Durant reaches five-year extension with Thunder
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07/07/2010 -
Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Forward Kevin Durant has reached an
agreement on a five-year contract extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Durant made the announcement on Wednesday via Twitter. There was no
confirmation from the Thunder.
Durant is the reigning NBA scoring leader after averaging 30.1 points while
appearing in all 82 regular-season games in 2009-10.
Taken second overall by the defunct Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 draft,
Durant has averaged 25.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists for his career.
<< Alabama State gets transfer from Auburn
Montgomery, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cornerback D'Antoine Hood has transferred
from Auburn to Alabama State.
The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Ga., first reported that the cousin of former
Auburn and current Tennessee Titans cornerback Roderick
<< LeBron to announce decision on TV
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -LeBron James has confirmed on his relaunched website that he will end his free agency with an announcement Thursday night on ESPN.James' business manager, Maverick Carter, said Wednesday that James will say where he's playing next
<< Alouettes head to Edmonton to take on Eskimos
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The lone meeting between winless teams in week
two of the 2010 CFL season takes place at Commonwealth Stadium as the Edmonton
Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes square off.
The defending Grey Cup champion Alou
<< Lions welcome Roughriders to Empire Field
Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having avenged their difficult loss to
Montreal in last year's Grey Cup meeting, the Saskatchewan Roughriders now
turn their attention to the British Columbia Lions for the lone contest
between undefeated progra
<< Hamilton hopes to find offense in clash with Calgary
Hamilton, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After logging just 290 yards of total offense
in the season opener last week, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats try to put together a
more collective offensive effort this weekend as they host the Calgary
Stampeders at Ivo
Pennetta, Dulko reach Bastad quarters >>
Bastad, Sweden (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta and fourth-
seeded Argentine Gisela Dulko were among Wednesday's second-round winners at
the $220,000 Swedish Open.
The Italian Pennetta blew past 17-year-old American wil
RSL puts unbeaten run on line at Chicago >>
Bridgeview, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Salt Lake puts its nine-game unbeaten
run on the line when it travels to Chicago to take on the Fire in Major League
Soccer action at Toyota Park on Thursday night.
RSL (8-3-3) is coming off a 5-0
CFL Previews - July 9-11 - Week Two >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) -
TORONTO ARGONAUTS (0-1) AT WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (1-0)
DATE & TIME: Friday, July 9, 8:00 p.m. (et).
GAME NOTES: As the only team in the Eastern Division to get off on the right
foot in the first w
ESPN sells its soul for James story >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Few remember when ESPN launched in 1979,
the letters were actually an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming
Network.
Yep, the fledgling ESPN actually ran movies, business shows and exercise
vid
Bresciano moves to Lazio >>
Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serie A side Lazio have confirmed the signing
of Australia international Mark Bresciano on a two-year deal.
The 30-year-old joins Lazio on a free transfer after his contract with league
rivals Palermo came
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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