It\u2019ll be Red Sox\/White Sox action on Saturday night as Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nplays host to Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Fenway<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>
\nin a key American League series. Here\u2019s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .<\/p>\n

Event of the day . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Josh Beckett was supposed to start the opener of the Sox\/Sox series for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\non Friday, but he was scratched and Daisuke Matsuzaka was moved up in the
\nrotation instead. That meant the Red Sox needed to find a pitcher for a spot
\nstart against the White Sox on Saturday night – and they seem to have settled
\non Michael Bowden for the job. Righthander<\/span> Bowden
\nwill be making his Major-League debut in that contest.<\/p>\n

The White Sox will send veteran Mark Buehrle (11-10, 3.86 ERA) to the mound
\non Saturday night. Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has
\nmanaged to pick up the win in each of the lefthander\u2019s last four starts. That
\nincludes an outing against the Red Sox back on August 8 when Buehrle gave up
\njust a single earned run on four hits over his seven innings pitched.<\/p>\n

Sports betting event of the day\u2026<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough to single game out one, as the world\u2019s best handicappers have
\nsundry sports
\npicks<\/a>. Sports bettors are checking out betting
\nnews and notes<\/a> for Saturday (exclusive)<\/b>
\ncomputer against
\nthe spread<\/a> trends (exclusive)<\/b>
\nand a free betting winner<\/a> up.<\/p>\n

Only Michael Phelps wins more than sports handicappers featured on MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n

Non-event of the day . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hands up if you missed the WNBA<\/span>
\nduring its Olympic break.<\/span> Ok, hands up if you even knew the WNBA<\/span> had an Olympic break. The summer\u2019s
\nafterthought-of-a-league has four games on its Saturday schedule, including San
\nAntonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.
\nAlso on the slate: Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>,
\nWashington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>,
\nand Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/p>\n

New hotties<\/span>\u2026<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

Thanks to those who have sent in nominations for the OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b>
\ntop hottie<\/span>. Recent accepted proposals including CBS correspondent
\nLara Logan (somebody come up with a good joke that her husband\u2019s name is Jason Siemon<\/span>), buxom bombshell Amy Sedaris, ageing but still
\nattractive actress Tanya Roberts. As far as 40-plus women, even liberals can
\nagree that Sarah Palin<\/span> is one fine looking middle
\naged woman. \u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n

Also on the schedule . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Francisco Liriano (4-3, 3.83 ERA) will be looking to continue his impressive
\ncomeback when he pitches in Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nfor the Twins on Saturday night. Also on the American League
\nschedule: <\/span>Toronto<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Yankees (at <\/span>1:05pm ET<\/span><\/st1:time>), Baltimore at <\/span>Tampa<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>Bay<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Seattle
\nat <\/span>Cleveland<\/span><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Kansas<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place> City at <\/span>Detroit<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and <\/span>Texas<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at the Angels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, college football stages its first Saturday of wall-to-wall action,
\nwith No. 1 Georgia playing Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>
\nSouthern in an expected blowout. Other notable matchups<\/span>
\nfor the day include Hawaii<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> vs.
\nNo. 5 Florida (-34.5), No. 24 Alabama vs. No. 9 Clemson (-4.5), No. 20 Illinois
\nvs. No. 6 Missouri (-8.5), and No. 3 Southern California (-19.5) vs. Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. \n<\/p>\n

The top football handicapper in the world Joe Duffy has his first Wise Guy
\nplay on Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.
\nWill there be mutiny on the bounty for Rich Rodriquez, the new Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>
\nhead coach? <\/p>\n

The impending Hurricane Gustav has already affected the sports world as LSU
\nhas moved their game up to early Saturday to aid those who want to participate
\nin their favorite event before fleeing the Gulf<\/st1:PlaceType>
\nCoast<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on the three-year anniversary
\nof Hurricane Katrina. <\/p>\n

News from the wire . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outfielder Mark Kotsay<\/span> made his debut for the Red
\nSox on Thursday, collecting one hit in four at-bats . . . the Blue Jays have
\nsent veteran outfielder Matt Stairs to the Phillies and recalled top prospect
\nTravis Snider . . . Tight end Todd Heap returned to action for the Ravens on
\nThursday . . . Colts head coach Tony Dungy fully expects quarterback Peyton
\nManning to be ready to play for the team in its season opener next week.<\/p>\n

Peek at the future . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sunday night baseball game this week is Los Angeles at Arizona, with
\nDerek Lowe (10-11, 3.81 ERA) facing Brandon Webb (19-5, 2.96 ERA) . . .
\nCoverage of the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway begins at 7:00pm ET on Sunday .
\n. . the Giants are listed as 3.5-point home favorites against the Redskins in
\nnext Thursday\u2019s NFL kickoff game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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