Leinart on his way out of Arizona?
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09/01/2010 - Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt has yet to decide whether Matt Leinart or Derek Anderson will be the starting quarterback for the defending NFC West champions in the wake of Kurt Warner's retirement, but speculation has grown that Anderson is the front-runner and that Leinart could be on the trade block.
Whisenhunt and Leinart met on Monday after the fifth-year quarterback made comments concerning the decision to start Anderson for the team's last preseason game.
Leinart on Monday said he believed that he had outplayed Anderson during the preseason and indicated that the problems with Whisenhunt may include issues off the field.
"We touched base on where everything was," said Whisenhunt on Tuesday. "[We've always said] if players have an issue or a problem to come see me. We had communicated before about where we were, but obviously we needed to talk a little bit more, but it was a good talk."
On Wednesday, ESPN and FOX Sports both reported that multiple teams were interested in the former Heisman Trophy winner. Leinart started 11 games in his rookie season and five more in 2007, but sat most of the last two years behind Warner.
Whisenhunt on Tuesday said he believed the offense was better under Anderson in last week's game Chicago, prompting the coach's decision to keep things intact for Thursday's contest against Washington.
"It's my job as the head coach of this team to pick the best players for our squad. I didn't think, as the preseason progressed, that we were as efficient as we needed to be."
Anderson has completed 31-of-53 passes for 287 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions during the preseason, while Leinart has connected on 19- of-23 throws for 161 yards with one score and no picks.
"I understand where Matt's coming from. He was disappointed," Whisenhunt added. "Would I rather he have come and talk to me? Yes. He definitely had some feelings he needed to get out and he came up and saw me and that was important."
Last year, Leinart threw for just 435 yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions in limited time behind Warner. He started one game for an injured Warner, completing 21-of-31 passes for 220 yards in a loss to Tennessee.
Leinart has thrown for 3,983 yards with 14 touchdowns and 20 interceptions in four NFL seasons.
Anderson started seven games for the Cleveland Browns last season and managed only a 44.5 percent completion rate with 888 yards, three touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He started 34 games over the past four seasons in Cleveland, making a Pro Bowl appearance in 2007.
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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.
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