A single college football game shares the spotlight with baseball’s pennant races on Wednesday, while golf prepares for the Ryder Cup. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.
The Gridiron Spotlight
Louisville will host Kansas State on Wednesday night, with the Wildcats looking to run their record to 3-0 after blasting lesser opponents in their first two games of the season. The Wildcats began the year with an easy 45-6 win over North Texas, and they then rolled past Montana State 69-10 in their second outing. The Cardinals started their season with a 27-1 loss versus Kentucky before beating up on Tennessee Tech 51-10.
The oddsmakers opened the Big 12’s Kansas State as 3-point favorites against the Big East’s Louisville (college football odds , and that line increased to four points early in the week. The total for the game is sitting at 56 points, and kickoff is set for 8:00pm ET on Wednesday night.
Entertainment Events
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Among the odds are on Outstanding Drama series, where Mad Men is the favorite with Boston Legal, Dexter, Damages, House and Lost. It seems one or two word titles are the key.
The Outstanding Actor candidates are Alec Baldwin, Steve Carrell, Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Sheen, and Lee Pace. See all of the odds for the Emmy Awards and Bristol Palin’s child.
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Political Odds
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Other betting odds
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Other Notable Events
The Brewers (minus Ned Yost) will continue their series in Chicago on Wednesday, and they’ll send Ben Sheets (13-8, 2.97 ERA) to the mound. Sheets was knocked around for five earned runs over six innings by the Phillies in his last outing, and he was beaten by the Cubs back on July 29. Jason Marquis (10-8, 4.36 ERA) will get the ball for Chicago; he is coming off a win over the Reds in which he gave up two runs in 7 1-3 innings.
It’ll be Tim Wakefield (9-10, 3.92 ERA) taking on Matt Garza (11-9, 3.60 ERA) when the Red Sox and Rays play in Tampa Bay again on Wednesday. Wakefield blanked the Blue Jays over eight innings in his most recent trip to the mound, giving up just three hits. Garza settled for a no-decision versus the Yankees last time out, allowing three earned runs on six hits over his five innings of work in that contest.
The Rest of the Schedule
Rounding out the AL slate for Wednesday: Minnesota at Cleveland, the White Sox at the Yankees, Baltimore at Toronto, Detroit at Texas, Seattle at Kansas City, and the Angels at Oakland. Indians starter Cliff Lee (22-2, 2.36) will look to continue his incredible campaign by beating the Twins; he’s won each of his last eight starts.
Making up the rest of the NL slate: San Diego at Colorado, the Dodgers at Pittsburgh, Houston at Florida, the Mets at Washington, St. Louis at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Atlanta, and San Francisco at Arizona. Diamondbacks starter Brandon Webb (20-7, 3.28 ERA) finally won his 20th game last time out, throwing eight scoreless innings.
News from the Wire
Rays outfielder Carl Crawford is hoping to return from hand surgery by the end of next week, while fellow Tampa outfielder B.J. Upton is still recovering from a quad injury . . . Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith is finally eligible to return from his team-imposed suspension this weekend . . . Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin still wants to be traded, but the team says they have no interest in moving him this season.
A Peek at the Future
The WNBA playoffs get underway on Thursday night in New York and Sacramento. First-round matchups: Detroit at Indiana, Connecticut at New York, San Antonio at Sacramento, and Seattle at Los Angeles . . . the Europeans are still pegged as the -125 Vegas favorites heading into play at the Ryder Cup on Thursday, with the USA at +105.