Schaub leads weekly AFC honorees
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Houston quarterback Matt Schaub was named the AFC's Offensive Player of the Week Wednesday when the NFL announced its weekly honorees.
Schaub completed 25-of-39 passes (64.1 percent) for 357 yards with four touchdowns, leading the Texans to a 34-31 win over Tennessee, their second ever against the Titans.
It was the second career POW Award for the six-year veteran, a University of Virginia product.
Other AFC honorees were Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom and Buffalo place-kicker Rian Lindell (special teams).
Odom compiled six tackles and a career-high five sacks in the Bengals' 31-24 win over the Green Bay Packers and is the first player to make seven sacks in the first two games of a season.
Lindell went 4-for-4 in field goals and booted three extra points, helping the Bills to a 33-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It is the first Player of the Week Award for Odom and the second for Lindell.
Swiss-Spain matchup in 2010 Davis Cup
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Spain, going for a second consecutive Davis Cup title in December, drew Roger Federer's Swiss team for the first round of the 2010 Davis Cup tournament.
Davis Cup officials Wednesday announced the first-round pairings for the 2010 Davis Cup with the Spain-Switzerland matchup highlighting the matchups since it could feature Federer against Rafael Nadal in Spain.
Federer, No. 1 in the world, helped Switzerland defeat Italy in a playoff to keep the Swiss in the World Group draw. Nadal, ranked No. 2, often plays for Spain but missed the 2009 Davis Cup semifinals because of injury. Neither has committed to playing the best-of-five series next March.
Other 2010 first-round pairings have the United States traveling to Serbia, the Czech Republic playing at Belgium, Sweden playing host to Argentina, Germany going to France; India headed to Russia, Croatia welcoming Ecuador, and Chile playing in Israel.
Spain, which won its third Davis Cup last year, goes for a fourth title in December against the Czech Republic.
The United States has won the most Davis Cup tournaments, collecting its 32nd title in 2007.
Hantuchova pushed to third set but wins
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova needed a third set Wednesday but was able to advance to the second round of the $220,000 Seoul Open.
Hantuchova had Ayumi Morita on the defensive much of the match, except for the second set, before finishing off a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 first-round win. She had seven service breaks but only one in the second set when Morita evened the match.
The third set was dominated by Hantuchova, who lost just seven points on serve in earning a second-round match with Chanelle Scheepers.
Second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues won a second-round match Wednesday, taking out Meghann Shaughnessy 6-3, 6-1. She will meet Magdalena Rybarikova in Friday's quarterfinals.
There were two second-round upsets Wednesday. Yung-Jan Chan defeated No. 6-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 and Rybarikova got past eight-seeded Sybille Bammer 6-1, 7-5.
In the other matches Wednesday, Kimiko Date Krumm recorded a 6-3, 6-4 first-round win over Lee Ye-ra and Anna-Lena Groenefeld advanced with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-3 second-round victory over Kai-Chen Chang.
Cubs sale may face IRS audit
CHICAGO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- It may take several years but the Internal Revenue Service will probably challenge the Tribune Co.'s sale of the Chicago Cubs, a tax expert says.
Robert Willens, who runs a consulting firm and publishes a tax newsletter, says the sale of the National League baseball team to the Ricketts family was set up as a leveraged partnership with Tribune keeping a 5 percent stake, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday.
"The IRS is not favorably disposed to leveraged partnerships and this is about the highest profile leveraged partnership we've had," Willens said.
He says the sale will probably result in an IRS probe and audit because it was structured to save about $300 million in capital gains taxes.
However, an audit might not occur until 2011, Willens says.
Longtime NHL goalie Olaf Kolzig retires
TORONTO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Olaf Kolzig, who won the Vezina Trophy in 2000 as the best goaltender in professional ice hockey, officially retired Wednesday, ending a 17-year NHL career.
Kolzig, 39, appeared in games over 16 seasons for the Washington Capitals but wrapped up his career with Tampa Bay and Toronto last year. He played in 719 games since his first NHL game in 1989-90 and finished with a record of 303-297-63.
"I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to play the game of hockey at the NHL level for many seasons and I am grateful for everything the game has given me," Kolzig said. "I would like to thank my family, all my teammates and the fans for making my time in the NHL so special."
Kolzig helped Washington to the NHL finals in 1998 and two seasons later posted a 41-20-11 record with five shutouts and a 2.24 goals against average en route to an All-Star team berth and the Vezina Trophy.
He had 35 career shutouts and an overall 2.71 GGA.
