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HOUSTON -- Among the thousands of Baylor Bears fans who showed up at Rice Stadium on Friday night to watch Baylor play the Rice Owls was one especially familiar face: former coach Art Briles.Briles was dismissed from Baylor in May in the aftermath of an investigation into the universitys handling of sexual assault allegations made against students, including several football players.I love these players and I love these coaches, Briles told ESPN.com. I love Baylor Nation. Its the only time Ive been able to show up for a game.Briles was in attendance for most of the first half of the Bears 38-10 win, leaving the stadium near the end of the second quarter. He said he didnt notify anybody in the Baylor administration about his intention to attend the game.Im not trying to be a distraction, Briles said. Its about the coaches and its about the players.Briles declined to answer questions about anything other than his attendance Friday night. Asked about his recent interview with ESPNs Tom Rinaldi, in which he apologized for mistakes he made, Briles simply responded, Tonight was about supporting these players, supporting these coaches and supporting Baylor Nation.Baylors athletic director, Mack Rhoades, declined any comment.As Briles walked through the concourse at Rice Stadium on his way out, he was stopped by several fans who shook his hand and offered words of support. Several took pictures with cellphone cameras and one even took a selfie with the coach just before he went out the exit gate.Briles expressed gratitude to the Baylor community for its support during his time there. He said he isnt certain if he will attend any more Baylor games this season.I dont know, he said. Ill just take it day by day.Baylor quarterback Seth Russell?was effusive in his praise for Briles when asked about his attendance.I did not know he was here, Russell said. I wish I had seen him.Russell said he came to Baylor for Coach Briles.Hes a top-notch guy, Russell said. A lot of things are being said bad about him but I know in my heart hes one of the best guys Ive ever been around. Hes a father figure, for sure. He does the right things when he needs to. He just got caught up in the wrong situation. Hes going to support us any way he can. I love him to death, and hes a great coach and a great guy.76ers Jerseys 2019 . And follow TSN.ca right through Deadline Day for all the updates. From Pierre LeBrun While Anaheim GM Bob Murray said earlier this season he was not going to trade Jonas Hiller despite the fact hes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, some sources have told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun that Murray might be willing to move another goalie. Stitched 76ers Jerseys . 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After being dominated in the second set, Stephens won the next four games and cruised to the win. "I think me being able to go out and play a third set strong like that is the difference between me today and a year ago," Stephens said. "I just think that Im at a point where I go out there and Im like, Im going to win." She is one of just three seeded players to advance past the second round. The others are defending champion Petra Kvidova, who beat American qualifier Alison Riske 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3; and four-time champion Caroline Wozniacki, who turned back Italys Karin Knapp 6-1, 7-5. Top-seeded Sara Errani fell to Russias Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-1, becoming the fifth of the tournaments eight seeds to lose in the final WTA tuneup before next weeks U.S. Open. "The good thing is that if you lose, you have more time to prepare there, if not, you have more confidence," Errani said. "I hope the court there will be different." Stephens and Wozniacki, who has won the event four of the last five years, will meet in the marquee matchup of the quarterfinals on Thursday. But Stephens said she isnt feeling much pressure, despite knowing she will come into that match and next weeks U.S. Open with the label of the next great U.S. star. "You kind of have to go with it and accept the responsibility, or whatever you might call it," she said. "But I think, in all, its a good thing." Wozniacki, a former No. 1 player in the worlld, cruised through her first set with Knapp, then fought through some health issues to hold on for the win.dddddddddddd Wozniacki, who has been battling a cold this week, called for a trainer after experiencing some dizziness in the 90-degree temperatures while up 3-2 in the second set. The Danish star dropped the next two games before rallying. "Im definitely feeling much better," she said after the match. "I was feeling worse in the beginning of the week." Kvitova found herself in a back-and-forth match with the 23-year-old Riske, before breaking her at love in the fifth game of the final set. "After dropping the second set, it was quite tough to come back in the third. But Im glad for it, Im sure," she said. Errani didnt make it through her first match of the tournament, after receiving a bye in the first round. She had trouble with her slow, spinning serves all afternoon on what she said was a faster-than expected court. She was broken four times by Makarova. The 25-year-old Russian dominated her own service games, was broken just once and had eight aces. "Today was a good day for me and all my shots was working really good," Makarova said. "I understood a little bit more how to play against her." Makarova will play Simona Halep in the quarterfinals. Halep didnt have a WTA title before this year, but has three this summer and is 28-5 in her last 33 matches. She dropped her first set Wednesday but bounced back for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. The 21-year-old Romanian also attributed her slow start to the 90-degree heat, which she said caused to alter her game plan in the second set. "I played more offensive, more aggressive and I just tried to finish the point very fast," she said. ' ' '