Few changes in women's rankings
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01/02/2012 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With no action ongoing, there were very few changes in this week's women's world rankings.
Yani Tseng begins 2012 still as the No. 1 player, followed by Suzann Pettersen, Na Yeon Choi, Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer. Sun Ju Ahn, Jiyai Shin, I.K. Kim, Ai Miyazato and Stacy Lewis rounded out the top 10.
Brittany Lincicome, Amy Yang, Shanshan Feng, Chie Arimura, Ji-Hee Lee, Morgan Pressel and Michelle Wie held on to Nos. 11-17. Angela Stanford and Karrie Webb switched places from last week with Stanford in 18th and Webb down to 19th.
Sakura Yokomine completed the top 20.
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The fifth edition of the NHL's Winter Classic is on tap today, as the Philadelphia Flyers host the New York Rangers outdoors at Citizens Bank Park. This marks the first year that the Winter Classic, which began in Buffalo
<< Simon, Tomic advance in Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon
and eighth-seeded Aussie favorite Bernard Tomic were among Monday's first-
round winners at the 2012 season-opening Brisbane International tennis event.
The
<< Stanford battles Oklahoma State in Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two teams in the national title picture for
much of the season will collide in Glendale on January 2nd, as the Stanford
Cardinal and Oklahoma State Cowboys square off in the 41st edition of the
Fiesta Bowl.
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<< Wisconsin and Oregon duke it out in 98th Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Expected to be one of the more competitive and
entertaining matchups of the postseason, the Wisconsin Badgers battle the
Oregon Ducks in the 98th Rose Bowl.
Wisconsin won 10 of its 12 games during the regular
<< Nebraska and South Carolina mix it up in Capital One Bowl
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - In search of the first 11-win season in school
history, the South Carolina Gamecocks have come to sunny Florida to challenge
the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the 2012 Capital One Bowl.
While failing to reach its ult
Waco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Big 12 Conference action gets underway in Waco tonight, as the Texas A&M Aggies pay a visit to the undefeated Baylor Bears. Texas A&M was among the nationally-ranked earlier this season, but back-to- back
Virginia visits LSU in non-conference action >>
Baton Rouge, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Virginia Cavaliers and LSU Tigers close
out their non-conference schedules this evening in Baton Rouge, as the two
teams collide at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The Cavaliers are rarely mentioned
Warriors aim to snap skid in desert vs. Suns >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors haven't had the best of luck
playing in the desert and hope the new year will bring some better fortunes.
The Warriors will try to snap a lengthy losing streak at Phoenix when they
visit the Suns thi
LeBron hopes to Heat up South Beach against Hawks >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- Now that LeBron James is engaged, the sizzling Miami Heat
are hoping that won't affect his game. James and the Heat look to continue the
franchise's hot start tonight versus the Southeast-rival Atlanta Hawks.
James and hi
Pacers visit North Jersey to face Nets >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Indiana Pacers tasted defeat for the first time this
season the last time out and look to get back into the win column tonight
against the New Jersey Nets.
The Pacers had won their first three games of the condensed se
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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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