Benson edges Hornaday for truck title, Bodine wins race
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11/14/2008 - Homestead, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johnny Benson captured his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship Friday with a seventh-place finish in the Ford 200 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Benson finished the season seven points ahead of Ron Hornaday, Jr., who finished one position behind in eighth. It was the second-closest points battle in the 14-year history of the series.
Meanwhile, Todd Bodine won at Homestead, holding off Brian Scott in a green- white-checkered finish. The victory was Bodine's third of the season and the 15th of his Truck Series career.
Scott finished second, and Kevin Harvick was third. Kyle Busch and Dennis Setzer rounded out the top-five.
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Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwyane Wade dropped a game-high 24 points and the Miami Heat clobbered the Washington Wizards, 97-77, at American Airlines Arena. Michael Beasley netted 19 points for the Heat, who wrapped up a thre
<< Young, Sixers overcome big deficit to topple Pacers
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thaddeus Young scored a career-high 25
points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers erased a 26-point
first-half deficit and came back to edge the Indiana Pacers, 94-92.
Andre Miller s
<< No. 21 Wake Forest crushes N.C. Central
Winston-Salem, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freshman Al-Farouq Aminu scored 21 points
and grabbed 10 rebounds, and No. 21 Wake Forest kicked off its 2008-09
campaign with a 94-48 rout of North Carolina Central.
Aminu made 9-of-12 from the
<< Charlotte pulls out victory over short-handed Jazz
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gerald Wallace scored 22 points and grabbed
nine rebounds to lead the Charlotte Bobcats to a 104-96 victory over the
ailing Utah Jazz, who were without three of their top six players.
Deron Williams,
<< Ovechkin and Laich lead surging Caps over Devils
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alexander Ovechkin and Brooks Laich both had
a goal and an assist, as the surging Washington Capitals defeated the slumping
New Jersey Devils, 3-1, in the opener of a home-and-home series at the Verizon
Center.
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Zach Randolph poured in a season-high in points and rebounds with 29 and 19, respectively, and the New York Knicks held off the Oklahoma City Thunder, 116-106, at Madison Square Garden. Jamal Crawford
Harris leads Nets to victory over Hawks >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Devin Harris finished with 30 points,
eight assists and six rebounds, as the New Jersey Nets used a strong fourth
quarter to take a 115-108 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Vince Carter ended with
No. 12 Oklahoma rolls over American University >>
Norman, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blake Griffin had 24 points and a career-high 18
rebounds, as 12th-ranked Oklahoma crushed American University, 83-54, in the
season opener for both clubs.
Cade Davis had 11 points while Willie Warren added
Thrashers stay in win column by edging 'Canes >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johan Hedberg finished with 27 saves as the
streaking Atlanta Thrashers downed the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-2, in a
Southeast Division battle at Philips Arena.
Marty Reasoner, Eric Perrin and Slav
Posey, Hornets hold off Blazers >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Posey scored 14 points and nailed two
key three-pointers in the fourth quarter, as the New Orleans Hornets pulled
out a hard-fought 87-82 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Chris Paul logged
Chiefs' Treen Green out for Sunday's game
How long Trent Green will remain sidelined is unknown. Coach Herm Edwards said Monday he will miss a second straight start Sunday when the Chiefs host the San Francisco 49ers.
A two-time Pro Bowler, Green was going into a feet-first hook slide when he was knocked unconscious by a thunderous, head-snapping hit from Cincinnati's Robert Geathers.
Oddsmakers at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com currently have the Chiefs listed as 7-point favorites versus the 49ers.
The 49ers got beat by Philadelphia 38-24 as a 6.5-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (42.5).
Alex Smith completed 27-of-46 passes for 293 yards with a touchdown. Michael Robinson rushed for 29 yards and a pair of touchdowns on five carries.
The Chiefs lost 9-6 to Denver last week as an 11-point underdog. The combined score was well UNDER the posted over/under total (38).
Larry Johnson rushed for 126 yards on 27 carries. Damon Huard completed 17-of-23 passes for 133 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.
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