“Chris Henry Dead” is a headline none of us expected to see. He died Thursday morning at 6:36am the day after receiving injuries during a domestic dispute with his fiancée. The Cincinnati Bengals WR was only 26 years old when doctors pronounced him dead. At some point during this domestic dispute with Loleini Tonga, his fiancée, Chris Henry jumped into the bed of their pickup truck as Loleini was driving away. Apparently, Chris fell out of the truck and suffered “life-threatening injuries”

Henry had had a number of run-ins with the law, being arrested five times, the fifth for an assault charge. He was suspended for half a season along with Titans cornerback Adam Jones, suspended for a full season, as part of the NFL’s toughening policy on conduct. After his fifth arrest, Judge Bernie Bouchard referred to him as “a one-man crime wave.” Naturally, the Bengals let him go. Of course, Henry was crushed as his high school dream of an NFL career was crumbling. He received a second chance and became a reformed man. Read more…

If anyone took the NFL betting odds on Kansas City in Sunday’s game they’re sitting on a pile of money right now. When the Chiefs hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers in week 11 there was perhaps no bigger mismatch on the board. And yet that’s what makes the NFL betting lines so interesting.

The Chiefs were 0-12 at home in their previous dozen NFL betting matchups and little to no reason to expect to win this game. The offense has been terrible all year, it just scored its first rushing TD of the year in week 10 and the defense ranks among the worst in the league. Read more…

The 2009 NFL lines on the regular season are finally here. First off, the opening game between the defending Super Bowl champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers, as they host the Tennessee Titans in their home stadium of Heinz Field. As the previous Super Bowl champs, they earn the honor of opening up the following season, and open it they shall.

The Steelers enter the 2009 regular season as 6½ point favorites, and they are expected to cover. The preseason wasn’t exactly a stellar performance, but they still did exceptionally well. With a 3-1 preseason record against the Titans’ 3-2 preseason record, the two teams look easily matched. However, the Titans are 0-2 in road games for the preseason. Can we expect an improvement in their performance throughout the NFL lines during the regular season? Read more…

Finally, the NFL is rolling into its 90th season. The league of American football that began in 1920 with 11 teams has undergone changes over the past90 years and has grown to 32 teams in two conferences. What started out as the American Professional Football Association soon became known as the National Football League.

The NFL betting lines flourished for 40 years, and then a competitor came around, known as the American Football League. These two leagues competed between each other for the following 10 years, until they merged in what has become one of the most successful business mergers in history. Read more…

The Cowboys lost for the first time in their new home against the San Francisco 49ers that beat them 20-13. The first touchdown of the game was until the second quarter with a 3 yards run from the Cowboy, Felix Jones. Nick Folk gave a 10 points lead to Dallas in the second period thanks to a 25 yards field goal.

But the 49ers responded in the second quarter and Joe Nedney scored a 42 yards field goal. By the end of the third quarter, the score board had a tie, after Kory Sheets made a yard touchdown. Read more…