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06/04/2010 -
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The head of the Big 12 Conference says he is ``comfortable'' that the league will remain intact amid rumors of a breakup.
Commissioner Don Beebe spoke Friday after a week of meetings in Kansas City. He says the Big 12 is in a ``very good position,'' despite fears that some members may defect to the Big Ten or Pac-10.
Still, Beebe was not able to tell reporters that every member was committed to remaining in the Big 12.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
<< Schieber joins Nurnberg on loan
Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stuttgart have allowed striker Julien
Schieber to join fellow Bundesliga side Nurnberg on loan for a year in order
to aid his development.
The 21-year-old made 19 appearances last term but fail
<< Fletcher completes Wolves move
Wolverhampton, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scotland international striker
Steven Fletcher has completed his switch from Burnley to Wolverhampton.
The 23-year-old scored 12 goals in 38 appearances for the Clarets last season
although hi
<< Wooden 'resting comfortably' in hospital
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Legendary basketball coach John Wooden is
resting comfortably at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to a
release from the UCLA athletics department.
The medical update said Wooden, 99, s
<< Stosur, Schiavone will decide French Open champ on Saturday
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seventh-seeded Aussie Samantha Stosur
and 17th-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone will be the surprising
combatants in Saturday's ladies' final at the 2010 French Open.
Stosur and Schia
Artest sets the tone >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If you use the 20/20 vision that hindsight provides, it's
pretty clear why the Los Angeles Lakers lost the 2008 NBA Finals to the Boston
Celtics -- they got punched in the mouth.
The defensive-minded Celtics were simply fa
UC Davis QB Denham won't play in 2010 >>
Davis, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - In a surprising decision, quarterback Greg Denham
of reigning Great West Conference champion UC Davis has decided against
returning for the 2010 season in order to pursue a career in the ministry.
Aggies head coa
Struggling Wizards visit Red-hot TFC >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Wizards travel to BMO Field to
face Toronto FC on Saturday in hopes of snapping a seven-game winless streak.
Wizards (2-5-2) head coach Peter Vermes has seen his team lose four of its
last
Houston heads across the county to take on L.A. >>
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Three days after suffering a heart wrenching
last-second loss to Red Bull New York in Harrison, NJ, the Houston Dynamo
travel across the country to take on the undefeated Los Angeles Galaxy at The
Home
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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