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12/17/2008 - Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has written off his club's chances of challenging for the Serie A title and has switched his focus to Champions League qualification.
The Rossoneri have had to settle for UEFA Cup football this term and Berlusconi does not want to see a repeat of that next term.
"Has the Scudetto slipped from our grasp? Well, nine points is a lot," he said. "In any case, we will try to reduce the gap because that is essential for us, so we can return to fighting it out in Europe in the Champions League.
"The Champions League place is our objective and I think we are able to achieve that."
Meanwhile, the medical staff who operated on Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso have confirmed that the Italy international will take six months to recover fully from a serious knee injury.
"The recovery period is in the region of six months and it is just not possible to reduce it," assistant surgeon Krystel De Reycke told Sky Italia. "He will wear a protective cast for a month and that will give him normal mobility without limits. He'll then walk with crutches for ten days.
"Another protective device is needed up for another month, but after four months he can start running again."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Spain's perfect year ends with No. 1 ranking
Nyon, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Euro champion Spain ended the year ranked
No. 1 in the world, according to the latest FIFA rankings released Wednesday.
Spain won all 16 matches this year, including the Euro 2008 title in June when
it
<< Blue Jackets place Tollefsen on IR, activate Dorsett
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen on injured reserve and activated forward Derek Dorsett
off injured reserve on Wednesday.
Tollefsen, 24, will undergo arthroscopic knee
<< Blickensderfer takes over as Kenseth's crew chief at Roush Fenway
Concord, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roush Fenway Racing has made changes to Matt
Kenseth's team in the Sprint Cup Series, as Drew Blickensderfer will take over
crew chief duties for the 2009 season.
Kenseth, the 2003 Cup champion, made the "
<< LDU Quito defeats Pachuca in Club World Cup
Tokyo, Japan (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Claudio Bieler and Luis Bolanos scored in the
first half and Ecuador's LDU Quito defeated Mexico's Pachuca 2-0 on Wednesday
in the semifinals of the Club World Cup.
LDU Quito plays the winner of Thursday
Rivers, Smith, Hobbs earn AFC weekly honors >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers,
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Aaron Smith and New England Patriots return
specialist Ellis Hobbs have been selected as the AFC's top players for Week 15
of the
Jackson, Ware, Manning capture NFC weekly honors >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris
Jackson, Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Ware and Chicago Bears kick
returner Danieal Manning have been selected as the NFC's top players for Week
15 of t
Nadal, Jankovic named ITF world champs >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The International Tennis Federation has
honored Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic as its 2008 world champions.
The world No. 1 Nadal captured Wimbledon, the French Open and an Olympic gold
medal while
Saints' Benson resting after surgery >>
Metairie, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson is resting
at home a week after undergoing a procedure to remove a malignant mass on his
left kidney.
The Saints said Benson had the procedure last Wednesday.
"The mass
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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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