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08/12/2010 - Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United signed 20-year-old striker Bebe from Portugal's Guimaraes on Thursday.
Bebe joins Mexican Javier Hernandez as new signings this offseason for United. The 6-foot-2 forward just signed a five-year deal with Guimaraes in July, but United acquired the prospect for an undisclosed fee.
<< Dolphins sign Hobbs
Davie, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Miami Dolphins have signed defensive back
Kevin Hobbs and guard Ray Feinga.
Hobbs has appeared in 34 games with Seattle and Detroit over the past three
seasons. He has 49 career tackles, including 13 s
<< Jets, Revis will keep talks confidential
Cortland, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Jets and holdout cornerback
Darrelle Revis will keep the remainder of their contract negotiations
confidential.
Revis, who has three years remaining on his rookie contract, wants
<< UConn G Doty to miss 2010-11 season with ACL tear
Storrs, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Connecticut junior guard Caroline Doty will
miss the entire 2010-11 season with a torn ACL in her left knee.
Doty started 38 of 39 games and averaged 6.8 points this past season as the
Huskies went undef
<< Trail Blazers hire pair of assistant GMs
Portland, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers rounded out their
front office staff on Thursday by hiring Bill Branch and Steve Rosenberry as
assistant general managers.
Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
"I've ha
USC freshman RB Baxter suspended for season opener >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Southern California freshman running
back Dillon Baxter has been suspended for the Trojans' season opener against
Hawaii due to a violation of team rules.
The team said Baxter will continue to pr
Eastern Illinois removes three from team >>
Charleston, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eastern Illinois dismissed three players
from its roster on Thursday for violation of team rules, head football coach
Bob Spoo announced.
Dismissed were senior running back Chevon Walker, senior defensive en
Bolton signs teenage striker Eaves >>
Bolton, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bolton signed 18-year-old striker Tom Eaves
from Oldham Athletic to a three-year deal on Thursday.
Eaves, who is 6-foot-4, joins Bolton two weeks after scoring a hat trick in a
friendly against the Premier
West Brom signs Jara to contract extension >>
West Bromwich, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - West Bromwich signed Chile defender
Gonzalo Jara to a contract extension through the 2013-14 Premier League
season.
Jara's old deal was set to expire after the 2012-13 season, and West Bromw
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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