Nets ink first-round picks Favors, James
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Nets signed 2010 first-
round draft picks Derrick Favors and Damion James on Thursday.
The Nets selected Favors with the third overall pick after the 6-foot-10, 246-
pound forward averaged 12.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 36 games
for Georgia Tech during his only collegiate season.
James, the 24th overall selection, played four seasons at the University of
Texas and set Big 12 Conference records for rebounds (1,318) and double-
doubles (55). As a senior last season, the 6-foot-7, 225-pounder averaged 18.0
points and 10.3 rebounds in 34 games.
<< Davydenko ousted in Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko came up a
second-round loser Thursday at the Mercedes Cup tennis event.
Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver upended the speedy world No. 6 Russian star in
7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 6-1
<< Hurricanes to retire Brind'Amour's number
Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rod Brind'Amour will have his No. 17 jersey
retired by the Carolina Hurricanes prior to a February 18, 2011 contest
against the Philadelphia flyers.
Brind'Amour announced his retirement after a 20
<< Cubs should stop pretending they're contenders
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's been a typical summer along the North
Side of Chicago. The sun is shining, the bleachers and rooftops that surround
the incomparable Wrigley Field are packed to the gills, and the beer pours
endlessly fr
<< Warriors sold for record price
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors have been sold to
Joseph Lacob for a record price of $450 million, according to a report
Thursday from the Oakland Tribune.
Chris Cohan, who had owned the team since 19
<< Verdasco, Robredo ease into Bastad quarters
Bastad, Sweden (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco
and two-time champion Tommy Robredo of Spain were among Thursday's second-
round winners at the Swedish Open. Fourth-seeded Nicolas Almagro was also a
Spanish
Blue Jackets re-sign Sestito >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed
forward Tom Sestito to a one-year contract.
Financial terms of the two-way deal were not disclosed.
Sestito appeared in three games for the Blue Jackets last s
Oilers sign D Peckham >>
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenseman
Theo Peckham to a one-year contract.
Peckham, 22, has played in 31 career NHL games with the Oilers, including a
15-game stint during the 2009-10 campaign.
Lightning re-sign C Jones >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Lightning added some depth to the
forward position on Thursday by re-signing center Blair Jones to a one-year
contract.
Financial terms were not announced.
The 23-year-old appeared in 14 g
Unga, Price-Brent taken in supplemental draft >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NFL's supplemental draft took place on
Thursday and two players were taken -- running back Harvey Unga of BYU and
defensive tackle Josh Price-Brent of Illinois.
Unga was selected by the Chicago Be
All-UFA Team: The best of the leftovers >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Despite his surprisingly deliberate search
for a new team, Ilya Kovalchuk is still gaining headlines as the top free
agent left on the NHL's open market.
While it's certainly shocking that we are two weeks
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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