Rangers and Napoli agree to deal
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02/12/2012 - Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers and catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli agreed to terms on a one-year contract on Sunday. Per club policy, no terms of the deal were disclosed.
The 30-year-old set career highs last year in batting average (.320), home runs (30) and RBI (75) over 113 games at catcher, first base and designated hitter.
Following the All-Star break, he batted .383 and became Texas' regular catcher. He batted .328 with three homers and 15 RBI over 17 postseason games, which saw the team fall to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games in the World Series.
He began his career in 2006 with the Angels and played five seasons there. In the 2011 offseason, he was traded to Toronto on January 21, then four days later he was sent Texas in another trade.
In 619 career games, he is a .264 batter with 122 home runs and 324 RBI.
Eindhoven, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dries Mertens converted a penalty in the 8th minute, Ola Toivonen and Tim Matavz added goals before the half hour, and PSV Eindhoven beat De Graafschap, 4-1, to return to the Eredivisie summit Sunday.
<< Blues activate McDonald
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues activated forward Andy
McDonald from injured reserve on Sunday.
McDonald has been out of action since suffering a concussion at the end of the
second period on October 13 in Dallas. He
<< Argentina tops Germany 4-1 to reach Davis Cup quarters
Bamberg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Argentina settled for a 4-1 victory over
host Germany in a best-of-five opening-round Davis Cup matchup.
The 2011 runner-up Argentines will host Croatia in a quarterfinal in April.
Argentina clinched
<< Liverpool's Suarez makes a bad situation worse
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester City's continued rise to prominence, Chelsea's
sudden decline and Tottenham's blistering form have each been major storylines
in the 2011-12 English Premier League season.
Yet racism has emerged as the hot-butto
<< Host Czechs whip Italians 4-1 in Davis Cup
Ostrava, Czech Republic (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The host Czech Republic advanced
to the Davis Cup quarterfinals with an easy 4-1 victory over Italy this week.
The Czechs had already clinched the best-of-five tie with a doubles victory in
Ostra
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - German Angelique Kerber captured her first- ever WTA title by upsetting French crowd favorite Marion Bartoli in Sunday's final at the Open GDF Suez tennis event. The ninth-seeded Kerber toppled the secon
Spain sweeps Kazakhstan, reaches Davis Cup quarters >>
Oviedo, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning champion Spain cruised into the
Davis Cup quarterfinals with a 5-0 drubbing of visiting Kazakhstan this week.
The best-of-five tie came to a close Sunday, with the Spaniards winning a pair
of d
Lescott helps City regain EPL lead >>
Birmingham, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joleon Lescott scored the lone goal in
the 63rd minute, Joe Hart capped his 11th shutout with a brilliant one-handed
save in stoppage time, and Manchester City defeated Aston Villa, 1-0, at Villa
Park on
Hamburg leaves it late against Cologne >>
Cologne, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paolo Guerrero scored in the 88th minute
as Hamburg downed Cologne, 1-0, on Sunday at RheinEnergieStadion in the German
Bundesliga.
Guerrero was set up by Mladen Petric, and converted the lone goal of th
Melzer lifts Austria past Russia, into Davis Cup QFs >>
Wiener Neustadt, Austria (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jurgen Melzer was the hero on
Sunday, as he straight-setted Alex Bogomolov Jr. to propel Austria past
Russian and into its first Davis Cup quarterfinal since 1995.
The Austrians led b
Brandon Roy Favorite to Win 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year
Portland TrailBlazer’s guard, Brandon Roy, is MySportsbook.com’s overwhelming favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year odds.
Despite missing 20 games due to an injury earlier this season, Roy has definitely put up the best numbers of his 1st year peers. In 32 games, Roy is averaging 15.3 PPG, 4.2 boards and 3.5 assists in over 33 minutes of play per game. While most rookies breakdown as the season progresses (see Morrison), Roy is only getting stronger as his playing time and scoring average has increased each month.
With 30 or so games left in the regular season, Roy isn’t a lock for the award by any means. Other rookies are putting together some pretty impressive campaigns and a few could give Roy a run for the award with increased playing time. Heading the list is first pick, Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors. Even though he has started only two games all season, Bargnani is averaging 10.3 PPPG while shooting 35% from deep.
Randy Foye of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be set to give Roy the best competition NBA Rookie of the Year betting lines. With the benching of Mike James, Foye looks like he could be the starter in the T-Wolves backcourt for the rest of the season. So far, Foye has averaged 9 PPG and 2.4 assists in just under 21 minutes per game. With his new role of starter, Foye’s numbers will definitely increase. In his first game as the new starting guard this past Sunday, Foye had 10 points; five rebounds and 8 assists. More importantly, he logged 34 minutes of playing time; his third highest run of the season.
Adam Morrison, of the Charlotte Bobcats, was the favorite early on in the season after averaging 15+ PPG through the first month of the season. Ever since his torrid start, Morrison’s point production has declined each month. This really isn’t surprising, considering at 6’8” he only weighs 205 lbs. Obviously he will need to hit the weights big time during the off-season in order to keep from breaking down in the future.
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