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Rob Nelson of ESPN Stats & Information revisits the worst bad beats from the weekends gambling action.Closing lines are courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, and pick percentages are via Wunderdog Sports.Saturday?Kansas State Wildcats at Baylor BearsClosing line: Over/under 59Just less than 25 percent of the action was on the under in this one, and those bettors looked to be on the winning side. The game was scoreless with less than seven minutes left in the second quarter. Even after three touchdowns in final 6:43 of the half, the under was still in good shape with Kansas State leading 14-7. However, after a slow start, the points started coming bunches.?Unfortunately for those on the under, Baylor couldnt stop the Wildcats in the second half, specifically Alex Barnes. Kansas States freshman running back racked up four touchdowns after halftime, with the fourth score pushing the total over with 3:08 left in the game. There were 42 points scored in the second half, including 21 in the final 7:28.Final score: Kansas State 42, Baylor 21 (Game goes over)Virginia Cavaliers at Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsClosing line: Georgia Tech -10.5Despite entering the game with a 2-8 record, Virginia outplayed Georgia Tech for most of the way on Saturday, outgaining the Yellow Jackets by 88 yards, possessing the ball for 38:37 and coming up with 17 more first downs.Still, three late turnovers ultimately cost those who took Virginia and the points, including a back-breaker with just more than four minutes left. With the Cavaliers trailing 24-17, Matt Johns was picked off by Georgia Techs Lance Austin, who returned it 24 yards to the house. This marked the fifth ATS loss for Virginia in its past six games.Final score: Georgia Tech 31, Virginia 17 (Georgia Tech covers)?SundayJacksonville Jaguars at Detroit LionsClosing line: Lions -5The Jaguars came into this game with a 7-2 ATS record as an underdog of more than a field goal since last season. That trend looked like it was about to continue, until an excruciating final drive by the Lions. After a Jacksonville punt with a little more than eight minutes left, Detroit had the ball and a 23-19 lead. The Lions would proceed to go a drive that must have made anyone who bet the Jaguars go crazy.Two plays in particular are still haunting those bettors. On fourth-and-2 from the Jacksonville 46-yard line,?SenDerrick Marks?was penalized for encroachment to extend Detroits drive. The other play came on third-and-5 from the Jacksonville 36-yard line, when the Lions were a first down away from being able to run out the clock. They got the first down, but Theo Riddick stopped the clock by going out of bounds. Four plays later, Matt Prater nailed a 43-yard field goal to put Detroit up seven with 22 seconds left. The Jaguars were outscored 10-0 in the final quarter.Final score: Lions 26, Jaguars 19 (Lions cover)?Chicago Bears at New York GiantsClosing line: Over/under 41.5After opening at 47.5, the over/under for this game moved all the way down to 41.5 by kickoff. Heavy winds were expected at Metlife Stadium, and that turned out to be a huge factor in this one. Playing without key offensive starters in Alshon Jeffery and Kyle Long, the Bears started strong, scoring on their first three possessions. Chicago led 16-9 at halftime, with the total on pace to go over.In the second half, the Giants scored touchdowns on their first two possessions and took a 22-16 lead with 6:49 left in third quarter. Why the weird score? Well, the teams combined to miss three extra-point attempts, including two by former Chicago kicker?Robbie Gould. Connor Barth?-- the Bears current leg -- added a missed field goal attempt early in the fourth, and that proved to be the last scoring opportunity for either team. The game ended with a 21:49 scoring drought, causing bettors who took the over to fall 3.5 points short of cashing their tickets.?Final score: Giants 22, Bears 16 (Total goes under)?Miami Dolphins at Los Angeles RamsClosing line: Pick emJared Goffs first start will be a tough one to forget if you took the Rams. Los Angeles led 10-0 and was driving into Dolphins territory late in the game. Faced with a fourth-and-1 with 6:45 left, coach Jeff Fisher elected to kick a field goal instead of going for it. At this point in the game, ESPNs win probability model gave the Rams more than a 97 percent chance to win.Thats when it all went downhill. Greg Zuerlein missed that 48-yard field goal attempt off the left upright, and then Miamis offense came alive. Ryan Tannehill led a pair of touchdown drives in the final minutes to give the Dolphins an improbable win. Not only will Fisher be blamed by those who bet on his Rams on Sunday, but the loss marked the 162nd of his career, tying him with Tom Landry for the second-most defeats in NFL history.Final score: Dolphins 14, Rams 10 (Dolphins cover) Customized Arizona Cardinals Jersey .In my heart and mind Im competing for India, luge competitor Shiva Keshavan told The Associated Press in an email interview. Every day Im flooded with messages from Indians all over the world telling me they are supporting me. 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LOS ANGELES -- Abner Mares had already won three world titles in as many weight divisions, but he was solely focused on the task at hand -- winning a fourth belt and his second at featherweight.Coming off a 16-month layoff because of two fight postponements, and with trainer Robert Garcia in his corner for the first time, Mares out-boxed the hard-charging Jesus Cuellar over the second half of their fight. Mares knocked down Cuellar in the 11th round to win a well-deserved split decision and a secondary title Saturday night at the Galen Center on the USC campus.With most of the 5,680 spectators cheering him on, Mares rebounded from a disappointing decision loss to Leo Santa Cruz for a vacant featherweight title in August 2015.Two judges scored the fight for Mares, 117-110 and 116-111, and one judge scored the fight for Cuellar, 115-112. ESPN.com scored it 116-111 for Mares.I never doubted myself, Mares said. All during the layoff, I worked with Robert the entire year, and I knew I could beat Cuellar. We had a great game plan. I fought smart tonight. In the last fight, I did not fight a smart fight.I am so glad to be back and to be able to be called to a world champion again. People wrote me off, but I never wrote myself off. In hindsight, having the time to work with Robert proved to be effective.Garcia was quite proud of his student.We spent all this time working on Cuellar because we knew even after the delay in June that it would be Cuellar as the next opponent, Garcia, who used to train Cuellar, said. The time I had work with Abner showed tonight.The fight was originally scheduled for June 25 in Brooklyn, New York, but was called off because Mares, who had successful surgery to repair a detached retina in his left eye in 2008, failed his pre-fight eye exam. The New York State Athletic Commission would not license him because his uncorrected vision did not meet the states minimum standard, but he later passed the California State Athletic Commissions test, and the fight was rescheduled.I think Abner fought a very disciplined fight from the beginning to the end, said Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer, who put on his first card in the 2? years since he left Golden Boy Promotions as CEO after a fallout with co-founder Oscar De La Hoya. Sometimes Abner is a bit too brave for his own good, but he showed all his skills.They opened the fight as most expected, marching toward each other and going to battle immediately. It might not have been the best strategy for Mares against the more compact and stronger Cuellar, a southpaw, who was extremely aggressive.There were many rough exchanges in the fan-friendly fight, but Cuellar, who was making his third title defense, appeared to get the better of Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs), whose chin has been doubted by many since he suffered a first-round kknockout loss in a big upset that cost him his featherweight world title against Jhonny Gonzalez in 2013.ddddddddddddBut as the fight went on, Mares, 31, began to box more and slug less against the slower, one-dimensional Cuellar (28-2, 21 KOs) as the crowd chanted Mares! Mares! from time to time.Even though Mares was looking to box, he got Cuellars attention late in the ninth round, when he stopped him in his tracks with a booming overhand right and then caught him with a punch after the bell ended the round, which elicited a warning from referee Jack Reiss.In the 11th round, out of nowhere, Mares landed a hard right hand on Cuellars chin to knock him down as the crowd went wild.I shouldnt have gone down, Cuellar said through a translator. Abner is a great boxer. It was his speed [that was the problem]. My game plan worked, but I guess it wasnt good enough. He never hurt me, and the crowd never affected me. I definitely want a rematch.Mares punished Cuellar, 29, of Argentina, for a stretch after the knockdown, pounding him with body shots and right hands along the ropes. Reiss looked in closely, and the crowd began to chant Mexico! Mexico!Mares, clearly feeling in control, played to the crowd in the final minute, raising his arm in victory and then nailing Cuellar.Cuellar was a little flat, said Freddie Roach, his trainer. Abner had a good strategy. He moved and he held and it worked. Abner was a better man tonight.It was a big win for Mares, but the fight was also a victory for Garcia, who reveled in defeating Roach, a Hall of Famer.People doubted Abner, and they doubted me, Garcia said. People always said Freddie is better than me, and tonight I proved them wrong.Roach had beaten Garcia in two major fights with Manny Pacquiao, against Antonio Margarito and Brandon Rios.Im disappointed, Roach said. Cuellar and I trained really well together. I didnt deliver and Garcia did, and thats the bottom line.With the win in hand, Mares figures to be in line for major fights with other stars of the division, including titleholders Carl Frampton, Gary Russell Jr. and Lee Selby, all of whom share adviser Al Haymon. On Jan. 28, in Las Vegas, Frampton will fight Santa Cruz in a rematch of Framptons decision win in their July 30 fight of the year candidate.I want the winner of the Frampton-Santa Cruz fight as soon as possible, Mares said.If Schaefer gets his way, one of those fights will be put together soon.Abner is on top of the featherweight division and is ready for anyone, and there are great fights there, Schaefer said. The rematch with Leo or the winner of Frampton-Santa Cruz II. Great fights. Imagine a fight with Gary Russell? Fantastic fight. The door is wide open. ' ' '