08/29/2008 - Waco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Riley Skinner went 27-of-36 passing for 220 yards and three touchdowns to lead 23rd-ranked Wake Forest in a 41-13 romp over Baylor in the season opener for both schools.
Ben Wooster caught six passes for 90 yards and a score for the Demon Deacons (1-0), who are coming off a 9-4 mark last season that included a Meineke Car Care Bowl win over Connecticut.
Chip Brinkman had 29 yards receiving on three receptions, but two of those went for scores. Josh Adams and Brandon Pendergrass each had 14 attempts rushing and a touchdown.
Robert Griffin completed 11-of-19 passes for 125 yards for Baylor (0-1), which opened the Art Briles era with a loss. After a 3-9 finish last season that included a season-ending eight-game losing streak, Baylor brought in Briles to replace head coach Guy Morriss.
Kirby Freeman also saw time at quarterback and went 4-of-11 for 31 yards and was intercepted twice. Griffin ran 11 times for 29 yards and a touchdown, while Jacoby Jones added a rushing touchdown.
<< Bears rally to get the best of Browns in preseason finale
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Caleb Hanie totaled 115 yards on 12-of-17
passing but was intercepted once, and Rex Grossman connected on 5-of-7 passes
for 59 yards and a score, as the Chicago Bears edged the Cleveland Browns,
16-10,
<< Buccaneers defeat Texans in preseason finale
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dexter Jackson returned a punt for a touchdown,
as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers edged out the Texans, 16-6, in the preseason
finale for both teams.
Josh Johnson went 8-of-13 with 85 yards for the Buccaneers
<< Dolphins edge Saints
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chad Henne's eight-yard touchdown pass to
Sean Ryan late in the second quarter was the difference, as the Miami Dolphins
clipped the New Orleans Saints, 14-10, in the exhibition finale for both
clubs.
<< Jags handle Washington in preseason finale
Landover, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Garrard, Cleo Lemon and Todd Bouman each
tossed a touchdown pass as Jacksonville gained 339 yards of offense in a 24-3
victory over the Washington Redskins, in the final preseason tuneup for both
teams.
Nadal, Ferrer, Murray, Blake reach third round in Flushing >>
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seed Rafael Nadal, fourth-
seeded Spaniard David Ferrer, sixth-seeded Brit Andy Murray and ninth-seeded
American favorite James Blake were among a host of favored second-round
winners
Blue Jays designate Stairs for assignment >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Blue Jays designated Matt
Stairs for assignment following Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays and
are expected to trade the designated hitter within the next two days.
The Blue Jay
Rivera's double gives Angels comeback victory >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Garland persevered through eight innings,
and Juan Rivera had a go-ahead three-run double, as the Los Angeles Angels
came from four runs down to beat Texas, 7-5, in the opener of a four-game set.
Garl
A's edge Twins in ninth >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kurt Suzuki had a pinch-hit, game-winning
double in the ninth to lead the Oakland Athletics in a 3-2 victory over the
Minnesota Twins in the opener of a four-game set.
With the contest knotted at 2-2
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their “supplements” to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this won’t be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a “truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit.” And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. “The plug-necked yahoos on your team,” you can say, “will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.”
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesn’t focus only on your opponent’s team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Where’s your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, “I’ll try to type slower for you next time.” Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, don’t just conclude by saying your opponent is a “twerp who drafts like my grandmother.” Say that your opponent is a “sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars.” By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You won’t be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, I’m sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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