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03/13/2009 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Colorado Avalanche forward Cody McCormick has been suspended by the NHL for two games without pay for a high-sticking incident in a game against Minnesota.
McCormick was assessed a double minor for high-sticking Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck midway through the second period of Colorado's 2-1 shootout victory on Thursday.
McCormick will forfeit $5,618.28 and miss games at Edmonton on Saturday and at Vancouver on Sunday.
He'll be eligible to return Tuesday when the Avalanche square off against the Wild in Minnesota.
<< Former Cardinals defensive coordinator hooks up with Chiefs
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs named Clancy
Pendergast as their next defensive coordinator on Friday.
Pendergast had served as the Cardinals' defensive coordinator from 2004-08 but
was let go this offseason
<< No contest
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The first knockout round of the Champions
League only confirmed what many already believed.
That the English Premiership is the best league in the world, hands down.
If the Round of 16 was a boxing match
<< Bellotti resigns as Oregon football coach, will become AD
Eugene, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - University of Oregon head football coach
Mike Bellotti has resigned his post to become the school's next athletic
director, the school announced on Friday.
Bellotti will become the athletic direct
<< Thornton leads LSU over Kentucky, into SEC semis
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - SEC Player of the Year Marcus Thornton scored 21
points to help 20th-ranked LSU take a step closer to its first conference
tournament title since 1980, as the Tigers upended a desperate Kentucky club,
67-58,
Rams part ways with WR Holt >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Rams released long-time
wideout Torry Holt on Friday.
The 32-year-old played his entire 10-year career with the Rams, racking up 869
receptions for 12,660 yards and 74 touchdowns in 158
Thanks to Kitchen, No. 22 Florida State tops Georgia Tech >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derwin Kitchen's reverse layup and subsequent
three-point play proved to be the difference, and the 22nd-ranked and fourth-
seeded Florida State Seminoles survived the feisty Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets
Hertha hopes to tighten grip on top spot vs. Bayer >>
Berlin, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hertha Berlin has been on a roll since the
Bundesliga returned from its winter break in late January, going unbeaten in
five of six to climb to the top of the table and move into position to end a
near
Mickelson chips in again for solo CA Championship lead >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - For the fourth time in two rounds, Phil Mickelson
chipped in from off the green on Friday en route to a six-under 66 and sole
possession of the second-round lead at the WGC-CA Championship.
"I've never chipped
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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