10/02/2008 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Restricted free agent guard Ben Gordon accepted the one-year qualifying offer made by the Chicago Bulls.
The deal was announced Wednesday for Gordon, Chicago's leading scorer the past three years. He averaged 18.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 72 games last season. Gordon is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the upcoming campaign.
The third overall pick in the 2004 draft, Gordon has averaged 18.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 316 career games with the Bulls.
<< Sheets done for season
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee Brewers ace Ben Sheets has a
torn muscle near his pitching elbow which will keep him off the club's
postseason roster.
Sheets has pitched only once in the last 11 days and was kept
<< Homer-happy Dodgers top Cubs in NLDS opener
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Loney clubbed a two-out grand slam in the
fifth inning and Manny Ramirez homered in the seventh as the Los Angeles
Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs, 7-2, in the opener of their National League
Divisio
<< Dickau signs with Warriors
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors signed guard Dan
Dickau on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Dickau will join his seventh different NBA team since breaking
into the league in 2002. Last season, he averaged 5.3 poin
<< A King among men: Abdur-Rahim back in Sacramento
Sacramento, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Sacramento Kings named the recently-
retired Shareef Abdur-Rahim as an assistant coach Wednesday.
A 12-year NBA veteran, most currently with the Sacramento Kings, Abdur-Rahim
announced his retireme
Wozniacki advances in Tokyo >>
Tokyo, Japan (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, the top seed,
blasted Japanese wild card Ayumi Morita, 6-2, 6-1, to reach the quarterfinals
of the $175,000 Japan Open Tennis Championships.
Wozniacki, who already has two tit
Ferrer, Roddick advance in Tokyo >>
Tokyo, Japan (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seeds David Ferrer and Andy Roddick were
among Thursday's third-round winners at the $869,000 Japan Open Tennis
Championships.
The reigning Tokyo champion Ferrer rallied to top Japanese
Peng reaches Tashkent quarters >>
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Chinese Shuai Peng
led Thursday's charge into the quarterfinals at the $145,000 Tashkent Open.
Peng handled Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 6-1, 7-5 on the hardcourts at
Tashken
Woodbine to host pair of Challenge races >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of Breeders' Cup Challenge races take
center-stage for Saturday's Woodbine card. The $2 million Pattison Canadian
International and the $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes will both be contested on
Woodbin
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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