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12/28/2006 - Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Texans placed defensive end Anthony Weaver on injured reserve on Wednesday.
Weaver, who signed with the Texans before the season, has a slight tear in his right rotator cuff.
The 6-foot-3, 280-pound defensive lineman tallied 35 tackles with a sack and an interception this season.
Weaver had spent the previous four seasons with Baltimore, which made him the 52nd pick overall (second round) in the 2002 draft. In 57 games with the Ravens, 54 of those starts, the Notre Dame product has posted 117 tackles and 14.5 sacks while forcing five fumbles.
Defensive end Earl Cochran was promoted to the active roster from the practice squad, while defensive tackle Jason Davis, guard Atlas Herrion and wide receiver Harry Williams were signed to the practice squad.
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Charlton, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Charlton thought it had given new head
coach Alan Pardew a win to start his career as the team's manager in its
contest with Fulham in the English Premiership on Wednesday.
It almost did, until
<< Ajax moves back to second in Eredivisie
Amsterdam, Holland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With a 2-0 win over Roda in Dutch
Eredivisie play Wednesday, Ajax moved back to second in the table - nine
points back of leaders PSV after 19 games.
Ajax dominated the play most of the cont
<< Panthers' Delhomme questionable
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme
is listed as questionable on Wednesday's injury report due to the same
sprained right thumb that has forced him to miss the past three games.
Delhomme, w
<< Jaguars' S Grant listed as doubtful
Jacksonville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jacksonville Jaguars safety Deon Grant
is listed as doubtful on the team's injury report for Sunday's game against
the Kansas City Chiefs.
Grant, who left last Sunday's 24-21 loss to the New Engl
Kidd gets hit in the wallet >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Jersey Nets point guard Jason
Kidd was fined $20,000 for criticizing the officials after Tuesday's 92-91
loss in Detroit.
Chauncey Billups made two free throws with seven seconds left
UConn crushes Coppin State >>
Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Adrien paced six Connecticut players in
double figures with 16 points and also pulled down 11 rebounds to lead the
12th-ranked Huskies to an 84-41 rout of Coppin State at Hartford Civic
Center.
The Dominator shuts the door on Minnesota >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johan Franzen tallied a goal and an assist to
lead the Detroit Red Wings past the Minnesota Wild, 3-1, at Joe Louis Arena.
Dominik Hasek made 31 saves while Kirk Maltby and Henrik Zetterberg also
scored
Heat's Wade leaves game with sprained wrist >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade left Wednesday's
game against the Chicago Bulls with a sprained right wrist and did not return.
Wade appeared to injure his wrist while covering Chicago's Kirk Hinrich in the
firs
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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