07/25/2008 - Chapel Hill, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - University of North Carolina head women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell received a four-year contract extension on Friday, keeping the Hall of Fame coach with the team through 2015.
The contract will average $330,000 over the next seven years and will serve as a second amendment to a contract initially signed in 2002 and amended in 2006.
Hatchell led the Tar Heels to a fourth consecutive ACC title last season in her 22nd season at the helm. She led North Carolina to an NCAA championship in 1994 and two Final Four appearances in the last four years, having reached at least the NCAA regional final in the other two.
A two-time national coach of the year, Hatchell earned an ACC Coach of the Year honor last season after leading the team to a 33-3 record with regular season and tournament championships. The member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame boasts an overall record of 784-275 over 33 seasons as a collegiate head coach, including a 512-195 mark at North Carolina.
<< Galaxy travel to take on Hoops
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Galaxy will be aiming to retake
the top spot in Major League Soccer's Western table when they travel to Texas
to take on FC Dallas on Sunday.
Both teams are coming off 2-2 draws in their last l
<< Vaughan leads Cook at Senior British Open
Ayrshire, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bruce Vaughan shot an even-par 71 on
Friday to take sole possession of the lead midway through the Senior British
Open Championship.
Vaughan, who shared the first-round lead with Eduardo Romero,
<< Rams start camp without RB Jackson
Mequon, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Rams opened their training camp
Friday morning without running back Steven Jackson, who is holding out for a
contract extension.
A story on the team's Web site Friday said that the Rams and J
<< Hester ends holdout
Bourbonnais, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Star kick returner Devin Hester ended his
two-day holdout and reported to Bears camp on Friday.
Hester, who has two years remaining on the original four-year deal he signed
as a rookie, sat out the fi
Bobcats re-sign C Hollins >>
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Charlotte Bobcats re-signed center Ryan
Hollins on Friday. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not released.
Hollins appeared in 60 games last season for Charlotte, making one start with
averages o
Chicago puts 3B Crede on DL >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox placed third baseman Joe
Crede on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with back lumbar inflammation.
Crede, 30, is batting .255 with 17 home runs and 54 runs batted in over 90
games th
Steelers ink first-round pick Mendenhall >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Steelers signed running back
Rashard Mendenhall, their first selection in this year's NFL Draft, to a five-
year contract Friday.
The 23rd overall selection rushed for 2,539 yards and 22 to
Two Pirates' pitchers suspended by MLB >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Major League Baseball handed down suspensions
for two members of the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system on Friday, after
testing positive for performance-enhancing substances.
Pitchers Roman Carrasco an
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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Kurt Warner to start, Matt Leinart to watch
Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.
Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.
"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."
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