Bucs' Storer to miss 2009 season
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05/19/2009 - Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers fullback Byron Storer will miss the 2009 season with a knee injury.
The team placed Storer on injured reserve Tuesday after he suffered a setback in his recovery from a 2008 knee injury during organized team activities last week.
Storer, a special teams player who also started three games at fullback early last season because of injuries to the team's running back corps, became part of the casualty list in the sixth game of the 2008 campaign on October 12 against Carolina.
In 15 games, including six starts, over his first two seasons, Storer has two catches for three yards and 16 special teams tackles.
Storer was first signed by the Bucs as a rookie free agent in May 2007 and earned a spot on the team's practice squad in training camp that summer before being promoted to the active roster in October.
The Cal product is not eligible to play again until the 2010 season. He won't count against Tampa Bay's 80-man offseason roster limit this summer.
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of NL Central rivals get together again this evening in the Gateway City, where the St. Louis Cardinals will host the Chicago Cubs for three straight games at Busch Stadium. The 2009 season series between the teams
<< Pirates take aim at fourth straight win over Nats
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander Jeff Karstens takes the ball for the suddenly-
streaking Pittsburgh Pirates when they visit Nationals Park tonight for the
second of four games with the host Washington Nationals.
Karstens will seek his first
<< Lee, Bannister square off in Kansas City
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee
can continue a strong start - at least statistically - to the 2009 season
tonight when the Cleveland Indians visit Kauffman Stadium to open a three-game
set with the
<< Brewers take six-game win streak to Houston
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Teams around the league are becoming more cognizant of the
surging Milwaukee Brewers, who will shoot for their seventh straight win
Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series against the Houston Astros at
Minute Maid Park.
<< Rangers hope to extend win streak in Detroit
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers can add to a season-high seven-game win
streak and maintain their position atop the American League's West Division
tonight when they open a three-game series with the host Detroit Tigers at
Comerica Park.
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim rotation that has needed plenty of help this season may have found a savior in Matt Palmer. The previously unknown pitcher will attempt to move his record to 5-0 when he takes the mound
Red Wings host Blackhawks in Game 2 of West finals >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The second-seeded Detroit Red Wings will try to jump out to
a 2-0 series lead tonight when they host the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 of
the best-of-seven Western Conference finals at Joe Louis Arena.
The defending Stanley
Twins continue road trip in Chicago >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After an unsuccessful and frustrating four-day tour through
New York, the Minnesota Twins may be welcoming the latest stop on their
current road trip.
The Twins will try to get themselves back on track tonight wit
Revived Rays resume series vs. A's >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays endured a rough beginning to their 2009
campaign, but lately they've started to play like the team that captured the
American League pennant last fall.
The resurgent Rays will try to run their season
Padres, Giants begin series at Petco Park >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres take aim at their fourth straight win
and fifth in a row at home this evening when they open a three-game series
against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park.
San Diego opened its nine-game ho
Matt Kenseth And Kevin Harvick Favorites To Take NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship
(September 15)—The NASCAR season has hit the homestretch with the opening event on this year’s Chase for the Cup taking place this weekend at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. With 10 races remaining to determine the Cup Series champion, leading online sportsbook MySportsbook.com today announced odds on all 10 Chase qualifying drivers capturing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
One of the largest sportsbook sites on the Internet, MySportsbook.com currently lists the top two drivers in the point standings as the early favorites to win the Nextel Cup. Entering the Chase for the Cup with a slim five-point lead in the point standings, 2003 NASCAR champ Matt Kenseth has been made a slight favorite to win his second Cup at 7/2 betting odds. 2001 Cup Rookie of the Year Kevin Harvick has betting odds listed at 5/2 and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon is listed at 6/1 to capture the Nextel Cup this year.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of his legendary father who won six NASCAR titles, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands at 8/1 to breakthrough with his first Cup victory. Staying with the family theme, MySportsbook.com lists 2005 Rookie of the Year Kyle Busch at 14/1 to succeed big brother Kurt’s 2004 NASCAR title. While Kasey Kahne was the final driver to qualify for the Chase with a third place finish last week, the oddsmakers give him a fighting chance at 10/1 mainly due to several mile-and-a-half tracks remaining on the schedule. Despite going winless on the NASCAR circuit this season, Jeff Burton enters the Chase at 5/1 to capture the Cup title. Meanwhile, rookie Denny Hamlin is 4/1 to win the championship, while veteran driver Mark Martin enters the Chase for the Cup as a 15/1 long shot to win his first NASCAR title in his 24th and final season.
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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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