Everton's double proves too much for Twente
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02/10/2012 - Enschede, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Everton scored a goal in each half as Heracles claimed a surprising 3-2 win at Twente on Friday, preventing the home side from joining PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar at the top of the league.
Everton scored the only goal in the first half before a frantic final 20 minutes saw the two teams combine for four goals.
Luuk de Jong scored his first goal of the game in the 73rd minute to level the match, but Darl Douglas restored the lead for Heracles before Everton's second goal arrived three minutes later.
De Jong pulled a goal back for Twente but it came in stoppage time, proving too late for Steve McClaren's side to claim anything from the match.
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - English Premier League play resumes this weekend with the latest installment of one of the country's fiercest rivalries. Manchester United and Liverpool meet at Old Trafford on Saturday, and
<< Jiracek's brace lifts Wolfsburg over Freiburg
Wolfsburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Petr Jiracek scored the first and last
goals as Wolfsburg downed Freiburg, 3-2, on Friday at Volkswagen Arena in the
Bundesliga.
Jiracek was one of the many new faces Wolfsburg signed in January, and
<< Lyon warms up for Champions League against Caen
Lyon, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lyon slipped 10 points behind Ligue 1 leader
PSG last weekend, so a visit by Caen on Saturday - ahead of Tuesday's last 16
Champions League match against APOEL - has turned into a must-win match.
Since win
<< Dunfermline out to end dry spell against Rangers
Dunfermline, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dunfermline will try to snap a pair
of negative streaks on Saturday when the club hosts second-place Rangers.
In the last 30 meetings between the two teams, Dunfermline has managed just
one win,
<< Blues place Arnott on IR
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues have placed forward
Jason Arnott on injured reserve, the team announced Friday.
Arnott has not played since suffering a shoulder injury against Los Angeles on
February 3.
The 37-
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sean O'Sullivan and Blake Wood have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with the Kansas City Royals. The pitchers were just two of 12 players to sign a contract with the Royals for the upcoming season
49ers extend GM Baalke >>
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco 49ers have extended the
contract of general manager Trent Baalke through 2016.
49ers president and CEO Jed York announced the move via his Twitter account on
Friday.
Baalke, who was
Orioles ink veteran P Ayala >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Orioles signed veteran
reliever Luis Ayala to a one-year contract on Friday.
The right-hander's deal includes a club option for 2013.
Ayala, 34, is familiar with the American Leagu
Pavin grabs early lead in Boca Raton >>
Boca Raton, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Corey Pavin fired an eight-under 64 Friday
to grab a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the Allianz Championship.
Pavin, the 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, is in his third season on the
Champions Tour,
Barcelona hopes to heap pressure on Madrid >>
Navarra, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barcelona, by its high standards, is sailing
in chartered La Liga territory this season.
The Catalans have exhibited a certain level of dominance in Spain's top flight
over the past few seasons, claiming thr
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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