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10/25/2011 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Penske Racing revealed on Tuesday that driver Will Power suffered a compression fracture of his fourth thoracic vertebra during the 15-car crash that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon in the October 16 IZOD IndyCar Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Power was taken to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas after complaining of lower back pain following the crash. He was evaluated and released hours later. There was no evidence of significant injuries at the time.
When Power underwent a further evaluation on Monday in Indianapolis, IndyCar's orthopedic specialist Dr. Terry Trammell determined the 30-year-old driver sustained the fracture in the accident. Trammell expects Power to recover from the injury with rest and rehabilitation.
Power will undergo another evaluation in the coming days. He hopes to begin testing the 2012 IndyCar in the coming weeks and be fully recovered for the start of next season.
<< Red Sox tab Cherington as Epstein's successor
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - On the same day former Red Sox general manager
Theo Epstein was introduced as the Chicago Cubs new president of baseball
operations, Boston named Ben Cherington his replacement.
The 37-year-old Cheringto
<< Twins decline option on Nathan
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins on Tuesday declined the
2012 club option on reliever Joe Nathan.
"I spoke with Joe and his agent this morning, and expressed our interest in
re-signing Joe," said Twins general man
<< Injury puts Tizway out of Breeders' Cup
Elmont, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tizway, the leading older male thoroughbred,
has been ruled out of the Breeders' Cup Classic with a leg injury. Trainer
James Bond made the announcement Tuesday.
The six-year-old was found to have a liga
<< Vikings release WR Berrian
Eden Prairie, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Vikings released wide
receiver Bernard Berrian on Tuesday.
Berrian had seven receptions for 91 yards in five games this season, and was
inactive twice in the past three weeks.
The
Bucs RB Graham placed on injured reserve >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back
Earnest Graham was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a torn Achilles
tendon.
He suffered the injury in Sunday's 24-18 loss to the Chicago Bears in Lon
A's cut ties with P Wuertz >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics released reliever
Michael Wuertz on Tuesday.
Wuertz had no decisions and a 6.68 earned run average in 39 appearances with
the A's last season.
The 32-year-old right-hander w
Wozniacki, Kvitova, Stosur open with wins in Istanbul >>
Istanbul, Turkey (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 2011 WTA Championships got
underway Tuesday, as world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, Wimbledon champion
Petra Kvitova and U.S. Open titlist Samantha Stosur opened with round-robin
wins at
Bills LB Merriman lands on IR >>
Orchard Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buffalo Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman
was placed on injured reserve Tuesday and will miss the remainder of the
season with an inflamed Achilles that has plagued him for the better part of
two yea
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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