#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

use HTTP::Request::Common;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use Data::Dumper;

my %fields = (
    "LeagueID"         => "9\r\n",
    "GameDate"         => "3-2-2010\r\n",
    "Season"           => "2009-2010\r\n",
    "Refresh"          => "false\r\n",
    "LastUpdateTime"   => "01-01-1900\r\n",
    "type"             => "Matchups\r\n",
    "RefreshStartTime" => "11-2-2010-1268372427240\r\n",
    "Week"             => "\r\n",
    "conferenceID"     => "",
);
my $robot = LWP::UserAgent->new;
use HTTP::Request::Common;
my $url
    = 'http://scores.covers.com/ajax/SportsDirect.Controls.LiveScoresControls.Scoreboard,SportsDirect.Controls.LiveScoresControls.ashx?_method=UpdateScoreboard&_session=no';
my $post = POST $url , \%fields;
# $post would be url-encoded
# 'content-type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
# print Dumper $post;
my $content = qq{LeagueID=9\r\nGameDate=3-2-2010\r\nSeason=2009-2010\r\nRefresh=true\r\nLastUpdateTime=01-01-1900\r\ntype=Matchups\r\nRefreshStartTime=12-2-2010-1268408433293\r\nWeek=\r\nconferenceID=};

# your target url appears to accept either of these
my $post2 = POST $url,  Content => $content;
#my $post2 = POST $url, 'content-type' => 'text/plain', Content => $content;

print Dumper $post2;
print Dumper $robot->request( $post2);


##</code><code>##

 '_content' => '{\'LeagueID\':9,\'League\':\'NBA\',\'GameDate\':\'3-2-2010\',\'Season\':\'2009-2010\',\'Week\':\'\',\'GameResponseList\':[],\'LastUpdateTime\':\'01-01-1900\',\'RefreshStartTime\':\'12-2-2010-1268408433293\',\'Refresh\':true,\'PageType\':\'Matchups\',\'ScoreBoardHTML\':\'<div id="Scoreboard_9"><table class="scoreboard" border="0">\\r\\n       <tr>\\r\\n             <td class="scoreboard-left"><div id="Game_9_781166" class="game-box"><span class="activetab" id="In_Game_Status_9_781166">Final</span><div class="soright" id="Title_9_781166">Boston at Detroit</div><span class="pick_button"><a href="http://contests.covers.com/sportscontests/makepicks.aspx?sportID=9&EventID=781166"><img src="http://images.covers.com/scores/general/pick.gif" align="absmiddle" alt="contest pick" border="0"