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BURTON WINS AT DOVER For the first time in 175 races Jeff Burton was able to pull his car into Victory Lane after a Nextel Cup Race. For you math wizards out there that is almost 5 years since Burtons last Cup Series victory. Making the win even sweeter is the fact that now Burton also finds himself atop the Nextel Cup points standings by 6 points over second place Jeff Gordon. Burton didn’t lead a lap all day until 6 laps from the finish when he was able to squeeze by Matt Kenseth after a fierce battle for several…

Harvick Wins The First Chase Race at New Hampshire; Takes Points Lead Kevin Harvick lead 196 of 300 laps to win from the pole Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway. The win was his fourth of the season and the second win for Harvick in as many weeks. Sunday’s win propels Harvick into the Nextel Cup points lead for the first time in his Nextel Cup career. Harvick will take a 35 point lead over 2nd place Denny Hamlin into the second race in the Chase for the Nextel Cup at Dover this weekend. Harvick now leads the Nextel Cup…

Harvick Sweeps Richmond, Chase For The Nextel Cup is Set Kevin Harvick passed Kyle Busch on second to last lap to win his second race in as many days. Friday night Harvick dominated the Busch Series race at Richmond, much like he has the whole season. The surprise of the night though might be Tony Stewart. The defending Nextel Cup Championship finds himself leaving Richmond on the outside of this years Chase. His 18th place finish at Richmond dropped him from 8th going into this week to 11th, one spot out of where he needed to be to defend his…

Jeter & Pujols MVP Favs; Odds Favor Carpenter and Santana In Cy Young With just over three weeks remaining in the regular season, not only are the MLB pennant races heating up, but so is speculation about who’ll win the league’s top awards. In both the American and National Leagues, the MVP debate is becoming strongly contested along with the NL Cy Young, while the AL Cy Young appears to be a virtual lock for a former winner. Now that the contenders for the major MLB awards are becoming clearer, PinnacleSports.com has released updated odds on the MVP and Cy Young…

NFL Preview: NFC East DALLAS COWBOYS The Cowboys were one playmaker away from making the playoffs last season and they added one of best, at least on the field, by signing Terrell Owens. Now it is obvious that Owens is not the best of citizens off the field, but Bill Parcells may be the perfect coach to keep him relatively in check. When he has his head on straight, Owens is the best receiver in the game, and he answered questions about his fortitude by having over 100 yards receiving in the Super Bowl on one leg two years ago.…

NFL Preview: NFC West ST. LOUIS RAMS This year’s Rams team is expected to be no different from any other Rams Teams of the past, scoring lots of points and giving up just as many. The big difference this year is the Rams new head coach, Scott Linehan, who has no NFL coaching experience, and rookie head coaches usually don’t succeed in their first season. Nonetheless the St. Louis Rams did not lose any key offensive players this year, and running back Steven Jackson is expected to have a huge season this year. Marc Bulger can deliver some of the…

Kahne Sweeps California The competition knew that Kasey Kahne would be tough to beat going into California. He had always run well there and he needed a good finish for his team to have a chance to make the Chase for the Nextel Cup. They probably didn’t expect him to sweep the weekend though. Maybe the only thing more spectacular then Kahne sweeping the weekend is how he did it. Both wins came in the final laps of the race as he watched his competition run out of fuel. Kahne won the Busch race Saturday night after a fierce final…

Angels Win in 10, Tigers Lead to 4.5 In what can only be described as a collapse, the Tigers lost their 10th game in their last 15 at the hands of the Angels Saturday Night. The game was scoreless through 7 innings until the Angels Juan Rivera drove in a run with an RBI single in the top of the eighth to put Anaheim on top. Their lead didn’t last long however when Detroit answered in the bottom of the eighth with a single from Marcus Thames that drove in two runs and put Detroit on top 2-1. The Tigers…

Buckeye’s, Texas Roll; Irish Hang On Ohio State took its first step toward a National Championship on Saturday with a 35-12 victory over Northern Illinois. The Buckeye’s who scored 21 unanswered points in the first quarter were led by Heisman hopeful QB Troy Smith. Smith was 18-25 for 299 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those touchdowns were to Ted Ginn Jr. Ginn had four catches for 123 yards and returned two punts for 44 yards and two kickoffs for 25 more yards. The lone bright spot for Northern Illinois came in a small package. 5-7′ Running Back Garrett Wolfe had…

Iowa St. Win’s by 2 in Triple OT In the season opener for Iowa State they did something they have never done before, win in overtime. And what a win it was. The Cyclones (1-0) beat Toledo (0-1) 45-43 in a triple overtime stunner. Todd Blythe caught a pair of touchdown passes in OT and Quarterback Bret Meyer added three TD runs for Iowa State, which picked up its first OT win in six tries. The win came after Toledo receiver Chris Hopkins couldn’t hold on to a potential tying two-point conversion pass on the goal line.