10/19/2008 - Adelaide, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scotland rolled to a nine-stroke victory over the United States on Sunday to win the World Amateur Team Championship for the first time.
Behind a one-under 72 from Callum Macaulay and a two-over 75 from Gavin Dear, Scotland posted a 147 for the fourth and final round -- five shots better than the U.S.
It finished with a 20-under-par 560 total.
"We set out to try to win, but to go out and do it is unbelievable," said Macaulay after Scotland won the championship for the first while while fielding its own team.
The Americans managed only a six-over 152 in the final round. Trailing by four shots overnight, they were seeking their 14th Eisenhower Trophy.
"It's a little bit disappointing," said USA captain Walter Driver, whose team finished at 11-under 569. "Silver is not bad when we had a chance to win."
Sweden shot a 153 in the final round and took third place at six-under 574, while France (147) and Italy (149) ended a stroke further back at five-under 575.
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Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Andrew Cogliano scored the game-winning goal,
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The Oilers won another close batt
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Montel Harris gained 61 yard
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox try to become just the 12th team in
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when they play Game 7 of the American League Championship Series this evening
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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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