Devils cap homestand against red-hot Penguins
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02/16/2007 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top two teams in the Atlantic Division do battle
tonight as the New Jersey Devils welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to
Continental Airlines Arena.
The Devils are in first place in the Atlantic with 76 points, but Pittsburgh
has pulled within seven points of that lead. Jersey is second in the Eastern
Conference, while Pittsburgh is tied with Ottawa for the fourth spot.
New Jersey has held the upper hand in the series with the Pens this year,
winning three of the four meetings between the clubs. The Devils have also
taken four straight on home ice from the Penguins and six of the last seven
encounters overall.
The Devils won for the fifth time in six games Wednesday, as they pasted the
visiting Montreal Canadiens, 5-2. Patrik Elias had a goal and two assists to
help New Jersey ease past the Habs at the Meadowlands.
Brian Rafalski had two goals while Zach Parise also scored for the Devils, who
rebounded from Sunday's loss to Tampa Bay. Martin Brodeur made 19 saves to
improve to 35-15-5 on the year.
Jamie Langenbrunner notched a pair of assists to push his point-scoring streak
to seven games. His tear is tied for the longest current streak in the NHL.
The Devils played Wednesday's game without the services of center John Madden
(facial laceration) and defenseman Colin White (upper body), but both players
could be back this evening.
However, the Devils leading goal scorer, Brian Gionta, may not be able to
skate in this evening's contest. Gionta, who has 24 goals on the year,
suffered a groin pull in Wednesday's game and is questionable for tonight.
Tonight marks the final test of a six-game homestand for New Jersey, which is
an impressive 21-5-4 as the host this year.
The Penguins have been extremely hot lately, winning four straight and 10 of
their last 11 games. They have also registered a point in 14 consecutive
contests (12-0-2), and a win or a loss after regulation tonight would give
Pittsburgh its first streak of 15 straight games with a point since the
1992-93 campaign. That year the Pens ended the regular season with 17 wins
and a tie,
Pittsburgh is coming off Wednesday's home win over Chicago. Rookie Evgeni
Malkin tied the game late in the third period and also netted the deciding
shootout marker as the Penguins edged the Blackhawks, 5-4, at Mellon Arena.
Marc-Andre Fleury came up with two pivotal stops on Martin Havlat late and
finished with 24 saves for the Penguins. Ronald Petrovicky, Maxime Talbot and
Michel Ouellet each scored in regulation during the win.
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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
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A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.
A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.
Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.
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NFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.
That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal.
A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon."
It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed.
The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha.
So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games."
Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't.
Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal.
Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors. And it's okay to mutter something obscene when the league pretends gambling doesn't help drive TV ratings and fan interest and put money in owners' pockets. But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. The Bears should put an orange "C" on every deck of cards dealt at Harrah's in Joliet; the Eagles should slap their logo on roulette wheels at the Borgata in Atlantic City; the Dolphins should hold training camp at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Seriously.
The NFL's problem, when it comes to the gambling world, isn't hypocrisy, it's worse: The bosses lack vision. That's why the league is picking unwinnable fights in Delaware and taking pot shots from critics after making smart sponsorship deals. Roger Goodell and his gang are acting and thinking locally rather than globally, which is rare for them, especially compared to their professional (and amateur) counterparts.
The NBA held its All Star game in Las Vegas and David Stern's kingdom didn't crumble (although the town did bring plenty of players to their knees.) I'd say it's 6 to 5 and pick 'em that Lebron will make a road swing through Sin City before his career is over.
Even the NCAA College Football Betting is more progressive on this issue than the NFL. Several years ago Rachel Newman Baker, college sports' gambling czar, opened a dialogue with Vegas bookmakers to learn about how they do business. She's visited Nevada sports books, studied their operations and listened to how they regulate action. Now she knows she can expect a call from bookmakers, who lose money when sports are fixed, if they think something sketchy is going on in NCAA games. She's not in favor of sports betting, but, as she once told me, "I know it's not going away, either."
The NFL can't seem to accept that. And until it can find peace with the idea, it'll get flack, even when it's right.
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