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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The National Football League offers up a full slate of Sunday matchups, while the Phillies close out their road series against the rival Mets.
Colliding on the gridiron . . .
After opening up on Thursday the 2010 NFL schedule begins in earnest with 13 games on Sunday, including Dallas at Washington in the 8:20pm ET matchup on NBC. The Cowboys went 3-2 during the preseason and will be looking to repeat as the NFC East champs, while the Redskins went 2-2 over their exhibition schedule and are hoping that new QB Donovan McNabb (despite a tender ankle) can help them vastly improve on their 4-12 campaign from 2009. The oddsmakers are looking for Dallas to roll to a road win in their first game of the year, setting them as 3.5-point favorites with the total at 40.
There are just three late-afternoon games around the NFL on Sunday, with San Francisco (-3) at Seattle, Green Bay (-3) at Philadelphia, and Arizona (-4) at St. Louis. At 1pm ET, though, it’s Oakland at Tennessee (-6), Carolina at the Giants (-6.5), Indianapolis (-2) at Houston, Denver at Jacksonville (-2.5), Atlanta (-2) at Pittsburgh, Miami (-3) at Buffalo, Detroit at Chicago (-6.5), Cleveland at Tampa Bay (-3), and Cincinnati at New England (-4.5). Patriots fans got a scare on Thursday morning when Tom Brady was involved in a traffic accident; the star quarterback, though, was fine afterwards. The total for the Bengals/Patriots matchup for Sunday is listed at 45 points.
Also, there is one Canadian Football League game on the schedule for Sunday, with Saskatchewan at Winnipeg. The Roughriders (6-3 SU, 5-4 ATS) and Blue Bombers (2-7 SU, 4-5 ATS) played just last week, with Saskatchewan winning 27-23 at home. Oddsmakers have the Riders listed as 4-point road favorites for their Sunday matchup.
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Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The American League schedule for Sunday features Baltimore at Detroit, Tampa Bay at Toronto, Kansas City at the White Sox, the Yankees at Texas, Seattle at the Angels, Boston at Oakland, and Minnesota at Cleveland. Kevin Slowey (11-6, 4.39 ERA) is expected to take on Mitch Talbot (9-11, 4.40 ERA) in that last contest. Righthander Slowey faced the Indians back on July 20, getting a no-decision after giving up three runs over 5 2-3 innings of work. Righthander Talbot is coming off a win over the Mariners in which he surrendered just one unearned run on five hits over 6 2-3 innings.
The National League schedule for Sunday then has Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Florida at Washington, the Dodgers at Houston, the Cubs at Milwaukee, Arizona at Colorado, San Francisco at San Diego, St. Louis at Atlanta, and Philadelphia at the Mets. Roy Oswalt (11-13, 3.09 ERA) gets the ball for the Phillies on Sunday, while Jon Niese (9-7, 3.85 ERA) takes the hill for New York. Righthander Oswalt beat the Marlins in his most recent start, giving up four runs on six hits in seven innings of work while fanning seven. Niese is coming off a win over the Cubs in which he gave up five runs over six innings.
Roaring around the track . . .
The Formula 1 schedule resumes on Sunday with the Italian Grand Prix, the year’s final stop in Europe. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who has three victories on the season and won last time out in Belgium, is the oddsmakers’ race favorite at 7/4. Red Bull’s Mark Webber (four wins in 2010) is next at 11/2 odds, followed by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (two wins in 2010) at 7/2 odds. Ferrari’s Sebastien Vettel (two wins in 2010) is next at 9/2 odds, while McLaren’s Jenson Button (two wins in 2010) rounds out the top contenders at 7/1 odds. Rubens Barrichello (150/1 odds) is the defending event champ.
Rounding out the Roundup . . .
Finally, the WNBA Finals tip off on Sunday afternoon, with Atlanta at Seattle in Game 1 of the best-of-five series. The Dream beat New York 105-93 to win their second-round series on Tuesday night, while the Storm dispatched Phoenix 91-88 last Sunday to advance. Oddsmakers have Seattle pegged as the 7.5-point home favorites for Game 1.
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