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06/03/2010 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Legendary UCLA men's basketball coach John Wooden is reportedly in "grave" condition at UCLA Medical Center.
CBS-2 in Los Angeles reported that Wooden, 99, hasn't eaten for several days and is very ill.
Wooden coached the Bruins from 1948-1975 and claimed 10 national championships over a 12-season stretch, including a record seven straight from 1967 to 1973. The Bruins also put together an incredible streak of 88 straight victories from 1971-1974.
During his time with the Bruins, Wooden provided guidance for future NBA talent such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Keith Wilkes, Sidney Wicks and Marques Johnson.
A long and successful coaching career for the Indiana native began back in 1932 at Dayton High School in Kentucky. He moved on to a bigger profile high school job at South Bend Central High School in Indiana, where he also coached baseball and tennis. His first foray into the college ranks came with Indiana State.
Yet, his legacy remains the Wizard of Westwood.
He was the first person to become a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and coach. He amassed 620 victories and his teams won 19 conference championships during his decorated tenure.
<< Avs ink Budaj, Koci to one-year deals
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Avalanche signed goaltender
Peter Budaj and forward David Koci to one-year deals on Thursday.
The 27-year-old Budaj finished his fifth pro season with a 5-5-2 record, 2.64
goals-against ave
<< Maicon wants to join Mourinho in Madrid
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Inter Milan right back Maicon has paved the
way for a move to Real Madrid after declaring an interest in following Jose
Mourinho to Spain.
Mourinho has been confirmed as the new coach of the Spanish gi
<< Breakers sign U.S. forward Tarpley
Westwood, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Breakers signed free agent forward
Lindsay Tarpley on Thursday.
Tarpley became a free agent on June 1 following the dissolution of the Saint
Louis Athletica, which ceased operations on May 27.
<< Mexico beats Italy in World Cup warm-up match
Brussels, Belgium (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Vela and Alberto Medina scored to
lead Mexico to a 2-1 win over Italy on Thursday a friendly between World Cup
qualifiers at King Baudouin Stadium.
Vela scored in the 17th minute and Medina doub
Chad Cordero back in majors >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Relief pitcher Chad Cordero returned to the
majors on Thursday as the Seattle Mariners selected the contract of the right-
hander from Triple-A Tacoma.
The 28-year-old hasn't pitched in the big leagues sinc
Sheehan leads suspended Prince George's County Open >>
College Park, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Patrick Sheehan fired an eight-under 63 on
Thursday to take the lead during the suspended first round of the Melwood
Price George's County Open.
There was a two-hour weather delay Thursday afternoon
Three share Memorial lead; Woods seven back >>
Dublin, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Justin Rose carded a seven-under 65 early
Thursday to grab a share of the lead after the opening round of The Memorial.
Later in the day, Rose was joined atop the leaderboard at Muirfield Village
Golf
Strasburg wins minor league finale >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stephen Strasburg picked up the victory in his
final minor league contest before his anticipated step-up to the major league
level next week.
Strasburg allowed no runs, three hits, walked a batter and fann
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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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