Jeff Haney with the odds on those oddities you won’t see on the gridiron

Monday, July 31, 2006 | 7:25 a.m.

Pro football's annual Hall of Fame Game takes place Sunday in Canton, Ohio, with the Philadelphia Eagles a 3-point favorite against the Oakland Raiders.

The game marks not only the beginning of the NFL preseason but also the unofficial start of the football betting season.

Following are odds on propositions involving preseason football and other forthcoming events in Las Vegas that you won't find on any betting boards

Football

- killed ("Ah, they killed us this week.") 2-1.

- crushed ("We broke even on Saturday, but they crushed us on Sunday.") 5-2.

- destroyed ("What can I say, we got destroyed again.") 4-1.

- slaughtered, 13-2.

- obliterated, 15-1.

- field (any other word or phrase suggesting violent imagery), 6-5.

Boxing

College basketball

Professional gambler Alan Boston, a college basketball handicapping specialist, is approaching Sugar Ray Leonard's record for most retirement announcements. For the past several years, Boston has said each season would be his last in the betting game. Will Boston be back in Las Vegas this season betting college basketball? Yes: minus-190. No: plus-160.

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