Support continues to swell for Adelaide Crows to upset Sydney Swans and confine the minor premiers to an embarrassing straight-sets exit from AFL finalsThe Crows have tightened from $2.60 into $2.55 while the Swans have eased from $1.50 out $1.53, and sports and racing bookmaker UBET says the second AFL semi-final has thrown up some interesting betting moves.These finals are huge betting affairs but after their emphatic elimination final win over Kangaroos last week there has been a groundswell of support for the Crows, UBET spokesperson Gerard Daffy said.The ratio of bets coming for them is 3:1 over Sydney, who were flat against GWS, and it looks highly likely the $2.55 about the Crows will disappear.Adelaide defeated Sydney 113-103 earlier this year, at Adelaide Oval, while the Swans have lost their past four finals matches.AFL Finals Week 2: Sydney V Adelaide 17/9 Mike Matheny . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Tommy Edman .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. http://www.custommlbcardinalsjersey.com/ . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. Lane Thomas . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Rangel Ravelo . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me. The fanfare around the arrival of Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho in Manchester means Londons finest have been little more than a sideshow heading into the 2016-17 English Premier League.Dont, though, discount the chances of Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal being in the title conversation next May.After putting up the worst ever Premier League title defense last season to finish 10th, Chelsea surely will be a different proposition this time round under new coach Antonio Conte and with summer signing NGolo Kante running its midfield.Tottenham got a taste of challenging for the title last season, eventually fading away in the final weeks to finish third, and its young and dynamic squad will be better for the experience.Then theres Arsenal, a regular in the top four but a team that so often flatters to deceive when the championship trophy looks to be in sight. Many say they are a world-class striker away from ticking every box.With West Ham also seemingly on the rise and playing a first season in its new home at the Olympic Stadium, maybe theres life outside Manchester this season, after all.Of Londons three top sides, Chelsea could be best equipped to go all the way. The teams unraveling last season was almost as mystifying as Leicesters march to the title, but the squad is largely the same as the one that romped to the league trophy in 2014.Throw in Conte and the ubiquitous Kante -- following his departure from Leicester for $40 million -- and Chelsea has all the ingredients of a title winner, with its motivation rebooted.The schedule also helps. No European football this season means plenty more time with Conte -- a master tactician in the words of Guardiola -- on the training ground and extra rest between games. None of the travel and fatigue that comes with midweek games in the Champions League and Europa League.Look how that benefited Liverpool three seasons ago, and Leicester last season. And Conte experienced a similar situation in his first season at Juventus, in 2011.I took over after they had finished seventh, he said. We didnt play in the Champions League or the Europa League and our energy was only focused on the league. We won the title.New to the Premier League, Conte is sure to be one of the characters this season. The Italian is fiercely passionate about his job and can get animated to the point of wild in the technical area. But inside, theres a calm and calculated technician who knows how to get the best out of his playyers, which he showed as coach at the European Championship where Italy went out in the quarterfinals against Germany on penalty kicks.dddddddddddd want to transfer my passion to my players, Conte said on joining Chelsea.If Eden Hazard rediscovers his form of two seasons ago and Diego Costa can focus on scoring goals rather than clashing with the opposition, Chelsea will be hard to stop. The central-midfield axis of Kante and Nemanja Matic might prove to be the best in the league.A second-place finish last season maintained Arsenals record of qualifying for the Champions League every full season in Arsene Wengers 20-year reign, but there was frustration that a chance had been missed to end a league title drought now stretching 12 years.One potential area of weakness may have been filled by Wenger with the signing of Switzerland defensive midfielder Granit Xhaka but the most obvious issue -- the lack of a proven striker -- remains glaring. Attempts to sign Leicesters Jamie Vardy and Lyons Alexandre Lacazette have failed, leaving the not-always-convincing Olivier Giroud as first-choice striker.For Arsenals increasingly disenchanted supporters, that isnt enough, but theres still time for late business in the transfer window.Its also been relatively quiet across north London at Tottenham, whose only signings have been holding midfielder Victor Wanyama from Southampton and Vincent Janssen from the Dutch league. Janssen will provide much-needed back-up for main striker Harry Kane.Under forward-thinking coach Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs -- led by Kane, playmaker Dele Alli and a tight defense marshalled by Toby Alderweireld -- played the best football on a consistent basis last season and were the main challengers to Leicester in the last two months.This will be their last season at White Hart Lane before a move to a new ground adjacent to the current stadium: What better way to say farewell than winning the league for the first time since 1961?Tottenham will be playing in the Champions League for the first time since 2010-11, with home games staged at Wembley Stadium to meet UEFA requirements while work is done near the stadium, so its an exciting time for the club.Indeed, all three of Londons top clubs should be excited going into the new season, looking to prove theres more to the Premier League than Manchester. ' ' '