Patrick Marleau and his Sharks will take on the Blackhawks on Wednesday on a hectic evening in both the NHL and the NBA. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup. It’s time to feast on turgooducochiqua, turducken and sportsbooks.
Best Betting Events
Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy of GodsTips says what a huge night to sit on the couch and smell what’s cooking and baking for Thanksgiving. We can tell you plenty of winners and it continues tonight as both the ESPN Game of the Month Notre Dame-North Carolina and the ESPN2 Non-Conference Game of the Year go. Two NBA and three college basketball Wise Guy plays plus three NBA and a college basketball Major go.
Wise Guy plays on
The Gridiron Spotlight
The Giants just keep winning – and that has them as the 2/1 favorite to win the Super Bowl once again this season on the Vegas futures odds. The Titans, who tasted defeat for the first time on the weekend, are second at 9/2, with the Steelers at 5/1, Brett Favre and his Jets at 6/1, and both the Cowboys and Colts at 8/1. The Patriots and Cardinals then sit at 12/1 odds to claim the championship this season, with the Panthers and Buccaneers just back at 15/1.
Other Notable Events
The San Jose Sharks will put their 11-0-1 home record on the line on Wednesday night when they play host to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Sharks began their current home stand on Saturday with a 7-2 pounding of the Washington Capitals, as Ryane Clowe scored twice. Brian Boucher was between the pipes for
The Blackhawks are coming off a 5-4 comeback win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, and they’ll be trying to improve on their
The Rest of the Schedule
There are plenty of NBA games on tap for Wednesday as well, with 13 games on the schedule. The biggest mismatch on the day’s calendar should take place in
Rounding out the NBA’s Wednesday slate:
Finally, the Maui Invitational and Great Alaska Shootout will continue to provide college basketball action on Wednesday, while the Preseason NIT will stage its two semi-final matchups:
News from the Wire
Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo could miss over a month of action with the groin injury he suffered last week . . the Maple Leafs dealt forward Alexander Steen and defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo to the Blues for forward Lee Stempniak on Monday . . . Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom is still out of action with a sore back . . . Spurs forward Manu Ginobili returned to action on Monday night…Frank Martin of SportsbooksandPoker.com says Patrick Roy should be ashamed of how violent his lunatic kids turned out…Nikki Meyer, daughter of Florida Gators football coach Urban Myer, has decided to play volleyball at GA Tech…As reported first on Lines-Maker.com, Cleveland Browns QB Brady Quinn will miss the rest of the season…New England’s Matt Light will be fined, but not suspended for his fight with Channing Crowder…The New York Giants lead most of the Week 13 NFL power rankings…LeBron James will definitely become a New York Knick predicts Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com
A Peek at the Future
Thursday’s NFL tripleheader has
Other Betting News
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