09/04/2008 - Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Petke scored his first goal of the season as the Colorado Rapids topped FC Dallas, 1-0, for their first win in Dallas since 2001 in Major League Soccer action on Thursday.
The win - which propels the Rapids from last in the Western Conference table to a third-place tie with Chivas USA ahead of the weekend fixtures - is the first for Colorado on the road since a 1-0 victory at New England on April 12.
The first real opportunity in the game didn't occur until just before the half-hour mark when Dallas goalkeeper Dario Sala robbed Rapids forward Tom McManus by deflecting his header over the crossbar. McManus got the opportunity on a corner kick taken by Terry Cooke.
The first legit chance for the Hoops happened in the 31st minute when Kenny Cooper blasted a shot on goal from 30 yards that Rapids goalkeeper Preston Burpo had trouble with. Burpo got in front of the shot, but gave up a juicy rebound that he smothered just before Jeff Cunningham could pounce on it.
The best chance of the half was also created by Cooper, when he fed a through- ball to Cunningham breaking into the Rapids' penalty area. Cunningham took a touch around an onrushing Burpo and fired at the open net, but his shot went off the crossbar and out-of-bounds.
The Rapids went up 1-0 at the hour mark when Petke headed in a corner kick into the near-post side netting after being left wide open at the back post. terry Cooke got the assist on the play, his eighth of the season.
Drew Moor missed a wide-open diving header in the 80th minute after a short corner from Dallas and the Hoops weren't able to get any other high-quality chances the rest of the way.
Dallas (6-9-8) is now third-from-the-bottom in the Western table, just one point up on San Jose and Los Angeles, which each have a game in hand. The Hoops will aim to get back into the playoff race when they play at D.C. United on Sept. 13 while Colorado (8-12-3) hosts Chicago a day later in its next league fixture.
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<< Jays' Litsch brilliant as Twins fall back in AL Central hunt
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Travis Snider finished 3-for-3 with a home run
and Jesse Litsch hurled nine scoreless innings as Toronto routed Minnesota,
9-0, in the finale of a three-game set from Rogers Centre.
Adam Lind had three hi
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Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Travis Snider finished 3-for-3 with a home run
and Jesse Litsch hurled nine scoreless innings as Toronto routed Minnesota,
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Adam Lind had three hi
<< Parr successful in debut as Braves blank Nats
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Parr (1-0) took the m
Estes leads Padres past Brewers >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shawn Estes' impressive return to the mound
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Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning four-time champion Roger
Federer was a hard-fought quarterfinal winner Thursday at the U.S. Open. The
Swiss superstar will now play in his record 18th straight major semifinal
against
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Penn State football program has
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and dismissed cornerback Willie Harriott from the team.
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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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