Kariya to sit out 2010-11 season

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08/28/2010 - Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Free agent winger Paul Kariya will not play in the 2010-11 NHL season because of post-concussion syndrome.

The news was announced by Kariya's agent, Don Baizley, according to multiple media outlets.

Kariya, 35, spent the last three seasons with the St. Louis Blues, posting 18 goals and 25 assists in 75 games during 2009-10. Since being selected fourth overall in the 1993 draft by Anaheim, Kariya has also played with the Ducks, Avalanche and Predators. In 989 career games, he has recorded 402 goals and 587 assists.

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Elite 8 NCAA Tournament Betting at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com

In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.

Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.

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