Here are some of the best from Week Three
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:43 am
NEW YORK, N. .Y. - If Andy Roddick is willing to go through the necessary steps to return to competitive tennis, the U.S. Open would offer him and pal Mardy Fish a doubles wild card next year. Roddick complained on his Fox Sports Live podcast this week that he wanted to play doubles with Fish at Flushing Meadows next month — until finding out that the 2003 U.S. Open champion is not eligible to compete currently. Roddicks last tournament was the 2012 U.S. Open, and he later officially filed for retirement from pro tennis. That paperwork removed him from the sports anti-doping program, which is why he cant enter this years U.S. Open. Roddick would need to have three months in the drug-testing program before being eligible to return to competition. On Wednesday, U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier said the organization would be willing to give Roddick and Fish a wild card for doubles at the 2015 U.S. Open. Roddick, who turns 32 on Aug. 30, said that he and Fish had talked recently about the idea of teaming up in New York. Roddick said its something they had originally dreamed about when they were teenagers. But Roddick began thinking about it again recently as a way to allow Fish to have another positive moment in tennis. Fish, a former top-10 player and Grand Slam quarterfinalist, has dealt with health issues and hasnt played a competitive match since August 2013. "Weve been friends. We went to high school together. We went through our entire careers as brothers, as Davis Cup teammates — the whole deal — and selfishly, I wanted to see him have an awesome time on a tennis court again," Roddick said on his podcast. Roddick also said that for him, it would be "a one-time thing; there were no thoughts of a comeback of any other sort." . And as he walked into Progressive Field, a ballpark known as The Jake when he played in Cleveland the first time, Thome was flooded with memories of former teammates, games and Octobers past. . Here are some of the best from Week Three and players to watch for Week Four: TOP PERFORMERS Andrew Harris, RB, British Columbia (203 YDS, 1 TD, 23 touches at Saskatchewan) - 27-year-old Canadian runner had compiled 3341 yards and 22 touchdowns from scrimmage over the previous two seasons and he burst through with a monster game against the Roughriders last week. . The move came just before the series finale against Houston, when newly acquired right-hander Hector Noesi was added to the Rangers roster. Beltre hasnt played since coming out of Tuesdays game at Boston.KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Alexander Zubkov has driven Russia to victory in four-man bobsled, making him the sixth pilot to sweep the mens bobsled races at an Olympics. Oskars Melbardis of Latvia drove to the silver medal on Sunday, and 2010 champion Steven Holcomb of Park City, Utah, piloted USA-1 to bronze. The U.S. won seven sliding medals at the Sochi Games, more than any other nation. Lyndon Rushs Canada-2 sled of Lascelles Brown, David Bissett and Neville Wright placed ninth in 3:41. . 76. Chris Spring and his Canada-1 crew were 13th in 3:42.84. The 39-year-old Zubkov predicted the third run of the competition would decide everything and he was right. He padded his lead considerably in that heat, and no one could keep pace. Not long afterward, he enjoyed what was a golden final joyride down the track, clinching the title by 0.09 seconds. ' ' '