The Rays and Red Sox will continue their series at Fenway Park on Tuesday night, with each of those two teams tossing out stud pitchers. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup …

Event of the day . . .

The Red Sox aren’t going to make finishing in first place in the AL East division easy for the upstart Rays, and if Tampa Bay is going to pick up a victory over Boston on Tuesday night they’re going to have to find a way to knock around Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Matsuzaka (16-2, 2.88 ERA) is 7-1 with two no-decisions over his past 10 starts, and Boston is a stellar 9-1 in those outings. The righthander, though, is coming off a middling outing against the Orioles in which he gave up three earned runs on four hits over six innings of work (while fanning seven). Matsuzaka last faced Tampa Bay on July 2, allowing one earned run on two hits over five innings in a hard-luck no-decision.

Countering Dice-K on Tuesday will be Rays ace Scott Kazmir (11-6, 2.99 ERA). Kazmir has been on a roll for Tampa, tossing 11 1-3 scoreless innings versus the Yankees and O’s over his last two starts. The lefthander is 4-2 with four no-decisions over his past 10 starts, with the Rays going 8-2 in those games. Kazmir was Matsuzaka’s opponent on July 2, and he also got a no-decision after surrendering four runs in five innings.

Vegas odds on president….

Most objective pundits agree that Barack Obama more than holding his own against Bill O’Reilly has slowed down the impalin (sic) that the Sarah Palin momentum has brought to the John McCain campaign. The political betting odds still have Obama as a 170 favorite to take the White House.

Tom Brady injury and Super Bowl betting line…

According to BetUs Sportsbook, the Dallas Cowboys are now the favorites to win the Super Bowl following week 1 results and Tom Brady’s season ending injury. Dallas is +350, the San Diego Chargers +700. Matt Cassel led New England only dropped to +850.   

Betting event of the day…

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Non-event of the day . . .

Can the Yankees still claim the AL Wild Card this season? The math says yes, but logic says no. That means New York doesn’t have much to lose by trotting reliever Alfredo Aceves (0-0, 1.29 ERA) out to the mound against the cruising Angels on Tuesday night.

Also on the schedule . . .

The Twins will be looking to stay in the thick of the AL Wild Card and AL Central races on Tuesday when they send Nick Blackburn (9-8, 3.71 ERA) to the mound at home to face the Royals. Also on the American League schedule: Cleveland at Baltimore, Oakland at Detroit, Toronto at the White Sox, and Texas at Seattle.

The Dodgers and the D-Backs will continue their battle for the NL West crown on different fronts Tuesday, with Los Angeles at San Diego and Arizona at San Francisco. Rounding out the NL slate: Florida at Philadelphia, Washington at the Mets, Colorado at Atlanta, Cincinnati at Milwaukee, Pittsburgh at Houston, and the Cubs at St. Louis.

Finally, there are six WNBA games on Tuesday in a busy night around the league: Phoenix at Detroit, San Antonio at New York, Indiana at Minnesota, Washington at Chicago, Connecticut at Houston, and Seattle at Sacramento.

News from the wire . . .

Along with Pats QB Tom Brady (knee), other key NFL players who got hurt on the season’s opening Sunday include Titans QB Vince Young (knee), Chiefs QB Brodie Croyle (shoulder), Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson (toe), Cowboys RB Marion Barber (ribs), Seahawks RB Maurice Morris (knee), and Seahawks WR Nate Burleson (knee) . . . Southern California retained the top spot in the AP Top 25 poll this week, with Georgia at No. 2, Oklahoma at No. 3, and East Carolina now at No. 14.

Peek at the future . . .

It’ll be Andy Sonnanstine (13-7, 4.66 ERA) vs. Josh Beckett (12-9, 4.20 ERA) in the Rays/BoSox game on Wednesday night . . . the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup gets underway on Sunday afternoon with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; the drivers who qualified for those playoffs are Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth.

Earlier today, we took a look at against the spread betting trends for the Vikings-Packers and Broncos-Raiders. Now let’s review some sports betting news and notes. NFL betting odds see Green Bay laying 2.5 with a total of 37.5.

If you haven’t already heard that Aaron Rogers takes over for Brett Favre at QB for Green Bay, then perhaps you should not be betting.

Green Bay is 17-3 their last 20 regular season games straight up.

This could easily be a low scoring game reports Bob Warner of ScoresOddsPicks.com. He notes that Green Bay allowed just 18.2 points per game last year and Minnesota‘s tremendous run defense got better in the offseason with the addition of Jared Allen.

He will be matched up against Chad Clifton who is a top pass blocker though.

However, the Vikings are without suspended defensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, starting Artis Hicks instead.

For those who weigh preseason results, note that Vikings superstar running back Adrian Peterson averaged just 2.6 yards per carry on 20 rushing attempts in the preseason.

Minnesota is just 14-18 under head coach Brad Childress.

Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy leads the staple of handicappers with picks on tonight’s MNF doubleheader.

Scouts Inc. believes that the game films dictate that the Vikings are vulnerable against the slant pass.

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Here is the objective rundown of who is hot and who has the big play for Monday Night Football action.

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While Duffy is clearly the best of the sports handicappers, he is clearly a tremendous political handicapper as well. The latest Gallup/USA Today poll confirms what Duffy told us last week, that John McCain is now the favorite in the election.  Duffy was so far ahead of the curve.

Now that MSNBC rid of left-wingers Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews on their election coverage team, they may want to hire a true fair and balanced political handicapper like Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com 

However, the political betting odds still have Obama and Biden favorites over McCain and Palin.

Sportsbooks generally take down futures bets before Sunday kickoff and bring them back no earlier than Tuesdays, but we look forward to seeing how the Tom Brady injury affects the Super Bowl futures. BetUs Sportsbook is generally the most accurate.

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There is a clear cut No. 1 tipster in football this season. A handicapper out of Boston is No. 1 in all of the following categories: NFL regular season, NCAA regular season, NFL overall and football overall. Already 2-0 with “Highest Confidence” best bets, a rare one goes tonight for the Vikings/Packers side.  

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On a 9-0 run with all totals and 15-2 their last 17 overall, Kongpop Sukhibomrong, head of the famed Pan-Asian Syndicate which dominated Asian and European soccer for years has now taken over the North American sports scene. His group has now merged with Danny Ying of SuperLockLine fame. Pop’s syndicate is the most requested source of winners in the history of the SuperLockLine and MasterLockLine.  Today get both NFL totals.  

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The Monday Night Football Tailgate Party continues with against the spread records for both of tonight’s NFL games, the Minnesota Vikings-Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos-Oakland Raiders. Again, quoted records are against the spread.

Vikings-Packers

The Packers are 13-4 overall the last 17 and 16-5 going back ever further. Green Bay is 5-0 in September and 5-1 their last six at home. Under the MNF lights, Green Bay is 13-6. Minnesota is 5-1 in week 1 and 11-5 to the NFC North excluding pushes.

OffshoreInsiders.com will allow forensic sports handicapping founder Stevie Vincent to supply some over/under trends. The Vikings have gone over 41-21 on the road when the total is 35.5-42. They have gone over 13-4 overall. However, the Vikes have gone under four straight MNF, 6-2 on the road and 15-6 on grass.

As far as the series is concerned, Minnesota is 7-1 at Lambeau Field, the underdog is a stunning 16-5 in the series and the road team is 10-2 the last 12 meetings.

Green Bay has gone over seven straight games on grass, eight straight to the NFC and 14-of-17 overall.

Raiders-Broncos

Oakland is 1-8 their last nine virtual pick ‘em games (+/- three points or less either way) and 7-19 as a home underdog as three or less. They are 8-22 at home. They are 0-6 on MNF. Oakland is 4-0 in the series.

Denver is 10-22 the last three years and 5-15 as a favorite. They are 2-10 to the division.

Denver has gone over 17-5 on grass and 6-1 to the AFC West. Oakland has gone over 13-5 in the division.