12/18/2006 - Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets swingman Peja Stojakovic had lower back surgery to remove a disc fragment on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Hornets also announced that forward David West will have arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Wednesday.
Stojakovic is averaging 17.8 points per game and helped the Hornets start the season on a hot note. The team was 8-3 before losing nine of their last 11 as the injuries began to pile up.
Stojakovic has missed the Hornets' last nine contests with the back ailment and West has missed the team's last 15 games since straining his right forearm in early November.
West averaged 17.4 points and 8.3 rebounds in the Hornets' first seven games.
"We will evaluate Peja and David once they have recovered from their surgeries before we make a determination on their status," Hornets general manager Jeff Bower said. "Although our team has been slowed by injuries as of late, we don't want to rush their returns to the detriment of their health."
<< Sunday's College Basketball Scores
Bentley 78, St. Michael's 74Boston College 101, Sacred Heart 68Clarion 93, Penn St.-McKeesport 37College of N.J. 109, Muhlenberg 105, 3OTConnecticut 89, Saint Mary's, Calif. 73DeSales 76, Briar Cliff 58Hartford 58, St. Francis, NY 52Harvard 84, Verm
<< Sunday's NHL Summaries
Nashville 0 0 1 1-2St. Louis 1 0 0 0-1First Period-1, St. Louis, Stempniak 9 (Guerin, Brewer), 14:50 (pp). Penalties-Hinote, StL (charging), :38; Drake, StL (hooking), 2:19; Tkachuk, StL (high-sticking), 5:52; Suter, Nas (hooking), 14:25; Rucinsky,
<< Saturday's Major College Basketball Scores
Albany, N.Y. 71, St. Bonaventure 56Army 101, Purchase 40Bucknell 70, Cornell 66DePaul 89, Rhode Island 81Georgetown 76, Winston-Salem 32La Salle 86, Cent. Connecticut St. 73Niagara 78, Duquesne 74Princeton 61, Marshall 45Robert Morris 79, Youngstown
<< Saturday's College Basketball Scores
Albany, N.Y. 71, St. Bonaventure 56Army 101, Purchase 40Assumption 84, S. New Hampshire 69Bucknell 70, Cornell 66Caldwell 83, Wilmington, Del. 76Chestnut Hill 63, Keuka 61DePaul 89, Rhode Island 81Elizabethtown 75, Rutgers-Camden 70Geneva 80, Penn S
Louisiana Tech turning to Dooley >>
Ruston, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Louisiana Tech is expected to name Derek Dooley
its new head football coach on Monday.
The school has scheduled a news conference for Monday afternoon after Dooley
meets with Tech officials.
Dooley has b
Red Wings and Blue Jackets begin home-and-home >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Red Wings aim for their third consecutive
victory this evening, as they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets for the opener
of a home-and-home series.
The Red Wings are coming off a rare win in New Jersey on Saturda
Ducks and Flames battle in Anaheim >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks will try to bounce back from a rare loss,
as they welcome the Calgary Flames to the Honda Center this evening.
The Ducks, who lead the NHL with 56 points and a 25-4-6 record, were handed a
4-3 setback by
Brazil ends 2006 on top >>
Zurich, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings for the
month of December were released on Monday, with Brazil maintaining their 28-
point edge over second-place Italy.
It is the fifth consecutive year that Brazi
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Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.
Always a threat are the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes. The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers at this sportsbook are optimistic that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final upset to the Buffalo Sabres.
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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