08/24/2008 - Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oakland wide receiver Drew Carter will miss the entire 2008 campaign with a torn ACL, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin said in a conference call on the team's website Sunday.
Carter was expected to compete for the No. 3 wide receiver spot behind Javon Walker and Ronald Curry, but he came up lame after a reception in the first quarter in the team's 24-0 preseason loss to Arizona on Saturday and will miss the entire season.
Carter, 26, is coming off a season where he posted career-highs with 38 receptions, 517 yards and four touchdowns in 16 games with the Carolina Panthers.
Carter has played all three seasons of his NFL career with Carolina, accumulating 77 catches for 977 yards and eight scores.
Fullback Oren O'Neal suffered a season-ending knee injury in the loss as well.
<< Pacific Classic win gives Gomez weekend sweep
Del Mar, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One day after winning the $1 million Travers at
Saratoga, jockey Garrett Gomez completed a perfect weekend by taking Sunday's
$1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar with Go Between. Gomez rode Colonel John
to vict
<< Kite comes from behind for Boeing win
Snoqualmie, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tom Kite fired a six-under 66 on Sunday to
come from behind and collect his first Champions Tour victory in two years at
the Boeing Classic.
Kite finished at 14-under-par 202 to win by two at the TPC Sn
<< Texans WR Williams has surgery, placed on IR
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston Texans wide receiver Harry Williams
underwent surgery on Sunday to repair a fractured vertebra sustained in
Friday's preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys.
The procedure was performed
<< Lopez helps Mariners power past Athletics
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Felix Hernandez was solid in six innings and
Miguel Cairo had a double, a triple, drove in two runs and scored twice to
lead the Seattle Mariners in an 8-4 rout of the Oakland Athletics.
Hernandez (8-8)
Colts C Saturday leaves game >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Indianapolis Colts center Jeff
Saturday left Sunday's 20-7 preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills with an
apparent knee injury.
In the third quarter, Saturday appeared to get his leg rolled
Feliz wins it in extras as Phils down LA, inch closer to Mets >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pedro Feliz tied the game with a two-out
RBI single in the ninth inning and came through with a game-winning three-run
homer in the 11th, as the Philadelphia Phillies escaped with a 5-2 win over
the Los
Miami suspends seven players for season opener >>
Coral Gables, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miami starting quarterback Robert Marve
and six other Hurricanes have been suspended for Thursday's season opener
against Charleston Southern.
Marve, a redshirt freshman, who was announced as t
Around FCS: SoCon - Can Anyone Slow Down App State? >>
Philadelphia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Since 2005, teams in the Southern Conference
have been doing the same thing as the rest of FCS - chasing after Appalachian
State.
The Mountaineers have won 18 of their past 21 Southern Conference games and
MySportsbook.com and Kentucky Derby Offer Bonuses
The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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