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07/09/2010 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Chargers announced the signings of third-round draft pick Donald Butler and fifth-rounder Cam Thomas to four-year contracts Friday.
Butler starred at Washington as an inside linebacker and collected 91 tackles with three forced fumbles, two interceptions and a sack as a senior last year. He earned second-team Pac-10 honors and was selected 79th overall.
Thomas, a 6-foot-4, 335-pound defensive tackle out of North Carolina, tallied 23 tackles and blocked a kick while earning a nod to the Senior Bowl in 2009.
<< Giants place reliever Runzler on DL, recall Martinez
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco Giants placed reliever Dan
Runzler on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with a dislocated left kneecap
The 25-year-old left-hander suffered the injury in Thursday's win over the
Milwau
<< Hawks sign rookie G Crawford
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Hawks have signed rookie guard
Jordan Crawford.
The Hawks acquired Crawford in a draft night trade from New Jersey last month.
The Nets took the Xavier product with the 27th pick.
Crawford
<< Fish swims into Newport semis
Newport, RI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fifth-seeded Mardy Fish was a hard-fought
quarterfinal winner Friday at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The American Fish came from behind to dismiss Canada's Frank Dancevic 6-7
(6-8), 6-4, 6-4 on th
<< New York hosts D.C. in Eastern tilt
Harrison, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York hopes to inch closer to the
top of the Eastern Conference table when it hosts D.C. United in Major League
Soccer action at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night.
The home side is coming off a 1-
Crew square off with Dynamo at Robertson Stadium >>
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Eastern Conference leading Columbus Crew
travel to Houston to take on the Dynamo in Major League Soccer action on
Saturday night.
The Crew have just two losses this season thanks in large part to
Bucs ink G Vincent >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers added some depth to the
offensive line position on Friday by signing veteran guard Keydrick Vincent to
a two-year contract.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The 32-year-old spent
Raiders ink two from draft class >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Raiders have signed offensive
linemen Jared Veldheer and Bruce Campbell, two members of the team's 2010
draft class.
Veldheer, taken 69th overall in the third round, started 46 games
Rain stops U.S. Women's Open >>
Oakmont, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Heavy rainfall and lightning in the area forced
the suspension of Friday's second-round play at the U.S. Women's Open at
Oakmont.
Sophie Gustafson birdied the first hole, her only hole on Friday, to move in
fr
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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