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06/29/2012 - Rogers, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - LPGA Tour rookie Veronica Felibert fired a 6- under 65 on Friday to take the first-round lead of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Shanshan Feng, less than a month from her major breakthrough at the LPGA Championship, carded a 5-under 66 and is alone in second at Pinnacle Country Club.
"I was still thinking I'm kind of a good player but maybe I'm still not good enough to win," said Feng. "But then that win, it gave me a lot of confidence that now I believe in myself. I'm good enough to win like more than one tournament."
Inbee Park, who lost a playoff last week to Brittany Lang at the Manulife Financial Classic, shot a 4-under 67 and is tied for third place with Karine Icher and Mi Jung Hur.
Two-time defending champion Yani Tseng's struggles continued Friday. After a tie for 59th at the LPGA Championship, she shot a 2-over 73 in round one and is tied for 76th.
Tseng, and everyone in the field, are looking up at a relative unknown.
Felibert started on the 10th tee Friday and, after a par at No. 10, birdied her next two holes. The Caracas native bogeyed the par-four 13th, but after a par at 14, she rattled off back-to-back birdies again, this time at 15 and 16.
Felibert parred three in a row around the turn and got to 4-under par with a birdie at the par-5 second. She recorded a par at the No. 3, then, for the third time in the opening round, picked up successive birdies at the fourth and fifth.
She parred her last four for first place.
"I think I was hitting the ball pretty good," said Felibert. "I remember just missing one green, just chipping once and just hitting fairways and greens. I've been working really hard on my putter. I just switched a week ago, so this will be my second week with the putter. I don't know, I'm feeling pretty confident and I would say that was what made the difference."
This is somewhat uncharted territory for Felibert.
After two years on the LPGA Symetra Tour -- the tour's developmental circuit -- she's making her fifth start of the year on the LPGA Tour, where she's made only one cut. Felibert never won on the Symetra Tour either, but had a few high finishes, so this isn't totally uncharted territory.
"Maybe I haven't been in this situation on the LPGA yet, but I played a few good tournaments last year, so I'm like kind of familiar," said Felibert. "It's not like all of a sudden I'm in this position."
Ai Miyazato, Ryann O'Toole and Anna Nordqvist are tied for sixth at 3-under 68.
NOTES: Felibert was the second alternate, but found out she got into the field Sunday night...Temperatures topped out at 100 degrees on Friday...Michelle Wie shot a 1-over 72 in round one...Lang posted a 2-over 73.
<< Report: Odom to Clippers in multi-team trade
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lamar Odom has apparently come full circle
in his NBA career.
On Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported that Odom is heading back to the
team that drafted him - the Clippers.
The newspaper reporte
<< Rangers place P Lowe on DL
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers placed pitcher Mark Lowe
on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained right intercostal muscle
and recalled pitcher Yoshinori Tateyama from Triple-A Round Rock.
The move is retro
<< NBA announces arbitration settlement
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NBA has reached a settlement agreement
with the NBA Players Association after they filed an arbitration proceeding
regarding the signing rights of Chauncey Billups, J.J. Hickson, Jeremy Lin and
Steve N
<< Bobcats extend qualifying offers to Augustin, Brown
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Charlotte Bobcats extended qualifying
offers to guard D.J. Augustin and forward Derrick Brown on Friday.
The offers make Augustin and Brown restricted free agents, and allow the
Bobcats to match
Rangers re-sign G Biron >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Rangers agreed to terms with
goaltender Martin Biron on Friday.
The deal is for two years, according to Biron's Twitter account.
Biron, who will turn 35 before the 2012-13 season, has
Rays' Price exits early against Tigers >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bays Rays ace David Price left
Friday's game against the Detroit Tigers in the eighth inning with an apparent
lower back injury.
Price was sailing along as he had allowed just two runs on f
Johnson breezes to pole at Kentucky >>
Sparta, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Neither mother nature nor Kyle Busch could stop
Jimmie Johnson from winning the pole for Saturday's Quaker State 400 at
Kentucky Speedway.
Johnson benefited from cooler track temperatures during his qua
Presnell leads United Leasing Championship >>
Evansville, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Australian Alistair Presnell posted his
second straight 4-under 68 on Friday to take the second-round lead of the
United Leasing Championship at Victoria National Golf Club.
He finished 36 holes
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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It’s time to see how the biggest NFL free agent signings will perform for their news teams. Some will work out and could be the difference that makes a difference in the win column.
We look at the best off-season signings and if they should influence your NFL betting this season. Julius Peppers – Peppers was the biggest prize available on the 2010 NFL free agent market and the Chicago Bears opened the bank to bring his talents to the south side.
Peppers is explosive, he can get around blockers and cause quarterbacks to lose their minds. We all remember the classic Peppers game last year against the Vikings where he hounded Brett Favre into his worst game of the season. Peppers joining the Bears could be the reason Favre retired for good Tuesday morning. In addition to Peppers, the Bears added Chester Taylor to back up Matt Forte, Forte didn’t have the same intensity in 2009 compared to 2008 and bringing in Taylor will challenge Forte to bring it every game or he’ll risk losing carries to Taylor.
Betting on the Bears is a good option this season because of Julius Peppers and to a lesser extent Taylor. Antonio Bryant and Terrell Owens – The Cincinnati Bengals signed two former number one wide receivers to line up with Chad Ocho Cinco. Antonio Bryant had a huge season in 2008 catching 83 passes for over 1200 yards but regressed last season. Playing for the Tampa Bay Bucs last season was a large part of the regression, everyone was bad in TB last season.
Bryant should have a bounce back season if he can win the number two spot from Terrell Owens. If Bryant wins the number 2 WR spot, it will open up a completely new set of problems for the Bengals. If Owens is forced to the bench in favor of Bryant, his attitude will create trouble for Carson Palmer and head coach Marv Lewis. If Owens is the number two receiver, it means Bryant can’t live up to his past numbers and the Bengals are still limited in the passing game. NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. 2010 football betting lines for this can be found at this top online sportsbook. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense.
NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense. They signed away the Arizona Cardinals top linebacker Karlos Danby. In the past two seasons, Danby has totaled 228 tackles, 5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles. The Dolphins are the forgotten team of the AFC East with the second longest odds to win the division but with the addition of Karlos Danby and a trade for WR Brandon Marshall makes the Miami Dolphins legitimate contenders in the AFC East and in the NFL’s Eastern Conference.
The Dolphins will make NFL wagering fans a lot of money this season, get in early and enjoy the cash.
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