Nov 10th, 2009 Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Wizards travel to Miami
to meet the Heat, the Mavericks host the Rockets, and the Penguins get ready
for the Bruins. The NFL power rankings week 10 are out to compare to the NFL point spread.
Jimmy The Greek…
ESPN will do a profile of handicapping pioneer Jimmy “the
Greek” Snyder on their “30 on 30” show. Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy widely
accepted as the top sports
handicapper since Jimmy the Greek has praised Snyder for making sports
betting mainstream.
Colliding on the gridiron . . .
Week 11 of the college football season gets underway on Tuesday night with a
Mid-American matchup between Ohio
and Buffalo in western New
York. The Bobcats (6-3 SU, 4-4 ATS) are coming off a
20-17 road win over Ball State
in their last contest, with Theo Scott going 17-of-27 for 161 yards passing on
the day. The Bulls (3-6 SU, 3-5 ATS) fell 30-29 to Bowling Green in their last
contest. Zach Maynard completed 13-of-27 pass attempts for 149 yards in that
matchup.
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Tipping off on the hardwood . . .
The NBA has six games on the schedule for Tuesday, including Washington
at Miami. The Wizards dropped to
2-5 on the season on Sunday, falling 102-90 at home to the Suns. Gilbert Arenas
had 20 points in that defeat for Washington,
while Brendan Haywood picked up 10 points and 10 boards. The Heat sit at 5-1 on the year after getting past Denver 96-88 at
home on Friday night. Dwyane Wade had a team-high 22
points in that win, and Jermaine O’Neal had 18
points.
Rounding out the action on the hardwood for Tuesday: Orlando at Charlotte, Denver at Chicago, Portland at Memphis, Oklahoma City at
Sacramento, and Houston at Dallas. The Rockets are 4-2 on the season after getting past the
Thunder 105-94 at home on Friday night. Trevor Ariza
and Carl Landry each had 24 points in that win. The Mavs,
also 4-2, knocked off the Raptors 129-101 at home Saturday. Dirk Nowitzki
poured in 29 points and had nine boards that day.
Taking a trip around the rink . . .
Finally, the NHL offers up a half-dozen games on Tuesday, including Pittsburgh
at Boston. The 12-5-0 Penguins were
blanked 5-0 in San Jose in their last game on Saturday night, with goaltender
Marc-Andre Fleury giving up three goals on 14 shots
before getting yanked. The 7-7-2
Bruins doubled up Buffalo 4-2 at
home last time out, with Tuukka Rask
making 28 saves in the victory. Mark Recchi, Zdeno Chara, Byron Bitz, and Marco Sturm had the Boston
markers on Saturday.
Also on the ice on Tuesday: Calgary
at Montreal, Edmonton
at Ottawa, Vancouver
at St. Louis, Nashville
at San Jose, and Minnesota
at Toronto. The 6-10-0 Wild held on for a 3-2 win over the Stars on Saturday, with Cal Clutterbuck, Mikko Koivu, and Marek Zidlicky all scoring. The 3-7-5 Leafs won their second straight game last time out, blasting Detroit 5-1.
Phil Kessel picked up his first marker as a Maple
Leaf in that contest, while Jonas Gustavsson made 35
saves.
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