11/21/2008 - Santa Barbara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - North Carolina senior forward Tyler Hansbrough, who missed the first two games of the season, started Friday night when the top-ranked Tar Heels battled UC-Santa Barbara.
Hansbrough missed the first two games, wins against Penn and Kentucky, due to a stress reaction condition in his right shin.
The reigning national player of the year had not missed a game during his three years at North Carolina prior to this season, but had been sidelined since the last week of October with the injury.
The Poplar Bluff, Missouri native averaged 22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds last year, leading the Tar Heels to a school-record 36 victories and a Final Four appearance. Entering Friday, Hansbrough has played in 108 games over his first three seasons with the Tar Heels, who have a 90-18 record over that time period.
<< Smith helps Duke top Michigan in MSG title game
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nolan Smith scored 16 points and Kyle Singler
added 15 points and eight rebounds as 10th-ranked Duke topped Michigan, 71-56,
in the title game of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer.
Gerald H
<< Rockets conjure up win with fourth-quarter rally over Wizards
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tracy McGrady scored 14 of his team-high 20
points in the fourth quarter as the Houston Rockets woke up from a lackluster
start to upend the lowly Washington Wizards, 103-91.
Carl Landry and Aaron Brooks
<< Bruins continue surge, top Panthers
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Patrice Bergeron picked up a goal and one
assist as Boston topped Florida, 4-2, at TD Banknorth Garden.
Marc Savard added a goal and a helper for the Bruins, winners in three
straight and eight
<< Walker helps No. 2 UConn down La Salle
St. Thomas, VI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freshman guard Kemba Walker came off the
bench to pour in 23 points, pacing second-ranked Connecticut to a hard-fought
89-81 win over La Salle in the opening round of the Paradise Jam.
Jeff Adrien tall
Flyers top Sabres as Biron blanks former club >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin Biron stopped all 40 shots he saw
against his former team to post his first shutout of the season as the
Philadelphia Flyers downed the Buffalo Sabres, 3-0, at HSBC Arena.
Biron, who play
Carter's jam caps wild OT finish as Nets edge Raptors >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vince Carter poured in a season-high 39 points,
including the desperation three-pointer at the end of regulation to send the
game into overtime and the game-winning alley-oop dunk as time expired in the
extra
Garnett returns to Minnesota to lead Celtics over T'Wolves >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Garnett made 8-of-12 field goals en
route to scoring 17 points, as the Boston Celtics notched a 95-78 win over the
Minnesota Timberwolves.
It was Garnett's first game back in Minnesota, as the lon
Villanueva, Bucks crush short-handed Knicks >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Charlie Villanueva scored 20 points and
grabbed six rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 104-87 victory over the
New York Knicks.
Andrew Bogut scored 14 points and hauled in 17 boards for the Bu
2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”
“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”
MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:
Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
"Helmer & Son": 5/2
"The Saviour": 6/1
"West Bank Story": 7/2
Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel": 7/4
"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
"The Queen": 5/4
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1
Film To Win Most Oscars:
Dreamgirls: 2/3
Pans Labyrinth: 6/5
The Departed: 6/1
The Queen: 11/1
Babel: 15/1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1
Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1
Additional sports and entertainment odds can be found at: www.MySportsbook.com
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