Beat the Books

The battle for the AL Central crown heats up on Tuesday, and those that don't care about baseball will be reviewing Week 4 NFL lines. Here's your Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

The Cowboys are now the favorites to win the Super Bowl at many sportsbooks, thanks to their strong start to the season and the middling-to-poor results so far for the Patriots, Colts, and Chargers. Dallas will look to stay unbeaten this weekend when they host the Redskins; the line on that game opened with the Cowboys favored by 10.5 points.

There are just five other unbeaten teams around the league heading into Week 4: Buffalo, Baltimore, Tennessee, Denver, and the Giants. The Bills opened as 9.5-point road favorites against the Rams, while the Titans were set as 3-point home favorites versus the Vikings, and the Broncos as 9.5-point road favorites against the Chiefs. The Giants have a bye in Week 4, and the Ravens will play in Pittsburgh on Monday night.

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GodsTips reports that the NFL power rankings week 4 are in and there appear to be some potential outlaw line plays in both the NFL and college football betting this weekend.

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Other Notable Events

If the Twins are going to finish atop the AL Central they're going to have to win their home series against the White Sox, which begins on Tuesday. Minnesota is 2.5 games back of Chicago in the standings right now, and they'll send Scott Baker (9-4, 3.69 ERA) to the mound on Tuesday. Chicago counters with Javier Vazquez (12-14, 4.32 ERA).

The Red Sox will send Tim Wakefield (9-11, 4.18 ERA) to the mound on Tuesday as they try to beat the Indians and Cliff Lee (22-2, 2.41) and make a move on the Rays for first place in the AL East. Tampa Bay will be playing a doubleheader in Baltimore.

Finally, the Phillies will be looking to reduce their magic number in the NL East on Tuesday with Cole Hamels (14-9, 3.10 ERA) taking on Atlanta's Mike Hampton (2-3, 5.05 ERA). Their competition for top spot, the Mets, will be sending Johan Santana (14-7, 2.65 ERA) to the mound at home against the Cubs' Rich Harden (10-2, 2.03 ERA).

The Rest of the Schedule

The Brewers will be looking to stay in the National League Wild Card hunt with a win versus the Pirates in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. Rounding out the NL schedule: Florida at Washington, Cincinnati at Houston, Arizona at St. Louis, San Diego at the Dodgers, and Colorado at San Francisco.

Other games in the American League on Tuesday: Kansas City at Detroit, the Yankees at Toronto, Oakland at Texas, and the Angels at Seattle.

Finally, there are two Game 3's on the WNBA's schedule for Tuesday, with Indiana at Detroit and Los Angeles at Seattle. The conference finals will start later this week.

News from the Wire

The Eagles managed to beat the Steelers on Sunday afternoon, but star running back Brian Westbrook suffered an ankle injury; his status and practice time will be something to watch this week . . . Browns quarterback Derek Anderson was picked off three times in the team's loss to the Ravens on Sunday, and he risks losing his job to backup Brady Quinn . . . Lions quarterback Jon Kitna sprained his knee in the team's Sunday loss.

We won't be using our T-Mobile GAME of the YEAR phone or the new Google phone to call Stu Feiner's scorephone. Man that is the worst sportsphone in the history of audiotext.

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A Peek at the Future

The White Sox/Twins matchup on Wednesday is scheduled to have a pitching matchup of Mark Buehrle (14-11, 3.87 ERA) vs. Nick Blackburn (10-10, 4.15 ERA) . . . early college football games this week include No. 1 USC at Oregon State and SMU at Tulane on Thursday, and Connecticut at Louisville on Friday . . . the PGA Tour wraps up its playoffs with The TOUR Championship in Atlanta beginning on Thursday.

Betting Line for US President

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