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04/28/2009 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea may face a fight to keep hold of Guus Hiddink after Bayern Munich revealed they are hoping to land a new coach in the mould of the current Blues interim manager.
Hiddink has repeatedly stressed that he will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season to return to his other role as the head coach of the Russia national side.
But Bayern have now emerged as a potential interested parties in the Dutch coach following their decision to part company with Jurgen Klinsmann on Monday.
The German giants have turned to Jupp Heynckes on a short-term basis until the summer - much like Chelsea when they appointed Hiddink after sacking Luiz Felipe Scolari.
However, president Franz Beckenbauer has revealed his interest in luring the experienced Dutchman to the Bundesliga.
"We are in need of an experienced seafarer like Jupp Heynckes," he told Bild. "I hope we can get a coach who is somewhere in the class of Guus Hiddink."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Canada rolls to third straight win at Worlds
Zurich, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Spezza scored a pair of goals to
lead Canada to a 7-3 win over Slovakia in the final game of Group A play at
the 2009 World Hockey Championship.
Shea Weber added a goal and three assists fo
<< German coach Low defends axed Klinsmann
Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Germany coach Joachim Low has leapt to the
defense of Jurgen Klinsmann following his removal as Bayern Munich coach.
Low was number two to Klinsmann for two years leading up to the 2006 World Cup
and he
<< Chelsea earns scoreless draw at Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Petr Cech made six saves and Chelsea earned
a 0-0 tie against Barcelona on Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League
semifinals at Camp Nou.
Barcelona took 20 shots, including six on goal, but was
<< Dallas acquires defender Davies from RSL for draft pick
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - FC Dallas acquired U.S. U-20 national team
defender Kyle Davies from Real Salt Lake in exchange for a second-round pick
in the 2010 SuperDraft, the Major League Soccer clubs announced on Tuesday.
"Kyle
Getafe places faith in Michel >>
Getafe, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Getafe have turned to former Spain and Real
Madrid midfielder Michel to coach them to safety in the closing weeks of the La
Liga season.
The Madrid club sacked Victor Munoz on Monday after a third stra
Prominent motorsports journalist David Poole dies at 50 >>
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Poole, a well-known motorsports writer
for the Charlotte Observer and co-host of "The Morning Drive" on Sirius NASCAR
Radio, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 50.
The Observer reported that Poole
Wild D Bergeron has successful surgery >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Minnesota Wild defenseman Marc-Andre
Bergeron had successful back surgery on Tuesday.
The Star-Tribune reported that the 28-year-old backliner had the procedure to
alleviate what the team called a "
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Signed defensive backs Nick Kordic and John Eubanks.
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
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