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03/16/2010 - Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani hopes David Beckham returns to the San Siro for a third spell next season, even though the England international ruptured his Achilles tendon during the Rossoneri's 1-0 victory against Chievo on Sunday.
Although Beckham has been told his career is not over, he is almost certainly out of this summer's World Cup finals as it has been confirmed that he will not recover from the injury for up to six months.
The 34-year-old is currently on loan at the San Siro from Los Angeles Galaxy until the end of this season, but Galliani told Italian newspaper La Repubblica: "I gave him a hug in the changing rooms and I told him that, if he wants, next year he will be with us.
"He will probably be out for five to six months. I saw him suffering. He came to Milan to be called up by (England boss Fabio) Capello. Unfortunately, this is football but Beckham has great will-power."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Bayern's Ribery puts contract talks on hold
Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The future of France international Franck
Ribery is once again a matter of conjecture after he told Bayern Munich that
he was unwilling to open new contract talks with the club until the end of the
season.
<< Smoltz joining TBS as broadcaster, will not retire
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Smoltz is joining TBS as a broadcaster
for Atlanta Braves games and will serve as an analyst for Turner Broadcasting
on its slate of nationally televised Sunday games.
Despite the move, Smoltz did
<< Golf still the biggest priority for Tiger
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When people find out you're a golf writer,
in the last few months, the inevitable question varies in form, but mostly
sounds like this:
"What's up with Tiger?"
Hard to answer, but the smarter fans alway
<< Real's Valdano vows to keep Higuain
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain
could be handed the opportunity to spend the rest of his career with Real
Madrid.
General director Jorge Valdano has revealed that preliminary negotiati
Dodgers' Wade out three months >>
Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Cory Wade will
have shoulder surgery on Wednesday and be sidelined for at least the next
three months.
The team announced on Tuesday that Wade, 26, was feeling discomfo
Lions complete trade for QB Hill >>
Allen Park, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Lions officially announced
the acquisition of quarterback Shaun Hill from the San Francisco 49ers on
Tuesday.
Detroit, which was waiting for Hill to pass a physical, parted with
Texans sign OL Smith >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Texans signed free agent offensive
lineman Wade Smith on Tuesday.
Smith appeared in all 16 games last season for Kansas City, starting nine of
those games and splitting time between left tackle a
This Week in Auto Racing March 19 - 21 >>
Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - While "March Madness" begins in college
basketball this week, NASCAR's two weeks of short-track "madness" starts with
the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series running on the high banks of Bristol
Motor S
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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