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06/19/2007 - Eastbourne, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sixth-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer highlighted Tuesday's first-round winners at the $600,000 International Women's Open, a final Wimbledon tune-up.
Peer held off Russian qualifier Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on the grass courts at Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre. Peer's second-round opponent here on Wednesday will be Japan's Aiko Nakamura.
In other action involving seeds, No. 9 Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli blew past Italian Tathiana Garbin 6-2, 6-3 and No. 9 Austrian Sybille Bammer blasted Russian Maria Kirilenko by an identical 6-2, 6-3 score.
Additional Day-2 wins came for Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, British qualifiers Elena Baltacha and Katie O'Brien, France's Nathalie Dechy, the qualifier Nakamura and Italian Mara Santangelo. Radwanska dropped American lucky-loser Jill Craybas 6-2, 5-7, 6-0.
This week's top seeds are Wimbledon runner-up and reigning three-time French Open champion Justine Henin and Wimbledon titlist Amelie Mauresmo. The Belgian Henin, who beat Russian Anastasia Myskina in last year's Eastbourne finale, will face Radwanska here on Wednesday, while Mauresmo will encounter Santangelo.
<< Robredo, Canas advance at Ordina Open
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Spaniard
Tommy Robredo and third-seeded Argentine Guillermo Canas were among Tuesday's
first-round winners at the grass-court Ordina Open, a final Wimbledon tune-up.
Robr
<< Eagles' TE Bartrum retires
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Eagles tight end Mike Bartrum
announced his retirement on Tuesday.
Bartrum, a 13-year veteran, suffered a herniated disk in his neck during a
loss to the Colts last season and was unable t
<< Seattle hits skid
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After getting off to a great start in the month of June,
the Seattle Mariners have fallen on tough times.
This past week Seattle lost five straight games to the Chicago Cubs and
Houston Astros. The losing strea
<< Perlozzo's dismissal could be just the beginning of O's overhaul
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - I wasn't exactly the Amazing Kreskin a few weeks ago when I
predicted that Baltimore Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo was probably going to be
the first manager fired.
With some of the veterans openly questioning his decisions
Atlanta Krunk (CBA) >>
Hired Kenny Anderson as head coach.
Cubs activate Ward >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs have activated infielder
Daryle Ward from the 15-day disabled list. He landed on the DL on June 3 with
a left hip strain.
Ward is hitting .270 (10-for-37) on the season with 10 walks a
Rockies stating their case in rugged NL West >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A new challenger has emerged to the trio that has been
battling for top honors in the formidable National League West all season
long. And no, it's not the San Francisco Giants.
Now, it may be hard to view the Colorado Roc
A-Rod still on top of AL All-Star voting >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez
continues to lead all players in voting for the upcoming All-Star Game.
Rodriguez, who has never finished as the overall balloting leader, has
garnered
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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