'Pacman' Jones pleads guilty, gets probation
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01/18/2012 - Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones received one year of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for an incident outside a downtown Cincinnati bar last July.
Jones appeared in Hamilton County Municipal Court and apologized to officers for his behavior, saying he was "just trying to protect someone that I loved" prior to his run-in with police.
Judge Brad Greenberg scolded Jones for his "foolishness" and ordered he serve probation, pay a $250 fine and court costs and perform 50 hours of community service for pleading guilty to the misdemeanor.
In addition, Greenberg ordered Jones to stay away from the club where he was arrested, the Scene Ultra Lounge. A second misdemeanor for resisting arrest was dismissed.
Video of Jones' court appearance posted on cincinnati.com showed the football player wearing a black collared shirt with light stripes. He said he realizes he "could have handled [the situation] a lot better."
Jones, who said he was on probation elsewhere, had been charged with the two misdemeanors after resisting arrest by pulling away from officers as they tried to place him in handcuffs outside the lounge.
He had been escorted out of the building for refusing to calm down, according to court records.
In a strange scene befitting his well-documented misbehaved past, Jones spoke with the news media after he was released from jail last July and argued how he could have been resisting arrest while wearing a neck brace.
At the time, Jones was recovering from a herniated disc in his neck that had forced him to miss all but five games in 2010. He said he was out with his wife on her birthday.
Jones, 28, played in eight games for the Bengals this past season and started seven.
Once a rising NFL star, Jones has become better-known for off-the-field legal troubles, including his involvement in a Las Vegas strip club shooting in 2007, and his multiple league suspensions. He hasn't played more than nine games since the 2006 season.
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Super Bowl 2009 Betting
Super Bowl 2009 Betting propositionsUnderdog bettors love the Super Bowl and, history suggests, the underdogs love them back. And the big dogs bite harder.
Even so, there is a warning in store for Super Bowl gamblers who must love dogs: The Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl betting lines might not be enough of a Cinderella to make it worth your while.
Although the Cardinals were widely panned as one of the worst division winners and least playoff-worthy teams in recent memory, their trip to Super Bowl XLIII Jan. 31 in Tampa against the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl betting lines comes with a little more respect from the oddsmakers than you might imagine. They are a 7-point underdog at most sports books.
If you count yourself among those who covet the big dog in the big game, this isn’t exactly great news. You should have been hoping for more points. This is because the facts show that the bigger the dog, the better the bet in the Super Bowl.
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By contrast, 7-point favorites are 2-1-1 ATS in the same span, the last such contest resulting a cover grinded out by the Colts in their 29-17 win over the Bears two seasons ago in Super Bowl XLI.
In 2004, the Patriots failed to cover the number in their 32-29 triumph over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl props while the Rams and Titans gave everyone a refund in 2000 after the Rams posted a 23-16 win as a seven-point favorite.
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While the seven-point spread represents a significant gap in the perception of strength between the two teams, it is far from monumental. For example, last season the Giants were the wild-card afterthought turned road-warrior buzzsaw, with stunning wins over the Buccaneers, Cowboys and Packers to earn their place in the Super Bowl.
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SB XLII -- 2008 -- New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14 (Giants +12.5) – Eli Manning’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress in the final minute clinched the historic upset for the Giants, who used a masterful defensive plan to slow down Tom Brady and the previously undefeated New England Patriots.
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XXXII 1998 Broncos 31, Packers 24 (Denver +12) – The first of John Elway’s two consecutive Super Bowl titles to put an end to his Hall of Fame career was an upset for the ages. The Broncos used the determination of Elway and a 157-yard, three-touchdown performance from Terrell Davis to turn back Brett Favre and the heavily favored Packers.
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