2011 December at BetLM

Rookie QBs Newton, Dalton Chosen First Alternates for Pro Bowl

Fans of Car­olina Pan­thers quar­ter­back Cam New­ton and his coun­ter­part in Cincin­nati, Andy Dal­ton, who started the after­noon grip­ing about their guys being snubbed for the Pro Bowl can relax. That’s because there’s a pretty good chance one, or even both, rook­ies could wind up on the side­lines in Hawaii after all. New­ton and Dal­ton have each been voted first alter­nates at their posi­tion, New­ton for the NFC and Dal­ton for the AFC. Brooks: Class of 2011 is special Because the Pro Bowl is played on the Sun­day between the con­fer­ence cham­pi­onship... 

NC State Holds Off Cards in Belk Bowl

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Moments after Louisville’s come­back bid fell short in a 31–24 loss to North Car­olina State in the Belk Bowl, coach Char­lie Strong was anx­iously look­ing for­ward to next sea­son instead of dwelling on the defeat. Who can blame him? The Car­di­nals fin­ished 7–6 this sea­son despite start­ing 10 fresh­men, includ­ing promis­ing young quar­ter­back Teddy Bridge­wa­ter. So their future seems promis­ing fol­low­ing a sea­son in which they fin­ished tied for first place in the Big East and qual­i­fied for a bowl. “We have so much com­ing back... 

NHL Roundup: Pens Beat Hurricanes

Pitts­burgh 4, Car­olina 2 Pitts­burgh, PA - James Neal recorded a goal and one assist as Pitts­burgh used a three-goal third period to defeat Car­olina, 4–2, at CONSOL Energy Cen­ter. Steve Sul­li­van, Pas­cal Dupuis and Jor­dan Staal lit the lamp in the final 20 min­utes for the Pen­guins, who have won four straight games. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 16-of-18 shots for the vic­tory. Tuomo Ruutu and Tim Brent scored for the Hur­ri­canes, whose two-game win streak was halted. Pressed into ser­vice because of games on con­sec­u­tive nights in two loca­tions, Justin Peters... 

Nadal Says He Was Too Predictable

Updated Dec 27, 2011 5:27 AM ET Rafael Nadal says his game this year was too pre­dictable and he some­times lacked drive on court — weak­nesses he plans to over­come for 2012. “With the years, you lose a bit of inten­sity. Inten­sity in your self-belief, con­cen­tra­tion, being pos­i­tive, believ­ing things will go well — those are in the mind. With the years you lose that a bit,” he told the Span­ish daily El Pais in an inter­view pub­lished Monday. The 25-year-old world No. 2 led Spain to a fifth Davis Cup title in Decem­ber and won the French Open this year. But... 

Former Patriot Houston Antwine Dies at 72

For­mer Patriot Hous­ton Antwine dies at 72 Posted by Michael David Smith on Decem­ber 27, 2011, 4:50 PM EST Hous­ton Antwine, a defen­sive line­man for the Boston Patri­ots who was named to the AFL’s All-Time Team, has died at the age of 72. Antwine died of heart fail­ure on Mon­day night. Hours later, his wife Eve­lyn died of lung can­cer on Tues­day morning. “For those of us who grew up watch­ing the Boston Patri­ots, this is a really sad day,” Patri­ots Chair­man and CEO Robert Kraft said in a state­ment released by the team. “In the 1960s, the defen­sive tackle... 

Seven Patriots Players Named Pro Bowl Starters for AFC

NEW YORK — Tom Brady is one of eight New Eng­land Patri­ots and Patrick Willis one of eight San Fran­cisco 49ers to be selected to the Pro Bowl, the most, respec­tively, on the AFC and NFC rosters. Defend­ing Super Bowl cham­pion Green Bay, led by start­ing quar­ter­back Aaron Rodgers, and Bal­ti­more, led by vet­eran line­backer Ray Lewis, have seven apiece for the Jan. 29 game in Hon­olulu, the NFL announced Tuesday. Brady is one of seven starters from New Eng­land (12–3) who will rep­re­sent the AFC. The oth­ers are receiver Wes Welker, tight end Rob Gronkowski, defen­sive... 

Oregon Goes With Special Uni for Rose Bowl Appearance

Ore­gon goes with spe­cial uni for Rose Bowl appearance Posted by Ben Kercheval on Decem­ber 27, 2011, 4:21 PM EST Last week, Wis­con­sin coach Bret Bielema said the Bad­gers would be sport­ing ever-so-slightly altered uni­forms for the 2012 Rose Bowl against Ore­gon. As it turned out, “slightly” meant rose petal designs drawn into the num­bers of UW’s jersey. While that’s hardly a rad­i­cal move — you’re not going to find Wis­con­sin tam­per­ing too much with tra­di­tion — Ore­gon has once again come up with a new design for the Rose Bowl that looks like it... 

Video: Ricky Rubio Dishes Out Assists in Debut

Ricky Rubio looked very good in his debut. The num­bers did not jump off the page — six points, six assists, five rebounds in 26 min­utes off the bench — but he altered the game while in. His court sense is amaz­ing and his sense of pace and tim­ing is mature beyond his years. Oh, and the passes. Here are his assists, com­piled by NBA.com (via Ball Don’t Lie). Enjoy. The Wolves are going to be fun this year. BetLM'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 NBA news see: Video: Ricky Rubio dishes out assists in debut.  

On Schumacher’s Age Again

It is inter­est­ing that since Michael Schu­macher returned from retire­ment two sea­sons ago now, after three years away from rac­ing, and he has not yet scored a podium fin­ish, one of the fre­quent argu­ments for his suc­cess­ful return was that despite being 41 years old — he turns 43 on Jan­u­ary 3 — he was in just as good and per­haps bet­ter phys­i­cal con­di­tion as most of the young dri­vers on the grid. There is really no argu­ment against that, and it is clear just look­ing at Schu­macher and how he moves and appears in great phys­i­cal con­di­tion thanks... 

Steelers Not Ruling Out Roethlisberger vs. Browns

Pitts­burgh Steel­ers coach Mike Tom­lin said injured quar­ter­back Ben Roeth­lis­berger and cen­ter Mau­r­kice Pouncey have a “shot” to play in the regular-season finale against the Cleve­land Browns. Both play­ers sat out last Saturday’s 27–0 vic­tory over St. Louis with high ankle sprains. Vet­eran Char­lie Batch passed for 208 yards in place of Roeth­lis­berger, who was active but missed his first game of the sea­son. A series of injuries along the offen­sive line forced Trai Essex to take snaps at cen­ter for the first time. Tom­lin praised the play of the back­ups...