Atlanta sends Heatley to Ottawa
ATLANTA, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The Atlanta Thrashers and Ottawa Senators swapped star forwards as Dany Heatley went to Ottawa in exchange for Marian Hossa and defenseman Greg de Vries.
Heatley was selected by Atlanta second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He has posted 80 goals and 101 assists in 190 NHL games.
Heatley's NHL tenure has been marred by tragedy. He was the driver in a one-car auto accident in September 2003 that killed Thrashers teammate Dan Snyder. Heatley pleaded guilty to several misdemeanor charges stemming from the accident and was sentenced to three years' probation in February.
"Today's transaction was set in motion when Dany requested a trade to another team due to his unique personal circumstances," a Thrashers officials said.
Heatley, 24, missed most of the 2003-04 season due to injuries from the accident, totaling 13 goals and 12 assists in only 31 games.
Robredo advances to 3rd round in New Haven
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Spaniard Tommy Robredo was victorious in his second-round match Tuesday at the $675,000 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.
Robredo, who earned a bye in the opening round, made his way into the third round by beating American Scoville Jenkins, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
In other second-round play, Thai Paradorn Srichaphan needed a pair of tiebreaks to defeat Frenchman Cyril Saulnier 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5), Feliciano Lopez of Spain beat Italian Davide Sanguinetti, 6-4, 6-3, Spain's Fernando Verdasco defeated Swede Robin Soderling, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4) and Romania's Victor Hanescu topped Czech Ivo Minar, 6-3, 6-2.
Sherman, Packers agree on extension
GREEN BAY, Wis., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The Green Bay Packers and Coach Mike Sherman reached agreement on a two-year contract extension that keeps his pay flat at $3.2 million a year.
Sherman, who is in the final year of his coaching contract after being removed as general manager in January, is to get essentially the same pay in 2006 and 2007 as this year, the Milwaukee Journal reported.
The team did not ask to cut Sherman's pay when he was replaced by Ted Thompson as general manager.
Neither Thompson, who negotiated the contract, nor Sherman's agent would comment on the deal, which the newspaper said could be approved by the NFL and signed by Sherman by the end of the week.
Although initially hurt by team President Bob Harlan's decision to remove him as general manager, Sherman appeared more relaxed this summer than the four years when he tried to do it all, the newspaper reported.
Dementieva reaches Pilot Pen quarterfinals
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Open runner-up Elena Dementieva advanced to the quarterfinals at the $600,000 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament Tuesday with a second-round victory.
Dementieva defeated fellow Russian Vera Douchevina 6-2, 6-4 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale.
World No. 6, Dementieva will face Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues in the quarterfinals. Medina Garrigues moved up by beating Argentine Gisela Dulko 6-0, 6-7 (10-12), 6-4.
In opening-round action Tuesday, Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova beat Spaniard Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-4, 6-2 and German Ann-Lena Groenefeld defeated Croatian Jelena Kostanic 6-4, 6-1.
Hantuchova will meet sixth-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder on Wednesday.
