NFL Sports Betting News Brees named Offensive Player of the Year 01/06 - 15:08   New York, NY (Betting Express) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was honored on Tuesday as the Associated Press' Offensive Player of the Year. He torched defensive backfields for a career-high and NFL-best 5,069 yards and also led the league in pass attempts (635), pass completions (413) and completions of 25 yards or more (35) this season. He beat out Indianapolis quarterback and 2008 MVP Peyton Manning and Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson for the offensive award. Brees, who became just the second player to pass for 5,000 yards or more in a season, is the only Saint to throw for more than 4,000 yards in three consecutive seasons and his 34 touchdown passes in 2008 were a franchise best. Dan Marino passed for an NFL-record 5,084 yards in 1984. The Purdue product tied an NFL mark with 10 300-yard passing games this season despite New Orleans finishing last in the NFC South with an 8-8 record. Brees has thrown for 26,258 yards and 168 TDs in eight years with San Diego and New Orleans. More NFL sports betting news

MLB Sports Betting News Indians sign RHP Pavano 01/06 - 15:54   Cleveland, OH (Betting Express) - The Cleveland Indians will roll the dice on Carl Pavano after signing the right-hander to a one-year deal Tuesday. Financial terms of the contract were not released. Pavano just completed an injury-plagued four-year, $40 million stint with the New York Yankees, appearing in just 26 games and missing the entire 2006 campaign due to injury. Pavano compiled a 4-2 record with a 5.77 ERA over 34 1/3 frames through seven starts in 2008. The 6-5, 241-pound Pavano underwent reconstructive surgery on his right elbow in June of the 2007 season, and owns a 66-66 mark with a 4.32 ERA in 193 games, 175 of which have been starts, over his career with Montreal, Florida and New York. In a related move, the Indians are expected to designate infielder Michael Aubrey for assignment to make roster space for the oft-injured Pavano. More MLB sports betting news

NBA Sports Betting News Anthony to miss close to a month with fractured hand 01/06 - 15:50   Denver, CO (Betting Express) - Denver Nuggets star forward Carmelo Anthony will miss three-to-four weeks after Tuesday's visit with a hand specialist confirmed the sixth-year player has a non-displaced third metacarpal fracture on his right hand. Anthony suffered the injury during the third quarter of Monday's 135-115 victory over Indiana. The forward finished the game despite favoring the hand, which will be placed in a splint, and chipped in 21 points, nine assists and six rebounds. In 31 games this season, Anthony is averaging 21.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Nuggets, who entered Tuesday's action atop the Northwest Division. The third overall pick of the stocked 2003 NBA draft has not played a full 82- game slate since his rookie season. More NBA sports betting news