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08/04/2007 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded and defending champion Maria Sharapova was an easy quarterfinal winner Friday at the $1.34 million Acura Classic.
The 2006 US Open champion and 2007 Aussie Open runner-up Sharapova blew away Indian Sania Mirza 6-2, 6-1 on Day 5 at this US Open Series event. Mirza was fresh off her runner-up finish in Stanford.
The former world No. 1 Sharapova beat Kim Clijsters in last year's finale here at La Costa Resort and Spa.
No. 3 Anna Chakvetadze, who has won her last 12 matches having won back-to-back titles in Cincinnati and Stanford, rallied back to down No. 10 Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Williams titled here back-to-back-to-back from 2000-02.
Eleventh-seeded Swiss lefthander Patty Schnyder reached the final four by ousting fourth-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-4; and ninth-seeded Elena Dementieva used a steady baseline game to cruise past Maria Kirilenko, 6-2, 6-4.
Sharapova will play Chakvetadze, while Dementieva takes on Schnyder in the semifinals.
<< Sizemore, Indians top Twins
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Grady Sizemore went 3-for-5 with a two-
run home run and four RBI as Cleveland topped Minnesota, 5-2, in the opener
of a four-game set at the Metrodome.
C.C. Sabathia (14-6) allowed eight hits and
<< Hamilton exacts revenge, rips Winnipeg
Hamilton, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jesse Lumsden rushed for 211 yards on 12
carries with two long touchdown runs on his 25th birthday as the Hamilton
Tiger-Cats, fueled by revenge, crushed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 43-22, at
Ivor Wy
<< Flesch pushes lead to two in Reno
Reno, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Steve Flesch managed a three-under 69 Friday to
extend his lead to two strokes after two rounds of the Reno-Tahoe Open.
Flesch completed 36 holes at 12-under-par 132. He owned the 36-hole lead for
the fifth
<< Teixeira on a tear but Rockies beat Braves
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Francis ran his unbeaten streak to 10
games, as he guided the Colorado Rockies to a 9-2 win over the Atlanta Braves
in the opener of a three-game series at Turner Field.
Francis (12-5) tossed six
Betancourt leads surging M's over Red Sox >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Yuniesky Betancourt homered and finished with
four RBI, as the Seattle Mariners topped the Boston Red Sox, 7-4, in the
opener of a three-game series at Safeco Field.
Kenji Johjima added a two-run home run for
A's rally past Angels; Vlad's error costly >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dan Johnson's RBI double highlighted a five-
run eighth as the Oakland Athletics beat the Angels, 8-4, in the second test
of a four-game series at McAfee Coliseum.
Trailing 4-3, Oakland scored five runs of
Bonds can't solve Petco Park; Hairston lifts Padres over Giants >>
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barry Bonds has homered against San Diego
more than any other club in his career, but he's had a difficult time sending
balls over the wall at Petco Park, and that trend continued on Friday in a 4-3
10-inni
Tribe calls on Laffey for debut against Twins >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians purchased the
contract of starting pitcher Aaron Laffey from Triple-A Buffalo, as the left-
hander will make his major league debut Saturday against the Minnesota Twins.
Laffe
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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