Tsonga wins Marseille opener
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02/22/2012 - Marseille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded former champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the Open 13 tennis event.
The 2009 Marseille titlist trounced fellow Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-2 on the indoor hardcourts at Palais des Sports.
Tsonga will face another compatriot, Edouard Roger-Vasselin, in Friday's quarterfinals. Roger-Vasselin dismantled Italian Flavio Cipolla 6-3, 6-0 on Day 3.
Meanwhile, third-seeded world No. 9 Serb Janko Tipsarevic eased into the quarters with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Belgian qualifier David Goffin.
In some opening-round action on Wednesday, sixth-seeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov overcame Czech Lukas Rosol 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 and French left- hander Michael Llodra snuck past Swiss Marco Chiudinelli in a pair of tiebreaks, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3). Llodra titled here in 2010 and was the Marseille runner-up in 2009.
Second-seeded American Mardy Fish and fourth-seeded former world No. 4 Argentine Juan Martin del Potro will see second-round action here on Thursday. The former U.S. Open champion and last week's Rotterdam runner-up del Potro will battle former world No. 3 Russian Nikolay Davydenko on Day 4.
The newest Marseille champ will collect $120,000.
Agreed to terms with pitchers Matt Hoffman, Andy Oliver and Adam Wilk, infielder Hernan Perez and outfielder Andy Dirks.
<< Catania tops Siena to ease relegation worries
Siena, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Francesco Lodi's first-half penalty kick
handed Catania a 1-0 win at Siena on Wednesday that lifts the visitors nine
points clear of the relegation zone.
Wins have been scarce for both clubs in rece
<< Zusi re-signs with Sporting
Kansas City, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi
has signed a new contract with the club, it was announced on Wednesday,
although terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 25-year-old Zusi is coming of
<< Line of Scrimmage: Combine questions have a need for speed
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Class was back in session for prospective
graduates into the football profession when the world's most celebrated
college job fair, the NFL Scouting Combine, got underway Wednesday, even
though this year's tw
<< Hawks' Johnson to miss All-Star Game
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson will miss All-Star weekend
because of tendinitis in his left knee, the team said Wednesday.
Johnson, who is averaging 17.6 points per game, was selected to the All-Star
game as a reserve
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Penn will play a difficult non-conference schedule to try to set up a run for the Ivy League football title this year. Penn announced its 10-game schedule on Wednesday and will play five home games and fiv
Report: Temple in talks to join Big East >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Temple is reportedly in talks to join the Big
East in all sports as early as next season, which would give the conference 13
teams in football and 18 in basketball.
A planned move could be completed this
Royal Delta set for Sabin >>
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Champion filly Royal Delta is ready to
make her 2012 debut in Saturday's $100,000 Sabin Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
The four-year-old will face four challengers in the 1 1/6-mile race.
Royal Delta,
Aubameyang's hat trick topples Lorient >>
Saint Etienne, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a
second-half hat trick to help St Etienne to a 4-2 win over Lorient at the
Geoffrey-Guichard Stadium on Wednesday.
The match came to life after a scoreles
This Week in Auto Racing February 23 - 26 >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Get ready for what is expected to be a
wild four days of racing at Daytona International Speedway, culminating with
Sunday's Daytona 500.
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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.
A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.
A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.
Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.
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