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Show a DAILY ammemg HERALD NFL NOTEBOOK TODAY TODAY Pioneer League Ogden at Orem 7 p.m. Bay, 5 p.m. ESPN old Czech has lost six of her last eight opening-rounmatches since a fourth-rounloss to Serena Williams at the Australian Open. A year ago, she reached the quarterfinals here before her Wimbledon run. Ranked as high as No. 7, Vaidisova has dropped to No. 17 and changed coaches. Earlier, former No. Lindsay Davenport d ON THE AIR Villegas cashes in at World Skins Games; Weir shut out Television With a couple of VERNON, British Columbia hundred of thousand dollars on the line, Camilo Villegas felt some nerves at his first Skins Game. finish at the U.S. Open, VilleComing off a top-1gas made more than $200,000 on Tuesday to win the two-daWorld Skins Game. birdie putt on the par-- 5 14th Villegas made a hole for $ 127,800, then added another $97,800 in a playoff. .: 8 p.m. World Baseball Series College Stanford vs. Miami 5 p.m. Baseball Major League ChiCubs at Tampa Bay 5 p.m. y "1 actually was (nervous) with that short putt on the par 5, but it was good," said Villegas, whose tie for ninth at Torrey Pines was his best finish in a major. "It's good to feel the nerves, a little shaking, and why not? Just test yourself." Villegas forced the closest-to-thpin playoff for the final four skins by matching Mike Weir's birdie on the 18th hole. "I thought maybe he might do me a favor being Canadian," joked Weir, who was shut out in his first Skins Game in his home country in seven years. After walking 130 yards back into the fairway, Villegas' pitching wedge over water settled 20 feet past the pin. Fred Couples and Australia's Greg Norman were both closer, but their shots finished on the fringe just short of the green and didn't count. So when Colin Montgomerie's ball stopped a foot past Villegas', and Weir came up short of the green, Villegas had the title and over $226,000. "I was actually nearest to the pin, so I won really," said a laughing Norman, who instead had settled for second spot after winning $97,800 on the first day. Couples, nicknamed "King of Skins," was third after adding $29,340 Monday to career skins earnings over $5 million. Montgomerie was also shut out for a seer ond straight year at the internationally flavored event. "I was a little surprised I didn't get a skin, but I made a few birdies after not making any yesterday," Weir said. "It's timing, you have to make them at the right time." After combining for just one birdie in the first six holes the first day, the five golfers had eight through : Boxing Gonzalez vs. Lock 0 d withdrew with a knee problem before her match, but still hopes to play at Wimbledon. In other matches, Russia's Alisa Kleybanova beat Britain's Melanie South 64 and Caroline Wozni-acof Denmark set up a second-roun- d meeting with Svetlana Kuznetsova with a 2 win over Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova. ESPN2 first-roun- ESPN2 6-- ESPN Soccer Russia vs. Sweden Greece vs. Spain UEFA 12:30 the first three holes on Tuesday. They did not, however, d produce an outright winner until the fifth hole, a par 5 that Villegas and Weir reached in two shots. Weir left his first putt short and couldn't make his par putt, allowing Villegas to two putt for six skins, including one carried Over from the ninth hole Monday. 540-yar- p.m. ESPN Tyler Anderson added to coaching staff at Southern Virginia BUENA VISTA, Va. Southern Virginia University athletic director Tom Longenecker has announced that former Cougar Tyler Anderson has been named an assistant football coach, the director of athletic retention and the head men's and women's track coach. Anderson comes to Buena Vista from Harmony High School in Harmony, Fla., where he was the head football coach. "Tyler is a great addition to our coaching staff ,"SVU head football coach Mike Smith said. "His experience as both a player and coach will be valuable to helping us move forward. His work with the quarterbacks and receivers should make us much better." "I'm excited about the opportunities that Southern Virginia can provide for me," Anderson said. "I see this as a great opportunity to move forward in my career." In 2007, Anderson took Harmony High to the regional finals and his top receiver signed a national letter of intent to play for BYU. Anderson began coaching at Harmony in 2004. Prior to coaching at Harmony Anderson was the head coach at Tooele High School in Utah, from In 2002 he guided the Buffalo to the 3A state title. 3. COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Fresno State within win of CWS finals Those surprising Fresno State OMAHA, Neb. Bulldogs don't know when or where their postsea- - d 6-- 15th-ranke- son run will end, but they sure are enjoying the ride. By knocking off No. 2 national seed North Carolina 3 at the College World Series on Tuesday night, the Bulldogs assured themselves of playing at least until the weekend. And if they win again Friday against Carolina or LSU, they'll be playing for the national championship next week. Upsets of Rice and now the Tar Heels have put in control of Bracket 2. the Bulldogs (44-2"You kind of don't have any expectations going into something like this. None of us have ever been here before," closer Brandon Burke said. "We're kind of taking it from pitch to pitch and game to game and see where we go from there." North Carolina the national runner-u- p the in an eliminapast two years, will meet LSU tion game Thursday, with the winner facing Fresno State on Friday. If the Bulldogs lose, they'll play the same opponent Saturday in an elimination game. It's almost overwhelming for a Fresno club that started the NCAA tournament as a No. 4 regional seed. Before this year, no one seeded so low had made it to the CWS. "A lot of these teams Rice, obviously, North Carolina they've been here the last few years and they kind of know what to expect," Burke said "And they may take us a little lightly." Fresno State has shown no fear against two of the decade's most successful teams in college baseball. The Bulldogs put a 17-- beating on Rice in their opener, and they could have scored more Tuesday if they hadn't left 12 runners on base. g "These guys decided long ago that they're not to play who's in the other dugout or what name is 6-- 5-- 7-- 6 I d advances at Ordina Open: At Den Bosch, Netherlands, topseeded David Ferrer of Spain beat Italian qualifier Massimo Dell'acqua (3) to advance to the quarterfinals of the Ordina Open on Tuesday. Second-seede- d Richard Gasquet was upset (6) by fellow Frenchman Marc Gicquel in the second round The Gicquel fended off seven break points before winning. Gicquel next plays Austria's d Jurgen Melzer, who upset Igor Andreev of in the grass court tournament. Two-tim- e Russia 64, Ordina champion Mario Ancic of Croatia, seeded 64. sixth, beat Belgian Steve Darcis 7-- 6 7-- 7-- 6 fifth-seede- 6-- 1 6-- BASKETBALL Billups pulls out of Olympic mix Chauncey Billups pulled himself out of consideration for a spot on the USA Basketball team in the Beijing Games, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to speak publicly for Billups. Billups, an point guard for the Detroit Pistons, might've had a hard time making the team anyway with guards such as Jason Kidd, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Deron Williams available for the roster. Last year, Billups played for the U.S. team that was led by Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony during an unbeaten run in an Olympic qualifying tournament. Messages seeking comment were left with Billups and his agent, Andy Miller, on Tuesday night. U.S. Olympic team coach Mike Krzyzewski said the roster will be announced Monday during a news conference in Chicago. Earlier this month, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said the squad would be selected without a tryout. More than 30 players are in the national team program, but officials have said the candidates have been whittled down to about 14. The deadline to submit the roster is July 1. The U.S. team will go to Las Vegas to train and play an exhibition against Canada before opening the Beijing Games against the host Chinese on Aug. All-St- across their uniform," Fresno coach Mike Batesole said. "They've just been playing baseball. It's fun for me as a coach to just get out of the way and watch them do it. When you're just playing baseball and not concerned about the outside things, it can be really fun." Alan Ahmady hit the single in the fifth inning and five Fresno State pitchers combined to hold Carolina scoreless for all but one inning. go-ahe- " BASEBALL The Colorado Springs Sky Sox picked up two runs in the seventh inning to break at 2 tie and go on to beat Salt Lake 2 in Pacific Coast League action Tuesday. Edwin Bellorin stroked an RBI double to break the tie in the seventh, then Jonathan Herrera gave the g Sky Sox some insurance with a two-ou2-- 4-- 10. t, single. Freddy Sandoval and Adam Morrissey drove in the Bees' two runs. HOCKEY Larionov, Anderson elected to Hall Tennis Vaidisova withdraws upset Davenport Nicole Vaidisova, a EASTBOURNE, England Wimbledon quarterfinalist last year, didn't make it through the first round of the International Women's Open on grass Tuesday. Vaidisova, preparing for her Wimbledon return, 4 by Olga Govortsova. The was beaten 6-- 6-- r- ' It was only a few weeks ago that TORONTO Igor Larionov and Glenn Anderson were playing exhibition games together in Europe and had a discussion about how nice it would be to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame at the same time. Turns out it was more than just wishful thinking. The Russian center and former Edmonton Oilers winger were elected to the Hall on Tuesday along with former linesman Ray Scapinello and junior hockey builder Ed Chynoweth. Dog clubs to hold training seminar Saturday If you are interested in developing a great hunting partner, you might want to attend this weekend's dog training seminar. According to recent information received from Jeff Nicoles, the German Shorthair Pointer Club of Utah (GSPCU), along with the Brittany and Vizsla clubs of Utah, are beginning their summer series of one day training seminars beginning this Saturday at 7 a.m. The clubs will meet in a large open field about a mile west of the Eagle Mountain turn off on SR-7(Just keep fy) ft Dallas John On Hunting an eye out for a large gathering of trucks, dogs and people on the north side of the road.) SR-7- 3 is the road that runs through the middle of Lehi and out to Cedar Fort. This event is free and open to the public. Those trainers involved would like to invite all pointing dog breeds to come and participate. This is a "hands-on- " event, so be sure to bring the pooch along. It will be as much fun for himher as it will be for you. , Some of the best hunting dog trainers in the country are right here in Utah. They will be on hand to demonstrate just what these amazing dogs are capable of when trained prop erly and to share their years of experience with all who are interested in getting the most out of their hunting companion. There will be stations for puppies through fully broke hunting and field trial dogs. So no matter where you think your dog is today, there will be something both you and your dog can learn at this event. This is a great place to see all the pointing breeds if you're still trying to decide what you want in a hunting dog. It's also a great place to meet people who share your interest in dogs and hunting. like-mind- ed 3-d- camp ay TH ASSOCIATED PRESS Terrell IRVING, Texas Owens has been excused from the Dallas Cowboys' mandatory offseason minicamp this week while dealing with a personal family matter. Owens was at the Valley Ranch facility Tuesday morning. But he left to catch a flight before the first of five scheduled practices durminicamp. ing the three-da"He didnt want to go into it, and I really don't want to either," coach Wade Phillips said. "It's a family matter and just leave it at that. It's not anything more than that." The nnlv nlavprs fttVwr jj than Owens not on the field y Tuesday were free safety Ken Hamlin and receiver Terry Glenn, both absent because of unresolved contract issues that have kept them from taking part in offseason drills. Owens participated in optional workouts the past f our weeks. Heading into the final year of his contract, the 34-receiver two weeks year-ol- d exago signed a three-yetension worth around $27 million through the 2011 seasoa ar DETROIT 5 - Top-see- 6-- 2, (49-18-- COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. fifth-seede- 6-- (52-13- ), Bees fall to Sky Sox 7-- Third-seede- 7-- 6 mandatory 6-- Radek Stepanek beat John Isner of the United States fr3, 2 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Wimbledon tune-u- p tournament at Nottingham. d Czech next plays qualifier VinThe cent Spadea of the United States, who beat wildcard Alexander Slabinsky of Britain Three other seeded players also won in straight sets. d Fernando Verdasco of Spain beat Marcos Daniel of Brazil 64, Gilles Simon of (3); France ousted Donald Young of the United States Gael Monfils of France defeated 64; and eighth-seede-d Chris Guccione of Australia (4), 64. go-in- football 6-- I Stepanek advances: At Nottingham, England, 12:30 p.m. ESPN2 Cowboys' ki top-seed- WGN e 2000-200- TO absent . at start of GOLF College Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Many hunting trips and hunting partnerships were formed out of last year's events. Come and spend the morn- - . ing with them. They will try to be done by about 11 a.m. so there's plenty of time to get home and get all your honey-do'- s done around the house. You'll be glad you did You can contact Jeff Nichols at: shagrunneryahoo.com or call for further details. I Dallas John can be reached 2 or at djohn at heraldextra.com. "Him missing time certainly is not a big deal," Phillips said "Especially a veteran player 1 U... 1 do the things and has worked as he has this off seasoa" Fiumps saia uwens raiKea to him Monday, but the coach wouldn't elaborate on that conversation or where T.O. was going. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones also refused to go into detail "It was a family matter and certainly with all the hard work he has put in out here during tne onseason it is not an issue with me," Jones said "It wasn't anything that you guys would go crazy about," quarterback Tony Romo said. "He's worked his butt off. I don't know that (being absent all week) would be a big deal" Messages left for Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, weren't returned. while Owens was excused, Glenn has refused to agree to a $500,000 injury waiver, the amount the Cowboys want to give mm insteaa or ms scnea-ule-d $1.74 million base salary this season if he reinjures his right knee and is unable to play again. "I haven't talked to Terry at all," Jones said. "We'll just see what happens between now and training camp." Glenn made $5 million last season, when he missed the first 15 games after two operations on his right knee. He didn't have a catch in the regular season finale, then caught two passes for 30 yards in the Cowboys' playoff loss to the New York Giants. I Police say cash taken from Walker in robbery: At Las Vegas, Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker remained hospitalized with a concussion and a battered face Tuesday, one day after he was beaten, robbed and left unconscious on a Las Vegas street after a night of partying. 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