Giants S Jones released from hospital
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07/27/2010 - East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Giants rookie safety Chad Jones was released from the Hospital for Special Surgery Tuesday after spending nearly a month there following a serious car accident last month.
Jones is expected to return home to New Orleans, but needs further surgery and will return to New York in 6-to-8 weeks for an additional procedure on his left leg.
Jones was involved in the accident June 25 in New Orleans and suffered broken bones in his left leg and ankle, requiring eight hours of surgery at LSU Public Hospital to improve the blood flow in his left foot. He was later transferred to the HSS in New York.
The 6-foot-3, 218-pound Jones, a 2010 third-round pick who signed his rookie contract with the Giants on June 11, played in 40 games over three seasons at LSU, starting 19 times, including all 13 games as a junior in 2009.
He led the team with three interceptions and was fifth on the team with 74 tackles last season. Jones finished his career with 158 stops and five interceptions.
The Baton Rouge native was a member of the Tigers national championship football team in 2007, as well as being a part of the LSU baseball national title team in 2009.
The Houston Astros selected Jones in the 13th round of the 2007 Major League Draft and he was recently chosen in the 50th round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers.
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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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