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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said newly crowned welterweight world titleholder Manny Pacquiao will definitely fight again in the spring and said I give it 75 percent that he will face Floyd Mayweather in a rematch.Pacquiao, elected to the Philippines Senate in May, came out of a brief retirement to handily outpoint Jessie Vargas on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas to regain the welterweight belt he lost to Mayweather by unanimous decision in May 2015 in their record-shattering mega fight that generated a record $600 million in total revenue.Mayweather so far has remained in the retirement he announced after beating Andre Berto in September 2015, but the signs are there that it may not last much longer. Mayweather showed up with his daughter at ringside Saturday to watch Pacquiao, who invited him to the fight.Mayweather rarely attends fights not put on by his Mayweather Promotions, and his appearance immediately ignited speculation about a rematch between the two biggest stars of their time and two of the best in boxing history.Making the first fight dragged on for a tedious five years of will they or wont they. A second fight wouldnt take nearly as long to put together if Mayweather wants it, Arum said.Floyd came to the fight and he was very friendly with [Top Rank president] Todd [duBoef] and some of our staff, Arum told ESPN on Monday. Now, that doesnt mean that the fight will happen, but if it does, it wont take a long time to make because the animosity that was there before the first fight is gone. Theres no more animosity between the camps.Arum has since settled a $100 million antitrust lawsuit he filed against Al Haymon, Mayweathers adviser.It was so tense last time, but it wont be that way now because everyone can get along, said Arum, who promoted Mayweather for most of his career before they had a falling out that Haymon was in the middle of.Like everyone else, Im guessing there will be a rematch. He did come to the fight, Arum said. I give it 75 percent. Do I know its gonna happen? No. Do I know if Floyd wants the fight? No. I know nothing more than the public knows at this point and what I observed.Arum saw what everyone else saw, that as Pacquiao stood in his corner awaiting the opening bell on Saturday he looked right at Mayweather, pumped his fist and smiled. And he also saw Pacquiao, belt slung over his shoulder after the decision was announced, climb the ring post in the corner directly in front of Mayweather and smile at him, after which Mayweather gave him the thumbs-up.It doesnt mean the rematch will happen, though, but it means the tension is gone, Arum said. The bad words are not there. If the fight does happen it will be easier to make.Pacquiao said leading up to the fight with Vargas that he was unsure if he would continue to box. He had a rigorous schedule before the fight, balancing training camp with his Senate duties. But he looked sharp and won easily. Arum said he is making plans for a spring fight at Pacquiaos urging.There is no fight for which Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs), who turns 38 next month, can earn anything close to what a rematch with Mayweather would pay him. And if Mayweather (49-0, 26 KOs), who turns 40 in February, elects to exit retirement and seek to improve his record to a perfect 50-0, Pacquiao looms by far as his most lucrative match. They are the only fighters in history to earn nine figures for a single nights work. Pacquiao made around $150 million and Mayweather around $250 million.Arum said he has to plan Pacquiaos next fight around his Senate schedule, as he did for Saturdays bout, which took place during a recess.After the fight in the ring, Manny told me that the Senate will be in recess for eight weeks between the middle of March and the middle of May, Arum said. I dont think for a Mayweather fight that Manny would want to train like he did for Vargas by training in the Philippines and coming over [to the United States] two weeks in front of the fight.Its not the worst-case scenario for him to maybe train for two weeks in the Philippines and then come here and do the last week six weeks during that recess. But hes definitely fighting in the spring, so I have to plan for dates.Manny volunteered the information to me about the schedule. It has to do with the schedule, regardless of whether he is fighting Mayweather or somebody else.While Arum does not know for sure if Mayweather will return, the promoter said Haymon told him recently that he probably would.Arum said he and Haymon spoke a few months ago when he was negotiating for Pacquiao to fight Adrien Broner, the former four-division titleholder and a Haymon client.Ultimately, Broner did not agree to the money and Vargas got the fight with Pacquiao instead, but Arum said during that conversation he asked Haymon if he thought Mayweather would come back and he told me he thought the chances were better than not that he would come back.If Mayweather does come back, there really is only one fight that makes sense -- and a lot of dollars -- to do it for. 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With their top three point guards and Kobe Bryant all sidelined by injury, the Lakers signed Marshall out of the D-League on Friday before their home game against Minnesota. The winner of the Big 12 Conferences de facto championship game will get a sweet prize indeed.While Oklahoma or Oklahoma State will be headed to the Sugar Bowl, the Big 12 overall wont have enough eligible teams to fill its seven guaranteed bowl spots.Six Big 12 teams still have their regular-season finales to play Saturday, including the Bedlam rivalry game that will determine the conference champ. All of those teams already have six wins (or more) needed for bowl eligibility.But none of the four teams that ended last weekend, including Texas and Texas Tech at 5-7, have winning records.Seventh-ranked Oklahoma (9-2, 8-0 Big 12) and 11th-ranked Oklahoma State (9-2, 7-1) are both without a loss since September. In the other Big 12 regular-season finales, 14th-ranked West Virginia (9-2, 6-2) hosts Baylor (6-5, 3-5); and TCU (6-5, 4-4) is home against Kansas State (7-4, 5-3).I think our people would be fired up about the opportunity to be in a New Years Day bowl, coach Mike Gundy said Monday about the possibility of returning to the Sugar Bowl, where the Cowboys lost 48-20 last January.We had a great experience. We didnt play as well as we wanted to, he said. We were not a very healthy football team at that time and played a really, really good Ole Miss team.Oklahoma beat Alabama 45-31 in the Sugar Bowl three seasons ago, but last year was in the four-team playoff.The Sooners, with eight wins in a row since losing two non-conference games, were eighth in the CFP ranking last week.You always want to have a chance at the national championship and the playoffs, but it doesnt work every year, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said during the Big 12 coaches teleconference. You do the best you can.A new CFP ranking comes out Tuesday night, but a href(equals)https://apnews.com/fdc0047dde4c4f68931e9...isman-pushesthe Sooners/a were already behind undefeated Alabama and one-loss Ohio State, which beat Oklahoma in September. The defending national champion Crimson Tide and the Buckeyes, even without going to the Big Ten title game, appear to be locked into playoff spots.The winner of the Big Ten championship game -- Wisconsin or Penn Staate -- will have two losses, but both were also ahead of the Sooners.dddddddddddd So were the potential ACC and Pac-12 champions.With the Big 12 champion headed to the Sugar Bowl, or the runner-up if the champion somehow gets into the playoff, these are the leagues other bowl spots to be filled:The Alamo Bowl (vs. Pac-12) gets the second pick from Big 12 teams, followed by the Russell Athletic Bowl (vs. ACC), the Texas Bowl (vs. SEC), the Liberty Bowl (vs. SEC) and the Cactus Bowl (vs. Pac-12). That would leave the Armed Forces Bowl, with the smallest payout, without a Big 12 team for its game in TCUs home stadium.Some other notes from the final Big 12 coaches teleconference of the season:UNSELFISH MOUNTAINEERSWest Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen has often talked about how unselfish his team is this season. The latest example is freshman running back Martell Pettaway, who had his redshirt pulled in the 11th game because of injuries, then ran 30 times for 180 yards and a touchdown. We had no choice, Holgorsen said. If he was a selfish guy, he wouldnt have been on board with that. ... He took advantage of his opportunity.NOT EVERYBODYOnly the six coaches with games left took part in Mondays call. The leadoff spot held the past three seasons by Texas coach Charlie Strong, who was fired and replaced by Tom Herman, was silent, as were the usual slots for David Beaty of Kansas (2-10), Matt Campbell of Iowa State (3-9) and Kliff Kingsbury of Texas Tech (5-7) .COMING BACKTCU, which got bowl eligible with its 31-9 win at Texas, also had two double-overtime losses and lost at home to Big 12-leading Oklahoma by six points. Coach Gary Patterson said many players will be back next year, along with some that missed this season with injuries. Were going to see how much this group grows up, he said.LIKE THE MULLETHeck, its grown on me through the season. Maybe I wasnt such a fan early on, but Ive come to really like it, Stoops said, chuckling, about Gundys mullet haircut.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '