 1-6 on the road. It was the first time USC opened the SEC
slate against Georgia
during its 16 years in the SEC. The Gators are 2-0 in the SEC with home wins
against Georgia
(67-51, Jan. 6) and Arkansas
(79-72, Jan. 10). USC had won six
straight, but has dropped the last two (vs. No. 9 Kansas and at Georgia).
It was USC’s first loss to a top 10 team in four
tries. This year USC opened the season with three of the first five on the road
and has tallied a 3-2 record on the road. Carolina
is 7-2 at home.

San Diego-Pepperdine

Press Notes

The Waves, who played 11 of 16 non-conference games on the
road and 13 of their first 18 games away from Firestone Fieldhouse,
enter Saturday’s game with a 4-14 overall record and an
0-2 mark in WCC play. Pepperdine
opened conference play last weekend and fell to Portland
(73-69) and Gonzaga (69-52) in the Pacific Northwest. San
Diego enters Saturday’s game with a 10-6 mark and is
0-1 in WCC play after falling 103-100 to San
Francisco in double overtime last week. The Toreros
defeated UC Riverside, 78-62, on Wednesday. San
Diego is averaging 74.1 points a game while allowing
69.9 points a contest.

Utah-New Mexico

Press Notes

Two programs in unfamiliar territory square off Saturday
at The Pit/Bob King Court in Albuquerque.
New Mexico and Utah,
both 0-3 in Mountain Western Conference play and saddled with losing streaks.
The Lobos (11-7) are 0-3 in league play for only the second time since the
1960-61 Skyline Conference season. The 1979-80 UNM
team began 0-4 in the Western Athletic Conference. Utah
(5-11) has not started a conference season 0-3 since 1952-53, also in the
Skyline. The Utes were picked to finish 4th in the MWC.

New Mexico
has lost four straight after a painful 65-57 loss at 18th-ranked Air
Force on Tuesday. The Lobos let a 21-point lead evaporate as the Falcons
outscored UNM 40-7 during one stretch, including 21
straight points in the second half. UNM is 6-7
following a 5-0 start to the season. After Tuesday’s 73-57 loss at Colorado
State, Utah is 5-11 overall and
has lost five in a row and six of seven. The Utes are 1-7 away from home and
0-5 on opponents’ home floors this season. New Mexico
is 10-1 at home and is 43-4 in The Pit since the 2004-05 season.
Moreover, UNM has not endured a four-game losing skid
in conference play since 2000-01 when it lost at home to Wyoming, then fell at BYU, Utah and Air Force. The last time for consecutive
conference losses in The Pit was five years ago to Utah
and San Diego State
in 2002. The Lobos lost to Colorado State
at home last Saturday. Under head coach Richie McCay, New Mexico
is 4-0 against Utah in Albuquerque.
Two of the last three victories here came against ranked Ute teams, including a
65-54 decision in 2005 that stopped Utah’s
18-game winning streak.

Rice-East Carolina

Press Notes

Saturday’s game vs. East Carolina
is the first Conference USA
road game for Rice and it also marks the first time ever that the basketball
Owls have played in Greenville, N.C.

Rice coming off a thrilling
come-from-behind 75 to 70 overtime win over Tulane on Wednesday, while the
Pirates lost at Tulsa 67 to 49.

Sunday, January 14,
2006

 

Temple-UMass

Press Notes

Coming off a tremendous 91-84 win over defending A-10
regular-season champion George Washington on Wednesday, the Minutemen host
arch-rival Temple on Saturday at Noon at the Mullins
Center. UMass
comes into the game with a 12-4 record and a perfect 2-0 mark in A-10 play. The
Minutemen are off the best start since the 1995-96 season
when they won the first 26 games of the season and were ranked No. 1 most of
the year. UMass is seeking its first 3-0 start in
A-10 play since 1997-98 when they started 8-0. The UMass-Temple
rivalry opens a new chapter as the Owls come to Amherst
without their longtime Hall of Fame Coach John Chaney, for the first time in
history. Under new coach Fran Dunphy, the Owls are
6-8 overall and 0-2 in the league, riding a four-game losing streak. The Minutemen
reached the 10-win mark earlier than any point in a season since that year,
when they were 10-0. UMass has been stellar away from the Mullins Center this season with an 8-2 record. Those eight road/neutral
wins are tied for the most in the nation among all teams. No. 12 Butler is 8-1
away from Indianapolis and Virginia
Commonwealth has an 8-2 mark like UMass. It
is huge improvement for UMass, which was just 3-13
away from home in 2005-06. UMass has won eight of the
10 games away from home in the first two months. That includes a stretch of
five wins in a row away from Mullins. UMass has won
14 of its last 18 at home.

Cincinnati-South Florida

Press Notes

The University
of Cincinnati will seek its first
BIG EAST Conference victory of the season and an end to a three-game losing
streak when the Bearcats visit USF on Sunday, Jan.
14. Game time at the USF Sun Dome is 2 p.m. UC enters the
contest with a 9-6 record but has been idle since its 54-42 loss to Rutgers
on Jan. 7 in its league opener. USF is 9-8 overall
and 0-3 in BIG EAST play. The Bulls lost to Louisville,
81-55, on Wednesday. Cincinnati and
USF have played one common opponent. Both have lost
to UAB. UC incurred a 59-57
setback to the Blazers on Dec. 4 while USF fell,
78-62, on Dec. 27. The Bearcats will be out to avert their longest losing
streak in 19 seasons. UC last dropped four in a row
in February of the 1987-88 season.

 


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Thursday, January 11, 2006

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Wisconsin Milwaukee-Cleveland State

Press Notes

Cleveland State
returns home for the first time in the new year to
start a three-game league homestand. The Vikings open
the stretch against three-time defending Horizon League champion
UW-Milwaukee. Vikings have played better
than their 6-11 overall and 0-4 league mark shows, owning the halftime lead in
12 of the 17 games this season. CSU is coming off a 65-53 loss at UW-Green
Bay on Jan. 6, a game which saw the
Vikings fall behind after having a 13-point halftime lead. UW-Milwaukee (4-13,
1-3) has struggled after losing all five starters off last year’s 22-9 team.
The Panthers split their two league games last week, including a 65-64 overtime win over Detroit
on Jan. 4. After using the same starting lineup and player rotation in the
first 11 games, the Vikings made some changes over the last five games to help
offset the loss of senior Victor Morris (9.7 ppg, 2.5 apg)
to a foot injury.

Bowling Green-Ohio

Press Notes

If the first weekend is any indication (three games
decided by a combined eight points), the battle for the MAC East title could
emerge as one of the best races in recent history. Bowling
Green and Ohio
will meet for the 119th time on Thursday night. BGSU,
the most improved team in the MAC thus far, is 10-4 and 1-0 and coming off a
74-73 victory at home over Buffalo.
Ohio, also 10-4 and 1-0, defeated
Akron 77-72 last Saturday. A big
reason for the early season success for BGSU has been
the improved defensive effort of the Falcons. Last year, BGSU
allowed 71.4 points per game on 45.7% shooting from the field. This year, BGSU leads the MAC in field goal percentage defense (38.9%)
and is fourth in scoring defense allowing 64.0 points per game. Ohio
returns three starters from last year’s team and has several key performers
back from the 2005 MAC Tournament Championship team. Akron
transfer Bubba Walther has had an immediate impact averaging 15 points per
game. Sophomore Jerome Tillman is averaging 14.8 points and 7.9 rebounds,
junior Leon Williams is contributing 14.4 points and 8.9 boards, and senior
Whitney Davis is averaging 12.2 points.

Washington-Stanford

Press Notes

The Stanford men’s basketball team (9-4,
1-2 Pac-10) return to the Bay Area to host conference foe Washington
(11-4, 1-3). The Cardinal are 2-2 since returning from the holiday break and
are coming off a hard fought road win (76-75) at Virginia. Huskies enter
Thursday’s contest with an 11-4 overall record and a 1-3 mark in league play.
Last week, UW split with the Arizona
schools, beating ASU and falling to Arizona.
Washington ranks 11th nationally in scoring with an average of
84.8 points per game. Stanford holds a 66-58 lead in the all-time series
that began in 1916, including wins in 15 of the last 20 meetings against Washington.
The Huskies lost in their last 13 visits to Maples Pavilion.

Louisiana Tech-Boise

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After a 2-0 start in the 2006-07 Western Athletic
Conference season, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (4-10; 2-0 WAC)
will continue league play tonight at 8:05 against the Boise State Broncos (7-6;
1-1 WAC). Since joining the WAC
in 2001, the Bulldogs and the Broncos have battled 11 times with the Tech
winning eight. Last season in the conference opener, Tech’s Paul Millsap had to
hit a last-second three pointer to get past Boise
in Idaho.


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Tuesday Computer Trends

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

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·       
Atlanta
1-7 run

·       
Toronto
and New Jersey series under 15-3

·       
Memphis
7-2 to Lakers

·       
San Antonio
4-1 to Portland

·       
NJ under 11-2 off an over

·       
Utah
7-1 home series to Dallas

 

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Air Force 19-4 off consecutive ATS losses

·       
Toledo
14-2 off win as a road underdog


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HOUSTON over Chicago

Forensic team and pitching information on this game: Houston 20-7 on the road opponent attempts
more than 27 free throw attempts, 27-10 road underdogs, 19-5 road after 2 straight
games with 19 or less assists, 14-28 in non-conference games,

 


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Sunday, January 7, 2006

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NFL

NY Jets-Patriots

Connecticut Sports

Patriots coach Bill Belichick
said Wednesday that safety Rodney Harrison is out of Sunday’s Jets-Patriots
playoff game. Harrison, 34, who returned to the lineup Dec. 24 against the
Jaguars after missing six games with a broken shoulder blade, sustained
ligament damage to his right knee in the second quarter of a 40-23 win over the
Titans Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.

Newsday

The Jets trudged through the season, overcoming bad losses
to the Browns and Bills, earning emotional wins over the Patriots and Dolphins,
and now head into the playoffs. Finally, this team gets some respect.But then comes the nine-point spread from Vegas,
even though the two Jets-Patriots games this season were decided by an average
of five points, one of them a Jets win, and five of the last eight meetings
were decided by a touchdown or less. Following closely behind are the
statistical analyses, pointing out that the Jets are ranked 25th in
overall offense, 20th in overall defense and 24th in
rushing defense.

Giants-Eagles

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Jeremy Shockey’s swollen left
ankle has improved considerably and there is a good chance the Pro Bowl tight
end will play for the New York Giants on Sunday in the NFC wild card game
against the Philadelphia Eagles. Shockey had a team-high 66 catches for 623
yards and seven touchdowns.

Gainesville Sun

A funk that lasted into late November saw Philadelphia
drop five of six to fall below .500, but more importantly, the team lost star
quarterback Donovan McNabb to a season-ending knee injury. Garcia, though, went
on to lead the Eagles to four consecutive victories – he barely played in Week
17 while Philadelphia won a fifth
straight – and a 10-6 record to win the NFC East.

CFB

Ohio-Southern Miss

Associated Press

Ohio Bobcats into their first bowl game since 1968, facing
Southern Miss in the GMAC Bowl Sunday night. The Golden Eagles are playing in a
bowl game for the fifth consecutive year and ninth time in 10 years. The Bobcats lost 31-10 to Central
Michigan in the Mid American Conference championship game to end a
seven-game winning streak. Likewise, Southern Miss fell in the Conference USA
title game, 34-20 to Houston. Ohio
turned to McRae and the ground attack after a 2-3 start, and he wound up
earning first-team All-MAC honors with 1,215 yards and 15 touchdowns. The
Bobcats are averaging 211 yards rushing in the past eight games, failing to
reach that number only in the league title game.

CBB

Michigan State-Indiana

WLIX

Tom Izzo announced Saturday that
Freshman guard Raymar Morgan
has been cleared to play for Michigan
State on Sunday afternoon in Bloomington.
Morgan has missed the last 5 weeks with a stress reaction in his shin. He will
not start and it’s not clear how much he will play. With Morgan and Maurice
Joseph back the Spartans back court depth is finally improving.

Syracuse-Marquette

Press Notes

The Orange men’s basketball team (11-4, 0-1) will play its
second straight game against a ranked opponent on Sunday, Jan. 7 when it visits
#15/21 Marquette (13-3, 0-1) for an 8:00 EST tip off at the Bradley Center.
Sunday’s game marks the second road game for the Orange
and the third away from the Carrier DomeDue to
various injuries and the departure of freshman Mike Jones,
the Orange used just seven players
against #10 Pittsburgh in the
conference opener on Jan. 4. Despite limited bodies, Coach Boeheim’s squad gave the Panthers
all they could handle, leading the entire first half before Pittsburgh
pulled away in the final minutes of the second period for a 74-66 triumph.