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05/13/2010 - Birmingham, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has confirmed his club missed out on the signing of Stuttgart's Brazilian-born German striker Cacau.
The 29-year-old seemed certain to leave the Bundesliga club this summer, before changing his mind and penning a new contract with his current club.
McLeish confirmed: "We did miss out on Cacau. We thought we had it in the bag and he did an about turn.
"The irony was when we declared our interest in him, he was out of the team.
"I don't know whether our interest in him gave him a lot more confidence, because he then went on a scoring burst and Stuttgart said there was no way they could let him go with what it would cost to replace somebody like that.
"He is one that got away. It would have been a coup for us, the type of player for the jigsaw I am trying to put together, but we will keep working to strengthen the squad."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< Thursday morning jogs for Preakness favorites
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thursday morning was a time for several of
the Preakness starters, including the three favorites, to get acquainted
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<< Valencia agrees to deal for Topal
Valencia, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Valencia has agreed to a deal for Turkey
international Mehmet Topal with Galatasaray.
The 24-year-old midfielder will join the La Liga club for a fee in the region
of $6 million, should he pass a summ
<< Bresciano set for Palermo exit
Palermo, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Palermo midfielder Marco Bresciano is set to
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The Australian, who is expected to represent his country at this summer's
World Cup f
<< Chelsea's Drogba would welcome Torres move
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Didier Drogba has given his blessing for
Chelsea to launch a potential summer swoop on Liverpool for Fernando Torres.
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the en
Scott's slam helps Orioles rally past Mariners >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luke Scott hit his second career grand slam
in the eighth inning to help the Baltimore Orioles take a 6-5 win over the
Seattle Mariners in the finale of a three-game set at Camden Yards.
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Jankovic reaches Madrid quarters >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic
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a clay-court French Open tune-up.
The seventh-seeded Jankovic drilled Spain's own
Norris leads Astros to sweep of Cardinals >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bud Norris worked eight strong innings and
Hunter Pence hit a three-run home run to help the Houston Astros down the St.
Louis Cardinals, 4-1, to complete a three-game sweep.
Norris (2-4) gave up just o
Tigers shut out Yankees behind Cabrera, Verlander >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miguel Cabrera cracked a solo home run and
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as the Detroit Tigers handled the New York Yankees, 6-0, in the finale of a
four-ga
Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
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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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