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Written by Sports Know It Alls Staff
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Three-time San Jose champion Andy Roddick barged his way to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in California with a 6-3 7-6 win over Ernests Gulbis.
With the win, Roddick joins a final fray of eight comprised of eight Americans. But it was not easy for Roddick as Gulbis gave him more than his money’s worth in his last match. Now, Roddick will be facing Tommy Hass of Germany for the next round.
James Black, another American, is also through to the next round of the tournament. He defeated France’s Florent Serra 6-4 6-3 to advance to the next round where he will face Denis Gremelmayr.
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Written by Associated Press
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Left-handed reliever Brian Shouse officially joined the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday when the AL champions finalized a $1.55 million, one-year deal that includes a club option for 2010.
To clear room on the 40-man roster, right-handed reliever Juan Salas was designated for assignment.
Earlier this week, Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the signing of the 40-year-old was "pretty official," but there still were a couple of details to iron out in his contract.
Shouse was 5-1 with a 2.81 ERA in 69 appearances for the Milwaukee Brewers last season. He has also played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers during a nine-year career in which he's gone 12-9 and 3.65 ERA.
The lefty was especially effective against left-handed hitters in 2008, limiting them to a .180 batting average (18-for-100).
Shouse gets $1.35 million this year, and the Rays have a $1.9 million option for 2010 with a $200,000 buyout.
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Written by Sports Know It Alls Staff
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According to a survey from Deloitte, Real Madrid is still the richest football club in the world.
While the Spanish titans retained their number one slot, they were closely followed by Manchester United and Barcelona at two and three, respectively. These three clubs were the top-ranked in the latest “Football Money League” report.
However, these top clubs have also been affected by recent the fall of the pound in the money market. Dan Jones, a partner at Deloitte attests, “If the exchange rate value of the pound had not depreciated, there would have been nine, rather than seven English clubs in the top 20 and Manchester United would have topped the Money League ahead of Real Madrid.”
On another note, Fenerbahce became the first Turkish club to make the list and German club Bayern Munich climbed three places from their rank last year, giving them a top five club for the first time in five years.
Some ranked teams from last year didn’t make the list, including Celtic and Werder Bremen.
Here are the richest teams in the world as compiled by CNN World Sport:
1. Real Madrid (Spain) 365.8m euros
2. Manchester United (England) 324.8m
3. Barcelona (Spain) 308.8m
4. Bayern Munich (Germany) 295.3m
5. Chelsea (England) 268.9m
6. Arsenal (England) 264.4m
7. Liverpool (England) 210.9m
8. AC Milan (Italy) 209.5m
9. Roma (Italy) 175.4m
10. Inter Milan (Italy) 172.9m
11. Juventus (Italy) 167.5m
12. Lyon (France) 155.7m
13. Schalke (Germany) 148.4m
14. Tottenham (England) 145m
15. Hamburg (Germany) 127.9m
16. Marseille (France) 126.8m
17. Newcastle (England) 125.6m
18. Stuttgart (Germany) 111.5m
19. Fenerbahce (Turkey) 111.3m
20. Manchester City (England) 104m
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