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04/29/2009 - Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barcelona have confirmed that Mexican defender Rafael Marquez's season is over after he was ruled out for more than two months by a knee injury.
The versatile 30-year-old was injured early on in the second half of the Champions League clash with Chelsea on Tuesday evening and requires surgery on his damaged left knee.
A statement from the Camp Nou club read: "Club doctors have confirmed that Rafa Marquez has ruptured the internal and external meniscus of his left knee and will be out for between eight and 10 weeks.
"He will therefore miss the rest of the season."
Barca coach Pep Guardiola had admitted straight after a frustrating goalless draw: "Rafa's loss is the worst thing about this but it will make us stronger.
"He's sad and we'll try to lift him. It's a meniscus problem and we'll do tests, but he'll be out for the rest of the season."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
<< O'Neill backs Old Firm move to Premiership
Birmingham, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has
endorsed a proposal which could see Celtic and Rangers join a new-look Premier
League.
O'Neill, who spent five years in charge of Celtic before moving on to Vil
<< Thomson signs new Hearts deal
Edinburgh, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hearts defender Jason Thomson has
signed a new three-year contract with the Tynecastle club.
Thomson, 21, has made nine appearances this season while deputizing for
injured captain Robbie N
<< Gerrard set for Liverpool return
Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will
make his return from injury in Sunday's Premier League clash with Newcastle at
Anfield.
Gerrard has missed the last four games with a groin injury but stepped up
<< Bruce ready to turn to Zaki
Wigan, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wigan boss Steve Bruce is ready to turn to
out-of-favor striker Amr Zaki as he looks to revitalize his struggling attack.
The Latics have slipped out of the running for a top-seven finish and a place
in
Peterson returns to Appalachian State >>
Boone, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buzz Peterson has decided to return to his old
job as head basketball coach at Appalachian State.
Peterson had been the director of player personnel with the NBA's Charlotte
Bobcats for the past two year
Bremen confirms Juve's interest in Diego >>
Bremen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Werder Bremen's director of sport Klaus
Allofs has confirmed that Juventus has made an approach for Brazil
international forward Diego.
The 24-year-old is a long-term target for Juve and has
Hamsik drawing interest from multiple clubs >>
Naples, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Napoli's Slovakia international midfielder
Marek Hamsik is being trailed by a number of clubs across Europe, according to
the player's agent.
The talented 21-year-old has spent two season in Naples an
I Want Revenge favored for 135th Kentucky Derby >>
Louisville, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - I Want Revenge, winner of the Wood Memorial,
has been made the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 135th running of
the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
The $2 million Run for the Roses has a
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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