CFL Hall of Fame coach Murphy passes away
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02/19/2012 - Regina, SK (The Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach and Hall of Fame member Cal Murphy passed away at the age of 79 on Saturday night.
He passed away in a hopsital in Regina after being admitted there earlier in February when he suffered broken ribs from a fall.
Murphy was a part of nine Grey Cup championship teams over his 24 years as a head coach, assistant coach and general manager in the Canadian Football League.
He was an assistant under Marv Levy in Montreal when that team won the Grey Cup in 1977 and was also an assistant with Edmonton when that team won five consecutive championships from 1978-82.
Murphy then went to Winnipeg to again become a head coach in 1983 and won the Grey Cup with the Bombers in 1984. He was general manager at Winnipeg when the team won the Cup in 1988 and 1990.
"Everyone in both the immediate, and extended, Blue Bomber family is deeply saddened by this news," said Winnipeg president Garth Buchko. "Cal was a great ambassador for our game and for Canadian football in Winnipeg and Manitoba."
He finished his coaching career in the CFL with Saskatchewan in 1999 and went on to coach teams in NFL Europe and the XFL.
Elected to the CFL Hall of Fame in 2004, he was serving as a scout for the NFL's Indianapolis Colts when he passed away.
"Cal Murphy lived and breathed and loved football -- and our league was so much better for it," said CFL commissioner Mark Cohon. "He was a fierce competitor, with a keen eye for talent, and an ability to mold great teams."
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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
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MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:
Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
"Helmer & Son": 5/2
"The Saviour": 6/1
"West Bank Story": 7/2
Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel": 7/4
"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
"The Queen": 5/4
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1
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Dreamgirls: 2/3
Pans Labyrinth: 6/5
The Departed: 6/1
The Queen: 11/1
Babel: 15/1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1
Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1
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