2012 January at BetLM

Colts’ Manning Upbeat About Health, Waits to Talk to Irsay

Indi­anapo­lis Colts quar­ter­back Pey­ton Man­ning said Tues­day he has no plans to retire and that his recov­ery from neck surgery is on schedule. Man­ning told a group of reporters Tues­day he doesn’t plan to stop play­ing and that his recov­ery from a third neck surgery con­tin­ues to be on schedule. “My plan hasn’t changed,” Man­ning said at a hotel after Media Day at Lucas Oil Sta­dium. “I’m on track with what the doc­tors have told me to do, and I’m doingthat. I’m rehab­bing hard.” When asked about reports he may soon retire, he said that talk is pre­ma­ture:... 

After Schiano’s Departure, Rutgers’ Flood Thrown Into the Spotlight

So maybe Kyle Flood can exchange notes with Penn State’s Bill O’Brien about what it’s like to take over a major col­lege foot­ball pro­gram when hardly any­body knows who you are. Flood, who just a few days ago was a lit­tle known offen­sive assis­tant, has sud­denly been cat­a­pulted into the col­lege foot­ball spot­light, as he was on Tues­day after­noon intro­duced as the new head coach at Rut­gers. Flood replaces Greg Schi­ano, who stunned Scar­let Knights fans by accept­ing the head coach­ing job with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buc­ca­neers last week. Schiano’s... 

On the ‘D’-Fence: Rookie Rearguards Who Rank

The 2012 NHL All-Star Game is in the books and as always it was an excit­ing event that show­cased the skills of some of the best and bright­est the league has to offer. Though there were 42 vets selected to par­tic­i­pate in the game itself, the League’s selec­tion com­mit­tee also chose 12 rook­ies to take part in the weekend’s activities. That is what we are going to do here today. Con­sid­er­ing that we had a short week in the fan­tasy realm due in large part to those All-Star fes­tiv­i­ties, we fig­ured that we would point out a hand­ful of rook­ies that are start­ing... 

This Week: Phoenix Open and Qatar Masters

The PGA Tour heads to Ari­zona for the Waste Man­age­ment Phoenix Open and the Euro­pean Tour stays in the Per­sian Gulf region for the Com­mer­cial­bank Qatar Mas­ters this week. On Sun­day, Kyle Stan­ley blew a 3-stroke lead with one hole to play at the Farm­ers Insur­ance Open, then lost the play­off to Brandt Snedeker. Stanley’s chance at redemp­tion begins this week; he, as well as Snedeker, is in the field in Phoenix. Stan­ley should talk to Robert Gar­ri­gus about final-hole melt­downs and how to for­get about them. At the 2010 St. Jude Clas­sic, Gar­ri­gus also... 

Dana White Blog Captures Controlled Chaos of UFC on Fox 2

. @danawhite’s lat­est video blog gives you a back­stage look at #UFConFox2. http://t.co/VKlLZkc4BetLM's sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services. This arti­cle was dis­trib­uted by Syn­di­cated Sports news wire and aggre­ga­tion ser­vice, For more UFC news see: Dana White blog cap­tures con­trolled chaos of UFC on Fox 2.  

Pirelli Targeting Even More Entertainment With 2012 Tyres

Ahead of their sec­ond sea­son as For­mula One’s sole sup­plier, Pirelli have pre­sented the new tyres that will be used in 2012. The key char­ac­ter­is­tics of the new rub­ber — devel­oped together with the teams in response to the lat­est aero­dy­namic reg­u­la­tions — are squarer pro­files, increased grip, and softer, more com­pet­i­tive com­pounds with con­sis­tent degradation. Pirelli say their objec­tive is to ensure enter­tain­ing races that remain unpre­dictable all the way to the che­quered flag, with two to three pit stops per race, a strong empha­sis... 

Raiders’ McKenzie Says Allen Got Rave Reviews Around NFL

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Reg­gie McKen­zie started research­ing Den­nis Allen as a poten­tial coach­ing can­di­date this past sea­son when he first heard the Oak­land Raiders might hire him as a gen­eral manager. He talked to some of Allen’s for­mer play­ers and coach­ing col­leagues and only got rave reviews. When McKen­zie sat down with Allen two weeks ago in Den­ver for his first inter­view, he knew he had found his man. Debate: Oakland’s Mr. Right? “The bot­tom line: He was what the doc­tor ordered,” McKen­zie said Mon­day at a news con­fer­ence to intro­duce... 

Texans’ Knapp Accepts Offer to Become Raiders OC

Hous­ton Tex­ans offen­sive coor­di­na­tor Greg Knapp has agreed to take the same posi­tion with the Oak­land Raiders, accord­ing to a source with knowl­edge of the situation. Knapp served as the Raiders’ offen­sive coor­di­na­tor for two sea­sons (2007–08) under for­mer head coach Lane Kif­fin. He also worked with new Raiders coach Den­nis Allen from 2004 to 2005 as the offen­sive coor­di­na­tor of the Atlanta Falcons. Knapp helped the Tex­ans fin­ish 10th in scor­ing and 13th in total offense in 2011 despite injuries to wide receiver Andre John­son and quar­ter­backs... 

Meyer Adds Sheridan to Buckeyes’ Staff

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State has announced that Bill Sheri­dan will join new coach Urban Meyer’s coach­ing staff as a defen­sive assistant. Sheri­dan, a Detroit native who attended Grand Val­ley State Uni­ver­sity, has coached for 31 years includ­ing seven sea­sons in the NFL. He was the line­back­ers coach for the Miami Dol­phins the past two sea­sons. He won a Super Bowl ring in 2007 in his five years with the New York Giants. Ohio State’s release said it was unknown what posi­tion or group of play­ers Sheri­dan will coach. He has served as an assis­tant at Maine, Cincin­nati,... 

All-Star Game Latest Chapter in Slovaks’ Long Friendship

KANATA, Ont. — In the Team Chara locker room at Sco­tia­bank Place dur­ing the 2012 Tim Hor­tons NHL All-Star Game, three long­time friends cracked jokes in their native lan­guage that no one else in the room could under­stand. This was the Slo­vak sec­tion of Team Chara, a row of stalls occu­pied by three of the game’s best players. With Bru­ins defense­man Zdeno Chara serv­ing as cap­tain and name­sake for the win­ning team in the 12–9 con­test, Slo­va­kia was set to fig­ure promi­nently in the game. But a three-goal MVP per­for­mance from coun­try­man Mar­ian...