09/02/2008 - Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Ryan Shannon from the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Lawrence Nycholat on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Shannon, who helped Anaheim win the Stanley Cup in 2007, tallied five goals and 13 points over 27 games with Vancouver last season. A native of Connecticut who played for Boston College, Shannon signed as a free agent with the Ducks in 2005.
Nycholat played most of last season with the Binghamton Senators, which is the top farm team for Ottawa, and has played in 31 NHL games over his pro career with the Rangers, Capitals and Senators. The 29-year-old Nycholat was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by Minnesota in 2000.
<< Tigers bring up four, transfer Bonderman and Wilson
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers have recalled right-handed
pitcher Chris Lambert and lefty Clay Rapada from Triple-A Toledo and purchased
the contracts of catcher Dusty Ryan and infielder Mike Hessman from Toledo on
Tuesday
<< Nationals' Flores leaves game versus Phillies
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Nationals catcher Jesus Flores
left Tuesday's game against the Phillies after Chase Utley, while trying to
score from third after a pickoff attempt to first base in the third inning,
drove
<< Golden Gophers ink head coach Borton to six-year deal
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Golden Gophers inked head
women's basketball coach Pam Borton to a new six-year contract on Tuesday.
The new deal, announced by director of athletics Joe Maturi, was announced on
Tuesday.
<< CFL fines Argos' Bruce
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Canadian Football League fined Toronto
slotback Arland Bruce III an undisclosed amount for using a prop during a
touchdown celebration in Monday's 34-31 win against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Bruce
O's scratch Guthrie from Wednesday start >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Orioles scratched Jeremy Guthrie
from his scheduled start against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.
No replacement was named.
Guthrie, who is 10-11 with a 3.57 earned run average in 29 starts this
Rangers C Saltalamacchia done for season >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas Rangers catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia
is out for the rest of the season after suffering a strained muscle in his
right forearm during Monday's 12-6 loss to Seattle.
In the fifth inning, the catch
Jankovic, Dementieva advance to U.S. Open semis >>
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second seed Jelena Jankovic and fifth
seed Elena Dementieva will meet in the semifinals at the U.S. Open after both
posted victories on Tuesday.
The Serbian Jankovic, who was ranked No. 1 in the
Hamels paces Phils to shutout of Nats >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cole Hamels snapped baseball's most
shocking winning streak of the season, blanking the Nationals into the eighth
inning and keeping the Phillies close in the National League East race with a
4-0 vic
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their “supplements” to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this won’t be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a “truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit.” And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. “The plug-necked yahoos on your team,” you can say, “will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.”
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesn’t focus only on your opponent’s team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Where’s your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, “I’ll try to type slower for you next time.” Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, don’t just conclude by saying your opponent is a “twerp who drafts like my grandmother.” Say that your opponent is a “sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars.” By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You won’t be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, I’m sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament odds
As of February 9, MySportsbook.com has released its coveted 2007 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament betting odds. “March Madness betting ” only a month away, the top ranked Florida Gators are favorite at 7-2 to win it all. The defending champs have not disappointed at all this season and currently have a 22-2 record and are undefeated (9-0) in SEC play. The Gators’ thrive off of their extremely balanced, experienced and versatile attack. All five starters started in last seasons National Championship game. What is most impressive with this group is their balance; the five starters all average between 10.7 and 13.6 PPG. The Gators have been on an absolute roll having won 15 straight by an average of 16.4 PPG.
Right behind the Gators are the 5th ranked UNC Tar Heels at 9-2. The Heels (21-3, 7-2) are absolutely loaded with top notch talent and are as deep as any team in the country. A concern for the Tar Heels might be inexperience. Of their top four scorers/ minute earners, three are freshmen and the other is a sophomore. The rest of the regular season, the Tar Heels play only one team that is currently ranked (Duke). Their remaining opponents do combine for an impressive 107-58 record though.
Other teams that the MySportsbook.com members seem to believe will win it all include the west coasts’ top team #2 UCLA (6-1), #3 OSU behind man-child Greg Oden (8-1), and #4 Wisconsin (10-1) behind their defense which has given up 70+ points only three times all season.
Below is a list of some of the favorites to win the 2007 Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship lines. For the full list of teams and March Madness odds be sure to log onto MySportsbook.com. If you want to use your credit card to bet on college hoops or any other event, MySportsbook.com has the highest credit card acceptance rate in the industry.
Arizona 20-1
Butler 20-1
Duke 30-1
Florida 7-2
Georgetown 30-1
Indiana 35-1
Kansas 15-1
Marquette 25-1
Maryland 40-1
Memphis 50-1
Nevada 50-1
UNC 9-2
OSU 8-1
Oregon 30-1
Pittsburgh 15-1
Texas 30-1
Texas A&M 18-1
UCLA 6-1
Wisconsin 10-1
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