Alouettes WR Watkins announces retirement
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01/31/2012 - Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Kerry Watkins announced his retirement on Tuesday.
During his eight-year career, Watkins caught 515 passes for 7,431 yards and 48 touchdowns.
"We congratulate Kerry for a fantastic career and thank him for helping us build such a successful football team," said general manager Jim Popp of Watkins, who was a key contributor to the back-to-back Grey Cups won by the Alouettes in 2009 and 2010.
Watkins eclipsed the 1,000-yard receiving mark for five consecutive seasons from 2005-2009.
Last season, Watkins caught his 500th career pass, surpassing Red O'Quinn for the No. 2 spot on Montreal's all-time receptions list behind Ben Cahoon.
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United climbed back into a tie with Manchester City for the English Premier League lead on Tuesday after defeating Stoke City, 2-0, at Old Trafford. A pair of penalties helped the Red
<< United signs defender Veseli from City
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United acquired 19-year-old
defender Frederic Veseli from rival Manchester City on Tuesday.
Veseli, a center back, plays for Switzerland's Under-20 side and captained the
Swiss to the U-17 W
<< Barca signs forward Cuenca to extension
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barcelona signed forward Isaac Cuenca to a
contract extension Tuesday that will keep the 20-year-old with the club until
the summer of 2015.
Cuenca has made 12 appearances for Barcelona this season and sc
<< Everton acquires Jelavic from Rangers
Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Everton acquired Croatian striker Nikica
Jelavic from Scottish side Rangers on Tuesday, and signed him to a 4 1/2-year
deal.
Jelavic, 26, scored 36 goals in just 55 games for Rangers. Capped 17 times fo
<< Southern Illinois' Boemer wins Rimington Award
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Southern Illinois senior Bryan Boemer was
named on Tuesday as the 2011 recipient of the Rimington Award, given to the
top center in the FCS.
Boemer earned All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors for the
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fulham signed Russian international Pavel Pogrebnyak from German side Stuttgart on Tuesday on a six-month contract. Pogrebnyak, 28, has played for Stuttgart since 2009, when he left Russian side Zenit. Po
Missouri's Tiguinho named MISL Player of Week >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Missouri Comets forward Tiguinho was named the
Major Indoor Soccer League's Player of the Week on Tuesday for Week 13.
Tiguinho had two goals and five assists as Missouri rolled to a 33-12 win over
the Syracus
Indians acquire Canzler from Rays >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians acquired INF/OF Russ
Canzler from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Canzler was named the MVP of the International League last
seas
City acquires Pizarro on loan from Roma >>
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester City acquired Chilean David
Pizarro on loan for the rest of the season Tuesday from Italian side Roma.
Pizarro, 32, played under City manager Roberto Mancini at Inter Milan, but has
played j
Los Angeles Angeles >>
Suspended minor league pitcher Daniel Reynolds 50 games for a second violation of MLB drug policy.
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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