Houston to host men's Final Four in 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Houston will host the men's Final Four basketball tournament in 2011, the NCAA announced Monday.
The announcement said the 2012 Final Four will be played at the Superdome in New Orleans and the 2013 event in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
The NCAA also announced host cities for other rounds in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The first and second rounds in 2011 will be in Denver; Tampa, Fla.; Tucson; Washington; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; Cleveland; and Tulsa, Okla. The regional semifinals and finals are set for Anaheim, Calif.; New Orleans; Newark, N.J; and San Antonio.
In 2012, Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta and St. Louis will host the regional semifinals and finals.
In 2013, the 75th anniversary of the championship, the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium will host the South Regional semifinals and finals, the Staples Center in Los Angeles will host the West and Indianapolis the Midwest. The sites of the East Regional semifinals and finals are still undecided.
Seahawks quarterback has fractured rib
RENTON, Wash., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has a fractured rib, the team said Monday.
Seahawks Coach Jim Mora reported the injury Monday but didn't say what Hasselbeck's status was for Seattle's next game against Chicago.
"He seems to be doing a lot better today, certainly than he was yesterday," Mora said. "So we'll take it day-by-day."
Hasselbeck left Sunday's 23-10 loss to San Francisco late in the second quarter, after taking a hard hit in the back from 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis. Hasselbeck eventually made his way to the locker room under his own power.
Mora said Hasselbeck had X-rays and a CT scan.
Hasselbeck hit on 10-of-18 passes for 97 yards before leaving Sunday's game.
Raiders offensive lineman out 4-6 weeks
ALAMEDA, Calif., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Oakland offensive lineman Robert Gallery broke a bone in his left leg during Sunday's win over the Chiefs and will miss four to six weeks, the Raiders said.
Coach Tom Cable said Gallery had surgery Monday.
"Gallery had a procedure done this morning to fix the fracture," Cable said. "It could be somewhere between 4-6 weeks, could be sooner."
The second overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft has started all but one of the 76 games he's played thus far in his Oakland career.
Beck reaches second round in Metz
METZ, France, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Seventh-seeded German Andreas Beck advanced Monday at the Open de Moselle tennis tournament with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu.
Beck will be joined in the second round by fellow German Bjorn Phau, who beat countryman Rainer Schuettler 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5) Monday.
This week's top seeds are France's Gael Monfils, German Philip Kohlschreiber and last year's runner-up Paul-Henri Mathieu. Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who is not defending his title this week, defeated the Frenchman Mathieu in last year's finale.
