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07/24/2010 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba had surgery on Friday and will miss three weeks, putting his status for the start of the English Premier League season in doubt.
Drogba had an groin operation to fix a problem that limited him at times last season. The 32-year-old Ivory Coast international is expected to return to training in three weeks.
"Drogba successfully underwent minimally invasive surgery yesterday [Friday] on the groin injury that had troubled him for some of last season," Chelsea released in a statement.
"The decision to perform the procedure after his return from the World Cup was made to optimize his rehabilitation and he is expected to return to full training in approximately three weeks."
Chelsea opens the season Aug. 14 against West Brom at Stamford Bridge.
<< Colvin, Castro hit HRs as Cubs nip Cards
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro homered to
support six solid innings from Tom Gorzelanny as Chicago turned away St.
Louis, 6-5, in the middle meeting of a three-game set.
Castro finished with three h
<< Manchester City signs Serbia defender Kolarov
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester City added its fourth new
player of the offseason Saturday, signing Serbia defender Aleksandar Kolarov
from Lazio for $25 million.
Kolarov, 24, played two games for Serbia at the recent
<< Brazil names Menezes new coach
Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brazil named Mano Menezes the new coach
of its national team Saturday, and signed him to a contract through the 2014
FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Muricy Ramalho was the first choice to replace Dunga, w
<< Padres reinstate Latos from DL
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres reinstated pitcher Mat
Latos from the 15-day disabled list to make Saturday's start against the
Pirates.
Latos was disabled on July 16, retroactive to July 9, with a strained
Liu becomes youngest U.S. Junior champion >>
Ada, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jim Liu earned a 4 & 2 victory over Justin Thomas
on Saturday to become the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Junior
Amateur Championship.
Liu rallied from an early deficit and never trailed afte
Chen wins U.S. Girls' Junior >>
Village of Pinehurst, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Doris Chen defeated Katelyn
Dambaugh, 3 & 2, on Saturday to win the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.
Chen, a 17-year-old from Bradenton, Fla., wrapped up the victory when both
player
Atletico Madrid adds Brazilian fullback Filipe >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atletico Madrid acquired Brazilian fullback
Filipe from fellow Spanish club Deportivo on Saturday in a deal reported to be
worth nearly $15 million.
Filipe debuted for Brazil during 2010 FIFA World Cup qua
Report: Mets' Maine to miss rest of season >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Mets pitcher John Maine has
undergone surgery on his right shoulder that will sideline him for the rest of
the 2010 season.
According to the Newark Star-Ledger, the procedure was performed F
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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