Brees, Barber, Douglas earn NFC weekly honors

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11/26/2008 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber and Atlanta Falcons punt returner Harry Douglas have been selected as the NFC's top players for Week 12 of the NFL season.

Brees went 20-of-26 for 323 yards and four touchdowns, as the New Orleans Saints trounced the Green Bay Packers 51-29 on Monday night. The signal-caller had two touchdown passes of 70 yards and held a passer rating of 157.5, a new career-high, against the third-ranked pass defense in the league coming into the game. It marks his third weekly award this season and ninth of his career.

Barber had two interceptions, one of which he returned 65 yards for a touchdown, in the Buccaneers' 38-20 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. He also recorded three tackles and two passes defensed while scoring his 13th career touchdown in the game. Barber has 11 touchdowns on fumble or interception returns in the regular season in his career, which is most among active players and third in the history of the NFL. This marks his eighth career weekly honor.

Douglas had a 61-yard punt return for a touchdown, added a seven-yard rushing touchdown and led the Falcons with 92 receiving yards in a 45-28 win over the Carolina Panthers. He finished with 188 all-purpose yards and the rushing touchdown in the first quarter was the first score of his career. It is the first weekly award of the rookie's career.

Other players considered for the awards included Dallas wide receiver Terrell Owens, Washington running back Clinton Portis, Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs, Minnesota cornerback Antoine Winfield, New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles and Minnesota kicker Ryan Longwell.

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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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