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08/04/2010 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Dave Scatchard.
Terms of the two-way contract were not released.
Scatchard spent last season with Nashville and its minor league affiliate in Milwaukee. He registered three goals and two assists in 16 games for the Predators and tallied 20 goals in 36 games for the Admirals of the American Hockey League.
The 34-year-old Alberta native was originally selected by Vancouver in the second round of the 1994 NHL draft.
In 651 career NHL games with the Canucks, Islanders, Bruins, Coyotes and Predators, Scatchard has compiled 128 goals with 140 assists for 268 points.
<< Big Ben strikes again in Detroit
Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Pistons re-signed veteran
center Ben Wallace on Wednesday.
Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Detroit Free
Press reported it is a two-year contract worth jus
<< Lucky Chucky versus nine in $1.5 million Hambletonian
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Champion colt Lucky Chucky will start
from post two in Saturday's 85th running of the $1.5 million Hambletonian at
The Meadowlands. The one-mile trot is harness racing's premier event.
The Hambleto
<< Seattle's Montero named MLS Player of the Month
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fredy Montero was voted Major League Soccer's
Player of the Month for July, it was announced on Wednesday.
Montero has been on fire recently, registering a goal or an assist in eight
straight league matche
<< Alex Rodriguez hits home run No. 600
NEW YORK (AP) -Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 600 home runs Wednesday, reaching the milestone after a 12-game drought - and exactly three years to the day after his 500th homer - with a drive off Toronto's Shaun Marcum in the first
McGee takes Brook Lopez's spot at Team USA camp >>
Colorado Springs, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brook Lopez, center for the New Jersey
Nets, withdrew from consideration for the 2010 USA Basketball World
Championship team due to a battle with mononucleosis.
JaVale McGee, center for the
Bills release Schobel >>
Pittsford, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Bills have released veteran
linebacker Aaron Schobel.
The moves comes after the Bills announced Monday that Schobel was not in their
plans for the 2010 season, though did not outright
Bradley announces roster for Brazil friendly >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - U.S. men's national team soccer coach Bob
Bradley officially named his 18-player roster for a Aug. 10 friendly against
Brazil at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
Fourteen players on the roster were part of
Janish leads Reds to series win over Pirates >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul Janish went 3-for-3 with four RBI and
hit a three-run homer to highlight a six-run seventh inning, as the Reds took
the rubber match of their three-game series against the Pirates, 9-4.
Juan Francis
MySportsbook.com: New College Football Clock Rules Examined
Coaches and bettors alike are desperate to make sense of the new time-keeping rules on the NCAA gridiron. One of the big stories to come out of the Ohio State-Texas clash last weekend was Texas coach Mack Brown's criticism of the NCAA's new clock rules that are intended to shorten the duration of college football games, therefore affecting college football betting.
"They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything," Brown told ESPN.com. "I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over."
Sure, it might be sour grapes; the Buckeyes thoroughly trounced the defending national champion Longhorns 24-7. However, Brown isn't alone in giving the changes their due thought. Bettors are also wondering about them, albeit for a completely different reason. Most experts agree that the changes will result in games being shortened by anywhere from 10 to 20 plays. The obvious consequence is lower scores, with more time rolling off the clock during changes of possession. (The Ohio State-Texas game flew well under the total of 52.)
According to research at the online sportsbook MySportsbook.com, more than 18 plays a game disappeared last weekend into thin air. That's a 10-percent reduction. In 2005, a typical game had 168.58 plays. For 2007 already, it's down to 150.26.
As a result, teams combined to gain an average of about 100 fewer yards a game last weekend versus the 2005 openers. Scoring was also down by about 4.5 points (attention Las Vegas sports lines).
Of course, oddsmakers were able to adjust to the changes before the season started. Proof of that came as the over went a balanced 8-9 at My Sportsbook on Saturday.
Other angles to consider:A shorter game should theoretically result in shorter lines. Whereas Team A might have been a 14-point favorite in a 168-play game (last year), if there are 10 percent less snaps in 2007, the line should also be reduced by 10 percent (to 13 or 12.5). Of course, this is an over-simplification of the matter, but something to keep in mind.
Less possessions means a better chance the game will be decided by three or seven points. For example, what might have been a 20-10 final score in 2005 may end at
17-10 in 2007. Granted, a 24-17 game last year might end at 21-17 these days, but the former - a three- or seven-point advantage being preserved as opposed to created - is the most likely scenario.
*UPDATE* - Sept. 25, 2007
New Clock Rules Boon for online bookmakers
By adjusting the time-keeping rules to shorten the duration of college football games, the NCAA hoped to make its product more enjoyable for the fans. While the NCAA's success in this regard is still up for debate, bookmakers couldn't be happier with the results.
"We are seeing a massive jump in college football betting," noted the MySportsbook.com management team. "With all the early Saturday games (12 a.m. ET) ending before the second wave begins (3:30 p.m. ET) - something that didn't always happen before the changes - bettors are now able to re-invest their winnings from the morning session in the afternoon games."
While not all bettors will choose to roll over their winnings, it doesn't take much for an impact to be seen on the bottom line. "Not all of the millions of dollars in morning payouts get re-bet. In fact, it's probably only 10 to 20 percent," noted the sportsbook management team. "Still, the increased football betting lines window will create a ton of growth for us over the course of the season."
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