2010 September at LinesMaker

NFL Betting: Vick Eagles Starting QB

NFL bet­ting fans reacted pos­i­tively to the news that Michael Vick is the new start­ing quar­ter­back of the Philadel­phia Eagles. The news came in just a day after Andy Reid, the Eagles coach, stated that it was Kevin Kolb’s job. Every­one is still won­der­ing, what prompted Reid to change his deci­sion on Tuesday. The announce­ment nam­ing Vick as the start­ing quar­ter­back came in through a text mes­sage, while Reid was sup­posed to give the details at a news con­fer­ence later. Attract­ing more than 65% of the bet­ting action, the Philadel­phia Eagles are the clear... 

Votto, Rolen Rallies Cincinnati to Beat Brewers

Joey Votto and Scott Rolen home­red in the eighth frame on back-to-back pitches, giv­ing the Cincin­nati Reds a 5–2 lead over the Mil­wau­kee Brew­ers on Monday. Fran­cisco Cordero pitched a per­fect ninth inning, while reg­is­ter­ing his 37th save in 45 appear­ances. Aroldis Chap­man struck out both bat­ters who came in the eighth frame. He hit 100 mph on the radar gun mak­ing Casey McGe­hee fly out to right field, fin­ish­ing the inning. Reg­is­ter­ing three hits, Orlando Cabr­era sin­gled with one out to tie the game at 2 in the eighth, while Votto fol­lowed with a... 

Saints Win, Fail to Cover Point Spread

Gar­ret Hart­ley hit a 37-yard field goal in the last 2 sec­onds to give the New Orleans Saints a 25–22 win over the San Fran­cisco 49ers. The third field goal of the game also came from Hart­ley and accounted for a seven-play, 51-yard drive with 1:14 min­utes remaining. Drew Brees com­pleted 28-of-38 for 254 yards includ­ing a cru­cial 30-yard pass, which set the win­ning kick, to Mar­ques Col­ston at the San Fran­cisco 18. He also con­tributed with a pair of touch­down passes with no inter­cep­tions in the Saints (2–0) win. Pierre Thomas pulled down eight recep­tions... 

Fister, Mariners Upset Rangers

Doug Fis­ter threw seven fan­tas­tic innings of one-run ball, while the Seat­tle Mariners took the first-place Texas Rangers by sur­prise and posted a 2–1 win, Sun­day. Josh Wil­son also con­tributed with a go-ahead run in the sev­enth inning to seal the win. Fis­ter (6–12, 3.83) tossed nine hits, strik­ing two with zero walks. He allowed only a sin­gle solo shot to Nel­son Cruz in the sixth frame. Franklin Gutier­rez hit a RBI in the bot­tom of the frame, while Wil­son knocked the go-ahead sin­gle on Tommy Hunter (12–4, 3.92), the Rangers starter. In spite of giv­ing... 

McCoy, Vick Rally Philadelphia to 35–32 Win Over Lions

The Philadel­phia Eagles defeated the Detroit Lions 35–32 Sun­day, thanks to LeSean McCoy and Michael Vick. McCoy went for three touch­downs, fin­ish­ing with 16 car­ries and rush­ing for 120 yards. Mak­ing the most of his first NFL start after almost four years, Michael Vick passed for two touch­downs and com­pleted 21-of-34 for 284 yards. He played as a replace­ment for the injured Kevin Kolb. The Eagles (1–1) enjoyed a 21–17 half­time lead over the Lions, as Vick threw two touch­down passes. Grab­bing four catches for 135 yards, DeSean Jack­son con­tributed with a touch­down... 

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NC State Ousted Cincinnati, 30–19

Throw­ing for 333 yards and three touch­downs, Rus­sell Wil­son was at his best on Thurs­day night, when North Car­olina State ral­lied to a 30–19 win against Cincin­nati. With an immense improve­ment in their defense, the Wolf­pack is delighted at its 3–0 best sea­son start since a decade ago when Phillip Rivers was at quarterback. Jay Smith and Cur­tis Under­wood Jr. reg­is­tered first-half touch­down catches. N.C. State got a 14–0 lead in the first quar­ter, after Mustafa Greene scored on a 31-yard run. Wil­son and the Wolf­pack defense galvonized Zach Col­laros,... 

Storm Overpowers Dream to Claim WNBA Title

The Seat­tle Storm suc­ceeded in com­plet­ing an unde­feated post­sea­son march and ousted the Atlanta Dream, 87–84 on Thurs­day. The Storm won the WNBA title for the sec­ond time after a three-game sweep in the finals. The Seat­tle offense was well bal­anced under the guid­ance of Swin Cash, who scored 18 points. Mean­while, Seat­tle pre­vailed over 25 points by Atlanta’s Angel McCoughtry. McCoughtry attempted to assist the Dream by scor­ing nine points in the last 2:30. How­ever, in the last 6 sec­onds, McCoughtry and Coco Miller missed 3-pointers, even as Seat­tle went... 

Heat Set Out for First Camp with LeBron

The Miami Heat is ready to embark on their first train­ing camp with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the rest of the team. The Heat is tak­ing their train­ing camp on the road to Eglin Air Force Base in Pan­han­dle, Florida. The announce­ment regard­ing train­ing camp was announced on Wednes­day. The Heat is sched­uled to train for six days, from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, at the mil­i­tary instal­la­tion in Fort Wal­ton Beach. Usu­ally, Miami con­ducts their train­ing camp at its home field only. The team is “extremely hum­bled to train in an envi­ron­ment where ser­vice, sac­ri­fice... 

MLB 2011 Season Commences in March

Major League Base­ball released its sched­ule for 2011 Tues­day. The MLB sea­son will see an early start on March 31, fea­tur­ing the come­back of the Chicago Cubs to Fen­way Park. The sea­son open­ers will include five matchups — The Brew­ers ver­sus the Reds, the Angels ver­sus the Roy­als, the Braves ver­sus the Nation­als, the Tigers ver­sus the Yan­kees and the Padres ver­sus the Cardinals. This year the sea­son will begin on Thurs­day, instead of the Sun­day or Mon­day. The last time the reg­u­lar sea­son started on a Thurs­day was in 1976.  The final games...