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Chelsea managed to score their first goal against Liverpool in just the 33rd minute with a blunder by Steven Gerrard, out of all people which left Drogba one-on-one with Pepe Reina and easily knocked the ball by the Liverpool goal keeper.
To be fair to Drogba, he showed a predators instinct and new Gerrard was going to pass back, a characteristic that all great strikers have, which has been the pivotal reason behind Chelsea’s 95 goals scored in the league this season.
Chelsea scored their second of the game on the 54th minute when Frank Lampard netted the ball from a Nicolas Anelka cross which seemingly ended any chance by the reds.
A month into the new baseball season and we have a few surprises developing.
In the Big Apple, the New York Yankees are challenging for the American League East lead…that doesn’t fall into the “Surprising” category…but across town, the New York Mets are fighting the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League East division, which is. Yes, it’s still early, but they have had a decent start to the season.
Online sportsbooks currently have the Metropolitans at +400 to win the NL East division.
The Mets, who have played second fiddle to the Yankees since the glory days of Hernandez, Dykstra, et al, were sitting in fourth place in the NL East at this time last year, with a 10-13 record and plenty of doom and gloom surrounding the team. As of this past Sunday, they are 14-11 and a half game behind Philadelphia.
They start a series with the Reds in Cincinnati to kick-off the week.
Bettors have been cashing in on the Mets in their last 10 games, as they’ve booked an impressive 8-2 mark. However, they have struggled on the road, going 3-9 in their last 12 away from home.
John Maine is slated for the Tuesday night start. Bettors take note, as his last 11 road starts have not produced many winning tickets. He (and the team) have stumbled to a 2-9 mark in those games.
You can check the updated odds for this game on Monday night – Baseball Odds
San Diego Padres: The San Diego Padres are a bit of surprise team as well, currently leading the NL West (as of Sunday, they’re 1.5 games up on the San Francisco Giants).
Despite the early division lead, the Padres are still longshots to hang on a win the NL West, listed currently at +1100 at most online sportsbooks. But the sports betting public is starting to take notice, as Brian Taylor, manager at SPORTSBETTING.com reported decent betting action on San Diego “to win the division” this past week.
The Padres will host the Colorado Rockies in their next series.
San Diego have certainly been impressive in their last 16 games overall, with a record of 13-3, and even more so in their last 10 home games, going 9-1 in front of the home town fans.
Over/Under Notes: In San Diego’s last 11 games head-to-head vs. the Colorado Rockies, the Under has been money. There have been only 2 Overs, but the Under has cashed in 9 times.
The early betting action is on the visiting Rockies for the Monday start. They are a road favorite, and 68% of the betting volume is on the visitor.
Boston Red Sox: While the Padres and Mets are off to good starts, the Boston Red Sox have struggled so far in 2010.
The BoSox are fourth in the AL East and start a series with the Los Angeles Angels, who are also struggling as well, sitting near the bottom of the AL West.
In the BoSox’s last 11 games against the Angels at Fenway, they are an ugly 3-8 SU.
Will the San Diego Padres and New York Mets maintain their respective positions in their divisions?
Will the Boston Red Sox move back to the top of the AL East?
We’ll be watching as these and more storylines unfold on the young baseball season.
Lebron James was this years NBA MVP. I know that’s an easy statement to stand behind AFTER the award was handed to him, but it has truly been a fact sinc long before the season ended.
Lebron James was amazing this season. And stood alone as the natural choice for most valuable player. On all but seven ballots. Yes, amidst his amazing season, there were actually seven voters that thought Kevin Durant or Dwight Howard was the MVP. Keving Durant is a great basketball player, and may in fact move on to a handful of MVP awards in his own career, but the “greatest” of the great players this season? I dont think so. Dwight Howard, defensive player of the year, dunk champion, force in the pant? Not a chance.
Not if you saw Lebron this year. Not if you actually watched what this kid pulled off night in and night out. He was a force. It was ridiculous. nothing so dominating since “you know who” left the league the second time.
But there were still nay-sayers to his MVP conquest. I understand that there is a case to be made for many other players, but coming to the conclusion to officially cast your vote for somebody other than Lebron this year is actually saying that there is a case against James. Which there is not. Simply put, he was the best player on his team, in the league. One that his team could not do without, that other players feared playing against, and whose actual season stats are bordering on legendary status this year.
But alas, there will always be the homers, deciding to vote on who they see more often instead of who deserves it, and the only way to silence these doubters, is to bring home the first major sports championship to Cleveland in over 35 years.
Boxing Betting: Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Shane Mosley over the weekend by unanimous decision and he was asked by Larry Merchant about a possible fight with Manny Pacquiao.
“Money May” responded by saying that if Pacquiao would agree to his drug testing demands, the fight would be on, but will it really?
The two seemed destined to fight last December but the aforementioned testing seemed to be a sticking point. Pacquiao’s camp reportedly agreed to provide as many urine samples as requested but balked at the seemingly excessive blood test requests prior to the proposed fight.
ESPN earlier reported that Pacquiao would compromise when it come to blood testing but the report was denied by members of Pacquiao’s management.
“I am willing to help the sport for the future of the sport. I do not want to see anyone cheat or cheat this sport. For that reason I am willing to consider taking blood [tests] as close as 14 days prior to the fight, as long as my opponent does the same, and it is not a lot of blood, just enough to test,” Pacquiao is allegedly quoted as saying.
Yahoo! Sports says promoter Bob Arum denies that Pacquiao has softened his blood testing stance.
Still, a fight featuring the two would be a big draw.
If Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights Manny Pacquiao before Dec. 31, 2010, they would be listed at -175 and +110 respectively.
Down 1-0 in their NBA playoff conference semifinal vs. the Los Angeles Lakers, the Utah Jazz could get an injection with the return of forward Andrei Kirilenko.
The Jazz are 6-point road ‘dogs for Game 2 and the Total is set at 199.
Kirilenko first suffered a left calf injury on Mar. 12 and re-aggravated it in mid-April — he was able to take part in his first full practice on Monday according to the Associated Press.
The player known as AK-47 is said to have a 50/50 chance of playing in tonight’s game and even if he doesn’t play, he would probably be ready for Game 3 back in Utah the AP went on to say.
The Jazz are already missing center Mehmet Okur.
The last 14 games at the STAPLES Center have been a struggle for the Jazz, as they are 0-14 straight up and 4-10 against the spread — there have been 10 Overs and 4 Unders at the same time.
In “Exact Series Results” betting, the Jazz are listed at +5000 to comeback and win their Western Conference semifinal 4 games to 1.
The Utah Jazz were defeated 104-99 by the Lakers in Game 1 — they were 7-point underdogs for that game.
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