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07/24/2010 - Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kaye Cowher, the wife of former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, reportedly died Friday at the age of 54.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Kaye died in her native North Carolina after a battle with skin cancer. The paper said the Cowhers met in 1976, when they were classmates at North Carolina State.
The Cowhers made Raleigh, N.C. their home following the end of Bill's coaching career with the Steelers. He resigned in 2006 after 15 seasons.
<< Edmonds powers Brewers past Nationals
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jim Edmonds entered as an injury replacement
for Corey Hart early in the game and went 2-for-3 with three RBI, including
the go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, to lift Milwaukee to a 7-5
win ove
<< Brewers' Hart leaves with injury
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart left
Friday's game against Washington due to an injured right wrist.
Hart was given a rare day off on Thursday and tripled in his first at-bat
in his return. How
<< Yankees rough up Royals
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robinson Cano went 2-for-4 with a three-run
double in the first inning, as the New York Yankees roughed up the Kansas City
Royals, 7-1, in the second installment of a four-game series.
Alex Rodriguez, who h
<< Brewers broadcaster Uecker returns to booth
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Legendary broadcaster Bob Uecker made his
return to the booth on Friday, when the Brewers began a three-game series
versus Washington.
The 75-year-old underwent successful heart surgery on April 30
Santana shuts down Dodgers, Mets offense awakes >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johan Santana silenced the Dodgers for
seven innings, and New York's offense awoke from a two-week slumber in a 6-1
victory at Chavez Ravine.
The Mets were held to four runs or less in each of the
Red Sox edge hot-headed Mariners in Beckett's return >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bill Hall hit the go-ahead home run in the
seventh inning and Josh Beckett pitched into the sixth in his first appearance
in over two months as Boston edged the Mariners, 2-1, in the continuation of a
four-ga
Happy Anniversary: Chicago's Buehrle baffles A's >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Buehrle pitched his second complete game
of the season to earn his first career win in Oakland as the White Sox topped
the A's, 5-1, to open a three-game series.
Buehrle (9-8) twirled a four-hitter, o
Santana shuts down Dodgers, Mets offense awakens >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johan Santana silenced the Dodgers for
seven innings, and New York's offense awoke from a two-week slumber in a 6-1
victory at Chavez Ravine.
The Mets were held to four runs or less in each of the
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
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