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01/04/2009 - Chapel Hill, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyrese Rice scored 25 points, and added eight assists and five rebounds, as Boston College upended top-ranked North Carolina, 85-78, dealing the Tar Heels their first loss in the ACC opener for both schools.
Rakim Sanders contributed 22 points, a career-high seven steals, and grabbed six boards for Boston College (13-2, 1-0 ACC), which has won 10 consecutive games. Reggie Jackson scored 17 in the win for the Eagles.
The Tar Heels (13-1, 0-1) had not only won each of their games this season, but had done so by double digits. But UNC fell after making just 3-of-16 three-pointers in the second half and 15-of-27 free throws overall.
Tyler Hansbrough finished with 21 points and nine boards for the Tar Heels, while Wayne Ellington added 16 points and Ty Lawson 10 in the loss.
<< Devils' Rolston nets OT-winner against Senators
Newark, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brian Rolston's power-play goal 1:43 into
overtime lifted the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators at
Prudential Center.
Dainius Zubrus scored twice, and Jamie Langenbrunner added a pow
<< Sosa drills late three to lift Louisville over Kentucky
Louisville, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edgar Sosa's three-point shot with two
seconds to play gave the 18th-ranked Louisville Cardinals a 74-71 victory over
intrastate rival Kentucky on Sunday at Freedom Hall.
Sosa finished with 18 point
<< Extra Mayo! Memphis ends losing streak to Dallas
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - O.J. Mayo scored 21 points and grabbed six
rebounds, as the Memphis Grizzlies topped Dallas, 102-82, to snap a 13-game
losing against the Mavericks.
Coming into the contest, Memphis had lost 18 of t
<< Bears' Woods, French to coach at All-Star Classic
Springfield, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hershey Bears head coach Bob Woods and
assistant coach Mark French have been named the coaches of the Canadian
American Hockey League All-Star team for the 2009 All-Star Classic on Jan.
25-26 i
Chandler and Harrington lead Knicks past Celtics >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wilson Chandler dropped in a career-high 31
points with eight rebounds, while Al Harrington poured in 30 points, as the
New York Knicks snapped an eight-game losing streak to Boston with a
surpris
Chargers RB Tomlinson's status up in the air vs. Steelers >>
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian
Tomlinson, who sat out the entire second half of the team's wild card win over
the Colts with a groin injury, is not a guarantee to play next week against
the Ste
Blackhawks cool off streaking Flames >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin Havlat recorded a goal and an assist,
and the Chicago Blackhawks returned to their winning ways with a 5-2 rout of
the Calgary Flames.
Playing without star forward Patrick Kane because of a hig
Randle helps Cal top Arizona State >>
Berkeley, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jerome Randle connected on 7-of-10 from the
field, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc, as his 26 points and 10 assists
helped the California Golden Bears pull out an 81-71 victory over the 17th-
ranked
Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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