2010 September at Linesmaker

NHL Betting: Sharks Overpower Canucks

The San Jose Sharks passed over the Van­cou­ver Canucks, 6–2, on Wednes­day night in an exhi­bi­tion game. Dany Heat­ley scored, while Antero Niit­ty­maki con­tributed with 19 saves to rally the Sharks to an amaz­ing win. Andreas Lilja, Joe Pavel­ski, Logan Cou­ture, Jamie McGinn and John McCarthy also made their con­tri­bu­tions in the Shark’s exhi­bi­tion game vic­tory. Now the Sharks will be vis­it­ing Mannheim, Ger­many, on Thurs­day, where San Jose is slated to play their final exhi­bi­tion game on Sat­ur­day against Adler Mannheim. Speak­ing with NHL bet­ting... 

MLB Betting: Jays Pass Over Yankees

The Toronto Blue Jays posted an 8–4 win over the New York Yan­kees Wednes­day, thanks to the three-run homer by Aaron Hill in the fifth inning. Attract­ing around 55 % of the bet­ting action, the Toronto Blue Jays, with bet­ting odds of –111, were the clear favorites over the NY Yan­kees among Lines­Maker bet­tors and they did their best to delight MLB bet­ting fans by defeat­ing the Yankees. Cito Gas­ton enjoyed his final home game with this win, which gave Toronto a seven-run lead, while his team and the man­ager hon­ored him prior to the game. Being a half game behind Tampa... 

Horse Betting: Rachel Alexandra to Retire

Rachel Alexan­dra, The 2009 Horse Of The Year, is going to retire. The announce­ment about her retire­ment, which has dispir­ited horse bet­ting fans from all over, was made by her owner on Tuesday. Rachel Alexan­dra made an impact fol­low­ing her run at Ken­tucky Oaks, where she emerged as a win­ner in all eight starts. Being a three-year-old filly at that time, she ousted three males dur­ing her rise. Owner Jess Jack­son stated, “Rachel Alexandra’s 2009 cam­paign was one for the ages-one that rac­ing fans will remem­ber through­out time.” Nev­er­the­less, Rachel Alexan­dra... 

NFL Betting: Underdog Chicago Beats Green Bay

The Chicago Bears posted a 20–17 vic­tory over the Green Bay Pack­ers on Mon­day, cour­tesy of the 19-yard field goal by Rob­bie Gould with 4 sec­onds remaining. Attract­ing just over 70% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Green Bay Pack­ers were the clear favorites over the Chicago Bears among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the bet­ting line at –3, they dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of NFL bet­ting fans by los­ing to the underdogs. The game-winning kick from Gould came after a Pack­ers turnover in the fourth, that helped Chicago to make an unbe­liev­able 3–0 start to the NFL... 

MLB Betting: Underdog Reds Defeat Padres

To the delight of under­dog bet­ting fans, the Cincin­nati Reds posted a 12–2 vic­tory over San Diego on Sun­day, cour­tesy of Chris Heisey who drove in four runs and a solo homer for the Reds. Suc­cess­fully avert­ing a three-game sweep against the Padres, Cincin­nati man­aged to at least tie for the National League Cen­tral title. The Reds were look­ing for­ward to claim­ing their first NL Cen­tral crown in 15 years, how­ever, sec­ond place St. Louis did not let up, down­ing the Cubs to hang on. Attract­ing nearly 60% of the MLB bet­ting action, the San Diego Padres,... 

Nascar Betting: Johnson Rebounds with Dover Win

Jim­mie John­son, the four-time defend­ing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cham­pion won at Dover Inter­na­tional Speed­way on Sun­day. Nascar bet­ting action at Lines­Maker was heavy on John­son despite a slow start last week. Although strug­gling in the first race of The Chase of New Hamp­shire last week, John­son led 191 of 400 laps to win AAA 400 at Dover and put the naysay­ers to rest once and for all. Fel­low Chase dri­ver Jeff Bur­ton, who fin­ished as a runner-up, failed to lead any laps. Joey Logano fin­ished third, fol­lowed by Chasers Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards in the... 

NFL Betting: Seattle Ousts San Diego

Attract­ing more than 60% of the NFL bet­ting action, the San Diego Charg­ers were clear favorites over Seat­tle among Lines­Maker bettors. With the bet­ting line at -3.5, they failed to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to Seattle. Run­ning back Leon Wash­ing­ton tied an NFL record as he returned two kick­offs for touch­downs, as Seat­tle posted a 27–20 win over San Diego on Sunday. Return­ing the sec­ond kick­off 101 yards to score, Wash­ing­ton broke a 20-all tie with a 99 yard kick with only 6:24 min­utes remain­ing. With this,... 

NBA Betting: Warriors Coach to Step Down

If the lat­est reports are to be believed, the War­riors are plan­ning to replace head coach Don Nel­son with assis­tant coach Keith Smart, before the first prac­tice ses­sion of the team. The 70-year-old Nel­son became the win­ningest coach in NBA his­tory, by reg­is­ter­ing 1,335 vic­to­ries in 31 sea­sons coach­ing Mil­wau­kee, Golden State, New York and Dal­las. Best-known for coach­ing the War­riors, Nel­son won five cham­pi­onships largely as a sixth man with the Celtics. How­ever, the ex-Boston for­ward has never even guided a team to the NBA finals, let alone... 

MLB Betting: Underdog Jays Pass Over Mariners

Jose Bautista, the Blue Jays out­fielder, hit his major league-leading 50th homer, while Toronto defeated the Seat­tle Mariners Thurs­day, 1–0. Bautista, who never man­aged to pull more than 16 home runs in any sea­sons before 2010, is now counted among the priv­i­leged class of power hit­ters after becom­ing the 26th player in the his­tory of base­ball to hit 50 or more home runs in a sea­son. He is the first player to col­lect 50-home-run since Yan­kees’ Alex Rodriguez (54) and Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder (50) touched that mark in 2007. Attract­ing nearly 55% of the MLB... 

NHL Betting: Capitals Poti Signs Deal

NHL bet­ting fans pick­ing the Cap­i­tals to win the Stan­ley Cup will be pleased that defense­man Tom Poti and Wash­ing­ton have agreed to the terms of a two-year exten­sion on his con­tract Tues­day. Accord­ing to sources, the con­tract will bring Poti $5.75 mil­lion over the 2011-12 and 2012–13 seasons. Reg­is­ter­ing 4 goals and 20 assists, Poti had 42 penalty min­utes in 70 games last sea­son. Mean­while the Cap­i­tals scored the top reg­u­lar sea­son record in the NHL. More­over, Poti man­aged to use his body impres­sively to block 121 shots, sec­ond high­est...