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02/15/2012 - Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Everton made a swoop on Wednesday for out-of-contract midfielder Francisco Junior, who joins the Toffees on a two- and-a-half-year deal.
The 20-year-old Portuguese youngster began his career at Benfica but has also spent time with Manchester City, where he appeared for their development side earlier this season.
"I feel very happy to have joined Everton," Junior told the club's official website. "It's a great challenge and now I just want to show my talent to the fans.
"My first mission is to try to get into the first team. Then it is to win over the fans and to win things with Everton. They're a big team and they're a team which is normally challenging for cups or for the European places. That is what I want to do."
Junior is waiting on international clearance before he is eligible to feature for the Goodison Park outfit.
<< Bucs release DT Haynesworth
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released defensive
tackle Albert Haynesworth on Wednesday.
"I appreciate Albert playing for us after some key injuries this past season,"
said Buccaneers general manager Mark Domin
<< Erakovic wins Bogota opener
Bogota, Colombia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Marina Erakovic of New
Zealand was an easy opening-round winner at the $220,000 Copa BBVA
Colsanitas tennis tournament.
After having her first-round match suspended because of rain here on
<< Berdych, del Potro advance in Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas
Berdych and former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro were a pair of
first-round winners Wednesday at the $1.6 million ABN AMRO World Tennis
Tournament.
<< Let Rose rest for as long as he wants
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The compressed NBA schedule is much like those KFC Famous
Bowls: Mix everything together in a condensed space and see how it tastes.
But what if you're a buttermilk biscuit fan? Will it whet your appetite when
it's layered
Champion mare Havre de Grace works on Wednesday >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Horse of the Year Havre de Grace took to
the Fair Grounds track Wednesday morning for her second workout of the year.
The five-year-old mare is wintering at Fair Grounds Race Course with the rest
of trai
Blue Bombers re-sign OL January >>
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed
offensive lineman Glenn January.
January started every game at right tackle for the Blue Bombers last season
and was named an East Division All-Star. He mis
Azarenka rolls; Wozniacki falls in Doha opener >>
Doha, Qatar (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 1 Belarusian stalwart Victoria
Azarenka was an easy second-round winner, while former top-ranked star
Caroline Wozniacki was among Wednesday's second-round losers at the $2.168
million Qatar Open.
Twins sign Casilla to one-year deal >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins signed infielder Alexi
Casilla to a one-year contract on Wednesday, thereby avoiding arbitration.
Casilla will earn $1,382,500 million in 2012.
In 97 games with the Twins last seaso
Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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