Cardinals WR Boldin has facial surgery
Football Betting Lines
10/04/2008 -
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan
Boldin is out indefinitely after having surgery on a fractured facial bone he
suffered in a helmet-to-helmet hit last Sunday against the New York Jets.
Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said that the surgery was performed on Thursday
and was told by Dr. Reed Day, who performed the surgery, that it "went well"
and that a hockey player who had the same procedure was able to play 10 days
later.
The injury occurred when Boldin was in the end zone trying to haul in a pass
from Kurt Warner with 27 seconds left in the contest when Jets safety Eric
Smith collided with him on a helmet-to-helmet hit. Boldin crumpled to the
turf, motionless for several minutes, but fully conscious.
He was tended to by medical staffs and brought off the field on a backboard
and was taken to the hospital for observation.
The league suspended Smith one game and fined him $50,000 for the jarring hit.
Boldin has caught 27 balls for 366 yards and five touchdowns in four games
this season.
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<< BYU rolls over Utah State, extends winning streak to 15
Logan, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Max Hall threw for 303 yards and two scores on
23-of-37 passing, as eighth-ranked Brigham Young scored early and often en
route to a 34-14 win over Utah State.
Hall also was intercepted twice, while Har
<< Mets officially make Manuel manager
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jerry Manuel has agreed to a two-year
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Inter holds off Bologna >>
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Adriano scored goals
for Inter Milan as the Nerazzuri secured a 2-1 win over Bologna at the San
Siro on Saturday.
Ibrahimovic scored a sensational goal in the 25th minute before A
Velazquez released from Kentucky hospital >>
Lexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Award-winning jockey John Velazquez has been
released from the University of Kentucky Medical Center one day after being
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Lazovic scores twice as PSV topples Graafschap >>
Eindhoven, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Danko Lazovic scored a goal in each
half as PSV Eindhoven downed Graafschap, 3-0 at Philips Stadion on Saturday.
The win returned PSV to the top of the league with 12 points from five games,
while
Jayhawks wake up in second half to top Iowa State >>
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pair to Kerry Meier, as the 16th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks overcame a disastrous
first half and held on for a 35-33 win over Iowa State.
Reesing finished with 319
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Fayetteville, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Tebow threw two touchdowns and Jeffrey
Demps ran for a pair, as the 12th-ranked Florida Gators pounded the Arkansas
Razorbacks, 38-7.
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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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