Bartoli, Petkovic win Strasbourg openers

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05/17/2011 - Strasbourg, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seeds Marion Bartoli and Andrea Petkovic were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the $220,000 Strasbourg International tennis event, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.

The French crowd favorite Bartoli blew past 40-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date- Krumm 6-2, 6-1, while Petkovic pasted qualifier and fellow German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 6-1 at Centre de la Ligue d'Alsace.

The former Wimbledon runner-up Bartoli will face Brit Elena Baltacha in the second round, while Petkovic will encounter Zhang Shuai on Wednesday.

Eighth-seeded Czech Lucie Hradecka moved on with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over American qualifier Ahsha Rolle.

In other matches involving Frenchwomen, Alize Cornet held off Indian Sania Mirza 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, the Chinese Zhang topped wild card Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 6-4 and qualifier Stephanie Foretz Gacon grounded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 6-4, 6-1.

Additional opening-round wins came for Croatian qualifier Mirjana Lucic and the aforementioned Baltacha. Lucic got past American teenager and lucky-loser Christina McHale 7-5, 7-6 (9-7).

Fourth-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova and fifth-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko will also be among those seeing second-round action on Wednesday. Petrova will be opposed by the wild card Cornet, while Kirilenko will take on Spaniard Laura Pous-Tio.

Another second-rounder on Day 3 will feature three-time Strasbourg champion Anabel Medina Garrigues. The seventh-seeded Spaniard titled here in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

This week's winner will claim $37,000.

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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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Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Odds

Will he or won't he?  Now that the Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach in Wade Phillips, the big question will be: Does Terrell Owens stay with the team.

Jerry Jones continues to suggest that Terrell Owens will remain with the team.

"I've said that he's back, he's here, he's under contract," Jones said. "In the interviews I've just been through (to hire a new coach), it was very clear to me how highly he's thought of and how much of an impact he had on our offensive success."

Just to be sure though, Terrell Owens cleared out his locker and removed his name plate.

Terrell Owens was among the Cowboys most productive players this past season, catching 85 passes for 1,180 yards and a league-best 13 touchdowns.

But T.O. is due a $3 million roster bonus in June, then a $5 million salary this season. Cutting him before then would save a lot of money and headaches.

Aside from the questions surrounding Terrell Owens, the oddsmakers at MySportsbook.com have concerns over starting quarterback Tony Romo's state of mind and whether he will remain a starting quarterback.  It is also not known how players will adjust to new head coach, Wade Phillips.

Here are the football odds as seen at MySportsbook.com and subject to change after February 10, 2007 if not locked in prior to that date.
Arizona Cardinals 60-1


Atlanta Falcons 50-1


Baltimore Ravens 15-1


Buffalo Bills 50-1


Carolina Panthers 18-1


Chicago Bears 10-1


Cincinnati Bengals 15-1


Cleveland Browns 100-1


Dallas Cowboys 15-1


Denver Broncos 15-1


Detroit Lions 100-1


Green Bay Packers 50-1


Houston Texans 100-1


Indianapolis Colts 6-1


Jacksonville Jaguars 30-1


Kansas City Chiefs 30-1


Miami Dolphins 40-1


Minnesota Vikings 75-1


New England Patriots 10-1


New Orleans Saints 18-1


New York Giants 20-1


New York Jets 30-1


Oakland Raiders 100-1


Philadelphia Eagles 18-1


Pittsburgh Steelers 10-1


Saint Louis Rams 60-1


San Diego Chargers 6-1


San Francisco 49ers 75-1


Seattle Seahawks 20-1


Tampa Bay Buccanneers 75-1


Tennessee Titans 40-1


Washington Redskins 50-1

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