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04/19/2009 - Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chivas USA added to its lead atop Major League Soccer's overall table with a 2-0 win over the expansion Seattle Sounders FC at The Home Depot Center on Saturday night.
An own goal in the first half and rookie Chukwudi Chijindu's first MLS goal in the second half were enough for the Goats to take a four-point lead over second-placed Seattle in the Western Conference table.
The game's first goal came just after the half-hour mark when Sacha Kljestan and Eduardo Lillingston worked a give-and-go at the top of the Sounders penalty area before the final pass found Jonathan Bornstein on the left side. The fullback then played a ball toward the six-yard box in the direction of Lillingston, but Riley deflected into his own net to make it 1-0 Chivas USA.
That was how the score stayed until 23-year-old Chijindu converted on a set-up by Bojan Stepanovi six minutes from time. Stepanovi broke into the Seattle box, and with two defenders on him, played a ball to the middle of the area to Chijindu, who one-timed it home to make it 2-0.
Chivas USA (4-0-1) will try to continue its hot start to the 2009 season when it plays at Toronto FC on Wednesday, while Seattle (3-2-0) will aim to rebound from its second consecutive defeat next Saturday when it hosts San Jose.
<< Bruins' Lucic draws suspension
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic was suspended,
pending a league review, for actions taken late in the Bruins' 5-1 win over
the Canadiens in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series on
Saturda
<< Martin snaps 97-race winless drought in Phoenix
Avondale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Martin blew past Ryan Newman on the final
restart with six laps to go and then held off Tony Stewart to win Saturday
night's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway and end a 97-
race winless s
<< Toews tallies twice, gives Chicago 2-0 series lead on Flames
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jonathan Toews notched his first two career
playoff goals as the Chicago Blackhawks clipped the Calgary Flames, 3-2, in
Game 2 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series at United Center.
Patrick Sh
<< K.C. scores two late to earn point at Chicago
Bridgeview, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Wizards showed the kind of
mental toughness and resiliency on Saturday night in Chicago that head coach
Curt Onalfo has been trying to stress since he took over the club prior to the
2007 se
Yao, Rockets rout Blazers in series opener >>
Portland, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Yao Ming scored all 24 of his points during a
dominating first half as the Houston Rockets started their quest to snap a
string of playoff futility by blowing out Portland, 108-81, in the opener of
their W
Strange rallies to win China Open >>
Beijing, China (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Strange erased a four-shot deficit
Sunday as he rallied to win the China Open.
Strange closed with a four-under 68 to claim his second European Tour title at
eight-under-par 280.
"It's a reward
Vinci rolls against Kirilenko to win Barcelona crown >>
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Italy's Roberta Vinci dominated Russia's
Maria Kirilenko in straight sets Sunday to win the title at the Barcelona
Ladies Open.
Kirilenko, the sixth seed, was the defending champion but failed t
Ferguson blasts Calderon >>
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United boss Sir Alex
Ferguson has blasted ex-Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon as a 'dinosaur'
over his continuing talk about Cristiano Ronaldo.
Calderon said earlier in the wee
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
Super Bowl XLIII isn't even a week old yet and oddsmakers have already released Super Bowl XLIV odds.
Despite the Pittsburgh Steelers winning Super Bowl 43, the New England Patriots are 8/1 favorites to win Super Bowl 44.
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With their 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII, the Steelers became the latest NFL champion. But believe it or not, oddsmakers from online sports book MySportsbook.com don't have the Steelers the favorites to win Super Bowl XLIV next season.
That honor belongs to the New England Patriots, who are 8/1 favorites to win despite not even qualify for the postseason in 2008. The Pats also have a major decision to make regarding what to do with Matt Cassel, who played well in Tom Brady's (knee surgery) absence last year but is also a free agent this offseason.
Ironically, the Steelers aren't even oddsmakers second choice to win Super Bowl 44, as the Dallas Cowboys are listed right behind the Patriots at 9/1 despite not making the playoffs themselves. Clearly oddsmakers think the public will hop back on the Cowboys' bandwagon considering the immense talent they have and the opening of a brand new stadium.
After Dallas, then comes Pittsburgh at 10/1, but they share those odds with the New York Giants, who won Super Bowl XLII. The Indianapolis Colts and San Diego Chargers round out the top six teams at 12/1, while the Baltimore Ravens (14/1), Tennessee Titans (16/1), Carolina Panthers (18/1) and Philadelphia Eagles (18/1) complete the top 10.
The NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals got no love from oddsmakers as they were established as a 30/1 long shot to win next year's Super Bowl. They share those same odds with the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers – two teams that didn't even qualify for the postseason. Other long shots are the Kansas City Chiefs (100/1), Detroit Lions (100/1), St. Louis Rams (75/1) and Oakland Raiders (75/1).
To see a complete list of all the team's odds to win Super Bowl XLIV, check below.
NFL TEAM FUTURE ODDS TO WIN SUPER BOWL XLIV
New England Patriots 8/1
Dallas Cowboys 9/1
New York Giants 10/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 10/1
Indianapolis Colts 12/1
San Diego Chargers 12/1
Baltimore Ravens 14/1
Tennessee Titans 16/1
Carolina Panthers 18/1
Philadelphia Eagles 18/1
New Orleans Saints 20/1
Atlanta Falcons 25/1
Denver Broncos 25/1
Green Bay Packers 25/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 25/1
Minnesota Vikings 25/1
New York Jets 25/1
Arizona Cardinals 30/1
Chicago BearS 30/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30/1
Buffalo Bills 35/1
Houston TexaNS 35/1
Miami Dolphins 35/1
Washington Redskins 35/1
Seattle SeahawkS 50/1
Cleveland Browns 55/1
Cincinnati Bengals 60/1
San Francisco 49ers 60/1
Oakland Raiders 75/1
St. Louis Rams 75/1
Detroit Lions 100/1
Kansas City Chiefs 100/1
Odds as of: 2/2/09
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