Milwaukee inks top pick Sanders
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07/08/2010 -
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Bucks have signed forward
Larry Sanders, their 2010 first-round draft choice, to a multi-year contract.
No terms of the deal were announced for the 15th overall pick in the NBA
Draft last month.
Sanders averaged a career-high 14.4 points and grabbed 9.1 rebounds as a
junior at Virginia Commonwealth last season.
He was named the Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year as
a sophomore and junior.
Sanders is slated to play for the Bucks' Summer League entry in Las Vegas
starting July 12.
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final two All-Stars, Major League Baseball announced Thursday
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Stoke-on-Trent, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Belgium youth international Florent
Cuvelier has joined Stoke City from Portsmouth.
The 17-year-old midfielder was part of the academy set-up at the recently
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<< Giants take brooms to Brewers for first time
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aubrey Huff hit a two-run homer and knocked
in four, as the San Francisco Giants finished off a four-game sweep of the
Milwaukee Brewers with a 9-3 win at Miller Park.
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<< Palop extends Sevilla contract
Seville, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Veteran Sevilla goalkeeper Andres Palop has
extended his stay after penning a new contract that will keep him in Andalusia
until the summer of 2013.
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Naslund to have number retired by Canucks >>
Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Vancouver Canucks captain Markus
Naslund will have his number 19 raised to the rafters by the club on December
11.
The announcement came late Wednesday that Naslund, who played in Vancouver
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Johnson stays with Hawks >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Hawks have officially re-signed
unrestricted free agent guard Joe Johnson.
As per team team policy, no terms of the deal were announced. However, the
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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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