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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Vikings host the Ravens, the Saints get a visit from the Giants, and the Dodgers and Phillies play Game 3 of the NLCS.
Colliding on the gridiron . . .
The Saints and Giants will each be trying to knock the other out of the ranks of the unbeaten on Sunday afternoon when they take the field in New Orleans. The Saints (4-0 SU, 4-0 ATS) had a bye last week; they last played two weeks ago, when they got past the Jets 24-10. The Giants (5-0 SU, 4-0-1 ATS) bounced the Raiders 44-7 last Sunday. The oddsmakers have made New Orleans a small 3-point favorite at home for this matchup, with the game’s total listed at 47 points.
Other 1:00pm ET games for Sunday: Houston at Cincinnati (-5), Detroit at Green Bay (-13.5), St. Louis at Jacksonville (-9.5), Cleveland at Pittsburgh (-14), Carolina (-3) at Tampa Bay, Kansas City at Washington (-6.5), and Baltimore at Minnesota (-3). The Vikings (5-0 SU, 4-1 ATS) will be trying to run their Favre-led winning streak to six games on Sunday; they beat the Rams 38-10 last time out.
The late-afternoon games on Sunday are Philadelphia (-14) at Oakland, Arizona at Seattle (-3), Buffalo at the Jets (-9.5), and Tennessee at New England (-9), with the primetime matchup featuring Chicago at Atlanta (-3). The Bears (3-1 SU, 3-1 ATS) had no trouble with the lowly Lions in their last contest, cruising to a 48-24 home win. The Falcons (3-1 SU, 3-1 ATS) romped to a 45-10 road win over the Niners last week; Matt Ryan threw for 329 yards and two scores in that game.
As well, there are two Canadian Football League games on the Sunday slate, with Hamilton at Montreal (-12.5), and then British Columbia at Winnipeg (-1.5).
Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The Dodgers and Phillies will play Game 3 of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia on Sunday, with Hiroki Kuroda taking on Cliff Lee in the mound matchup. Righthander Kuroda will be making his 2009 postseason debut in this contest; he last pitched on September 28, giving up seven runs in four innings vs. the Pirates. Lefthander Lee pitched twice against the Rockies in the NLDS, surrendering four runs over 16 1-3 innings in those two victories for Philly. BetUs Sportsbook has the Phillies -170.
Roaring around the track . . .
Finally, the drivers of the Formula 1 series race for the second-last time this season when they hit the track in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. Jenson Button holds a 14-point lead on Brawn-Mercedes teammate Rubens Barrichello in the drivers championship heading into Brazil, while RBR-Renault’s Sebastian Vettel is 16 points back in third place. Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix last time out, and Felipe Massa took the checkered flag in this race last year.