10/22/2008 - Linz, Austria (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis event.
The world No. 10 Radwanska handled Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-4 on the indoor hardcourts at Intersport Arena.
Radwanska was joined in the quarterfinals by eighth-seeded Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, who took care of Russian Maria Kirilenko 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.
In opening-round action on Day 3, seventh-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta pasted struggling Hungarian Agnes Szavay 6-1, 6-2, Czech qualifier Petra Kvitova clocked Austrian wild card Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-3 and Austrian crowd favorite Sybille Bammer topped Italian Francesca Schiavone 7-5, 6-3. Pennetta was last week's Zurich runner-up to Wimbledon champion Venus Williams.
On Thursday, top-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic will meet Bammer in a second-round affair. Ivanovic is the reigning French Open champion and Australian Open runner-up.
The 2008 Linz champion will pocket $95,500.
<< Chiefs add QB Gray
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs signed quarterback
Quinn Gray to a two-year contract after the team's top two signal-callers,
Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard, both suffered injuries in Sunday's loss to the
Titans.
<< Bailey brothers to miss significant time for Denver
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denver cornerback Champ Bailey and his brother,
linebacker Boss Bailey, will both miss a significant amount of time after
suffering injuries in Monday's 41-7 drubbing at New England.
Champ will miss four
<< Favre denies sharing information on Pack with Lions
Florham Park, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre said
he did not share information on his old team, the Green Bay Packers, with the
Detroit Lions.
This past Sunday, Fox Sports reported that Favre had a conversation
<< Mariners tab former Brewers exec Zduriencik for GM post
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Seattle Mariners announced Wednesday that
they have named Jack Zduriencik executive vice president and general manager.
Zduriencik, 57, spent the past nine seasons working in the front office of the
Milwa
Blake, Andreev reach Basel quarters >>
Basel, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth-seeded American James Blake
and sixth-seeded Russian Igor Andreev posted victories Wednesday at the $1.2
million Swiss Indoors Basel.
Blake fought his way past dangerous German Nicolas Ki
Patriots' Morris misses practice >>
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New England Patriots running back Sammy Morris
did not practice with the team on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old Morris injured his knee during New England's 41-7 victory over
the Denver Broncos last Sunday and
Rams RB Jackson misses practice with thigh injury >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson
missed practice on Wednesday with a thigh injury.
Rams interim head coach Jim Haslett on Monday termed the injury a strain, and
said he did not expect Jackso
Simao saves a point for Atletico >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Simao's goal in the 83rd minute helped
Atletico Madrid salvage a 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Wednesday at the
Vicente Calderon in Champions League Group D action.
Both sides entered the matc
MySportsbook.com and Kentucky Derby Offer Bonuses
The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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