Benson edges Hornaday for truck title, Bodine wins race
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11/14/2008 -
Homestead, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johnny Benson captured his first NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series championship Friday with a seventh-place finish in the
Ford 200 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Benson finished the season seven
points ahead of Ron Hornaday, Jr., who finished one position behind in eighth.
It was the second-closest points battle in the 14-year history of the series.
Meanwhile, Todd Bodine won at Homestead, holding off Brian Scott in a green-
white-checkered finish. The victory was Bodine's third of the season and the
15th of his Truck Series career.
Scott finished second, and Kevin Harvick was third. Kyle Busch and Dennis
Setzer rounded out the top-five.
More details to follow.
<< Wade leads Heat to rout of Wizards
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwyane Wade dropped a game-high 24 points and the
Miami Heat clobbered the Washington Wizards, 97-77, at American Airlines
Arena.
Michael Beasley netted 19 points for the Heat, who wrapped up a thre
<< Young, Sixers overcome big deficit to topple Pacers
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thaddeus Young scored a career-high 25
points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers erased a 26-point
first-half deficit and came back to edge the Indiana Pacers, 94-92.
Andre Miller s
<< No. 21 Wake Forest crushes N.C. Central
Winston-Salem, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freshman Al-Farouq Aminu scored 21 points
and grabbed 10 rebounds, and No. 21 Wake Forest kicked off its 2008-09
campaign with a 94-48 rout of North Carolina Central.
Aminu made 9-of-12 from the
<< Charlotte pulls out victory over short-handed Jazz
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gerald Wallace scored 22 points and grabbed
nine rebounds to lead the Charlotte Bobcats to a 104-96 victory over the
ailing Utah Jazz, who were without three of their top six players.
Deron Williams,
<< Ovechkin and Laich lead surging Caps over Devils
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alexander Ovechkin and Brooks Laich both had
a goal and an assist, as the surging Washington Capitals defeated the slumping
New Jersey Devils, 3-1, in the opener of a home-and-home series at the Verizon
Center.
Randolph, Crawford push Knicks over Thunder >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Zach Randolph poured in a season-high in
points and rebounds with 29 and 19, respectively, and the New York Knicks held
off the Oklahoma City Thunder, 116-106, at Madison Square Garden.
Jamal Crawford
Harris leads Nets to victory over Hawks >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Devin Harris finished with 30 points,
eight assists and six rebounds, as the New Jersey Nets used a strong fourth
quarter to take a 115-108 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Vince Carter ended with
No. 12 Oklahoma rolls over American University >>
Norman, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blake Griffin had 24 points and a career-high 18
rebounds, as 12th-ranked Oklahoma crushed American University, 83-54, in the
season opener for both clubs.
Cade Davis had 11 points while Willie Warren added
Thrashers stay in win column by edging 'Canes >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johan Hedberg finished with 27 saves as the
streaking Atlanta Thrashers downed the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-2, in a
Southeast Division battle at Philips Arena.
Marty Reasoner, Eric Perrin and Slav
Posey, Hornets hold off Blazers >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Posey scored 14 points and nailed two
key three-pointers in the fourth quarter, as the New Orleans Hornets pulled
out a hard-fought 87-82 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Chris Paul logged
NFL Football Betting Online
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
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