Fleisher shoots 66 to lead SAS Championship

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09/27/2008 - Cary, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bruce Fleisher shot a six-under 66 to grab the second-round lead Saturday at the SAS Championship.

The 18-time Champions Tour winner had six birdies -- all in his last 14 holes -- in a flawless round that moved him to 10-under 134 for a one-shot lead over Tom Kite and Eduardo Romero.

Fleisher has hit 28 of 30 fairways through his first 36 holes at Prestonwood Country Club, a key to his success. It was the first time in more than two years that the 59-year-old held a second-round lead on the Champions Tour.

"You keep it in the fairway here and you got a chance," said Fleisher, who's found success on the senior circuit after winning just once on the PGA Tour. "The rough is tough."

Kite, the 1992 U.S. Open champion, collected six birdies in his last nine holes to also shoot a six-under 66. Reigning U.S. Senior Open champion Romero had three early birdies and three late birdies and carded a five-under 67 to share second place with Kite at nine-under 135.

Mark McNulty used nine birdies to fire a 63 that gave him the early clubhouse lead, but was passed by the later groups. McNulty was tied for fourth place at eight-under 136 with John Cook (66).

The 63 matched a career low for McNulty on the Champions Tour and was tied for the low round of the tournament so far (D.A. Weibring also had a 63 Saturday).

While Fleisher was gaining momentum and racking up birdies with his good driving, McNulty was doing his damage on the greens. He needed just 22 putts in his second round.

"I've been putting well all this week, but I think particularly well today," said McNulty.

Fleisher made a two-foot birdie putt on No. 12 to pass McNulty's clubhouse lead at nine-under par. But he would battle Romero and Kite for the lead the rest of the way.

Both players -- Romero with a six-foot birdie putt at the 16th and Kite with a two-putt birdie from 40 feet at the 17th -- would tie Fleisher for the lead at minus-nine.

But both players would also par out to remain at that score, with Romero getting lucky at the 17th when his greenside bunker shot caromed off the grandstand and allowed him to save par.

Meanwhile, Fleisher pulled ahead by a stroke with a birdie at the 17th hole, moving to 10-under for the lead. He finished with a two-putt par from 45 feet at the closing hole to remain there.

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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

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Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.

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