2011 April at BetLM

Pacquiao Impresses Roach with Dynamite Camp

By GREG BEACHAM Sports Writer LOS ANGELES —Fred­die Roach is not a man given to hyper­bole. When Manny Pacquiao’s trainer says the pound-for-pound cham­pion is hav­ing his best train­ing camp, Sugar Shane Mosley had bet­ter pay attention. Pac­quiao is in the final stages of prepa­ra­tion in Hol­ly­wood for his bout with Mosley at the MGM Grand Gar­den in Las Vegas on May 7, and the Fil­ipino con­gress­man hasn’t been so sin­gu­larly focused on box­ing for quite a while. “He hasn’t lost a step. He’s work­ing at a higher pace than ever,” Roach said Wednes­day in... 

Petrov: Doubling Our Efforts

Petrov: Dou­bling our efforts Vitaly Petrov is eager to see his team take the fight to Fer­rari, con­fi­dent that “things are look­ing good” for Renault. Petrov’s 2011 cam­paign began on a high note when the Russ­ian claimed his first-ever F1 podium result at the Aus­tralian GP. And although he failed to repeat that feat in Malaysia, his team-mate Nick Hei­d­feld put his R31 into the top three. The team’s run of top-three results came to an abrupt end in China where Petrov only just man­aged to fin­ish in the points while Hei­d­feld was down in 12th place. The Russ­ian,... 

UFC 129 Weigh in Results

Below are the offi­cial weigh-in results for Sat­ur­day night’s UFC 129 event. UFC 129, which is head­lined by the wel­ter­weight cham­pi­onship bout between Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields and the feath­er­weight cham­pi­onship bout between Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick, airs live on Pay-Per-View from the Rogers Cen­tre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at a new time of 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT. Fans can also tune in to Spike TV at 8pm ET / 5pm PT to see live UFC 129 pre­lim­i­nary bouts, and those who “like” the UFC on Face­book can view the rest of the under­card bouts begin­ning... 

CBS Gives Pacquiao-Mosley a Prime-time Push

Les Moonves, the pres­i­dent and CEO of CBS Corp., was host­ing Top Rank offi­cials Bob Arum and Todd duBoef at a din­ner in New York in late Jan­u­ary when he spoke words that may ulti­mately change the course of box­ing in the United States. The meal came only a few days after Top Rank had closed a deal with CBS and Show­time to dis­trib­ute and help it pro­mote its May 7 pay-per-view bout between Manny Pac­quiao and Shane Mosley, which will be held at the MGM Grand Gar­den Arena in Las Vegas. Top Rank’s deci­sion to move to CBS/Showtime and away from HBO Pay-Per-View, which... 

Jake Shields – The Takeover

“I’m just gonna go out there and give it all on the ground and I’m not gonna be wor­ried about get­ting sub­mit­ted.” – Jake Shields When the word got out that mid­dleweight con­tender and trash talk­ing wiz­ard Chael Son­nen had been enlisted by Jake Shields to help him pre­pare for his UFC 129 chal­lenge for Georges St-Pierre’s wel­ter­weight title, the wheels started turning. Sure, Sonnen’s wrestling acu­men was going to be a valu­able resource for Shields against GSP, but could he also be bring­ing in a few handy tips on pre-fight games­man­ship for the Cal­i­forn­ian... 

Rubens Backs Williams to Turn Things Around

Rubens backs Williams to turn things around Rubens Bar­richello is con­fi­dent Williams can turn things around and return to the top six before the end of the season. Williams have made a night­mare start to the 2011 cam­paign and yet to come close to scor­ing a point. Bar­richello and Pas­tor Mal­don­ado failed to com­plete the first two races in Aus­tralia and Malaysia and although both saw the che­quered flag in China, Bar­richello could only man­age 13th while his younger team-mate was down in 18th. Bar­richello insists the Grove-based team can get back on the right track... 

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Darchinyan-Perez a Step in the Right Direction

Joseph Agbeko’s sci­atic injury, which forced him to pull out of the Show­time ban­tamweight tour­na­ment finale against Abner Mares that is slated for Sat­ur­day at the Nokia The­atre in Los Ange­les, could have been dis­as­trous for all those with a stake in the promotion. And while it’s not ideal, the result is hardly a disaster. Show­time opted to broad­cast the third-place fight between Vic Darchinyan and Yohnny Perez as the main event. And it’s the result of the fact that pro­mot­ers and the net­work agreed to work together to pit the best against the best. Vic Darchinyan... 

No Cruise Control for Georges St-Pierre

“I have to keep in mind that I can lose every­thing in the blink of an eye. I can’t be on cruise con­trol, I have to keep work­ing hard.” – Georges St-Pierre The big 3–0. It’s an age many dread, the offi­cial sign­post on the way to mid­dle age. But Georges St-Pierre doesn’t seem too both­ered by the mile­stone he will reach on May 19th, nearly three weeks after he defends his UFC wel­ter­weight title against Jake Shields in front of over 55,000 fans at Toronto’s Rogers Cen­ter this Sat­ur­day night. Instead, he says with a know­ing smile, “30 is only a number.” Then... 

MLB Betting Favorite St. Louis Downs Houston

Lance Berk­man recorded two home runs and five RBI to rally the St. Louis Car­di­nals over the Hous­ton Astros to an 11–7 win on Thursday. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the MLB bet­ting action, the St. Louis Car­di­nals were the clear favorites against Hous­ton among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the MLB bet­ting lines at –145, St. Louis delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Astros (+136). Eleven pitch­ers allowed 29 hits in the game. The Astros were lead­ing by 4–1 enter­ing the sixth inning, before the Car­di­nals scored 9-on –10 hits and sent 14 men to the plate. Berk­man...