Titans lock up WR Hawkins with multi-year deal
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02/10/2012 - Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tennessee Titans signed wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins to a multi-year contract on Friday.
Hawkins caught 47 passes for 470 yards and recorded his first career touchdown last season. He ranked second on the Titans with 17 third-down receptions.
Over four NFL seasons, all with Tennessee, Hawkins has totaled 66 receptions for 709 yards in 45 career games.
Oviedo, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning champion Spain began defense of its Davis Cup title with a pair of singles wins Friday in an opening-round Davis Cup matchup with visiting Kazakhstan. The Spaniards grabbed their quick 2-0 l
<< NCAA denies UConn waiver request
Storrs, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NCAA has turned down the University of
Connecticut's request for a waiver that would allow its men's basketball team
to participate in the 2012-13 postseason, the school announced Friday.
The waiver
<< Indians re-sign SS Cabrera
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians avoided arbitration
with shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, signing him to a one-year contract on Friday.
No financial terms were released, but the Plain Dealer reported it is worth
$4.5
<< Western Illinois makes change in football schedule
Macomb, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Western Illinois's football program will host
the University of Indianapolis instead of Hampton on Sept. 8, director of
athletics Dr. Tim Van Alstine said Friday.
The game against Hampton was rescheduled to Aug.
<< Spurs' Ginobili to return Saturday
San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Guard Manu Ginobili will return to San
Antonio's lineup when the visiting Spurs play New Jersey on Saturday.
Head coach Gregg Popovich said Ginobili, who has missed more than a month with
a broken lef
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Canadian Football League announced that commissioner Mark Cohon has signed a contract extension that will keep him in charge through the 2015 season. "Our Board of Governors is unanimously pleased to
Blues place Arnott on IR >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues have placed forward
Jason Arnott on injured reserve, the team announced Friday.
Arnott has not played since suffering a shoulder injury against Los Angeles on
February 3.
The 37-
Dunfermline out to end dry spell against Rangers >>
Dunfermline, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dunfermline will try to snap a pair
of negative streaks on Saturday when the club hosts second-place Rangers.
In the last 30 meetings between the two teams, Dunfermline has managed just
one win,
Lyon warms up for Champions League against Caen >>
Lyon, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lyon slipped 10 points behind Ligue 1 leader
PSG last weekend, so a visit by Caen on Saturday - ahead of Tuesday's last 16
Champions League match against APOEL - has turned into a must-win match.
Since win
Jiracek's brace lifts Wolfsburg over Freiburg >>
Wolfsburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Petr Jiracek scored the first and last
goals as Wolfsburg downed Freiburg, 3-2, on Friday at Volkswagen Arena in the
Bundesliga.
Jiracek was one of the many new faces Wolfsburg signed in January, and
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NFL Football Sports BettingTwo playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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