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08/12/2010 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rod Thorn wasn't out of work long, as the former New Jersey Nets president has landed the same role with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Thorn spent 10 years as team president and general manager of the Nets, but announced last month he was stepping down. New Jersey then named former Sixers general manager Billy King as their new GM.
In his new role, Thorn will be working with Sixers general manager Ed Stefanski, who took over for King in December 2007 and had held the dual roles of GM and president. Thorn and Stefanski worked together for seven years with the Nets.
"I look forward to working with him as we go forward," Thorn said at a Thursday press conference. "He understands me and I think I understand him. I think we make a good team."
The 69-year-old Thorn was the NBA's Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations from 1986-2000. Before that he served as GM of the Chicago Bulls and was instrumental in the club's selection of Michael Jordan in the 1984 draft.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to do some really good things here," remarked Thorn. "I've done a lot of different things over the course of time in professional basketball. Having seen many different organizations, that's the key thing, you have to have passion to win."
Thorn said his decision to resign with the Nets was in fact that, and he was not forced out with the new ownership. He added that the Nets offered him a lucrative contract to remain with the franchise.
"Over my time with the Nets, most of it was great," said Thorn. "The last few years we dismantled the team, on purpose, because of a corporate decision and that wasn't much fun. My feeling is, that time had run its course there."
Thorn helped build a Nets franchise that reached the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003. The team went to the playoffs for six consecutive years from 2001-02 until 2006-07, then began to falter before this past season's club went a franchise-worst 12-70.
The Sixers were 27-55 this past season and will start the 2010-11 campaign with a new coach in Doug Collins.
<< Liverpool acquires Poulsen from Juventus
Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Liverpool acquired Danish midfielder
Christian Poulsen from Juventus on Thursday and signed him to a three-year
contract.
Poulsen, 30, cost Liverpool about $7 million. The defensive midfielde
<< Dodgers send Kershaw to the hill in finale with Phillies
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If the Dodgers plan on leaving the City of Brotherly Love
with a series win over Philadelphia this evening, starting pitcher Clayton
Kershaw may have to do something he's never done before.
Kershaw is scheduled to pitch in
<< First place in AL Central on the line in Twins-White Sox finale
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - First place in the American League Central is on the line
tonight in Chicago, where the White Sox wrap a three-game series with the
Minnesota Twins at U.S. Cellular Field.
The Twins and White Sox entered this series tied
<< Internacional wins first leg of Copa Lib final
Guadalajara, Mexico (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Giuliano and Bolivar scored in a four-
minute span of the second half, and Brazil's Internacional defeated Mexico's
Guadalajara, 2-1, on Wednesday night in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores
final.
Cards send a message in Cincinnati >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If the St. Louis Cardinals manage to hold on and win
their second straight National League Central title, they may very well point
to Tuesday as being the turning point in their season.
And, they will have Cincinnati sec
Play finally underway at PGA Championship >>
Kohler, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The first round of the 92nd PGA Championship at
Whistling Straits got underway after a three-hour, 10-minute delay due to fog.
The last time the PGA Championship was halted by weather was in 2008 at
Oakl
Portugal's Carvalho completes move to Real >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ricardo Carvalho passed his physical at Real
Madrid on Thursday and officially signed a two-year contract with the Spanish
giants.
Carvalho played under Real coach Jose Mourinho at Porto and Chelsea, and jo
Dortmund's Dede out 3-4 weeks with ankle injury >>
Dortmund, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Borussia Dortmund left back Dede tore a
ligament in his right ankle in training this week and will miss the start of
the Bundesliga season.
Dede will be sidelined three to four weeks. Dortmund opens
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
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MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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