thing and until the Dowd accusations, no one had ever claimed he did, Roses lawyers wrote in the complaint. What Dowd attributes to Bertolini is false: Bertolini st

Gary Anderson launched the defence of his PDC World Darts Championship crown at Alexandra Palace in London with a routine 3-0 first-round win over Mark Frost.Two-time defending champion Anderson, who beat Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the last two finals, never hit top form but required just 36 minutes to see off his unseeded opponent.Hot favourite and world number one Michael van Gerwen launches his bid for the Sid Waddell Trophy on Saturday against Ross Snook or Kim Viljanen.Anderson required double one to clinch the first set against Frost 3-0, but rarely looked in danger of losing a leg and took the second set by the same score in double-quick time.The out-classed Frost finished with a bullseye from 73 to win his first leg at the start of the third set and clinched another to lead 2-1, hitting double 20 after Anderson had missed the same target.But the champion responded to level it up and in the deciding leg checked out on 40 to seal the set 3-2 for a comfortable victory.Earlier, unseeded Kevin Painter, tournament runner-up to Phil Taylor in 2004, checked out with a bullseye from 124 to beat 29th seed Jamie Caven 3-1 and 30th seed Jamie Lewis held off Mick McGowans fightback to prevail 3-2 after a tense deciding set.In the final game of the opening session Michael Smith overcame Ricky Evans 3-2 in another thrilling see-saw encounter.Smith, the 11th seed, trailed 1-0 and 2-1 against his unseeded opponent but prevailed through some quality finishing as he checked out from 143 during the fourth set and 94 at the beginning of the fifth. Jordan Retro 13 Discount . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Jordan 13 Retro Canada . Clarke was injured while practicing on the Doha Golf Club range after the pro-am on Tuesday. The Northern Irishman arrived at the course on Wednesday hoping to start, but after hitting a few balls on the practice putting green Clarke advised officials he was not fit to play. http://www.airjordan13canada.com/ . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. Air Jordan 13 Discount . Thats not a comment on the suspension that banished the Portland Winterhawks general manager and coach from his Western Hockey League teams bench for most of the 2012-13 season. Jordan Retro 13 Cheap Price . Perhaps Carroll was so prepared for a break because he believes there is very little the Seattle Seahawks need heading into the off-season. "I dont see anything that we need to add. We just have to get better," Carroll said. Former baseball star Pete Rose on Wednesday sued the lawyer whose investigative report got him kicked out of baseball for gambling, alleging the lawyer defamed him last year by saying on the radio that Rose raped young teen girls during spring training.Rose said in the federal lawsuit that John M. Dowd damaged his reputation and endorsement deals during a July 2015 interview on WCHE-AM in West Chester, Pennsylvania.Dowd investigated Rose for Major League Baseball in 1989, leading the leagues all-time hits leader to be declared ineligible for the Hall of Fame.The lawsuit states Dowd said during the radio appearance that Rose associate Michael Bertolini told investigators he ran young girls to Rose during spring training, which Dowd called statutory rape every time. Bertolinis lawyers issued a categorical denial last summer.Rose never did any such thing and until the Dowd accusations, no one had ever claimed he did, Roses lawyers wrote in the complaint. What Dowd attributes to Bertolini is false: Bertolini states he never told Dowd any such thing.A man answering a phone listed for Dowd in Massachusettts did not identify himself, would not take a message and abruptly hung up on a reporter seeking comment.ddddddddddddA portion of Dowds 1989 report for Major League Baseball was headed, Rose-Bertolini Betting.Rose, who lives in Las Vegas, had applied for reinstatement to the game last year and was about to appear at an All-Star Game in Cincinnati, where he coached and played, when Dowd said on Jim Romes radio show on June 23, 2015, that Rose had Bertolini running young women down in Florida for his satisfaction, the lawsuit said.On July 13, Dowd was asked on WCHE-AM whether he found Rose to be a likable person.Michael Bertolini, you know, told us that he not only ran bets but he ran young girls for him down at spring training, ages 12 to 14, Dowd responded last year. Isnt that lovely. So thats statutory rape every time you do that.Dowd subsequently told NJ.com that he did not want to discuss the Bertolini allegation any longer, saying it had been blown out of proportion. ' ' '