Football Betting: Jets/Dolphins

As the New York Jets have shown us already this season, fortunes can change very quickly in the National Football League.

The Jets, and the circus that surrounds them, finish off a Week 3 of Sunday football when they travel to Miami for an early-season AFC East battle with the 2-0 Dolphins (8:20 pm Eastern, NBC).

Earlier this week BetJamaica.com opened Miami as a 1-point favorite for Sunday night's game, with an OVER/UNDER of 35. As of Friday afternoon the line had remained the same, while the total had been bumped a half-point, to 35.5.

The Jets are also getting +115 on the BetJam NFL betting moneyline, with the Dolphins giving -135.

New York began this season as one of the hot picks to click among experts and bettors alike, going off at +135 to win the AFC East and +500 to win the AFC at BetJamaica.com. But the Jets opened with a thud, losing 10-9 at home to Baltimore and looking bad doing it. New York then quickly fell behind the Patriots last Sunday, and the season looked lost. But the Jets sucked it up and scored the last 21 points of the game to beat New England 28-14, and looked like they had returned to contender status.

However, the Jets are also now dealing with a couple of key personnel problems. CB Darrelle Revis, who held out much of training camp, tweaked a hammy last week chasing Randy Moss, and is out for this weekend. And WR Braylon Edwards got... [More]

NFL Betting: Sunday Night Football

In what's already been an interesting start to the NFL season, Sunday Night Football gives us a battle between brothers this week when Eli Manning and his New York Giants pay a visit to Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts at the Oil Can (8:20 pm Eastern, NBC).

The Giants are 1-0, having opened this season with a 31-18 win over Carolina at their new Meadowlands home last Sunday. New York trailed at the half, but outscored the Panthers 17-2 in the second half for the victory. The G-Men outrushed Carolina 118-89 and outgained the Panthers 376-237, although they did turn the ball over four times. And they covered the BetJamaica.com pointspread as 5.5-point home favorites. The game also played OVER its total of 40.5.

Indy is 0-1 after opening with a 34-24 loss at Houston Sunday, allowing the Texans to run for 257 yards. In playing catch-up for most of the game, the Colts ran the ball just 10 times, for a total of 44 yards, and threw it 57 times. Indy lost outright as one-point road favorites, and the game played OVER its total of 47.5 thanks to four touchdowns in the final nine minutes.

Earlier this week BetJamaica.com opened the Colts as 5.5-point favorites for Sunday night's game over the Giants, with an OVER/UNDER of 47. As of Friday afternoon Indy had been dropped a half-point to -5, while the total had been bet up to 48.5.

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NFL Betting: Sunday Night Football

The King is back; King Football, that is.

Sports bettors' favorite game is back on the boards at BetJamaica.com, with the opening weekend of the National Football League’s 2010 regular season. And after a good slate of season openers Sunday afternoon, NFC East rivals provide a nightcap when the Dallas Cowboys visit their old friends, the Washington Redskins, on Sunday Night Football (8:20 pm Eastern, NBC).

As of Friday morning BetJamaica.com is listing the Cowboys as 3.5-point road favorites for Sunday night's game, with an OVER/UNDER of 40. Dallas is also moneylined at -190, with the Redskins getting +160 to win the game outright.

The Cowboys are coming off a division title last season, and their first postseason victory since the last days of their near-dynasty of the 1990s. And Dallas is a popular choice among experts and the betting public to go even further this season. As opening day nears the Cowboys are listed as +110 favorites to win the NFC East again this year, and they're getting +450 to win the NFC championship and +1,000 to win Super Bowl 45 on their home field in February.

Washington is coming off a dismal 4-12 season, and enters this year with another new head coach, Mike Shanahan, and a new starting QB, Donovan McNabb. In early NFL futures betting at BetJam the 'Skins are getting +550 to win the NFC East this season, +2,000 to win the NFC, and +4,200 ... [More]

NASCAR Betting: Emory Healthcare 500

It's that funny time of the year in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing when some drivers desperately could use a victory, others are looking to maintain their positions in the season-long points standings, and still others are basically just in the way.

That's because after Sunday night's running of the Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (7:30 pm Eastern, ESPN), there remains just one more race before the cut is made that narrows the field to the top 12 for the 10-event Chase for the Cup.

Most of that field has already been decided, officially and unofficially. The top two in the standings at the moment, Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon, have already clinched spots in the Chase. And the next nine on the list – Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Greg Biffle – can all clinch spots Sunday night.

Clint Bowyer holds down the 12th and final Chase spot at the moment, leading Jamie McMurray by exactly 100 points. Mark Martin comes next, 101 points behind Bowyer, with Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne still clinging to hope.

Back in March Kurt Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500 in the first Atlanta race of this year, paying out as a +1,800 post-time choice at BetJamaica.com. Kenseth, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kahne (who led a race-high 144 laps), and Paul Menard rounded out the top five that day.

Last year Kurt Busch also won the Kobalt Tools 500 at ... [More]