{"id":3602,"date":"2009-02-26T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/sports-bets-online\/"},"modified":"2009-02-26T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T21:27:00","slug":"sports-bets-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/sports-bets-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Bets Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Suns face the Lakers in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Los   Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, the Cavaliers take the court in <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Arizona<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> takes on <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<\/p>\n<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Sports headlines\u2026<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Anaheim Ducks traded Chris <span class=SpellE>Kunitz<\/span> and Eric <span class=SpellE>Tangradi<\/span> in a deal to <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in which they get back Ryan Whitney\u2026Jailbird Mike Vick has been approved for home confinement\u2026More momentum in the gambling rights front. As reported in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=94\">gambling news<\/a> section, <span class=SpellE>PriceWaterhouseCoopers<\/span> confirms $52 billion dollars would be put into the <st1:country-region><st1:place>US<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> economy simply be legalizing the honorable activity. Congressman Barney Frank is expected to re-introduce legislation to focus on returning gambling to the personal responsibility realm once favored by conservatives. <\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The winningest sports service ever based on units won GodsTips went 3-1 with Wise Guys last night. Wise Guy plays from Joe Duffy&#8217;s GodsTips are widely accepted by high rollers, bookmakers, linesmakers, and fellow handicappers as the biggest play in the handicapping abyss. This is just fact.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>They often preach how to use the oddsmakers&#8217; knowledge against them. They have the perfect demonstration tonight. Of course we specify in the analysis. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>GodsTips also have an awesome angle that is 96 games above .500 against the spread and a TNT Wise Guy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> the entire GodsTips card for $17. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Tipping off on the hardwood&nbsp; . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The banged-up Suns will face a tough road test on Thursday night as they take on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> got past <st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 112-102 on Tuesday night, but point guard Steve Nash suffered an ankle injury and had to miss part of the game; he could be limited on Thursday for a Suns team already missing <span class=SpellE>Amare<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Stoudemire<\/span>. The Lakers had no problem with the Thunder on Tuesday night, getting 36 points from Bryant in their 107-93 victory.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The NBA&#8217;s early game on Thursday has the Cavaliers <span class=SpellE>travelling<\/span> to <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to meet the Rockets. <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> easily topped <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night, needing only 15 points from LeBron James in a 94-79 win. Daniel Gibson had a team-high 19 points. The Rockets are also coming off a victory, as they took care of Portland 98-94 on Tuesday. Ron <span class=SpellE>Artest<\/span> scored 21 points and added five assists.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>The march toward Madness . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>A ranked matchup between No. 14 Arizona State and No. 21 Washington at the Bank of America Arena highlights the Thursday college hoops schedule. The Sun Devils slipped past rival <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in a 70-68 victory on Sunday, with James Harden scoring 18 points. The Huskies smothered USC in a 60-51 win in their last outing on Saturday. Quincy <span class=SpellE>Pondexter<\/span> led the way with 22 points on that day.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>No. 5 Memphis will be on the road to face <span class=SpellE>UAB<\/span> on Thursday, with <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>N.C.<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at No. 13 Wake Forest, and No. 16 Purdue at <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. As well, it&#8217;ll be No. 17 Gonzaga at <st1:City><st1:place>Santa Clara<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, No. 19 Xavier at St. Joseph&#8217;s, <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at No. 20 Illinois, No. 22 UCLA at Stanford, and also <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Youngstown<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at No. 24 Butler. The Bulldogs rolled to a 75-63 win over Davidson in their meeting on Saturday.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Alexander Ovechkin and his Capitals faltered against the Flyers on Tuesday night, but they&#8217;ll try to <span class=GramE>bounce<\/span> back on Thursday at home against the Thrashers. <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> took a 2-0 lead against Philly, but ended up losing 4-2. Ovechkin and <span class=SpellE>Nicklas<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Backstrom<\/span> provided the Caps goals, while Jose Theodore stopped 33 of 37 Philly shots. <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> got past <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> by a score of 4-3 Tuesday night.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The Avalanche will be on the road in <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in one of nine other games on the NHL&#8217;s schedule for Thursday night. As well, it&#8217;ll be <st1:City><st1:place>Anaheim<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:place><st1:City>Boston<\/st1:City>,  <st1:State>Florida<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at the Rangers, <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Islanders, <st1:City><st1:place>Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <st1:City><st1:place>San Jose<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Ottawa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Nashville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <st1:City><st1:place>Columbus<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Edmonton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Stars were held scoreless in a 1-0 loss to the Sharks in their Monday game.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Rounding out the Roundup . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Tiger Woods came roaring back to the <span class=SpellE>PGA<\/span> Tour on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Brandon Jones 3&amp;2 in the opening round of the <span class=SpellE>WGC-Accenture<\/span> Match Play Championship. Woods moves on to face Tim Clark in the second round on Thursday (<\/span><\/font><st1:time Hour=\"14\" Minute=\"2\">2:02pm ET<\/st1:time> tee off); <st1:place>Clark<\/st1:place> got past <span class=SpellE>Retief<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Goosen<\/span> 3&amp;2 on Wednesday.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson also won their first-round <span class=SpellE>matchups<\/span> on Wednesday, but both Sergio Garcia and <span class=SpellE>Padraig<\/span> Harrington were the victims of upsets. Garcia lost to <span class=SpellE>Charl<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Schwartzel<\/span>, and Harrington was knocked off by Pat Perez. Other Wednesday winners included Anthony Kim, Jim <span class=SpellE>Furyk<\/span>, Stewart <span class=SpellE>Cink<\/span>, Ernie <span class=SpellE>Els<\/span>, and Steve <span class=SpellE>Stricker<\/span>. <span class=SpellE>Els<\/span> and <span class=SpellE>Stricker<\/span> have a Thursday matchup.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Suns face the Lakers in Los Angeles, the Cavaliers take the court in Houston, and Arizona State takes on Washington. Sports headlines\u2026 Anaheim Ducks traded Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi in a deal to Pittsburgh in which they get back Ryan Whitney\u2026Jailbird Mike Vick has been approved for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/sports-bets-online\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sports Bets Online<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}