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08/21/2010 - Kansas City, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Birahim Diop scored two goals and assisted on another as the Kansas City Wizards cruised to a 4-1 win over the New England Revolution at CommunityAmerica Ballpark on Saturday.
Diop scored twice in the opening 27 minutes before the Revolution pulled a goal back through Kenny Mansally before halftime. However, Kei Kamara - who assisted on both Diop's goals - scored one himself in the 65th minute before Jack Jewsbury capped the scoring in the 69th.
New England has now lost two straight games following a four-game unbeaten run, while the Wizards have been defeated just once in their last six matches.
Ryan Smith had a shot stopped at close range by New England goalkeeper Matt Reis in the opening 10 minutes, but he couldn't prevent Diop from breaking in alone on goal after a good through ball from Kamara and finding the bottom- left corner of the net.
Kamara then set up another goal with a lofted cross to the back post that was headed home by Diop before a deflected effort from Mansally found its was past goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen to reduce the deficit to one goal for the Revs.
Diop returned the favor in the second half with a pass to Kamara that was redirected past Reis, while Revs defender Emmanuel Osei did his keeper no favors with a poor backpass that led to Jewsbury rolling the ball into an empty net.
<< Ching's hat trick helps Dynamo snap 10-game skid
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brian Ching scored a hat trick and the Houston
Dynamo edged the Chicago Fire in a seven-goal thriller Saturday night, 4-3, at
Robertson Stadium to snap a 10-game winless skid in Major League Soccer.
Ching scor
<< Miyazato still in front at Safeway Classic
North Plains, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ai Miyazato posted a five-under 67 on
Saturday to stay atop the leaderboard after the second round of the Safeway
Classic.
Miyazato, the first-round leader of this 54-hole event, finished two round
<< Three-for-three: Kyle Busch sweeps Bristol week
Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch became the first driver in NASCAR to
win all three of its national touring series races on the same week after
taking Saturday's IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Busch, who won
<< Shea helps Dallas slip past Chivas
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brek Shea's goal in the 71st minute helped FC
Dallas extend its unbeaten streak to 11 games on Saturday at Pizza Hut Park as
the Hoops downed Chivas USA, 1-0.
Shea scored his fifth goal of the season from a
Enright and Upton carry DBacks past Rockies >>
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barry Enright pitched into the seventh inning
and Justin Upton finally got the best of Ubaldo Jimenez by hitting the go-
ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning, as Arizona topped Colorado, 3-1, at
Chase F
Daniel leads Saints over Texans >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chase Daniel completed 15-of-21 passes for
182 yards and three touchdowns, leading the New Orleans Saints to a 38-20
preseason victory over the Houston Texans.
Daniel also threw an interception in r
Longtime Pistons PR director Dobek passes away >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Dobek, who served in the Detroit Pistons
organization for 29 years up until this past May, passed away at the age of
51.
The Detroit Free Press reported Dobek's death, but cited no reason for his
Folk, Jets edge Panthers >>
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nick Folk booted three field goals to lead
New York to a 9-3 win over Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.
Mark Sanchez completed 5-of-10 passes for 12 yards and Joe McKnight carried 11
times for 28 yards
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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