09/25/2008 - Knoxville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt underwent shoulder surgery on Thursday, correcting an injury she suffered while chasing a raccoon off the deck of her home.
"Pat is doing well," said Jenny Moshak, Tennessee's associate athletics director for sports medicine. Moshak said that Summitt will begin rehabilitation on the shoulder in about a week.
Summitt, who is beginning her 35th season at Tennessee, is the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history with a 983-182 overall record. She dislocated her shoulder on March 5 in attempt to prevent a raccoon from attacking her yellow Labrador Retrievers.
The injury didn't slow down Summitt or her Lady Vols in March, as they won a 13th SEC Tournament title on the way to their second NCAA championship in a row, the eighth for Tennessee under Summitt.
Practice for the Lady Vols starts on October 17, and they open the 2008-09 season at home against the University of San Francisco on November 15.
<< Tigers reliever Todd Jones calls it quits
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Detroit Tigers reliever Todd Jones has decided
to call it a career upon the conclusion of the 2008 season.
Jones wrote about the decision in his weekly column for the Sporting News, and
made the announcement o
<< Djokovic strolls into Bangkok quarters
Bangkok, Thailand (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic
was an easy second-round winner Thursday at the $576,000 Thailand Open.
The top-seeded Djokovic drilled German qualifier Simon Stadler 6-1, 6-3 on the
hardcourts
<< Patriots' all-time leading receiver Brown retires
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Troy Brown, the all-time leading receiver in
New England Patriots history, announced his retirement on Thursday.
Brown, 37, was not offered a contract by the Patriots this season, and did not
catch on with a
<< Roddick, Gonzalez advance; Ferrer falls in Beijing
Beijing, China (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded American Andy Roddick and
reigning champion Fernando Gonzalez posted second-round wins, while top-seeded
Spaniard David Ferrer came up a loser Thursday at the $524,000 China Open.
Dangerou
Golf Tidbits: Grading the Ryder Cup captains >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former television mates Paul Azinger and
Nick Faldo battled last weekend in the 37th Ryder Cup, with Azinger besting
Faldo - again.
Azinger captained the United States team to its first win since 1999, and
Pitt extends Dixon for three years >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh has signed head basketball coach
Jamie Dixon to a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2015-16
season.
Dixon is beginning his sixth season as head coach of the Panthers, and
Cardinals DE Berry out for game vs. Jets >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cardinals defensive end Bertrand Berry will
miss Arizona's game against the New York Jets on Sunday with a groin tear.
Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt told the team's web site on Thursday that
Berry h
Fraser, Lundberg share lead at The Belfry >>
West Midlands, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marcus Fraser and Mikael Lundberg
both opened with rounds of five-under-par 67 Thursday to share the lead after
the first round of the British Masters.
Fraser's lone tour win came at the 2003 Ru
Chiefs' Treen Green out for Sunday's game
How long Trent Green will remain sidelined is unknown. Coach Herm Edwards said Monday he will miss a second straight start Sunday when the Chiefs host the San Francisco 49ers.
A two-time Pro Bowler, Green was going into a feet-first hook slide when he was knocked unconscious by a thunderous, head-snapping hit from Cincinnati's Robert Geathers.
Oddsmakers at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com currently have the Chiefs listed as 7-point favorites versus the 49ers.
The 49ers got beat by Philadelphia 38-24 as a 6.5-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (42.5).
Alex Smith completed 27-of-46 passes for 293 yards with a touchdown. Michael Robinson rushed for 29 yards and a pair of touchdowns on five carries.
The Chiefs lost 9-6 to Denver last week as an 11-point underdog. The combined score was well UNDER the posted over/under total (38).
Larry Johnson rushed for 126 yards on 27 carries. Damon Huard completed 17-of-23 passes for 133 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.
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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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