Schiavone will skip Slovenian event
Tennis Betting Lines
07/14/2010 - Portoroz, Slovenia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone will miss next week's WTA Tour event in Slovenia, citing a left wrist injury.
The world No. 8 was slated to be the second seed at the $220,000 Slovenia Open.
The 30-year-old Schiavone became the first-ever Italian woman to reach a Grand Slam final and win a major title when she ran the table in Paris last month.
Palermo, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion and top seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the $220,000 Palermo International tennis tournament. Pennetta handled Czech Renata Voracova 6-
<< Melzer into Stuttgart QFs
Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French Open semifinalist Jurgen Melzer
was a second-round victor Wednesday at the Mercedes Cup tennis event.
The second-seeded Melzer got past Germany's own Mischa Zverev, a wild card
this week, 7-
<< Rockets ready to match Cavs offer sheet to Lowry
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Rockets plan to match the offer
sheet extended Wednesday to restricted free-agent guard Kyle Lowry.
Houston general Manager Daryl Morey said on his Twitter account
Wednesday afte
<< Johnson retires as Vandy football coach
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vanderbilt head football coach Bobby
Johnson announced his abrupt retirement Wednesday after eight years guiding
the program.
A press conference was called for Wednesday afternoon at which time
<< Sportswriter headlines Meadowlands Pace
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sportswriter, winner of the North
America Cup, will take on nine rivals in Saturday's $1 million Meadowlands
Pace at The Meadowlands. The field of 10 three-year-old pacers will leave the
startin
Arlington, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Capitals signed right wing Brian Willsie to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Willsie, 32, appeared in just four games with Colorado last sea
Sixers sign top pick Turner >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia 76ers have signed guard
Evan Turner, the second overall selection in the 2010 NBA Draft.
No terms of the deal were released.
As a junior last season, Turner scored 20.4 points per g
Jermaine O'Neal officially headed to Boston >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Celtics have signed center/forward
Jermaine O'Neal.
As per team policy, no terms of the deal were announced.
However, according to a report in last week's Boston Globe, O'Neal agreed to
the mi
Nets sign Farmar, Outlaw and Petro >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Nets have signed
guard Jordan Farmar, forward Travis Outlaw and center Johan Petro.
According to team policy, no terms of the deals were announced.
Farmar was a member of the
Fisher officially returns to Lakers >>
El Segundo, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed free
agent guard Derek Fisher, the club announced Wednesday.
Per team policy, no details of the deal were released. However, according to a
report in Monday's Los An
Big 12 Conference betting odds
Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.