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12/15/2008 - Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Current Serie A leaders Inter Milan insist they are not interested in signing Chelsea striker Didier Drogba in the January transfer window.
The 30-year-old has been linked with a move to the San Siro, where he would be reunited with former Blues boss Jose Mourinho, for several weeks, but Inter's sporting director, Marco Branca, says the club are not interested in buying the Ivory Coast international.
The striker allegedly met Branca in a London restaurant earlier this month, but the Italian told Inter's official website: "There's no Drogba dream.
"Inter already have numerous strikers that cover every role.
"Drogba has been at Chelsea for many years and is doing well there. We have our strikers that are also doing well here."
Drogba, who has scored 82 goals in 186 appearances for Chelsea since arriving at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2004, has started only one league game for Luiz Felipe Scolari's side this season due to injury and disciplinary issues.
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<< Hoyte adds to Boro injury list
Middlesbrough, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Middlesbrough right-back Justin
Hoyte will play no part in the festive program after being forced to undergo
cartilage surgery.
Boro boss Gareth Southgate does not expect the former Arsen
<< Harrington, Duncan earn NBA weekly honors
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Al Harrington of the New York Knicks and Tim
Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs were named the Eastern and Western Conference
Players of the Week, respectively, for the period ending December 14.
Harrington l
<< Hibs Morais pleads guilty to assault
Edinburgh, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hibs midfielder Filipe Morais has been
fined $765 after pleading guilty to an assault charge.
The 23-year-old Portuguese star admitted to kicking Robert Brown's head while
he lay on the ground foll
<< Schweinsteiger inks Bayern extension
Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayern Munich have confirmed that Bastian
Schweinsteiger has finally put pen to paper on a new long-term deal.
The 24-year-old Germany international had been linked with moves to Juventus
and Real Madr
Kiffin to leave Bucs to coach with son at Tennessee >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator
Monte Kiffin will leave the NFL to join his son at the University of
Tennessee.
Lane Kiffin was introduced as Tennessee's new head football coach on De
Gijon loses goalkeeper Cuellar for four months >>
Gijon, Asturias (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sporting Gijon goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar
faces at least four months on the sidelines after breaking his ankle in the
3-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao.
The 24-year-old keeper sustained the injury aft
UNC remains at the top; Tennessee falls in AP poll >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - North Carolina remained unbeaten to stay at
the top of the rankings, while Tennessee suffered the biggest fall, in the
latest Associated Press men's basketball poll released Monday.
The Tar Heels (9-0
Kings fire Theus; Natt named interim coach >>
Sacramento, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sacramento Kings head coach Reggie Theus
has been fired, the team announced Monday, along with assistant coach Chuck
Person.
Assistant Kenny Natt was named head coach on an interim basis.
Theus be
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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The 2009 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year odds have been released and Denver Broncos' running back Knowshon Moreno has been made the opening favorite.
Moreno was selected in the first round of April's NFL draft and is expected to carry the rushing load for the Broncos this season. And with Jay Cutler now in Chicago, Moreno might be expected to be Denver's entire offense.
Betting Lines from sports betting lines have made Moreno a 5/2 favorite to win this year's Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. Fellow running back Chris “Beanie” Wells (Arizona Cardinals) is right behind Moreno at 7/2, while Donald Brown (Indianapolis Colts) and receiver Michael Crabtree (San Francisco 49ers) are 5/1 to win. Quarterbacks Mark Sanchez (New York Jets) and Matthew Stafford (Detroit Lions) are 7/1 and 8/1, respectively.
A couple of players who present some value are Josh Freeman, Shonn Green and Darrius Heyward-Bey.
Freeman needs to beat out Byron Leftwich to become the starting quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but if he does, he has a lot or raw talent and could use the weapons around him (i.e. Kellen Winslow Jr. and Antonio Bryant) to be very successful in his first season.
Green enters a crowded backfield in New York, but considering both Thomas Jones and Leon Washington are unhappy about their contract situations and might holdout, the former Iowa product could become the Jets' primary back.
Everyone was shocked when Al Davis took Heyward-Bey with the eighth overall pick in April's draft, but the kid has a tremendous amount of talent and if quarterback JaMarcus Russell takes the next step this year, the former Maryland product could blossom. Plus, Heyward-Bey will be looking to prove the people wrong who said Oakland should have taken Michael Crabtree with the No. 8 pick.
And if you're looking for a deep sleeper, check out Pat White at 30/1. He enters the Miami Dolphins vaunted “Wild Cat” offense and could be a big time playmaker.
For complete odds on the 2009 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year odds, see below.
2009 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Odds to Win
Ramses Barden (NYG) 40/1
Andre Brown (NYG) 20/1
Donald Brown (IND) 5/1
Kenny Britt (TEN) 20/1
Glenn Coffee (SFO) 30/1
Chase Coffman (CIN) 50/1
Michael Crabtree (SFO) 5/1
Josh Freeman (TB) 14/1
Shonn Green (NYJ) 14/1
Percy Harvin (MIN) 10/1
Darrius Heyward-Bay (OAK) 18/1
Juaquan Iglesias (CHI) 30/1
Cornelius Ingram (PHI) 50/1
Rashad Jennings (JAC) 30/1
Johnny Knox (CHI) 40/1
Jeremy Maclin (PHI) 18/1
Mohamed Massaquoi (CLE) 30/1
LeSean McCoy (PHI) 12/1
Knowshon Moreno (DEN) 5/2
Hakeem Nicks (NYG) 18/1
Brandon Pettigrew (DET) 30/1
Brian Robiskie (CLE) 20/1
Mark Sanchez (NYJ) 7/1
Matthew Stafford (DET) 8/1
Jason Smith (STL) 40/1
Mike Thomas (JAC) 25/1
Patrick Turner (MIA) 50/1
Mike Wallace (PIT) 50/1
Chris Wells (ARI) 7/2
Pat White (MIA) 30/1
Field (Any Other Player) 9/1
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