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12/14/2008 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea missed out on a chance to take over the Premiership lead on Sunday as the Blues were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham at Stamford Bridge.
League-leaders Liverpool entered the weekend with a one-point lead on Chelsea, but after finishing 2-2 with Hull City on Saturday, the Reds were in danger of dropping to second if Chelsea could beat the Hammers.
However, Craig Bellamy fired the visitors ahead in the 33rd minute and Chelsea could only pull level early in the second half through Nicolas Anelka.
After being the most dominant side at home in England, Chelsea has now won just three of its nine home contests this season, and dropping more points at home against a bottom-half side is more evidence that Stamford Bridge is not quite the fortress it once was.
Chelsea started brightly with Joe Cole getting into the box on the right and firing a shot towards goal from eight yards that was deflected just past the upper right corner.
However, Mark Noble won the ball near the end line from Chelsea's Jose Bosingwa, and although he appeared to use his arm to control the ball, the referee saw nothing wrong, allowing Noble to find Bellamy inside the box.
The striker took the ball down off his chest and fired a volley inside the near post, putting his team ahead.
It didn't take Chelsea long to level the match after halftime as substitute Didier Drogba dropped a pass to Frank Lampard at the top of the box and Lampard lobbed it over the top to Anelka, who fired home his 100th goal in Premiership play.
West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green made a good reaction stop on a header from Alex with 11 minutes to play, but it was West Ham that almost stole the points in stoppage time as Petr Cech did well to keep out a low shot from Carlton Cole.
Sunday's other match saw Newcastle earn three vital points as the Magpies put together a 3-0 win over Portsmouth. After a scoreless first half Newcastle fired home three goals with Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins and Danny Guthrie providing the tallies.
Newcastle moves up to 14th in a crowded bottom half of the table with the win, while Pompey remains in eighth place.
<< Smolenak reassigned to Norfolk
Tampa Bay, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Lightning reassigned forward
Radek Smolenak to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Norfolk
Admirals, it was announced on Sunday.
Smolenak skated in six games with the Ligh
<< 'Canes send Rodney to Albany
Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Carolina Hurricanes reassigned defenseman
Bryan Rodney to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats,
it was announced on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Rodney played in two games during his fi
<< Ottawa sends Bass to Binghamton
Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Ottawa Senators returned center Cody Bass to
their American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, it was
announced on Sunday.
Since his second recall of the season on Dec. 1, Bass play
<< Nine-man Schalke holds on for draw with Hoffenheim
Sinsheim, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Schalke earned a 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim
at Carl Benz Stadion on Sunday despite playing the final 10 minutes of the
game with only nine men.
Gerald Asamoah put Schalke ahead 40 minutes into the game
NHL Atlantic: Devils thriving without Brodeur >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When the news arrived in early November that New Jersey's
franchise goaltender Martin Brodeur was going to miss three-to-four months of
action, many believed that a death knell had sounded for the Devils' 2009
playoff chances
Stars send Jancevski to Hamilton >>
Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Stars reassigned defenseman Dan
Jancevski to the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, it was
announced on Sunday.
The 27-year-old Jancevski has played in 25 games with th
Rangers recall Potter from Hartford >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Rangers recalled defenseman
Corey Potter from the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League, it was
announced on Sunday.
Potter, 24, has registered two goals and nine assists in
Moose send Gendur back down >>
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Manitoba Moose re-assigned forward Dan
Gendur to the Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL, the American Hockey League
club announced on Sunday.
The 21-year-old Gendur appeared in two games with th
MySportsbook.com and Kentucky Derby Offer Bonuses
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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