Sports News
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Column: Stubborn Woods blows British Open chance
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:08PM July 22, 2012 CommentLYTHAM St. ANNES, England (AP) — The enduring image of Tiger Woods from this British Open will be of him bent over on one knee, his other leg angled to the side, as he desperately tried to save his day with a miracle shot from deep in a bunker off the sixth green. His adventure in the sand proved costly, though perhaps even more fatal to his chances were the three straight bogeys he made on the back nine when his mind seemed to wander elsewhere.
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With painful meltdown, Scott joins infamous list
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM July 22, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Adam Scott, meet Jean Van de Velde.
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Cabrera hits 300th HR, Tigers beat White Sox 6-4
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:19PM July 22, 2012 CommentDETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera homered twice, reaching the 300 mark for his career and helping the Detroit Tigers finish a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 6-4 victory Sunday.
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Column: A lifetime to arrive, a heartbeat to miss
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:11PM July 22, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Thirteen seconds elapsed from the moment Adam Scott anchored the broomstick-length putter to his sternum and watched the 7-foot par putt slide by on the left side of the cup at 18, causing his knees to buckle. The rest of his golfing life may pass before he puts himself back in that position again.
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Wiggins makes British history at Tour de France
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:44PM July 22, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America's first Tour de France winner. Now, he has blazed his own.
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Barry Larkin inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:44PM July 22, 2012 CommentCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Former Cincinnati Reds star Barry Larkin has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Stenhouse Jr. wins pole for Chicagoland Nationwide
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:39PM July 22, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Reigning NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has won pole position for Sunday afternoon's race at Chicagoland Speedway.
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ACC enters another season facing new questions
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:34PM July 22, 2012 CommentGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Summers aren't quiet anymore for the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Santo inducted into baseball Hall of Fame
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:31PM July 22, 2012 CommentCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The late Ron Santo, star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs and later a broadcaster for the team, has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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German fencer Bokel elected chair of athlete panel
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:01PM July 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Former Olympic fencer Claudia Bokel of Germany has been elected chair of the IOC athletes commission and will serve on the rule-making IOC executive board.
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NCAA to announce 'corrective' measures for Penn St
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:49PM July 22, 2012 CommentINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Sunday that it will levy "corrective and punitive measures" against Penn State in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky and a scathing report that found school leaders covered up allegations against the now-convicted former assistant football coach.
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Olympic flame takes a ride on the London Eye
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:48PM July 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The Olympic flame has had a ride on the London Eye.
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Pope's Olympic message credits the power of sports
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:08PM July 22, 2012 CommentVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI says he is praying that the London Olympics promote world peace and friendship — a message the Vatican is increasingly emphasizing as it focuses renewed attention on the positive role that sports can play in society.
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Israel marks Munich massacre anniversary in London
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:06PM July 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Complaining that the Olympic movement is still ignoring their pain, Israelis marked the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre on Sunday with a modest service in the atrium of a London apartment block.
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Swedish long jumper Kluft withdraws from Olympics
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:56AM July 22, 2012 CommentKOURTANE, Finland (AP) — Swedish long jumper Carolina Kluft says she won't compete at the London Olympics because of a hamstring injury.
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60 years on, Helsinki's Olympic legacy endures
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:50AM July 22, 2012 CommentHELSINKI (AP) — If Londoners need inspiration on how to ensure that the Olympic legacy lives on long after the Summer Games, they may want to throw a glance at Helsinki.
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Long sleeves over bikinis possible at Olympics
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:53AM July 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Two piece or not two piece: that is the question.
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College athletes among wounded in CO mass shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:51AM July 22, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado State University football recruit and a former Winona State football player were among dozens of people wounded at a movie complex where a gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of the new Batman film.
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Scott takes 4-shot lead into Open final round
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:03PM July 21, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — The ball tumbled over the edge of a pot bunker and appeared to put Adam Scott in the worst spot he had been all day at the British Open.
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Cardinals' record-tying 7th whips Cubs 12-0
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:41PM July 21, 2012 CommentST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Westbrook worked seven innings of three-hit ball and the St. Louis Cardinals finally backed him — and then some — by tying a 76-year-old major league record with seven doubles in a 12-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night.
