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01/06/2012 - Kapalua, HI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lucas Glover was forced to withdraw from this week's Hyundai Tournament of Champions after injuring his knee in a paddleboard accident.
Glover, whose victory at the Wells Fargo Championship in 2011 earned him entry into the PGA Tour's season-opening event, sprained the MCL in his right knee in the mishap.
He will not be replaced in the field, which now stands at only 27 players.
<< Galaxy's Gonzalez suffers ACL injury
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez is set
to return home in order to have surgery on a ruptured ACL suffered during his
first training session while on loan at Nurnberg.
Gonzalez had secured a loan move
<< Steelers' Roethlisberger probable; RB coach injured in fire
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger is listed as probable for Sunday's AFC wild card game against
the Denver Broncos.
Roethlisberger, who is dealing with a left ankle injury
<< Broncos without Dawkins vs. Steelers
Englewood, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Denver Broncos will be without safety
Brian Dawkins for Sunday's playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Dawkins has been ruled out because of a neck injury that forced him to miss
the team'
<< Mavs sign forward Yi
Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Mavericks signed free agent forward
Yi Jianlian on Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Yi, who was taken sixth overall by Milwaukee in the 2007 NBA Draft, has
averaged 8.5 points
Giants' Tuck probable after missing Friday's practice >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Giants defensive end Justin
Tuck missed Friday's practice with a shoulder injury, but is listed as
probable for Sunday's NFC wild card game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Tuck aggravat
Kings' Hayes to miss 3-4 weeks >>
Sacramento, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sacramento Kings center Chuck Hayes will 3-4
weeks of action due to a dislocated left shoulder.
Hayes suffered the injury during the Kings' win over the Milwaukee Bucks on
Thursday.
In eight games th
Saints WR Moore ruled out for Saturday >>
Metairie, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans Saints wide receiver Lance Moore
has been ruled out for Saturday's NFC wild card matchup with the Detroit
Lions.
Moore (hamstring) caught 52 passes for 627 yards and eight touchdowns in
Falcons' Jones and Turner probable for Sunday >>
Flowery Branch, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio
Jones and running back Michael Turner are among 18 players listed as probable
for Sunday's playoff clash with the New York Giants.
Jones, who has battled severa
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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