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Mardy Fish Brian Baker pull out of French Open
American players Brian Baker and Mardy Fish have pulled out of the upcoming French Open.Organizers said Wednesday that Baker has not recovered from a right knee operation and Fish is unfit because of heart problems. They will be replaced in Friday's draw by Joao Sousa of Portugal and Guido Pella of Argentina.John Millan, an Australian wild-card entry, withdrew because of a shoulder injury ...
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Blackburn Unbelievable how devastating tornado was
Wednesday's first pitch is less than 12 hours away, so this is in leiu of the normal postgame blog. But I wanted to pass on this: Nick Blackburn drove to the Oklahoma City airport on Tuesday to catch a flight to the Twins' training camp in Florida. The route didn't seem nearly as familiar as usual. "It's unbelievable how devastating this [tornado] was," the ...
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Ernie Els says he accepts decision to ban long putters ready to play ball
VIRGINIA WATER, England - Ernie Els is ready to "play ball" even without a long putter. The four-time major champion, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, said Wednesday that the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf's ruling bodies to ban anchoring and long-handled putters in 2016. "They are looking out for the best interests of the game in the ...
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Tiger Woods says Garcias fried chicken remark hurtful Garcia apologizes
VIRGINIA WATER, England - Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate. "I want to send an unreserved apology. I did not want to offend anyone," Garcia said Wednesday. "My answer was totally stupid and out of place." Garcia was at ...
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Woods Garcia comment hurtful time to move on
VIRGINIA WATER, England -- Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate."I want to send an unreserved apology. I did not want to offend anyone," Garcia said Wednesday. "My answer was totally stupid and out of place."Garcia was at a ...
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DCAL to defend Windsor Park plans
Northern Ireland will "robustly" defend its plans to redevelop Windsor Park in the wake of Crusaders' attempts to launch a judicial review of the ...
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The Highest-Paid Coaches In U.S. Sports
Bill Belichick's two-year run as America's highest-paid coach has come to an end. That title now belongs to Sean Payton, the fellow NFL coach who will be paid around $8 million per year to lead the New Orleans Saints for the next five seasons. Payton's future employment was something of a mystery at the end of last year when the NFL voided his contract extension with the Saints, ...
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IOC president More out-of-competition drug testing needed
LONDON (AP) -- Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the net, IOC President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.Rogge told The Associated Press that sports leaders who attended a summit at IOC headquarters in Switzerland concluded that better testing -- rather than more tests -- is the best way ...
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Pellegrini Im leaving Malaga
Malaga but our union with this city will be eternal. I'm going for sporting reasons."The 59-year-old's exit from La Rosaleda has been largely expected for weeks although the club themselves have yet to confirm his departure.His name was being linked with City ...
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NBA Mock Draft Unpredictable first round is ahead
Andy Lyons/Getty Images NEW YORK -- Saddle up, everyone. This is going to be a wildly unpredictable draft. Though reports about this crop's weakness are premature -- it is impossible to know just how good or bad a draft is until years after it's completed -- two things are clear: There is no can't-miss superstar at the top (Kansas' Ben McLemore has the most ...
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Ernie Els Can Play Ball Without Long Putter
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Banker Carrion Bids for IOC Presidency
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Haslam to NFL owners Sorry for federal probe
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam took the opportunity to apologize to his 31 colleagues in light of the recent federal investigation into his truck-stop company, Pilot Flying J.According ...
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Niners Harbaugh to drive pace car at Indy 500
San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh will drive the pace car in the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.In a release, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced the Harbaugh will be behind the wheel of the brand new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car to lead 33 racers around the track.Prior to his coaching days, Harbaugh was quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts for four ...
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Puerto Ricos Carrion makes run for IOC presidency
BERLIN (Reuters) - Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday, with his long financial experience a powerful pitch in his quest for the world's top sports ...
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WVU baseball players spring into action in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma
Heavy wind and rain conspired so members of the West Virginia University baseball team couldn't see 30 feet during the storm that spawned a devastating tornado in Moore, ...
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San Antonio Spurs vs Memphis Grizzlies Live Stream Free Watch Online NBA Playoffs Western Conference Final Game 2 Basketball
San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan gets the slam dunk during the second half of Round 1 of the Western Conference NBA basketball playoffs in San Antonio, Texas, April 17, 2011. San Antonio Spurs vs Memphis Grizzlies takes place in the NBA Playoffs Western Conference finals on Tuesday night with the teams coming together for Game 2 of their series. The game is scheduled to tip off at 9 p.m. ET ...
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Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will pay legal tab for Jim Thompson
The public agency that owns U.S. Cellular Field agreed Tuesday to pay the legal expenses of its ex-chairman, former Gov. Jim Thompson, in a federal lawsuit brought against him last month by the agency's former executive director.The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority also agreed to cover the costs if a settlement is reached in the case, though the board specified that the agency could opt ...
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Video Coachs quick call saves Moore football team
The Southmoore High School football team was supposed to be practicing when the tornado hit. But a quick call by the coach helped get the players out of danger. Manuel Bojorquez ...
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I Thought of Pulling Out After Stupid Woods Remark-Garcia
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Green wants first-team football at QPR
Green has seen his appearances for Harry Redknapp's side limited due to the arrival of Julio Cesar at the start of the season and said that next season he hopes to establish himself as the Loftus Road number ...
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Pellegrini to Leave Malaga at End of Season
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Twins add Colabello put Plouffe on DL
Phil Miller covered three seasons of Twins baseball, but that was at a different ballpark for a different newspaper. Now Miller returns to the baseball beat after joining the Star Tribune as the Gopher football writer in 2010, and he won't miss the dingy dome for a minute. In addition to the Twins and Gophers, Miller covered the Utah Jazz and the NBA for six years at The Salt Lake ...
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Postgame wrap Des Moines 1 United 0
My game story is here . During the preseason, I talked to a number of Minnesota United players who had been in training camp with Major League Soccer teams, or had previously played for MLS teams, or just had the goal of getting to that level. And I was struck that all of them had a consistent message: we love playing MLS teams in the US Open Cup, because it means we have a chance to show them ...
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IPL Cricket Hyderabad and Rajasthan vie to handle knockout pressure
Cricket News: As the name suggests, the Eliminator leaves no margin for error. Lose, and your season is over. Hyderabad have already shown that they can handle knockout pressure. It remains to be seen whether the embattled Rajasthan, the neutral's team for so much of the tournament, can do the ...
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Hawaii may become space-gazing capital of world
A giant telescope, the biggest in the world, capable of a range of advanced processes such as viewing a planet outside the solar system with more accuracy than any other telescope currently in existence, may be built in Hawaii within the next decade or so.
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is the name by which a major development in the mountains of Hawaii is known. The name is a reference to the diameter of the actual telescope which will have a 98 foot, or 20 meter diameter segmented mirror or Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, which will enable it to provide images three times sharper and ten times wider in scope than any other facility currently in existence in the world. Read more
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