INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – When billionaire owner Larry Ellison offered to
sweeten the pot for this year's BNP Paribas Open men's tennis tournament —
boosting the singles winner's check to a cool $1 million — it appeared to
be prize-money manna from heaven. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/story/2012-03-14/bnp-pari