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07/22/2010 - Jacksonville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed defensive tackle D'Anthony Smith to an undisclosed contract.
Smith was selected in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft after a standout career at Louisiana Tech.
A two-time First-Team All-WAC selection, Smith finished his career with 23 1/2 tackles for loss and 12 1/2 sacks to go along with 197 tackles in 49 games.
As a senior last season, Smith notched 51 tackles and 3 1/2 sacks.
<< Pressel shares lead at Evian Masters
Evian-les-Bains, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Morgan Pressel shot a six-under 66
on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Evian Masters with Melissa
Reid and Sun-Ju Ahn.
M.J. Hur and Song-Hee Kim are a shot back at five-under 67, wh
<< AP Source: NCAA inquiry at UNC agent-related
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -A person familiar with the investigation says the NCAA is looking into whether two players at North Carolina received improper benefits from agents.Senior defensive tackle Marvin Austin and senior receiver Greg Little are the focu
<< In the FCS Huddle: NFL travels through Orono, Maine
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - His season over late last fall, University
of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove enjoyed an opportunity to sit down and
watch some NFL action on a Sunday afternoon.
Oh, was it ever "must-see TV".
First
<< Blue Jays send Rzepczynski back to minors
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned pitcher
Marc Rzepczynski back to Triple-A Las Vegas.
Rzepczynski made a start for the Blue Jays on Wednesday against Kansas City
and took the loss in a 5-2 setback. He
Ravens' CB Williams hit with two-game suspension >>
Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NFL announced Thursday a two-game
suspension without pay for Baltimore Ravens cornerback Cary Williams for
violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Williams' agent was quoted as say
Bills put TE Klopfenstein on IR >>
Orchard Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buffalo Bills tight end Joe Klopfenstein
was placed on the injured reserve list Thursday.
Klopfenstein's exact injury is unknown. An injury settlement with the four-
year veteran remains a possibility
Sum greater than parts at Stephen F. Austin >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Head coach J.C. Harper attributes Stephen
F. Austin's turnaround over the past few seasons to a belief in the system he
established.
"We had a plan, stayed on task with the plan, and haven't gotten off of
Pistons' Monroe has foot surgery >>
Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pistons rookie forward/center Greg
Monroe underwent successful surgery on his right foot Thursday.
The out-patient procedure was performed by Dr. Arthur Manoli at St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital in P
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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