Top tennis coverage? You bet!

Care to put some money down on Spokane's best tennis player?

Jan-Michael Gambill is 50-to-1 to win Wimbledon, which begins Monday.

The 1995 Mead High graduate did well last year, making it to the quarterfinals, where he was stopped by Pete Sampras. Pistol Pete, by no surprise, is on the board at 3-to-1 as the grass-court god looks to kiss the silver cup for the eighth time.

The complete list of men's and women's odds out of Europe are posted on gotennis.com, a must-check-out Web site for tennis fans.

Founded by Michael Bernstein in 1997, gotennis offers everything from finding a playing partner in your city to getting tickets to the popular Grand Slam events. For the spectating side - which includes far more than a general admission seat at Stade Roland Garros - Bernstein created tennistour.com, which came along before gotennis.com.

"We offer the latest news and content around the professional game and a multitude of services designed for players," said Bernstein, who is based in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Wimbledon, the grandest fortnight of them all, will generate between 3 and 4 million hits, Bernstein said.

If you're curious to see if your gamble on Gambill might pay off, no need to wonder. Gotennis.com plans on updating Wimbledon scores every 15 minutes.

The Wright story

Washington State University fans shouldn't get too excited about Tuesday's story posted on cougfan.com saying blue-chip recruit Dwayne Wright of San Diego "hit SAT paydirt," according to Wright's assistant coach.

"He's received his diploma last night. Everything's all set - he's good to go," the coach told the WSU fan-friendly Web site about the running back.

However, Wright's mother, Gwen Ford, told The Spokesman-Review on Friday her son has not received the results from his June 9 testing. Wright could find out if he passed as early as Saturday.

Sportstalk yakking it up at ESPN

The popular Web site sportstalk.com finally has found a new home at espn.com. The site, known for reporting rumors, is part of espn.com's Insiders service.

But unlike the dot.com good old days- like six months ago - users will have to pay a toll to get on this information superhighway. The cost is $4.95 a month or $39.95 a year. A discounted subscription of $29.95, with the first 30 days free, also is being offered.

Point, click and vote

There are no Chads on the ballot, but there are Martinezes, Rodriguezes and one Mientkiewicz on the 2001 All-Star Game ballot which can be found at mlb.com.

Fans have until Saturday to vote on getting their favorite players into this year's exhibition played July 10 at Safeco Field.

Vote once, vote twice, but you can't vote more than 25 times.

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