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Pettersen pushes lead to five in Thailand

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02/20/2010 - Chonburi, Thailand (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Suzann Pettersen carded a four-under 68 Saturday and extended her lead to five strokes after three rounds of the LPGA Tour's season-opening Honda PTT LPGA Thailand.

Pettersen, the 2007 champion, completed 54 holes at 18-under-par 198. She will go for her seventh LPGA Tour title on Sunday.

Song-Hee Kim also shot 68 to move into second place at 13-under-par 203. Yani Tseng carded her third straight 68 and shares third place at minus-12 with Ai Miyazato (70) and Momoko Ueda (69).

Cristie Kerr is the top American on the leaderboard at 11-under-par 205 after she fired a six-under 66 on the Old Course at Siam Country Club on Saturday.

For the third straight day, Pettersen opened with a birdie on the par-five first. That was her last birdie of the opening nine as she parred eight in a row from the second.

On the back nine, Pettersen birdied the par-five 10th, also for the third time in three days. Much like the front nine, she cruised to six consecutive pars from the 11th.

Pettersen converted her third birdie of the day at the par-four 17th. She closed her round with her another birdie on the par-five finishing hole.

"I missed pretty much everything I looked at one the greens, but I finished it up with two good birdies which I'm happy about," admitted Pettersen, who is bogey-free through 54 holes. "I'm playing very solid. Gave myself some good chances on the greens."

Through three rounds, Pettersen is 11-under on the four par-fives. This is the eighth time Pettersen has owned at least a piece of the lead after 54 holes in a 72-hole event. She has won three of the previous seven and has never finished outside the top-five in those seven events.

Kim got off to a steady start as she parred the first five holes. After tripping to a bogey on the sixth, Kim birdied the seventh.

Around the turn, Kim birdied the 10th to move to 10-under. She parred the next four holes before converting back-to-back birdie chances from the 15th. Like Pettersen, Kim closed with a birdie at the last.

"I played pretty good today, but it was hard on the front-nine. I didn't get many birdies," Kim said. "On the back-nine, I got more birdies and more confidence."

Kerr was joined in sixth place by Maria Hjorth (70) and 2009 runner-up Hee Young Park (72).

Women's world No. 1 and defending champion Lorena Ochoa managed a three-under 69 Saturday. She shares 14th place at minus-six with three other players.

NOTES: Amy Yang had the low round of the day with her seven-under 65. That helped her move into ninth place at nine-under 207...Hee-Won Han, the 2006 champion, is well off the pace at plus-four...Michelle Wie struggled to a two- over 74 and is tied for 26th at minus-two.

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NFL Football Betting : Odds on NFL Division to Win the Super Bowl

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The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.

Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.

The NFC South is also very strong, at +600 in the NFL futures, considering that it is home to the defending Super Bowl champions. However, some predictions have the Atlanta Falcons with possibilities of claiming the divisional title this season in place of the Saints, as no team has won back-to-back division championships since the division realignment took place. Let’s not overlook the AFC North at +500. As TO goes to Cincinnati to join Chad OchoCinco and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, this team looks to claim the division title again. And it is likely they will do so. The Bengals lost in the AFC Wild Card spot in a hard-fought battle against the New York Jets last season. Lest not forget the Pittsburgh Steelers, the XLII Super Bowl Champions… All these teams present interesting odds and matchups for the upcoming season, but the safest and surest bet seems to be with the Colts in the AFC South and the Cowboys in the NFC East. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win.

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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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