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08/31/2010 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Calgary Stampeders wide receiver Ken-Yon Rambo, Saskatchewan Roughriders safety James Patrick, Edmonton Eskimos kicker Noel Prefontaine and Calgary running back Jon Cornish were selected as the CFL's top performers for Week 9 of the 2010 season.
Rambo earned Offensive Player of the Week honors after pulling in nine catches for 108 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Calgary's 48-35 win over British Columbia. Rambo, who is in his sixth season with the Stampeders, has scored four touchdowns in four contests this season, helping the club to a league- best 7-1 mark.
Earning the defensive award was Patrick for totaling a career-high three interceptions -- one returned for a 35-yard score -- in the Roughriders' 17-14 setback to Edmonton. He also added three tackles and now leads the CFL with six picks.
Prefontaine took home the special teams award for the week after registering 11 points in Edmonton's victory over Saskatchewan. The kicker booted three field goals, with the longest being 52 yards. His 37-yarder with 41 seconds to play broke a 14-14 tie and give his squad the win. Prefontaine also punted eight times for 370 yards and added a single and an extra point to his totals. It was his second weekly honor of the season.
Rounding out the weekly awards was the Canadian Player of the Week Cornish, who rushed for 70 yards on six carries and had two catches for 34 yards in the Stamps' victory over BC. His 104 total yards were a career-best. It was also Cornish's second league award of the year.
<< Sunderland shells out record fee for Gyan
Sunderland, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunderland signed Ghana striker Asamoah
Gyan for a club-record transfer fee of nearly $20 million on Tuesday and gave
him a four-year contract.
Sunderland acquired the 24-year-old Gyan from French clu
<< Bucs part ways with Derrick Ward
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released running
back Derrick Ward, who spent just one unsuccessful season with the club after
signing as a free agent in the spring of 2009.
Ward had a breakout 2008 campaign w
<< Canada loses to France at Worlds
Izmir, Turkey (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nicolas Batum scored 24 points to power
France to a 68-63 win over Canada at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Batum, who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers, made 8-of-14 shots and
grabbed seve
<< Stoke re-signs Diao to two-year deal
Stoke-on-Trent, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stoke City re-signed midfielder
Salif Diao on Tuesday, two months after the Senegal international's previous
contract expired.
Diao, 33, rejected Stoke's initial offer earlier this summer, bu
CFL Western Division: Eskimos finally play some defense >>
Toronto, Canada (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Week nine of the CFL season belonged to
Alberta, as both Calgary and Edmonton found the win column. Calgary's victory
was expected, but the Eskimos' three-point win over the Saskatchewan
Roughriders was, quite
Redskins place Kelly on IR >>
Ashburn, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Redskins have placed wide
receiver Malcolm Kelly on injured reserve because of a hamstring problem.
Kelly, in his third year out of Oklahoma, was bothered by the hamstring issue
for the
NFL slaps one-game ban on Bucs CB Talib >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NFL announced a one-game suspension for
Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib on Tuesday for violating the
league's Personal Conduct Policy.
Talib will miss the Bucs' regular-season opener S
Pryor says he finally feels like a QB >>
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Ohio State's secret weapon isn't much of a secret.After two years of tutoring, coaxing, learning and waiting, Terrelle Pryor is no longer just a gifted athlete but a genuine quarterback.It's almost too much for assistant head co
Kansas City, MO - Kansas City has not officially named Matt Cassel its starting quarterback, but there can be no doubt now.
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After praising his leadership and work ethic through spring workouts, the Chiefs announced Tuesday they had signed the 27-year-old Cassel to a multiyear contract. Terms were not disclosed, but he will almost certainly be one of the highest-paid members of the team.
"We are excited to be able to reach a long-term agreement for Matt Cassel to be a Kansas City Chief for many years to come," owner and board chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement. "His proven leadership on and off the field will be a tremendous asset to the organization."
Patriots made him their franchise player, meaning his salary for this season will be about $15 million.
New head coach Todd Haley, taking over for Herm Edwards after a 2-14 season, refused to name a starter at any position during offseason workouts. But it was obvious to everyone the team belonged to Cassel.
"I go out there each and every day with that focus that I'm the starter," Cassel said during a June minicamp. "Competition brings out the best in everybody."
The signing will come as welcome news to Cassel's new coaches and teammates. Amiable and hardworking, online football betting he appeared to win over everyone at minicamp.
"I think he's got some unique leadership qualities. I think his teammates like him and have respect for him. I think he's doing a pretty good job on the field, too," Haley said last month. "He's doing everything that I'm asking him, that our coaches are asking him to do. I don't have one single complaint how he's carrying himself."
After one workout, wide receiver Devard Darling declared Cassel "a breath of fresh air."
"He has a lot of swagger, a lot of confidence. It's good for us," said Darling. "We trust in him that he's going to go out there and lead us all the way."
nse to accommodate his specific abilities.
Trapped on the bench behind Heisman winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart at USC and then unable to unseat Super Bowl MVP Brady at New England, Cassel seemed destined to be a backup all his life. As Brady was helped off the field last September, Cassel seized the opportunity he'd been waiting for since high school.
In his only sustained action since his teens, he hit 349 of 555 passes for 3,949 yards at New England. He had 23 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions as the Patriots, who had gone unbeaten through the regular season the year before, finished 11-5 and out of the playoffs.
Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, who had been Bill Belichick's assistant in New England, engineered the trade after the Patriots became convinced that Brady would recover fully from his knee operation.
"Since Matt arrived in Kansas City, he has embraced the team and the community," Pioli said. "His work ethic, his ability and competitive presence is what we expect from our players."
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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