Dickau leaves NBA for Europe
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08/12/2008 -
Avellino, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Clippers guard Dan Dickau has
signed with Euroleague team Avellino, the club announced Tuesday.
Dickau, 29, averaged 5.3 points and 2.6 assists in 67 games with the Clippers
last season, his sixth in the NBA. In 300 career games with Atlanta, Portland,
Dallas, New Orleans and Boston, he has posted averages of 5.8 points and 2.5
assists.
His best season came in 2004-05 with New Orleans, when he played in 67 games
-- 46 starts -- and averaged 13.2 points with 5.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds per
game.
Avellino president Vincenzo Ercolino said in a report on the Euroleague
website that Dickau would be the club's starting point guard.
"Our aim was to find a player that could make a difference and dictate the
tempo of our team," Ercolino said. "In the end we managed to bring Dan Dickau
to Avellino. He is a serious professional with NBA experience. We have nothing
to envy of any other playmaker that arrived in Italy this year."
<< Giants P Lincecum leaves game with injury
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum left
Tuesday's game against the Houston Astros after being struck by a line drive
in the fifth inning.
Lincecum, who is a viable Cy Young candidate this season, w
<< Rays OF Crawford will undergo surgery
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Carl Crawford will
undergo surgery on Thursday to repair the subluxation of his right middle
finger tendon.
Crawford, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday, is e
<< Garciaparra returns, Dodgers place Andruw Jones on DL
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nomar Garciaparra is back, and the
slumping Andruw Jones is headed for the disabled list as the Los Angeles
Dodgers made moves revolving around two big names on Tuesday.
Jones was placed on
<< White Sox OF Quentin scratched
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin
was scratched from Tuesday's game against Kansas City after being hit by a
pitch in Monday's loss to the Boston Red Sox.
Quentin has been hit by a pitch in each of t
<< Ravens ink FB Neal to bolster backfield
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Ravens signed Pro Bowl
fullback Lorenzo Neal on Tuesday.
After five seasons as the lead blocker for perennial Pro Bowl selection
LaDainian Tomlinson in San Diego, Neal was releas
Astros' Matsui leaves game with sore back >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston Astros second baseman Kazuo Matsui
left Tuesday's game against the San Francisco Giants with a sore back.
He is listed as day-to-day.
Matsui went 0-for-1 before leaving following the second
Vazquez, White Sox blank Royals >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Javier Vazquez threw eight shutout innings, and
Jermaine Dye hit a two-run homer and drove in three, as the Chicago White Sox
blanked Kansas City, 9-0, in the first of three games with the Royals.
Vazquez (9-
Islanders name Gordon head coach >>
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Islanders have named reigning
AHL coach of the year Scott Gordon head coach, making him the 14th head coach
in franchise history. He has agreed to a multi-year contract with the team.
"Garth
Cabrera leads Tribe past Orioles >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Asdrubal Cabrera went 3-for-4, scored twice,
and drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Indians
came back to edge the Baltimore Orioles, 7-5, in the second of a four-game
set.
Santana picks up win No. 10 in nation's capital >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Damion Easley was hit by a pitch in the
eighth frame, forcing in the eventual winning run, and New York's mix-match
bullpen navigated the final two frames in a 4-3 victory over Washington in the
first o
Big 12 Conference betting odds
Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
 Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.
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