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06/03/2010 - Stanton, DE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Champion colt Summer Bird has been retired from racing and will enter stud service. Trainer Tim Ritchey made the announcement Thursday at Delaware Park.
Ritchey said that the four-year-old has been retired because of an injury he suffered last year before a scheduled race in Japan. Summer Bird had a hairline fracture of his right front cannon bone which required surgery.
Owned and bred by K.K. and Vilasini Jayaraman, Summer Bird will begin stud service for the 2011 breeding season.
Summer Bird, winner of last year's Belmont Stakes, had been recuperating from surgery first at Oaklawn Park and most recently at Delaware Park. Early this year the colt was transferred from trainer Tim Ice to Ritchey.
Along with the Belmont in 2009 Summer Bird captured the Travers Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup. The colt finished sixth in the Kentucky Derby and fourth behind Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
His accomplishments led to him being voted the Eclipse Award as top three- year-old male of 2009. Last year he won four of nine starts for $2,323,040.
<< Rangers aim for rare road sweep of White Sox
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers take aim at their first three-game sweep
in Chicago in 24 years this evening when they wrap up their set against the
White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.
Texas moved to the brink of a sweep on Wednesday
<< Mariners go for series win over Twins
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One day after the best player in the history of their
franchise called it a career, the Seattle Mariners will try for a series win
when they close out a four-game set against the Minnesota Twins tonight at
Safeco
<< Sizzling Braves head out west to battle Dodgers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National League East-leading Atlanta Braves bring their
rags to riches story to the west coast and will begin an 11-game road trip
tonight with the first of four straight meetings with the Los Angeles Dodgers
at Chavez Ra
<< Astros try for series win over Nationals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Astros hope to post their second winning series
in more than a month when they close out a four-game set Thursday afternoon
versus the Washington Nationals at Minute Maid Park.
After losing the opener of this s
Ravens sign PK Graham >>
Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Ravens made it official
Thursday and signed kicker Shayne Graham to a one-year contract.
The 32-year-old had been with Cincinnati since the 2003 season and was a 2005
Pro Bowl selection
Former Hofstra coach Joe Gardi dies >>
Hempstead, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Hofstra University football coach Joe
Gardi died Wednesday following a stroke suffered last week. He was 71 years
old.
Gardi compiled a 119-62-2 record in 16 seasons at Hofstra from 1990 to 2005.
Both
Men's semis set for Friday in Paris >>
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The men's French Open semifinals will be
staged on Friday, as second-seeded Spanish star Rafael Nadal will take on
22nd-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer and fifth-seeded Swede Robin Soderling will
face 15th-seed
Raptors unraveling as stars plan departure >>
Toronto, Canada (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A dreadful off-season continues to get
worse for the Toronto Raptors, their fans and general manager Bryan Colangelo.
Just a few weeks after being scorned by Chris Bosh and his Twitter scandal,
another hum
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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