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2C Daily News– Wednesday, September 26, 2012 Pacquiao, Mayweather settle LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are settling a federal defamation case in Las Vegas, clearing a key hurdle to a long-awaited bout between two top fighters who've traded verbal jabs for years but have never met in the ring. Terms of the pretrial agreement cited in documents filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas are confidential, said Malcolm LaVergne, a lawyer representing Floyd May- weather Jr.'s father in the case. LaVergne said documents filed under seal ask U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks to dismiss the lawsuit, and that others involved in the case were preparing a public statement. Documents filed publicly said each side would bear its own attorney fees and costs. ''The matter has been resolved,'' LaVergne said. ''Any alleged terms of the resolution would be strictly confi- dential. Floyd Mayweather Sr. is very happy that this lengthy case has final- ly come to a conclusion.'' Attorneys for the two fighters and Mayweather's promoter, Leonard Ellerbe, did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press. The direction of the case took a turn against Floyd Mayweather Jr. RYDER (Continued from page 1C) as Europeans who played their first Ryder Cup before a home crowd. Per- haps they can get some advice from Graeme McDowell, who made his debut in Kentucky four years ago. ''There's no doubt, of Top Rank Inc., declined comment. His spokesman, Lee Samuels, said the company was not involved in the defamation case. Nevada State Athletic Commis- sion chief Keith Kizer said he wasn't aware of any talks between the two camps about scheduling a fight. But Kizer said such a fight could set records for the highest purse, gate and number of cable television paid view- ers. last week, when the judge issued a ruling ordering him to pay about $114,000 in legal fees and costs for avoiding questioning under oath from Pacquiao's lawyers. Hicks faulted Mayweather for fail- ure to comply with a court order. But he earlier rejected a bid by Pacquiao lawyers Daniel Petrocelli and David Marroso to end the lawsuit with a more severe sanction — a default judgment for Pacquiao. LaVergne said Tuesday he had no information about whether the court settlement means Mayweather and Pacquiao will meet in the ring. Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum 2007, Kizer said. Paid attendance was $18.4 million. ''Based on my dealings with the boxing public and boxing insiders, the proposed Mayweather-Pacquiao fight has as much interest as any fight I can remember in the last 20 years,'' Kizer said. ''I think this would be our first gate over $20 million.'' Pacquiao, 33, a member of Con- gress in the Philippines, filed the law- suit in December 2009 in Las Vegas. He sought unspecified damages based on allegations that Mayweather defamed him by suggesting he used performance-enhancing substances. Pacquiao denied Mayweather's claim. Pacquiao is 54-4 with two draws Nadal's return up in the air A Mayweather-Pacquiao fight might eclipse the Mayweather super welterweight fight against Oscar De La Hoya that drew 17,078 fans to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in May one's got a silencer on. It's kind of a muted applause.'' there's a world of differ- ent between playing in front of your home fans and playing in front of the U.S. fans,'' said McDow- ell, who lost his opening match at Valhalla with Padraig Harrington. ''Putts that drop in front of your home fans was like a bomb going off, and putts that go in this week- end will be like some- REFS (Continued from page 1C) loss, lashed out on his radio show Tuesday.. ''First of all, I've got to do something that the NFL is not going to do: I have to apologize to the fans,'' he said on ESPN 540-AM in Milwaukee. Even President Barack Obama got in on the con- versation Tuesday, tweet- ing: ''NFL fans on both sides of the aisle hope the refs' lockout is settled soon.'' McDowell was the par-3 14th hole at Valhalla, which had a huge hill on both sides creating an amphitheater filled with fans, mostly dressed in some variety of red, white and blue. Whenever the home team won the hole, the cheers resounded across the course. McDowell wonders if What stuck out for in 60 fights. He is due to fight Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden. Mayweather, 35, who goes by the nickname ''Money,'' was serving two months of a three-month sentence in a Las Vegas jail on a domestic battery conviction when he was named by Forbes magazine this summer as the highest-paid athlete in the world for 2011. was guaranteed $32 million for the May 5 bout during which he defeated Miguel Cotto. something we are not used to as golfers. But I think it's something you've got to accept this week, and I'm looking forward to it. ''The days of hostility, I think, are gone,'' he said. ''We'll see. ... Should be a lot of fun.'' Vahalla first showed the par-3 17th will be similar. ''Our goal this week will be trying to get as many of that muted applause as we can, hol- ing our own putts,'' he said. ''There's something interesting about missing a putt and having the cheers go up. That's Saying there was no indisputable evidence, though, is not the same as confirming the initial call was correct. The Packers, one of sports' most storied fran- chises and Super Bowl champs two years ago, fell to 1-2. The Seahawks are 2-1. The controversy began on the final play when Russell Wilson heaved a 24-yard pass into a scrum in the end zone with Seat- tle trailing 12-7. Tate shoved away a defender with both hands, and he and Jennings got their hands on the ball. ''It was pinned to my chest the whole time,'' Jennings said. the finish was evident in the number who stayed with ESPN to watch the highlights on ''SportsCen- ter'' after the game: 6.5 million viewers, the most for the full-length show since records started being kept in 1990. Fans' fascination with On his weekly appear- ance on Seattle radio sta- tion 710 KIRO-AM, Sea- hawks coach Pete Carroll made no apologies Tues- day, saying, ''The league backed it up and game over. We win.'' Instead, the officials ruled on the field that the two had simultaneous pos- session, which counts as a reception. ''The NFL Officiating Department reviewed the video today and supports the decision not to over- turn the on-field ruling following the instant replay review,'' the league said in a statement. NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders 1. Jimmie Johnson 2. Brad Keselowski 3. Denny Hamlin 4. Tony Stewart 5. Kasey Kahne 6. Clint Bowyer 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8. Kevin Harvick 9. Greg Biffle 10. Martin Truex Jr. 11. Matt Kenseth 12. Jeff Gordon 2,096 2,095 2,089 2,086 2,081 2,081 2,070 2,065 2,063 2,062 2,061 2,051 Remaining schedule Sept. 30 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. Oct. 7 — Good Sam Roadside Assis- tance 500, Talladega, Ala. Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Con- cord, N.C. Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 28 — TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridge- way, Va. Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 11 — Phoenix 500, Avondale, Ariz. Nov. 18 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Home- stead, Fla. extraordinary effort. It's a great protection. It's a great throw. ''Golden makes an attempt at the ball and he wins the battle,'' he said. ''They were right on the point looking right at it, standing right over the thing and they reviewed it. Whether they missed the WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB z-Minnesota 27 7 .794 — x-Sparks x-San Antonio 21 13 .618 6 x-Seattle Tulsa Phoenix 24 10 .706 3 16 18 .471 11 9 25 .265 18 7 27 .206 20 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB z-Connecticut 25 9 .735 — x-Indiana x-Atlanta 22 12 .647 3 19 15 .559 6 x-New York 15 19 .441 10 Chicago x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference —————————————————— End of Regular Season CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-3) Thursday's games New York at Connecticut, 5 p.m. Series tied 0-0 San Antonio at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Series tied 0-0 Friday's games Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. Series tied 0-0 Seattle at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Series tied 0-0 14 20 .412 11 Washington 5 29 .147 20 It's a great off a high-charged gallery in the 2000 PGA Champi- onship, the memorable duel between Tiger Woods and Bob May that Woods won in a playoff for his third straight major. The Ryder Cup brought the same kind of energy. But this is Chicago, one of the best sporting cities in the world, and certainly on a grander scale than Louisville. ''I have a feeling that Chicago might be even push or not — obviously they missed the push in the battle for the ball — but that stuff goes on all the time.'' But Rodgers, in a refer- ence to referee Wayne Elliott not seeing indis- putable evidence, said: ''I mean, come on, Wayne. That's embarrassing.'' tion executive director DeMaurice Smith posted a statement to members say- ing the lockout ''jeopar- dizes your health and safe- ty.'' NFL Players Associa- remove more than 1,500 years of collective experi- ence has simply made the workplace less safe,'' he wrote, adding, ''We are actively reviewing any and all possible actions to pro- tect you.'' ''This decision to officials in June after their contract expired. Unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, the league opened the season with replacements, most with experience only in lower levels of college The NFL locked out the MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA x-QUAKES 18 6 6 60 62 36 x-Galaxy 15 11 4 49 54 42 x-Salt Lake 15 11 4 49 40 34 Seattle 13 7 9 48 45 31 Vancouver 10 12 8 38 31 40 FC Dallas 9 12 9 36 35 38 Colorado 9 18 3 30 38 45 Portland 7 15 8 29 31 51 Chivas USA 7 15 7 28 21 45 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Kansas City16 7 7 55 37 25 Chicago 16 8 5 53 42 34 D.C. 15 10 5 50 47 39 New York 14 8 8 50 50 43 Houston 12 8 10 46 42 37 Columbus 13 11 6 45 36 37 Montreal 12 15 4 40 44 49 Philadelphia 8 14 6 30 29 33 N. England 7 15 8 29 37 41 Toronto FC 5 18 7 22 34 55 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth —————————————————— Friday's game Chicago at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Saturday's games FC Dallas at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. New England at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Seattle FC at Vancouver, 6 p.m. D.C. United at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's game Los Angeles at Colorado, 4 p.m. He is undefeated in 43 fights and LONDON (AP) — Rafael Nadal still has no timetable for his return from a knee injury. The Spaniard hasn't played since losing in the second round of Wimbledon in June to little-known Lukas Rosol. The 11-time Grand Slam champion is recovering from a partially torn patella tendon in his left knee. In interviews with European newspapers Tuesday, Nadal says he's not sure how soon he'll be back or whether he'll play in the Australian Open in January. ''All that is in my mind is to keep working hard to come back,'' Nadal said. ''I cannot think about the future because it's not like if you break your arm and you know you will have a few weeks like this, then a few weeks like that and then you are back. ''This is a day-by-day thing. I have checks every day to see how I'm improving. I can't predict what will hap- pen.'' don Nov. 5-12 and Spain's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic Nov. 16-18. As for the Australian Open, he was quoted in the Daily Mail as saying: ''I hope you see me in Australia. That is the biggest goal for me, to come back just before then in Qatar, but I cannot say for sure it is going to happen.'' ''The only thing is to recover well. I want to be 100 percent when I come back,'' he said. Nadal could miss the ATP World Tour Finals in Lon- Nadal said he played with anti-inflammatories to get through the French Open, which he won for a record sev- enth time, and took pain-killing injections at Wimbledon. more boisterous,'' Justin Rose said. Rose also was a Ryder Cup rookie in America, playing on that European team four years ago and succeeding, at least as an individual. He went 3-1 that week, beating Phil Mickelson in a singles match to keep alive hopes. Ultimately, the United States delivered a win for the home crowd. And while Europe has domi- nated the Ryder Cup by winning six of the last eight times, the Ameri- cans have lost only twice at home since then — at Oak Hill in 1995 and Oakland Hills in 2004. ''Having played more and more golf over here, I feel more ready for this Ryder Cup than I did the football. began griping about the officials in the preseason, but the tension seemed to boil over this past week- end. Coaches and players Scuffles after the whis- tle were frequent with players appearing to test the limits of the new offi- cials, and coaches were fined for berating them. Las Vegas oddsmakers said $300 million or more changed hands worldwide on Monday's call. The Glantz-Culver line for the game opened favoring the Packers by 4 1/2. Had the play been ruled an inter- ception, Green Bay would have won by 5. way into Wisconsin poli- tics, with Republican Gov. Scott Walker tweeting for the regular officials to return. Opponents noted that he seemed to be sup- The call also found its MLB West Division Texas A's Angels Seattle East Division New York Baltimore American League WL Pct GB 91 63 .591 — 87 67 .565 4 84 69 .549 6.5 72 81 .471 18.5 WL Pct GB 89 65 .578 — 88 67 .568 1.5 Tampa Bay 84 70 .545 5 Boston Toronto Central Division Chicago Detroit 69 86 .445 20.5 68 86 .442 21 WL Pct GB 82 72 .532 — 82 72 .532 — Kansas City 70 84 .455 12 Minnesota 65 90 .419 17.5 Cleveland 64 91 .413 18.5 —————————————————— Tuesday's results Cleveland 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Detroit 2, Kansas City 0 Toronto 4, Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 2 Oakland 3,Texas 2, 10 innings Minnesota 5, N.Y.Yankees 4 Seattle at L.A. Angels, late Today's games N.Y.Yankees (Sabathia 13-6) at Min- nesota (Deduno 6-5), 10:10 a.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3) at Detroit (Por- cello 9-12), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Villanueva 7-6) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 7-4), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 9-9) at Boston (Lester 9-13), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (J.Parker 11-8) at Texas (M.Perez 1-2), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 11-15) at Chicago White Sox (H.Santiago 3-1), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 13-8) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 12-10), 7:05 p.m. Thursday's games Kansas City at Detroit, 10:05 a.m. Oakland at Texas, 11:05 a.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. last Ryder Cup,'' Rose said. saw golf at the highest level was last year in the BMW Championship at Cog Hill, which Rose won by two shots. So he has that going for him. ''But I don't think you can sort of ever know exactly what to expect with a Ryder Cup envi- ronment,'' Rose said. ''It happens so rarely that we get to play in this environ- ment that you just have to roll with it, I guess, and feed off it and be resilient out there, as well, because there's going to be a lot of things that happen on the golf course that ... just aren't normal to you.'' It's not unusual for the Ryder Cup, though. This is what the Amer- The last time Chicago porting the referees union after going after public employee unions last year, though Democratic state Sen. Jon Erpenbach added: ''We're all fans, first and foremost.'' Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy was stoic after the game, but Packers guard T.J. Lang vented on Twitter, using some exple- tives to say Green Bay was robbed by the refs. A day later, he said he regretted only his use of profanity. ''It was just heartbreak- icans went through in Wales, Ireland, England and Spain. Now it's Europe's turn to either tune out the gallery or find a way to silence it. ''It will be obviously in our favor, just like it is when we go over Europe,'' Tiger Woods said. ''But hey, it's part of the deal.'' to NCAA Top 25 Schedule Thursday's game No. 8 Stanford at Washington, 6 p.m. Saturday's games No. 1 Alabama vs. Mississippi, 6:15 p.m. No. 2 Oregon vs.Washington State at Seattle, 7:30 p.m. No. 3 LSU vs. Towson, 4 p.m. No. 4 Florida State at South Florida, 3 p.m. No. 5 Georgia vs. Tennessee, 12:30 p.m. No. 6 South Carolina at Kentucky, 4 p.m. No. 9 West Virginia vs.No.25 Baylor, 9 a.m. No. 12 Texas at Oklahoma State, 4:50 p.m. No.14 Ohio St.at No.20 Mich.St., 12:30 p.m. No. 15 TCU at SMU, 4 p.m. No.17 Clemson at Boston Co., 12:30 p.m. No. 18 Oregon St. vs.Washington St., 7 p.m. No. 19 Louisville at Southern Miss., 5 p.m. No. 22 Nebraska vs. Wisconsin, 5 p.m. No. 24 Boise State at New Mexico, 3 p.m. NFL AFC West WL T Pct PF PA Chargers 2 1 0 .667 63 51 Denver 1 2 0 .333 77 77 Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 68 99 RAIDERS 12 0 .333 61 88 East WL T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 81 75 Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 87 79 N. England 1 2 0 .333 82 64 Miami South 1 2 0 .333 65 66 WL T Pct PF PA Houston 3 0 0 1.000 88 42 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 52 70 Tennessee 1 2 0 .333 67 113 Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 61 83 North ing to have a game taken from us like that,'' he told 97-FM The Ticket in Detroit. ''We put way too much effort, and blood, sweat and tears into these games to have one absolutely stolen from us.'' MLB West Division x-GIANTS Dodgers Arizona East Division National League WL Pct GB 89 64 .582 — 79 74 .516 10 77 76 .503 12 San Diego 73 80 .477 16 Colorado z-Washington 93 61 .604 — z-Atlanta Central Division Philadelphia 78 76 .506 15 New York Miami x-Cincinnati 93 61 .604 — St. Louis 59 94 .386 30 WL Pct GB 89 65 .578 4 70 84 .455 23 66 88 .429 27 WL Pct GB 84 71 .542 9.5 Milwaukee 79 75 .513 14 Pittsburgh 76 78 .494 17 Chicago Houston z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division —————————————————— Tuesday's results Philadelphia 6, Washington 3 Atlanta 4, Miami 3 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 10, N.Y. Mets 6 St. Louis 4, Houston 0 Chicago Cubs at Colorado, delayed 7th L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late Arizona at San Francisco, late Today's games L.A. Dodgers (Harang 9-10) at San Diego (Richard 14-12), 3:35 p.m. Washington (Lannan 3-0) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 10-11), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Jo.Johnson 8-13) at Atlanta (Maholm 12-10), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Marcum 5-4) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-8), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 2-7), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (C.Carpenter 0-0) at Houston (B.Norris 5-13), 5:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Berken 0-1) at Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-9), 5:40 p.m. Arizona (Miley 16-10) at San Francisco (M.Cain 15-5), 7:15 p.m. Thursday's games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 7:05 p.m. 59 94 .386 33.5 50 105 .323 43.5 WL T Pct PF PA Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 98 67 Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 85 102 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 77 75 Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 57 75 NFC West WL T Pct PF PA Arizona 3 0 0 1.000 67 40 49ERS 21 0 .667 70 65 Seattle 2 1 0 .667 57 39 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 60 78 East Dallas WL T Pct PF PA 2 1 0 .667 47 54 Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 47 66 N.Y. Giants 2 1 0 .667 94 65 Washington 1 2 0 .333 99 101 South WL T Pct PF PA Atlanta 3 0 0 1.000 94 48 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 60 67 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 52 79 N. Orleans 0 3 0 .000 83 102 North WL T Pct PF PA Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 70 59 Chicago 2 1 0 .667 74 50 Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 57 54 Detroit 1 2 0 .333 87 94 —————————————————— Week 3 results Thursday's result N.Y. Giants 36, Carolina 7 Sunday's results Minnesota 24, San Francisco 13 Oakland 34, Pittsburgh 31 Arizona 27, Philadelphia 6 Atlanta 27, San Diego 3 Baltimore 31, New England 30 Buffalo 24, Cleveland 14 Chicago 23, St. Louis 6 Cincinnati 38, Washington 31 Dallas 16, Tampa Bay 10 Houston 31, Denver 25 Jacksonville 22, Indianapolis 17 Kansas City 27, New Orleans 24, OT N.Y. Jets 23, Miami 20, OT Tennessee 44, Detroit 41, OT Monday's result Seattle 14, Green Bay 12 Week 4 schedule Thursday's game Cleveland at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m. Sunday's games San Francisco at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Oakland at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m. New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m. San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Houston, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 1:05 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. New Orleans at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 5:20 p.m. Monday's game Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Open: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh