Pittsburgh sends Stone back to Wilkes-Barre
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12/23/2008 - Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Penguins re-assigned forward Ryan Stone to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes- Barre/Scranton Penguins, it was announced on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old Stone appeared in two games with Pittsburgh on his latest stint. He has six goals and 12 assists in 28 games for Wilkes-Barre, ranking fourth on the team.
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Rangers assigned defenseman Corey Potter to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League. The 24-year-old played in one game with the Rangers this season. He has scored two goals and nin
<< Binghamton sends Daugavins to OHL
Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Binghamton Senators forward Kaspars Daugavins
has been reassigned to the Mississauga St. Michaels Majors of the Ontario
Hockey League, the American Hockey league club announced on Tuesday.
In 23 games w
<< Dundee signs Daly to three-year extension
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Daly has pledged his long-term future
to Dundee United by penning a three-year contract extension which will keep him
at Tannadice until the end of the 2011-12 campaign.
The 25-year-old striker joi
<< Jaguars' personnel director resigns
Jacksonville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have announced
the resignation of player personnel director James Harris, effective at the
conclusion of the season.
Harris, known as "Shack," has held the position since Ja
<< Blue Jackets activate Klesla off IR
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated
defenseman Rostislav Klesla off injured reserve. He had been sidelined since
mid-November because of an ankle injury.
Klesla was hurt during a November 14 game
Arlington, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Capitals recalled defensemen Bryan Helmer and forward Andrew Gordon from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, it was announced on Tuesday. Helmer, 36, is the Bears captain and
Williams feeling sweet again under DiLeo >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Like him or not, understand Philadelphia
76ers general manager Ed Stefanski isn't a stupid guy.
Stefanski pulled the trigger on Mo Cheeks after two consecutive games with
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cav
Chelsea's Alex escapes FA action >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Football Association will take no action
against Chelsea defender Alex over an alleged stamp on Everton's Tim Cahill
during Monday evening's 0-0 draw at Goodison Park.
The FA asked referee Phil Dowd
Jets' Ellis fined for throwing snow at fans >>
Florham Park, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis
was fined $10,000 by the NFL for throwing snow at fans as he left the field
following this past Sunday's game at Seattle.
Ellis, as he was heading toward the l
Fresno Falcons cease operations >>
Princeton, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The ECHL announced that the Board of
Governors has voted unanimously to terminate the membership of the Fresno
Falcons, effective immediately.
"We are very disappointed for our fans, league pa
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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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