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07/29/2010 - Umag, Croatia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rain washed away Thursday's second-round schedule at the clay-court Croatia Open.
Second-seeded French Open semifinalist Jurgen Melzer of Austria was scheduled to face Czech Jan Hajek and third-seeded Croatian hero Ivan Ljubicic was slated to meet fellow countryman Ivan Dodig, but those affairs were pushed back to Friday at ITC Stella Maris.
Two other second-round matches were also postponed on Day 4.
On Friday, quarterfinal matches will come for top-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko and fourth-seeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero. Davydenko defeated the former world No. 1 Ferrero in last year's Umag championship match.
The world No. 6 Davydenko will face eighth-seeded Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela, while Ferrero will encounter sixth-seeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov.
<< Schiavone ousted in Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French Open champion Francesca
Schiavone was a second-round loser Thursday at the $220,000 Istanbul Cup
hardcourt tennis event.
Britain's Elena Baltacha sent the top-seeded Schiavone pa
<< No-brainer for both Phils and Oswalt
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It is hard to argue against the Philadelphia Phillies'
acquisition of Houston righty Roy Oswalt, especially considering they received
some money from the Astros and did not have to exercise his 2012 option.
In fact, it is
<< Mets take rubber match from Cards thanks to Dickey, Davis
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie Ike Davis hit a three-run homer and
knuckballer R.A. Dickey went 8 1/3 innings, as the New York Mets earned a 4-0
win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the rubber match of a three-game set at
Citi Fi
<< Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners headline Haskell
Oceanport, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The two leading three-year-old colts in the
country top a field of eight for Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational at
Monmouth Park. Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness champ Lookin At
Lucky w
Tseng and Hull lead Women's British Open >>
South Port, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Yani Tseng and Katherine Hull both
posted rounds of four-under 68 on Thursday to share the first-round lead of
the Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale.
Tseng and Hull both eagled the last
Oswalt traded to Phillies >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies completed their
trade for Roy Oswalt on Thursday, acquiring the pitcher from the Houston
Astros.
The Phillies also received cash considerations, and sent pitcher J.A. Happ
Seahawks sign free agent G Pitts >>
Renton, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Seattle Seahawks have signed free agent
guard Chester Pitts.
Though terms of the deal were not disclosed by the club, the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer reported on Thursday that Pitts was br
Sabres' Kennedy awarded one-year deal >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buffalo Sabres forward Tim Kennedy was awarded
a one-year contract worth $1 million by an arbitrator on Thursday.
Per guidelines set in the NHL's current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the
Sabres cannot
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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