09/05/2008 - Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - U.S. Open officials made contingency plans due to the expected arrival of Tropical Storm Hanna this weekend, and it could push the women's final to Sunday night and the men's championship match to late Monday afternoon.
Hanna was moving up the Eastern seaboard Friday night and rain was in the forecast for Saturday. The U.S. Tennis Association said that wet weather was expected to begin late Friday night and last until early morning before subsiding Saturday afternoon.
Therefore, the start of Saturday's men's semifinals has been moved up an hour to 11 a.m. (et) when four-time reigning champion Roger Federer takes on Serbian Novak Djokovic, Top seed Rafael Nadal and sixth seed Andy Murray will play after that match, and the women's singles final between American Serena Williams and Serbian Jelena Jankovic is slated for the night session.
If rain wipes out all play Saturday, the men's semifinals would take place Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. and the women's final would be at 9 p.m. In that case, the men's final would be at 5 p.m. on Monday.
If the men's semifinals are finished Saturday and the women's final isn't, then both championship matches would be scheduled for Sunday, one at 4 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m.
<< NASCAR postpones Richmond races until Sunday
Richmond, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Due to heavy rains and winds expected from
Tropical Storm Hanna, NASCAR has postponed all track activities at the
Richmond International Raceway until Sunday.
The outer bands of the storm reached t
<< Serena, Jankovic to meet in U.S. Open final
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - American Serena Williams and Serbian
Jelena Jankovic will square off in Saturday night's final at the 2008 U.S.
Open.
The fourth-seeded two-time champion Williams reached her fourth U.S. Ope
<< Boston activates trio, including Beckett
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox activated starting pitcher
Josh Beckett and infielders Sean Casey and Mike Lowell from the 15-day
disabled list Friday.
Beckett is scheduled to take the mound tonight against the
<< Nationwide qualifying washed out at Richmond
Richmond, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rain from the outer bands of Tropical Storm
Hanna have forced NASCAR officials to cancel qualifying for Friday night's
Emerson Radio 250 Nationwide Series race at the Richmond International
Raceway
Rangers' Kinsler to have season-ending surgery >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler
will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a sports hernia.
Kinsler, out since August 18 with the injury, decided to forego an attempt to
come back this season
Rangers OF Byrd injures thumb >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas Rangers outfielder Marlon Byrd left
Friday's game with the Boston Red Sox after spraining his left thumb.
The injury occurred while Byrd tried to make a diving catch on Dustin
Pedroia's line drive in
Cards' Isringhausen to undergo elbow surgery >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jason
Isringhausen, currently on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain,
will undergo season-ending surgery next week.
The procedure is slated for September
Nats' Hill has surgery; Belliard out with groin strain >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Nationals pitcher Shawn Hill
underwent season-ending surgery on his right elbow Friday.
Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery on Friday and removed spurs in the
posterior elbow.
Hill
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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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