Blackhawks extend Savard's contract

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08/09/2007 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Blackhawks announced on Thursday that the contract of head coach Denis Savard has been extended through the 2008-09 season.

Savard finished last season with a record of 24-30-7 after taking over for Trent Yawney, who was fired on November 27.

"I'm delighted and excited to be a part of what we all feel will be an exciting team this season," said Savard. "I believe we have a good combination of youth and experience to make this a very exciting team to watch. I can't wait for training camp to start."

Prior to taking over for Yawney, Savard had been an assistant coach with Chicago for four years and spent 17 seasons in the NHL, 12 with the Blackhawks.

The seven-time All-Star posted 473 goals and 865 assists in 1,196 career games.

"We were very satisfied with the job Denis did last season and we feel he has earned this opportunity," said general manager Dale Tallon. "Denis has been a part of the Blackhawks organization for a long time. We know that he will put his heart and soul into coaching this team just as he did as a player."

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The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.

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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.

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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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