The Alouettes were stunned earlier this week when Walter Spencer, their top special teams player, was almost killed outside a bar in Montreal. A loss in Hamilton could cost the Alouettes first place in the East.
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It’s the best day of year on the man calendar and Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith want to take it away from us. No, not the release date for SI Swimsuit issue. I’m talking about the first Sunday of the NFL season.
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I notice a change in myself as the NFL preseason winds down to a merciful end and Week 1 comes calling. All of a sudden, the most meaningless, everyday tasks take on newfound and intense importance.
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Obviously some major line moves in respect to this game. Favre has that ability and his influence over the NFL is strong. This is a rematch of the NFC Championship game, one that many believe the Vikings should have won.
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Every team thinks it has a chance to win the Super Bowl before Week 1. Of course we know that's not true but it doesn't make doing the first power rankings of the season any easier. Covers Expert Matt Fargo ranks all the teams, including the Super Bo...
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Favre’s numbers were atypical of his own late-career total, especially his interception percentage (only 1.3 percent of his passes in 2009 were picked), and plugging in his normal late-career numbers, Minnesota’s win total drops to 8.6.
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Since 1991, there have only been three teams repeat as Super Bowl champs. Last season the Pittsburgh Steelers went 5-10-1 against the spread and failed to make the playoffs just a year after hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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Gotye’s smash hit Somebody That I Used To Know is a dominant $1.11 favourite to take the number one spot in Triple J’s annual Hottest 100 countdown on Australia Day.
Lleyton Hewitt is given little hope of victory in his first round Sydney International clash with Viktor Troicki on Tuesday, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au installing the Australian as the $2.82 outsider and his Serbian opponent the $1.40 favourite.
Speculation surrounding Serena Williams’ ankle injury has cost her favouritism at next week’s Australian Open, with punters getting on board Petra Kvitova to win the Grand Slam with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.
Three of the four away teams will start favourites in their respective Round 14 NBL matches this weekend with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au tipping Townsville, Gold Coast and the New Zealand Breakers to each earn valuable road wins.
