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08/14/2010 - Darlington, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Bodine picked up his second win in a row in the Camping World Truck Series by taking Saturday's Too Tough To Tame 200 at Darlington Raceway.
Bodine, who won last week at Nashville, led the final 47 laps and held off Timothy Peters by a half-second for his third victory of the season and the 20th of his truck career.
"That was no Sunday drive, but I knew I had to go with Timothy behind me," Bodine said.
The series competed at Darlington for the first time since November 2004. Bodine won a Nationwide race here in 2003.
Bodine increased his lead to 231 points over Aric Almirola, who finished ninth. Ten races remain in the season.
"We got it going on," said Bodine, the 2006 Truck Series champion. "We struggled at the beginning of the year, but [crew chief] Mike Hillman Jr. has changed it around, and here we are. We're getting faster every week. It's nice to be able to get some wins and drive this way."
Peters started on the pole and led the first 47 laps before letting Ron Hornaday Jr. take the top position away from him during the first round of pit stops.
"With that last set of sticker [tires] we took, we were just mired back in traffic a little bit, so I had to use up my stuff early just to get the clean air and get back to the front."
Hornaday Jr. ended up third, while Johnny Sauter and rookie Austin Dillon rounded out the top-five.
Matt Crafton finished sixth, followed by James Buescher and Stacy Compton.
Long-time NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader took the 10th spot.
The 200-mile truck race at Darlington featured nine cautions, mostly for crashes.
On lap 96, Mario Gosselin got loose and hit the wall. Gosselin then slid down the track and clipped Ricky Carmichael. Both drivers slammed hard into the wall. It was the second week in a row that Gosselin was involved in a heavy crash.
A three-truck wreck occurred on lap 106 when Justin Lofton made contact with the wall and collected David Starr. Lofton then rammed into the side of Mike Skinner.
<< Lemon throws three TDs as Toronto downs Montreal
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cleo Lemon threw three touchdown passes as he
and the Toronto Argonauts stunned the Montreal Alouettes, 37-22, at the Rogers
Centre.
Lemon completed just 13 passes on the night for the Argos (5-2), yet he
gene
<< Clijsters set to meet Sharapova in Cincy final
Mason, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kim Clijsters eased into the final of the Western
& Southern Financial Group Women's Open on Saturday when Ana Ivanovic was
forced to retire after completing just three games of their semifinal match.
Th
<< Dallas downs United to extend unbeaten run to 10
Washington, D.C. (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie midfielder Eric Alexander scored a
goal and added an assist, both firsts in his Major League Soccer career, as FC
Dallas defeated D.C. United, 3-1, on Saturday night at RFK Stadium.
Alexander assis
<< Twins' Duensing notches shutout of A's
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Minnesota lefty Brian Duensing threw the
first complete game of his career, limiting the Athletics to three hits in a
2-0 victory at Target Field.
Making just his fifth start out of 44 appearances thi
Ethier helps Dodgers edge Braves >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Andre Ethier's sacrifice fly off Atlanta
reliever Jonny Venters in the seventh inning proved to be the difference, as
Los Angeles clipped the Braves, 2-1, in the second portion of a four-game
series
Reds hang on to edge Marlins >>
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Leake threw six solid innings and
Francisco Cordero survived a rough ninth inning as Cincinnati edged the
Florida Marlins, 5-4, at Great American Ball Park.
Leake (8-4) gave up six hits and
RSL inches closer to MLS record with 2-0 win vs. Crew >>
Sandy, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Salt Lake extended its home unbeaten run to
21 games with a 2-0 win over the Columbus Crew at Rio Tinto Stadium on
Saturday night.
The MLS record is 22 games set by the 2008-09 Crew.
RSL's midfi
Lester leads Red Sox over Texas >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Lester turned in eight scoreless innings
and Bill Hall finished 2-for-4 with an RBI as Boston downed Texas, 3-1, in the
second of three between the teams.
J.D. Drew and Marco Scutaro also drove in a run
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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