11/29/2008 - Leverkusen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayern Munich moved into second place on Saturday after recording a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen at Bay Arena.
Luca Toni scored the first goal for Bayern in the 59th minute, while Miroslav Klose added a second goal eight minutes from time, allowing Bayern to head into Friday's top-of-the-table clash with Hoffenheim just three points behind the Bundesliga newcomers.
The home side started brighter with Tranquillo Barnetta's cross in the 16th minute being headed off the crossbar by Henrique. Patrick Helmes then found an opening and fired into the side of the net, but Bayern created a good chance of its own right after, with Bastian Schweinsteiger forcing a good stop from Leverkusen goalkeeper Rene Adler.
Schweinsteiger again made Adler come up with a good save right before halftime, but Bayern finally found the opener after the restart.
Franck Ribery played Ze Roberto into space down the wing, and his cross found the head of Toni, who nodded the ball home from five yards to put his team in front.
Adler made another nice stop on Ribery in the 77th minute to keep his team close, but he was unable to keep out Klose five minutes later, when the striker dashed into the box after taking a pass from Ribery and fired into the bottom left corner of the net.
Hoffenheim held serve ahead of the Bayern showdown with a comfortable 3-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld as Vedad Ibisevic added to his league-leading goals total with his 17th on the season, Claudio Pizarro scored three times as Werder Bremen handed Eintracht a 5-0 defeat, while Energie moved out of the drop zone with a 3-1 win over Monchengladbach and Hannover got a pair of goals from Mike Hanke in a 3-2 triumph over Karlsruhe.
<< Report: Burress hospitalized after self-inflicted gunshot wound
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Burress reportedly spent the night in a hospital after accidentally shooting
himself in the leg on Friday.
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<< Wild pay a visit to Predators
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Wild will aim for their third win in four
outings when they visit the Music City tonight to face the Nashville
Predators at the Sommet Center.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Blackhawks will try to avoid a third
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battle at the Staples Center.
Today's test marks the end of a six-game road trip for the Blackhawks,
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The Flames picked up their first
Bears place Vasher on IR >>
Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bears have placed cornerback
Nathan Vasher on injured reserve because of a broken hand.
Vasher originally injured his wrist in a Week 4 game against Philadelphia and
missed three games becau
Avs place Foote on IR >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Avalanche placed defenseman Adam
Foote on injured reserve, retroactive to November 22, on Saturday.
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in 19 games this
Croom resigns at Mississippi State >>
Starkville, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mississippi State head football coach
Sylvester Croom announced his resignation Saturday, just one day after the
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Burke introduced as president and GM of Maple Leafs >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Maple Leafs officially introduced
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American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout
An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.
Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off. Randy was not impressed though. Paula thought he started off fantastic. "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either.
Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed. Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact. He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition.
Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula. Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.
Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next. Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential. Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell. He sang "Careless Whisper".
22 year old Chris Richardson was up next. He was listed with +1100 odds coming in. He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great.
Nick was boring and pitchy. Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week. Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition.
Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds . These of course were the early odds. He was considered original for picking an "odd song". He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night.
Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good.
Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds. Great voice and a great sense of humor. He's a real standout. Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit. Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig".
Jared Cotter followed. He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition. The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good.
22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next. "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon. Though the judges felt he performed okay. Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.
Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition. He was the last to perform. He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start.
Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys. Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.
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