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04/23/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jimmy Clausen waited longer than anticipated to hear his name announced during the 2010 NFL Draft, as the Notre Dame quarterback was taken with the 48th overall pick by the Carolina Panthers.
The Panthers, who did not pick in the first round, waived longtime signal- caller Jake Delhomme in March after he guided the club to a disastrous 8-8 campaign last season.
Clausen opted to leave school a year early after tossing 28 touchdowns with just four interceptions last season for the disappointing Fighting Irish.
The selection was the 16th in the second round of the NFL's 75th annual draft, which kicked off for the first time in primetime on Thursday with the Rams taking Oklahoma quarterback and 2008 Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford as the first overall pick.
The second round commenced Friday with St. Louis selecting what it hopes will be a stalwart in protecting its newest commodity in Rodger Saffold, a 6- foot-4, 316-pound offensive tackle from Indiana.
The Vikings were next on the clock, and they added depth to a wounded defensive backfield with the addition of Virginia cornerback Chris Cook.
Minnesota acquired the 34th overall selection, along with the 100th and 214th overall picks from Detroit in exchange for the 30th overall pick, which was California running back Jahvid Best, and the 128th overall pick.
Brian Price, a defensive tackle out of UCLA, was taken next by Tampa Bay. The 2009 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year will team with Gerald McCoy -- the No. 3 overall pick and another vaunted defensive tackle out of Oklahoma -- to anchor a Buccanneers defense that allowed the sixth most yards in the league last season.
The Kansas City Chiefs took Ole Miss running back Dexter McCluster with the 36th overall pick. McCluster finished No. 2 on the Rebels' career all-purpose yardage list with 4,089 yards.
The Philadelphia Eagles, who obtained the 37th pick from Washington via a trade involving quarterback Donovan McNabb earlier this month, opted for South Florida safety Nate Allen, who finished his collegiate career with 226 career tackles.
Oregon safety T.J. Ward was next off the board when Cleveland chose him to patrol the secondary alongside Florida safety Joe Haden, who was the Browns' first-round choice.
Tampa Bay acquired the next pick from Oakland and took Illinois wide receiver Arrelious Benn.
Miami followed with linebacker Koa Misi, who finished his three-year career at Utah with 206 total tackles, 26.0 TFLs and 10.5 sacks. With the ninth pick in the second round, the Bills landed Torell Troup, a 6-foot-3, 314-pound defensive tackle from UCF.
Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski then went to New England. The 6-foot-6, 264- pound receiving threat recorded 47 receptions for 672 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2008 but missed the 2009 campaign after going through back surgery.
Sergio Kindle, whose stock faded recently due to injury concerns, was taken next by the Baltimore Ravens. The Texas product became first ever player to be named a finalist for the Butkus (nation's top linebacker) and Hendricks Awards (nation's top defensive end) as a senior in 2009.
Another Longhorn fell by the wayside with the following pick, as the Oakland Raiders took Lamarr Houston, who had seven sacks last season for the Big 12 champions.
With the 45th overall pick, Denver got some extra protection for its quarterback carousel in Utah's Zane Beadles, a 6-foot-4, 310-pound guard that could also play tackle.
The Giants followed with East Carolina defensive tackle Linval Joseph, and the Arizona Cardinals traded up to acquire TCU linebacker Daryl Washington with the 47th overall pick.
After the second and third rounds are held on Friday, the remainder of the draft will occur on Saturday, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (et).
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Avondale, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Heavy storms forced the suspension of Friday's
second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen (66), last week's Heritage playoff
loser Brian Davis (66) and Ale
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -Tim Tebow looked out the foggy window as his weather-delayed flight dropped through the dark clouds and descended into Centennial Airport on Friday afternoon.He saw the snow-covered city, the wind-whipped pines and the snarled
<< Nate Allen has big shoes to fill
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Nate Allen is going to hear the names of Donovan McNabb and Brian Dawkins in his sleep.The Philadelphia Eagles used the 37th overall pick to select the South Florida defensive back in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday.Th
<< Clausen to Carolina in 2nd round
NEW YORK (AP) -Some big stars came out for the second round of the NFL draft, in front of a nearly full Radio City Music Hall.Unfortunately, Jim Brown, Dan Marino, Ray Lewis and Floyd Little were announcing the selections, not being picked.Instead o
Colts' Hughes eager to start learning new style >>
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Jerry Hughes wouldn't dare start spinning on his first full day as a Colt.By the season opener, he might not have a choice.The Colts introduced their newest defensive end Friday, and Hughes wasted no time in comparing himself to I
Northern Arizona's Jones declares for NBA Draft >>
Flagstaff, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Northern Arizona guard Cameron Jones declared
his intentions to forego his senior season of eligibility and enter the NBA
Draft.
Jones, a junior, will not hire an agent and has until May 8 to withdraw fr
Mets' Maine leaves game >>
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Mets pitcher John Maine departed
Friday's game against Atlanta with muscle spasms and pain in his left elbow.
He is listed as day-to-day.
Maine got through 3 2/3 innings, allowing just a ru
Temple F Allen declares for NBA Draft >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Temple Owls forward Lavoy Allen announced
Friday his intentions to skip his senior season of college basketball and
enter the 2010 NBA Draft.
Allen will not hire an agent, giving him the opportunity
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.
Sportsbook betting odds favor Europe in Ryder Cup
September 19, – Despite holding a decided edge in the all-time series, with 24 wins, 2 ties and 10 losses, Team USA is the underdog again heading into the Ryder Cup in Kidare, Ireland this weekend, according to MySportsbook.com. The Europeans have captured four of the past five editions, including their largest victory ever, an 18 ½ to 9 ½ thumping in Michigan in 2004. Current Ryder Cup betting odds favor the Europeans to continue their winning ways; they are a 4-5 bet to take the title, compared to 6-5 for the Americans.
Despite being knocked out in the first round of World Match play by Shaun Micheel, Tiger Woods is predicted to lead the US charge and be their highest point scorer for the week, with odds listed at 9-4 that he outpoints all other American players, including Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco to name a few. Team USA has four relatively unknown players on the roster but all four are 2007 tournament winners and have posted some of season’s best performances, each earning over $1.5 million on the PGA TOUR. They include Zach Johnson, Vaughan Taylor, JJ Henry and Brett Wetterich.
The experienced European squad includes the likes of Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Jose Maria Olazabal and Darren Clarke, who’s emotions will be tested after the passing of his wife to a battle with cancer. Donald and Garcia are in particularly good form and each is a 5-1 bet to lead the European squad in the points race. Donald has proven he can go head to head with Woods at a major event after a run for the $1.2 million purse at the PGA Championship. Garcia’s Ryder Cup credentials prove he’s ready for battle too.
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Ryder Cup Odds| Europe Tie USA |
4-5 10-1 6-5 |
| Tiger Woods Jim Furyk Phil Mickelson Chris DiMarco David Toms Stewart Cink Chad Campbell Scott Verplank Zach Johnson Vaughan Taylor JJ Henry Brett Wetterich |
9-4 4-1 5-1 7-1 8-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 25-1 30-1 30-1 50-1 |
| Sergio Garcia Luke Donald Padraig Harrington Colin Montgomerie Darren Clarke David Howell Lee Westwood Paul Casey Henrik Stenson Jose Maria Olazabal Paul McGinley Robert Karlsson |
5-1 5-1 6-1 13-2 8-1 9-1 9-1 11-1 12-1 12-1 20-1 25-1 |
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