Reborn crowd-puller Marcos Baghdatis, convinced he can shake the Australian Open again, has rated the Brisbane International open for the taking.
Shane Watson insists he has a good rapport with Simon Katich, even though Katich says the big all-rounder usually tries to knock his head off in the nets.
* Swede Eriksson takes goals tally to 16
AP - Ryan Williams isn't keeping track of his records.
AP - Tennessee safety Eric Berry is skipping his senior season and entering the NFL draft.
AP - Jordan Eberle, Nazem Kadri and Brandon Kozun scored in a shootout, and Jake Allen made the one stop he needed to give Canada a 5-4 victory over the United States on Thursday night in the world junior hockey championship.
AP - Travis Pastrana shattered the world record for the longest jump in a rally car on Thursday night, making a nearly perfect flight from the Pine Street Pier onto a barge anchored in the harbor.
Reuters - Aaron Brooks scored 30 points, including six three-pointers, to lead the Houston Rockets to a 97-94 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.
AP - Quincy Pondexter scored 20 points, Isaiah Thomas added 19 and No. 17 Washington opened its defense of its Pac-10 Conference title by holding on in the final minutes for a 76-70 win over Oregon State on Thursday night.
PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) - American snowboarder Kevin Pearce was injured while training in the halfpipe at Park City Mountain Resort, US Snowboarding said.
