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07/23/2010 - Clermont, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Timothy Peters will start on the pole for Friday's AAA Insurance 200 Camping World Truck Series race after topping the qualifying charts at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
Peters turned a lap of 109.653 m.p.h. around the short 0.686-mile oval for his second career pole in the series. His first pole came in August 2009 at Nashville.
Kyle Busch will start on the outside pole after posting a lap of 109.245 m.p.h. Busch has yet to win a truck event at ORP.
James Buescher qualified third, followed by Matt Crafton and Ron Hornaday Jr., the defending race winner.
Todd Bodine, the current points leader, Mike Skinner, Aric Almirola, Johnny Sauter and David Starr completed the top-10.
Bodine currently holds a 101-point advantage over Almirola.
Dale Brackett was the only driver who failed to qualify.
The 200-lap truck race at ORP is scheduled to start around 8 p.m. (et).
<< Bolts sign C Pouliot; add Fleming to coaching staff
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday signed center
Marc-Antoine Pouliot to a one-year, two-way contract.
The 25-year-old Pouliot registered seven goals and 14 points in 35 games with
Edmonton last season.
"He
<< Athletics sign Suzuki to new 4-year contract
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -The Oakland Athletics have signed catcher Kurt Suzuki to a new four-year contract that keeps him locked up through his arbitration years.The deal announced Friday supersedes his previous 2010 contract and includes a club option
<< Swisher out of Yanks lineup with sore heel
NEW YORK (AP) -Right fielder Nick Swisher was a late scratch from the New York Yankees' lineup because he woke up with a sore left Achilles' heel.Swisher was initially set to bat second Friday, but when he arrived at Yankee Stadium before the game a
<< Oakland locks up C Suzuki with extension
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics and catcher Kurt Suzuki
have agreed to a contract extension through the 2014 season with a vesting
option for 2015.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday that the deal is
Red Sox activate Beckett for Friday's start >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox activated Josh Beckett to
start Friday's game in Seattle after he spent more than two months on the
disabled list with a lower back strain.
Beckett has been out the last 56 games si
Jays-Tigers postponed; doubleheader slated for Sunday >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The second test of a four-game series between
the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park has been postponed
due to rain.
The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sund
Putnam one clear in Columbus >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Putnam carded a two-under 69 in windy
conditions Friday to grab a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Nationwide
Children's Hospital Invitational.
Putnam, who is in search of his first Nationw
Lakers' Bryant has knee surgery >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Lakers announced Kobe
Bryant recently underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.
The team released a statement saying the two-time defending Finals MVP had the
procedure done l
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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