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01/30/2012 - Navarra, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atletico Madrid climbed to seventh in La Liga on Monday after Diego Godin's first-half goal handed Atletico a 1-0 win at Osasuna.
The goal arrived five minutes before halftime when a corner kick was redirected on goal by Radamel Falcao. The initial effort was stopped by goalkeeper Andres Fernandez, but Godin was on hand to smash home the rebound from a few yards.
Osasuna did its best to find an equalizer in the final 15 minutes as the hosts applied some heavy pressure with Raul Garcia's close-range header being kept out by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
The 'keeper then did well to deny Dejan Lekic from a few yards before stopping another effort from Garcia in the final 10 minutes.
Atletico has won its last three games to move to within two points of a place in the top four, while Osasuna's winless streak has reached four games.
<< Rangers give Washington 2-year extension
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ron Washington, the only manager in franchise
history to win a postseason series, has signed a two-year contract extension
with the Texas Rangers.
The deal, announced Monday, runs through the 2014 season. F
<< This Week in Golf -- February 2nd through February 5th
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PGA TOUR - WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN -
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona - The biggest party on the PGA Tour is
this week in Arizona.
Hundreds of thousands of fans will make their way to the des
<< Is it too early to worry about Tiger or Phil?
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Using a 'huge' sample size of three
combined events, what can we make of the starts by Tiger Woods and Phil
Mickelson?
Woods teed it up on the European Tour this week instead of playing the Farmers
Insura
<< Union releases Mondragon
Chester, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Union and goalkeeper Faryd
Mondragon agreed to part ways on Monday, allowing the Colombian to return to
his native country to play for Deportivo Cali.
Mondragon began his professional c
Orioles invite P Galarraga, others to spring training >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Orioles signed and invited 14
non-roster players to spring training. Among those with previous major league
experience are pitchers Armando Galarraga and Pat Neshek and catcher Ronny
Paulino
Wizards F Blatche out with calf injury >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Wizards forward Andray Blatche is
expected to miss between three and five weeks with a strained calf.
Wizards coach Randy Wittman made the announcement before Monday's game against
Chicago.
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Brewers ink OF Patterson >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers signed veteran
outfielder Corey Patterson to a minor league deal on Monday.
He did not receive an invitation to spring training and will begin the 2012
season with Milwaukee'
Raiders introduce Allen as head coach >>
Alameda, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie called
two people after he interviewed Dennis Allen for the open head coach position
in Oakland: his wife and owner Mark Davis.
"They could feel the excitement I had,
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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