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08/07/2010 - Lexington, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Will Power edged defending IZOD IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti in Saturday's qualifying to capture the pole for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Power lapped the 2.258-mile, 13 turn road course in one minute, 7.1997 seconds for his seventh pole of the season, which placed him in a tie with his Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves for most poles in an IndyCar season. Castroneves won seven poles during the 2007 season.
Earlier in the day, Power was involved in a wreck during a practice session. He got loose and then spun on the wet grass before he backed it hard into a tire barrier.
"Bad mistake on my behalf this morning," Power said. "The guys had to put together the spare car in a two-hour space. I can't thank them enough."
Indy Racing League medical officials reported that Power suffered a bruised thigh.
"All I did was obviously go over the data that my teammates had in that session and just did everything I could mentally to prepare and did my best," Power added.
Franchitti qualified 0.08 seconds behind Power to secure the outside pole.
"We just missed that tenth of a second, that perfect lap we needed to get ahead of Will," Franchitti said.
Power now holds a 51-point lead over Franchitti. The 29-year-old Australian driver can clinch the series' new road/street course championship at Mid-Ohio. Earlier this year, IndyCar announced the expansion of its championship format, with the highest-scoring oval and road/street course drivers winning separate titles, starting this season.
So far, Power has won four road/street course events -- Sao Paulo, Brazil; St. Petersburg, FL; Watkins, NY and Toronto.
Takuma Sato qualified a season-high third in his KV Racing Technology car. Ryan Hunter-Reay from Andretti Autosport will join Sato on row two.
Scott Dixon from Chip Ganassi Racing and Castroneves will share the third row.
Earlier this week, IndyCar officials fined Castroneves $60,000 and placed him on probation for the remainder of the season, following his post-race outburst with officials two weeks ago in Edmonton, Canada.
Castroneves was penalized for refusing to follow the direction of race officials and unsportsmanlike conduct when he engaged in a heated altercation with two officials on pit lane after the conclusion of the race.
Ryan Briscoe from Penske qualified seventh, followed by E.J. Viso from KV Racing, Andretti Autosport's Marco Andretti and Simona de Silvestro from HVM Racing.
Danica Patrick continued to struggle in road course racing this year, as the Andretti driver qualified 22nd in the 27-car field.
Sunday's 85-lap race is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. (et).
<< Baghdatis advances to final in D.C.
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eighth-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis
defeated Xavier Malisse in straight sets to reach the final of the $1.402
million Legg Mason Tennis Classic, a hardcourt U.S. Open Series event.
Baghdatis r
<< Red Sox ink Delgado to minor league deal
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox agreed to a minor league
contract with former New York Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado.
Delgado has yet to play this season while he recovers from offseason hip
surgery. He tried
<< Edwards tops in qualifying at Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards claimed his first Sprint Cup
Series pole in two years by winning Saturday's qualifying for the Heluva
Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen at Watkins Glen International.
Edwards turned a
<< Woods on pace for historically bad finish
Akron, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods shot a five-over 75 on Saturday and
is now 11-over par through three rounds of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Woods, a seven-time winner of this championship, is in 78th place out of 80
player
Muscle Massive rallies for Hambletonian win >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Muscle Massive, driven by Ron Pierce,
rallied down the stretch to capture Saturday's 85th running of the $1.5
million Hambletonian at The Meadowlands. Muscle Massive trotted the mile in
1:51.
Arencibia hits two HR's in debut to fuel Jays win over Rays >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - J.P. Arencibia had a major-league debut to
remember, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double and three RBI, as the
Toronto Blue Jays belted eight home runs en route to a 17-11 drubbing of the
Rays, h
Allen takes over for Dwyer in Ga. Tech backfield >>
ATLANTA (AP) -Jonathan Dwyer is off to the NFL, but Georgia Tech's potent rushing attack might not miss a beat.Anthony Allen moves over from A-back to the featured B-back position in coach Paul Johnson's spread option offense, and he could be even m
Cejka builds 2-shot lead at Turning Stone >>
Verona, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alex Cejka birdied his last three holes Saturday
to shoot a five-under 67 and extend his lead to two shots at the Turning Stone
Resort Championship.
Cejka finished 54 holes on the Atunyote course with a 15-und
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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LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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