Alabama upsets No. 7 Kentucky
NCAA Basketball Betting Lines
02/16/2012 -
Tuscaloosa, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jasmine Robinson scored 17 points and pulled
down six rebounds as Alabama upset No. 7 Kentucky, 77-75, at Foster
Auditorium.
Meghan Perkins added 14 points and a block and Kyra Crosby contributed 10 for
the Crimson Tide (12-15, 2-11 SEC), who knocked off a top-10 ranked
opponent for the first time in 12 years.
Mathies A'dia led all scorers with 26 points, Samarie Walker dropped 13 and
Bria Goss donated 12 for the Wildcats (21-5, 10-3), who have dropped three
straight to conference opponents after beginning SEC play 10-0. Kentucky lost
at Tennessee on Monday and at LSU on February 5.
Alabama shot 53.7 percent from the field while holding Kentucky to 46.5
percent.
<< Almagro, Nalbandian reach quarters in Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seed and defending champion
Nicolas Almagro secured a berth in the quarterfinals at the $475,300 Brasil
Open.
Almagro fought his way past Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 at
this clay
<< St. Louis wins it for Tampa Bay in OT
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin St. Louis scored a pair of goals,
including the game-winner with 32.8 seconds left in overtime, as the Tampa Bay
Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks, 6-5.
Steven Stamkos had two goals and two assi
<< Hill's shooting leads Ohio State over Indiana
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tayler Hill went 7-for-8 from beyond the arc
and ended with 27 points, leading No. 9 Ohio State to a 75-54 victory over
Indiana.
Amber Stokes had 14 points and seven assists for the Buckeyes (23-3, 10-3
<< Maryland handles Virginia
Charlottesville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tianna Hawkins had a double-double with
a career-high 26 points and 14 rebounds, as the eighth-ranked Maryland
Terrapins dominated the Virginia Cavaliers, 73-56.
Alyssa Thomas added 16 points an
<< Flyers score seven straight to rout Sabres
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wayne Simmonds and Maxime Talbot both
scored a pair of goals, as the Flyers finished strong to down the Sabres, 7-2,
on Thursday.
Scott Hartnell had a goal and three assists, Jakub Voracek notched a
Delle Donne pours in 42 as Delaware downs Hofstra >>
Hempstead, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Elena Delle Donne poured in 42 points and
grabbed 14 rebounds, leading No. 10 Delaware in an 89-79 victory against
Hofstra.
Delle Donne made 13-of-24 shots and also blocked six shots for the Blue
Blues take down Isles >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - T.J. Oshie had a goal and two assists and
Brian Elliott made 26 saves, as the Blues downed the Islanders, 5-1, on
Thursday.
Jason Arnott, Kevin Shattenkirk, Andy McDonald and David Perron all score
Kane leads Jets past Wild in shootout >>
St. Paul, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Evander Kane scored twice in regulation and
the winner in the shootout to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 win over the
Minnesota Wild.
In the fourth round, Dany Heatley was stopped by Chris Mason and
Boozer and Bulls rally over Boston >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Boozer scored 23 points, grabbed 15
rebounds and dished out five assists, and the Chicago Bulls utilized a late
12-0 run to take down the Boston Celtics, 89-80, at United Center.
Luol Deng and
Duke rallies past NC State >>
Durham, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Duke is becoming quite good at this comeback
thing.
Seth Curry scored 26 points and Austin Rivers added 16, including the go-ahead
three-pointer with 2:26 to play, as No.5 Duke rallied from a double-dig
NFL Football Trash Talk
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject
would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms.
Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends,
their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the
sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies
your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming
the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like
your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in
defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your
hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say,
will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt
focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea
is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to
make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
Albert Pujols to be This Year's Home Run Champ Says Online Sportsbook
Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds. The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.
Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.
Not surprisingly, the favorites to go deep the most times this season are Albert Pujols 5-1, Ryan Howard 6-1, David Ortiz 8-1 and Alex Rodriguez 12-1. With 49 homers, Pujols finished second in the National League behind Howard (58). Pujols is considered the favorite due to the consistent power numbers that he has posted since breaking into the league in 2001. Also one must consider the fact that he played in 16 fewer games then Howard did due to an injury. Howard smashed 58 homers in his first complete season of big league play en route to the National League MVP odds award. He silenced his critics by successfully hitting left-handed pitching. Howard also displayed the ability to use his power to the opposite field. Two attributes which should keep Howard amongst the league leaders in long balls for years to come. From the American League representatives, David Ortiz leads the field. Ortiz was second in the majors last year with 54 home runs. Except for 1999 when he only played in 10 games, Ortiz has improved on his home run numbers each year he has been in the majors (1997).
Be sure to log onto online sports betting site MySportsbook.com to check out the odds for who will lead the MLB in home runs this season. Below is just a sample of the players listed. With the highest credit card rates in the industry, MySportsbook.com is the place to bet on baseball this summer.
World Series odds
Adam Dunn 15-1
Albert Pujols 5-1
Alex Rodriguez 12-1
Alfonso Soriano 15-1
Andruw Jones 25-1
Barry Bonds 50-1
Carlos Delgado 40-1
David Ortiz 8-1
Jermaine Dye 40-1
Ken Griffey Jr. 100-1
Lance Berkman 40-1
Manny Ramirez 20-1
Richie Sexson 40-1
Ryan Howard 6-1
Travis Hafner 20-1
Vladimir Guerrero 40-1
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