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07/01/2010 - Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday shipped defenseman Andrej Meszaros to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2012.
The 24-year-old posted six goals and 17 points with a minus-14 in 81 games for the Bolts last season, his second with the club after signing a six-year pact in 2008.
In five NHL seasons with Ottawa and Tampa Bay, the former first-round pick in 2004 has compiled 34 goals and 143 points with 299 penalty minutes in 379 contests.
<< Report: Chargers' Jackson suspended by NFL
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting
that Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson has been suspended by the NFL for
three games for violating the league's personal-conduct policy.
The 27-year-old J
<< Marta stars in WPS All-Star Game
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brazilian star Marta scored twice to lead her
Marta XI to a 5-2 win over Abby XI at the 2010 WPS All-Star Game on Wednesday
night.
Amy Rodriguez added a goal and an assist for the Marta XI. Heather O'Reil
<< D.C. United releases midfielder Castillo
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.C. United released midfielder Christian
Castillo on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old made 10 appearances in MLS play in the 2010 season, starting
eight of those matches. The Salvadoran winger registered
<< Serena, Zvonareva will decide '10 Wimbledon champ
Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning champion and three-time winner
Serena Williams will meet 21st-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva in Saturday's
ladies' final at Wimbledon.
The world No. 1 Williams handled unseeded Czech lefthander
Calgary gives Tanguay another shot >>
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Calgary Flames welcomed back free agent
forward Alex Tanguay on a one-year deal Thursday.
Tanguay posted 10 goals and 37 points in 80 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning
a season ago, and connected for
Senators land Gonchar >>
Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Ottawa Senators made a big splash on the
first day of free agency, signing defenseman Sergei Gonchar to a three-year
contract on Thursday.
According to reports, Gonchar inked a deal worth $16.5 mil
'Underdog' Netherlands set for showdown with Brazil >>
Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Both the Netherlands and
Brazil are known for playing some of the most attractive soccer the world has
ever seen.
The Dutch teams of the 1970s that reached back-to-back World Cup final
Roll of the dice pays off for Rangers >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One player rose from the depths of drug
addiction that threatened to end a career before it got started. The other
player was out to prove a Hall of Fame-worthy career wasn't over just yet.
One drives the
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
Academy Award Betting Odds for Best Picture Offer Great Value
If there is any category that is not an obvious win for any one nominee in this year's Academy Awards, it would be for Best Picture. Sure the Departed is a 5/7 favorite, but that's hardly anything when we look at Helen Mirren and her "out-of-reach" 1 to 40 odds (which means you would win a whopping $1 for every $40 bet).
For value, take a look at MySportsbook.com Oscars betting odds on my personal favorite, The Queen - a remarkable 12 to 1 long shot. The film hasn't won any pre-awards for Best Picture (compared to The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine), but there is a tremendous following and it is a strong enough film to warrant a surprise win.
TV Guide advises Oscar watchers should be cautioned not to discount the drama "Babel" with its strong social themes about overcoming communication gaps among people of different cultures.
"While 'Babel' lost several guild awards to 'Sunshine' and 'Departed,' it still enjoys loyal support, and historically Oscar voters favor dramas with social messages over comedies like 'Sunshine' and violent crime movies like 'Departed'."
"It hasn't done well in the guilds, which means there isn't much industry support," said Tom O'Neil of awards site TheEnvelope.com, "But several critics are expecting it to win, and that gets my attention." Babel had 7 to 2 odds at press time.
Who is to say independently produced Little Miss Sunshine won't be this year's Crash. Last year, Crash won for Best Motion Picture, shocking those who bet on gay cowboy flick, Brokeback Mountain, as the favorite to win.
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