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Playoff-bound Blazers pay a visit to KingsBasketball Betting Lines04/03/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having already locked up a postseason spot for a second straight season, the Portland Trail Blazers will try to get back on track when they resume a three-game road trip tonight against the Sacramento Kings. Portland clinched a playoff berth after beating the New York Knicks on Wednesday, coupled with losses by both Houston and Memphis. However, the Blazers' four-game winning streak was cut short in Thursday's 109-92 loss at Denver in the opener of the trek. Andre Miller scored 24 points, Martell Webster notched 17 and LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 points for the Trail Blazers, who are eighth in the Eastern Conference, just a game behind Oklahoma City for the sixth spot. San Antonio is a half-game ahead of the Blazers in the No. 7 position. "When a team hits a couple of shots finishing off the third quarter, a six or seven point lead turns to a 10 or 11; it's tough to come off of and get a win," Miller said. Portland, which lost for just the third time in 15 tries, will also visit the Los Angeles Clippers and is 21-17 away from the Rose Garden. Sacramento, meanwhile, is playing out the string and will try to put the brakes on a six-game losing streak tonight in the opener of a five-game homestand versus the Blazers, Spurs, Clippers, Mavericks and Rockets. In Wednesday's 108-99 loss to the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves, Carl Landry led all scorers with 22 points and Rookie of the Year candidate Tyreke Evans tallied 20 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds in defeat. "I think we need to learn quickly," said Kings center Jason Thompson. "We have six or seven games left and all but one are at home. Hopefully, we can end the season on a good note." Donte Greene provided 21 points off the bench and Thompson registered 15 and seven rebounds in a losing cause. On the injury front for the Kings, forward Omri Casspi (illness) is questionable for Saturday and guard Francisco Garcia (wrist) is listed as doubtful. Portland has won the first three matchups with Sacramento this season and is aiming for its second straight sweep in the series. The Blazers are unbeaten in the past six meetings with the Kings, who have won 12 of the previous 18 games as the host in this series.
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El Duque expected to throw Tuesday PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez, sidelined at spring training because of arthritis in his neck, is expected to resume throwing on Tuesday. Hernandez received a cortisone shot Thursday after leaving camp and returning to New York to have his neck examined. The 41-year-old right-hander is penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine. El Duque's health is a major issue for the Mets, who won the NL East in 2007 and came within one victory of the World Series. Their aging and unsettled rotation is a big question mark this year. MySportsbook.com has the Mets as -110 favorites to repeat as NL East champions odds. Hernandez went 11-11 with a 4.66 ERA last season, including 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts after the Mets acquired him from Arizona in late May. But he missed the playoffs because of a torn calf muscle. New York already is without Pedro Martinez, out until at least midseason following rotator cuff surgery. Among those competing for starting jobs are prospects Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Jason Vargas, plus veterans Chan Ho Park, Jorge Sosa and Aaron Sele. Notes: Mets manager Willie Randolph is excited about two new utility players he could have on his bench: Damion Easley and David Newhan. ''Their value is really all over the place,'' Randolph said. Easley can play anywhere in the infield and could be used as an emergency outfielder, though Randolph said he would prefer to keep the veteran in the infield. Newhan, meanwhile, can play second base, third or any outfield position for the Mets. ''I love versatility,'' Randolph said. ''I love guys that can give me options when I need them to step in.'' Additional baseball lines and World Series odds can be found at: www.MySportsbook.com To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com - this sportsbook accepts credit cards.
FOOTBALL TRASH TALKNFL Football Trash TalkTrash 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 wont 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 doesnt focus only on your opponents 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. Wheres 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, dont 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 wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im 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. |
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