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08/24/2007 - Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - In one of the closest qualifying sessions of the season, Kasey Kahne captured the pole for Saturday night's Sharpie 500 Nextel Cup race at the Bristol Motor Speedway short track. The No.9 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge circled the 0.533-mile high-banked half mile in 16.016 seconds (119.805 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Kahne's second of the season and 14th of his "Cup" career.
"It felt good to get a couple of Dodges on the front row," said Kahne, who has yet to win in 2007 after winning six times the previous year. "A great start to the weekend, we need stuff like this to go on, it's been kind of a rough season."
Starting alongside Kahne, in just his second start at Bristol, will be Juan Pablo Montoya who posted a time of 16.064 seconds.
Jamie McMurray (16.103) and David Ragan (16.105) will make up row two. A total of 13 drivers were within 0.020 seconds of the pole winner.
Other drivers of note at their starting positions: Carl Edwards (sixth), Ryan Newman (seventh), Jimmie Johnson (ninth), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (17th) and points leader Jeff Gordon (18th).
Kurt Busch, who owns the 12th and final position in the "Chase for the Nextel Cup," has built his lead to 163 points over 13th-place Earnhardt Jr. and 171 over his Penske Racing teammate Newman. His second win in the last three races also means that should he make the "Chase" he would start with the fourth- highest total. Only Gordon (four wins), Johnson (four) and Tony Stewart (three) would begin the 10-race "playoffs" with more points.
In 13 career starts at BMS, Busch has one pole, five wins and eight top-10s. Between the spring of 2002 and the spring of 2004 he won four of five races and has led a total of 560 laps.
As always when you try and shoehorn 43 cars onto the high-banked, Bristol Motor Speedway track, expect to see plenty of bent sheetmetal and frustrated drivers. It makes for great racing.
The race is scheduled to drop the green flag on Saturday at 8 p.m. (et).
<< Reds' Ross on rehab assignment
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cincinnati Reds sent catcher David Ross
to Triple-A Louisville on a rehab assignment Friday.
Ross went on the 15-day disabled list August 13, after suffering a concussion
when San Diego outfielder Mik
<< Tigers activate P Miller
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers recalled the injury
rehabilitation assignment of pitcher Andrew Miller on Friday and plan to start
him against the New York Yankees.
Miller started two games for Triple-A Toledo and
<< Crew aim to improve playoff position at Houston
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Crew are trying to hang on to the
final playoff position on Saturday when they travel to Robertson Stadium in a
meeting with the Houston Dynamo.
The Crew have lost two straight matches, but s
<< Yankees distance themselves from gang-related apparel
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees responded to a group of
concerned East Harlem parents who called for the team and Major League
Baseball to stop selling hats from a cap manufacturer that adds gang colors
and sym
Fielder's suspension reduced >>
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Major League Baseball reduced the
suspension of Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder from three to
two games on Friday.
Fielder was originally suspended for three games
Razzano, Dulko land in Forest Hills final >>
Forest Hills, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano
and third-seeded Argentine Gisela Dulko reached Saturday's final at the
$74,800 Forest Hills Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Classic.
Razzano leveled Russian E
Around the FCS: N.C. Central excited about first D-I game >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - While most of the Football Championship
Subdivision is eagerly anticipating season-opening games next week, one team
is ready to get a head start on Saturday evening.
And it is a game of historical importa
Leffler wins Busch pole at BMS >>
Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Leffler won the pole for Friday night's
Food City 250 Busch Series race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. The No.38 Great
Clips Toyota driver circled the 0.533-mile short track in 15.947 seconds
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Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
MySportsbook.com's Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds:
Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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