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| Heat F Jones to undergo surgery
| October 16 2008 |
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Miami Heat forward James Jones is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right wrist Saturday. The 28-year-old Jones ruptured the extensor tendon in his right wrist in practice Wednesday, and is expected to miss three months. The Miami-Florida product, who signed with the Heat as a free agent in the offseason, played in 58 games for Portland last year when he averaged 8.0 points and 2.8 rebounds. The five-year veteran has also suited up for the Phoenix Suns after being drafted with the 49th selection of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers.
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| Leading from the crease
| September 30 2008 |
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The Vancouver Canucks have a new captain and his name is.. Roberto Luongo. Luongo, who is in the third year of a four-year deal with the Canucks, was named to the post on Tuesday along with alternates captains Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, Ryan Kesler. By league rule, the Canucks goaltender cannot wear the 'C', but he can be named captain. Mitchell will be designated as the person who will deal with officials on a nightly basis. As the longest serving Canuck, Mattias Ohlund will deal with any ceremonial aspects of the position such as faceoffs. Last season, the Montreal native picked up 35 wins in 79 games with six shutouts.
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| Road Worries
| September 25 2008 |
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The top-ranked USC Trojans begin their quest for an unprecedented seventh straight Pac-10 crown, as they open up league play this Thursday night in Corvallis against the Oregon State Beavers. Both teams had last weekend off due to the mid-week matchup and both enter this contest following big victories. Pete Carroll's Trojans opened the 2008 campaign on the road with a rout of Virginia (52-7). Then the team took on then fifth-ranked Ohio State on September 13th in what was hyped as the "game of the year." However, the matchup was extremely one-sided, as USC trounced the Buckeyes, 35-3.
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| Nadal, Ferrer give Spain commanding 2-0 lead against U.S.
| September 19 2008 |
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The best-of-five Davis Cup semifinal between host Spain and the reigning champion United States commenced Friday, as Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer combined to give the favored Spaniards a commanding 2-0 lead heading into the weekend. The Wimbledon, reigning four-time French Open and Olympic champion Nadal dropped the first set against Sam Querrey before rebounding for a 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 decision in the first of the opening singles rubbers. In the nightcap, a gritty Ferrer came from behind to top former world No. 1 Andy Roddick 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 8-6 on a temporary clay court at Madrid's Plaza de Toros Las Ventas.
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| Chelsea rolls over Bordeaux in Champions League
| September 16 2008 |
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Frank Lampard had a goal and two assists and Chelsea rolled to a 4-0 win over Bordeaux at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday on the first day of group play in the Champions League. Joe Cole, Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka also had goals for Chelsea, which grabbed an early lead in Group A. CFR Cluj surprised Roma 2-1 in the other game in Group A. Lampard opened the scoring in the 14th minute. His goal was set up by a few quick passes in midfield, starting when Deco found Cole, who then found Jose Bosingwa down the right side. Bosingwa swung a cross to the middle of the area and an unmarked Lampard headed inside the left post. Cole doubled the lead in the 30th minute...
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| Gasquet, Simon, Moya head into Bucharest semis
| September 12 2008 |
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Top-seeded Richard Gasquet, reigning champion Gilles Simon and former runner-up Carlos Moya notched quarterfinal victories Friday at the $525,000 BCR Open Romania. The world No. 12 Gasquet came from behind to beat Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-1 in a rain-interrupted bout, while a second-seeded Simon subdued fellow Frenchman Florent Serra 6-2, 6-3. Simon topped Bucharest's own Victor Hanescu in last year's final. Serra titled on the red clay here in 2005. The 1996 Bucharest runner-up Moya, seeded sixth this week, overcame fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 on Day 5 at Arenele BNR. One other quarterfinal result saw eighth-seeded Argentine Jose Acasuso...
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| The Right Touch
| July 01 2008 |
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The powerful Williams sisters, former champion Serena and reigning titlist Venus, highlighted Tuesday's quarterfinal winners at Wimbledon. A sixth-seeded Serena spanked 14th-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-0 on Centre Court, while a seventh-seeded Venus handled previously red-hot Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3 amid sun-drenched conditions on Court 1 at the venerable All England Club. Serena and Venus could meet in Saturday's lucrative final. "That would be amazing if we both were in the final," Venus said. "I have to take it one more step and keep playing power tennis." Serena captured the first set in fairly routine fashion against Radwanska, and then pummeled the Pole in the second...
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| Kaymer survives playoff for BMW win
| June 23 2008 |
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Martin Kaymer birdied the first playoff hole Sunday to defeat Anders Hansen and win the BMW International Open at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried. Kaymer squandered a six-shot lead heading into the final round, thanks to two balls in the water en route to a triple-bogey eight at the 11th. He birdied the 72nd hole to force the playoff, then played brilliantly on the sudden- death hole. The two headed back to the par-five 18th and Kaymer ripped a drive into the fairway. Hansen, who also birdied the 72nd hole, switched from a three-wood in regulation to a driver in the playoff and found a fairway bunker. Hansen found a greenside bunker with his second, while Kaymer knocked his approach to seven feet.
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| Kim enters top 20 in world rankings
| May 05 2008 |
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Anthony Kim collected his first PGA Tour win in runaway fashion Sunday and that helped him jump 21 spots to No. 16 in the world rankings. A rehabbing Tiger Woods remained No. 1, while Phil Mickelson stayed in second. Adam Scott climbed two places to third, knocking Ernie Els and Steve Stricker down to fourth and fifth respectively. Geoff Ogilvy held steady at six, while Jim Furyk and K.J. Choi exchanged spots with the American up to seventh. The next three -- Vijay Singh, Justin Rose and Padraig Harrington -- remained ninth through 11th. Stewart Cink moved up two to 12th, bumping Rory Sabbatini to 13 and Henrik Stenson to 14.
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| Clarke birdies 18th to win Asian Open
| April 27 2008 |
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Darren Clarke made a 40-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole on Sunday to win the Asian Open by a shot, claiming his first European Tour victory in nearly five years. The five-time Ryder Cup star from Northern Ireland closed with a one-over 73 at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club to hold off the Netherlands' Robert Jan Derksen. Clarke's 18th hole heroics came after he made three late bogeys to erase a two-shot lead. He finished at eight-under 280 for his first title since the 2003 WGC-NEC Invitational. Since that victory almost five years ago, it has been Clarke's personal life that has garnered headlines.
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| Roller sports in the Olympic mix for 2016
| April 25 2008 |
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Softball, baseball and golf are among seven sports under consideration for inclusion at the 2016 Olympics. Softball and baseball, which were cut from the Olympic program for the 2012 London Games, will get a chance for reinstatement at the IOC assembly in October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports will be considered for the two openings on the 2016 schedule. All five had failed to win admission into the London Olympics in 2005. The International Olympic Committee has sent letters to the world governing bodies of the seven sports notifying them that they are on the list for consideration, IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said Friday.
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| Gillis: 'This is a clean slate moving forward'
| April 23 2008 |
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New Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis says he isn't sure what changes he will make to the NHL team. "I haven't made any predisposed decisions based on any thing I have heard," Gillis, a former player agent, told a news conference Wednesday where he was officially unveiled as the new GM. "This is a clean slate moving forward. "People will be evaluated on performance. They will be evaluated on whether they are prepared to move forward. There may be some people who don't want to be here because I'm here. I don't know that yet. But we will find out. There are a lot of loyal people that have been here for a long time and they need to be treated fairly."
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| Freestylers returning to the skies
| April 18 2008 |
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As the Vancouver 2010 Games loom, one winter season is blending right in with the next for freestyle aerialist Steve Omischl. One month after he accepted the Crystal Globe award as the dominant aerialist on the World Cup circuit for 2007-08, Omischl's name headlines the list of eight freestylers who will take to the sky for the pre-Olympic season of 2008-09. All the World Cup aerialists are long-serving veterans, while the moguls squad has a few new faces. Between aerials and moguls, the Canadians won the freestyle nation's cup for the fourth time in five seasons last year. Omischl, the greybeard of the team who turns 30 in the fall...
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| Salk Lake city Showdown
| April 14 2008 |
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A possible preview of a first-round matchup in the Western Conference playoffs is on tap tonight, as the Utah Jazz host the Houston Rockets at EnergySolutions Arena. Utah is the Northwest Division champion and the fourth seed in the West, while the Rockets are No. 5 and one game ahead of the sixth-seeded Phoenix Suns. The Jazz defeated Houston in seven games in the first round of last year's postseason. Houston is tied with the San Antonio Spurs for second place in the Southwest Division, one game behind the division-leading New Orleans Hornets. The Rockets are also 1 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the top seed in the conference.
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| Avalanche shoot for 2-0 lead against Wild
| April 11 2008 |
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The sixth-seeded Colorado Avalanche will try to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals, as they visit the Northwest Division champion Minnesota Wild for Game 2 at Xcel Energy Center. Joe Sakic scored the game-winning goal 11:11 into overtime of Game 1, as the Avalanche clipped the third-seeded Wild, 3-2, on Wednesday night in St. Paul. In the extra session, Ruslan Salei fired a slap shot from the left point that hit Minnesota defenseman Martin Skoula in front and went right to the stick of Sakic, who backhanded the puck past Niklas Backstrom. The 38-year-old Sakic is the club's all-time leader in a host of postseason categories...
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| O-Pen for Business
| April 09 2008 |
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Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots to record his first career playoff shutout, as the Pittsburgh Penguins blanked the Ottawa Senators, 4-0, in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Mellon Arena. Gary Roberts scored twice, while Evgeni Malkin posted a goal and two assists for the second-seeded Penguins, who registered their first playoff shutout since April 26, 2001. Martin Gerber allowed four goals on 35 shots for the seventh-seeded Senators, who will be without the services of captain Daniel Alfredsson and center Mike Fisher throughout the entire series.
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| Reeling and Dealing
| April 03 2008 |
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Gary Matthews Jr., Torii Hunter and Mike Napoli all homered, and Ervin Santana threw six strong innings as the LA Angels of Anaheim downed Minnesota, 5-4, in the finale of a season-opening four-game set from the Metrodome. Matthews hit a two-run homer while Hunter and Napoli added solo shots for the Angels, who won the final three games of the series after dropping the opener. Maicer Izturis also drove in a run for Los Angeles. Santana (1-0) allowed just two runs on four hits in six innings to earn the win. Francisco Rodriguez hurled a scoreless ninth to record his second save.
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