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Players brace for blustery weather at Senior PGA (AP)

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:26:19 +0000

Betting brace for blustery weather at Senior PGA (AP)
Not only can Tom Watson play well in the wind, he can imitate the sound, too. When asked about the course conditions following his practice round on a blustery Wednesday afternoon, Watson grabbed the microphone and began blowing into it. As if there wasn’t enough wind already. The gales again gusted through the course at Colorado Golf Club, site of this year’s Senior PGA sportwetten Championship.

NASCAR answering the call for the autism community (NASCAR.com)
NASCAR answering the call for the autism community

Red Bull can be beaten – McLaren
Championship leaders Red Bull Apuestas deportivas can be caught this season, according to McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale.

Figure staking: Lysacek won’t compete in 2010 (AP)

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:18:04 +0000

Figure staking: Lysacek won’t compete in 2010 (AP)
Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek is taking some time off. How much time off, he hasn’t decided. Lysacek said Thursday he won’t compete the rest of this year, meaning he will skip the Grand Prix season. But he still wants to skate, and hasn’t ruled out the U.S. championships in mid-January.

Second-round tee times for Mylan Classic presented by CONSOL Energy (PGATOUR.com)

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Second-round tee times for Mylan Classic presented by CONSOL Energy (PGATOUR.com)
Second-round tee times for Mylan Classic presented by CONSOL Energy

Oilers G Khabibulin gets 30 days in jail (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:54:00 +0000

Oilers G Khabibulin gets 30 days in jail (AP)
Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin of Russia has been sentenced to 30 days in jail stemming from his Arizona drunken-driving conviction. The four-time All-Star received the sentence Tuesday in Scottsdale City Court. He also was fined $5,100 and must enroll in an alcohol-treatment program. He was ordered to report to jail Saturday, but that could be delayed because he’s appealing his…

Astros sweep slumping Cardinals (AP)
Even their opponents are surprised by the St. Louis Cardinals’ slide. Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer and the Houston Astros completed a sweep of St. Louis with a 5-2 victory Wednesday, handing the slumping Cardinals their fifth straight defeat. “Their backs are against the wall, not ours, and it didn’t look like they wanted to come out and beat us,” Blum said.

NHL extends deadline on Kovalchuk deal (AP)
The NHL has extended its deadline to Friday for approving Ilya Kovalchuk’s $100 million, 15-year contract with the New Jersey Devils. The league and the NHL Players’ Association announced the new deadline Wednesday. The NHL has already rejected a front-loaded, 17-year deal valued at $102 million because the structure of the deal would have circumvented the league’s salary cap.

Browns’ Rogers won’t be suspended by NFL (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:18:00 +0000

Browns’ Rogers won’t be suspended by NFL (AP)
Shaun Rogers wasn’t sure if he caught a break. The NFL decided Tuesday to only fine the Cleveland Browns’ nose tackle and not suspend him for carrying a loaded gun into an airport. “How’s it better?” Rogers said with a laugh. “Well, I’m still losing money. I don’t play for free.” The league said Rogers will be fined a one-game check — roughly $400,000 or…

Fernandez helps reigning champ Spain win (AP)
Spain finished Group D play at the basketball world championship with consecutive strong games, routing winless Canada 89-67 Thursday. The defending champions started slowly but won their final two games by a total of 56 points. Spain will finish as either the six-nation group’s second- or third-seeded team going into the knockout rounds.

Oilers G Khabibulin gets 30 days in jail (AP)

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:36:04 +0000

4 Broad Street Bullies to be US citizens (AP)
The U.S. is about to let a bunch of former Bullies become citizens. Four members of the Philadelphia Flyers championship Broad Street Bullies teams of the 1970s are going through the steps that will make them American citizens by the end of the year. Canadians Bill Clement, Orest Kindrachuk, Bob Kelly and Dave Schultz are known for leading the Flyers to their only two Stanley Cup titles in 1974 and…

Islanders, Weight agree to 1-year deal (AP)
The New York Islanders have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with team captain Doug Weight. Weight and will be playing his 20th NHL season, and his third the Islanders. Last year, the 39-year-old center had one goal and 16 assists in 36 games before he missed the rest of the season with a shoulder injury that required surgery.

Coyotes re-sign RW Stempniak for 2 years (AP)

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:36:03 +0000

Coyotes re-sign RW Stempniak for 2 years (AP)
The Phoenix Coyotes have re-signed right wing Lee Stempniak to a two-year contract. Details of the contract were not released. Stempniak had 14 goals and four assists in 18 games with the Coyotes last season after he was traded from Toronto. He scored 28 goals and had 48 points in all last season. Stempniak has 96 goals and 113 assists in 374 NHL games.

A Cavalier and a Heat fly into an airport…

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:01 +0000

A Cavalier and a Heat fly into an airport…
Funny things happen in airports. Sometimes, a traveler’s home country is in the throes of a revolution and that traveler is denied entry into the United States, leaving the traveler to live in the airport until everything is sorted out. Sometimes, a family sprints through an airport while “Run, Rudolph, Run” plays on the overhead speakers, leaving the family completely oblivious to the fact that they left their son, Macauley Culkin, at home by himself. And sometimes, a two-time MVP runs into the most outspoken member of the team he left on a one-hour national television special.From Jason Lloyd at the Akron Beacon Journal:Mo Williams’ flight into Cleveland on Sunday was four hours late. Turns out, it was perfect timing.The travel delay allowed Williams to unexpectedly bump into LeBron James at Hopkins airport for a clear-the-air type of discussion between the two former teammates that Williams says was ”much needed.”Williams and James were close during their time together with the Cavaliers, and Williams was one of the players stung the most by James’ departure to the Miami Heat this summer.”Part of me is still sour . . . but I wish him the best,” Williams said Monday between holes at the Cavaliers’ Youth Fund Golf Classic at Westfield Country Club. ”He’s got enough people rooting against him, he doesn’t need one more.” [Photos: More images of LeBron James]Well, that’s awkward. It seems like LeBron has been trying to avoid contact with all of his former Cavalier teammates who are not 7-foot-3 and Lithuanian. For him to accidentally run into the one Cleveland player who has voiced his disappointment in LeBron’s choice was probably one of those heart-skips-a-beat moments where LeBron needed a split-second to compose himself before approaching his former dance partner.Thankfully, Williams appears to have played things pretty cool. He could have been a jerk about it. He could have just ignored LeBron. He could have told him that ground transportation left from an above-ground location when it really left from the basement level. But no, he manned up and let bygones be bygones, Ally McBeal-style. Get him during the season, he had to be thinking. Very cool, Mo Williams, especially considering he just suffered through a four-hour flight delay. That’s poise under pressure, you guys.Maybe, someday, when we look back on this whole LeBron-in-Miami situation, we’ll realize him fortuitously meeting Mo Williams in an airport was the beginning of him mending fences with Cleveland. Now, all he has to do is fly into the same airport millions of times, meet each angry Cavalier fan and hope they’ll be as nice as Mo Williams. Quite the undertaking, but LeBron’s got a few million dollars he can spend on the quest. Other popular stories on Yahoo! Sports: • Golfer’s wild swing sparks 12-acre wildfire • Video: Brawl mars rivalry game between Texas high schools • The worldest’s fastest man considers playing a new sport

Serbia bounces back to rip Jordan 112-69 (AP)

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:36:04 +0000

Serbia bounces back to rip Jordan 112-69 (AP)
Dusko Savanovic and Marko Keselj scored 21 points each to help Serbia rebound from a double-overtime loss to beat Jordan 112-69 in group play at the basketball World Championships on Monday. After losing to Germany 82-81 less than 24 hours earlier, Serbia (2-1) used its height to dominate Jordan inside.

Greece improves to 2-0, tops Puerto Rico (AP)
Vassilis Spanoulis scored 28 points to lead Greece to an 83-80 victory over Puerto Rico on Sunday in the opening round of the basketball world championship. Kostas Tsartsaris added 14 points for Greece (2-0) in the game that saw four lead changes and three ties in the fourth quarter alone. Juan Jose Barea, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks, had 20 points for Puerto Rico (0-2), which lost 75-66 to…

Stars’ Grossman gets 2-year, $3.25M deal (AP)

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:36:01 +0000

Stars’ Grossman gets 2-year, $3.25M deal (AP)
The Dallas Stars have agreed to terms with defenseman Nicklas Grossman on a two-year contract worth $3.25 million. The 25-year-old Grossman skated in 71 games for the Stars last season, finishing with seven assists and 32 penalty minutes. In 2008-09, he had career highs in goals (two), assists (10) and points (12).

Camp Sunshine! No hard knocks in Jets training camp
Every team is a Super Bowl contender during training camp, at least that’s what the local media in each NFL town seems to think. Puff pieces about teams/players/coaches often read something like, “[Player X] is poised to have a career year because he’s getting over [ailment/personal tragedy/weight issues/immaturity]. He will have a key role in [Team Y] making [playoffs/Super Bowl] after last season’s [surprise/disappointment].” To celebrate the brimming positivity being felt by each of the NFL’s 32 fanbases, this month Shutdown Corner will take a team-by-team look at the flowery and buoyant prose being written by local columnists and writers, and the hopeful quotes of players and coaches in our daily feature, Camp Sunshine. This morning, the New York Jets:That is why Buffalo had nothing to do with it:The offensive coordinator of the Jets and his latest pupil seem like kindred spirits, not friends exactly but men inspired by each other, driven by each other and bonded by a mutual obsession: the finer points of playing quarterback.The coordinator is Brian Schottenheimer. At his core, he remains a quarterbacks coach. One day, he will probably coach an N.F.L. team, but in January he declined to be interviewed for Buffalo’s head coaching vacancy. The major reason? Quarterback Mark Sanchez.– Greg Bishop, The New York Times Out of context quote of the day:Snooki and the gang from ”Jersey Shore?” They’ve got nuthin’ on Gang Green.– Associated PressThat’s Cheeto residue: “I just know what’s going to happen. My crystal ball, I’m seeing a Super Bowl trophy in there. Now, I could be wrong, but that’s what I see. But every time I go to work, that’s what I look at. I’m not embarrassed to say that I believe that will happen. The great thing is we get to prove it soon. That’s the beauty of it.”– Rex Ryan (courtesy NJ.com)This headline cuts to the sunshiny chase:”Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens thinks he’s had a good preseason”– Newark Star-Ledger Peter King says:Mark Brunell’s nickname: “Stetson Man.” Look like a distinguished young Wyoming senator, with salt invading his pepper hair.– Peter King SI.com

Browns linebacker Scott Fujita is not a friend to young kickers
Ah, the plight of the kicker. He kicks a game-winner, and the praise for the victory gets distributed evenly among the quarterback, running back, head coach and defense, while the kicker maaaaaybe gets a mention in the ninth paragraph of the game recap.If he misses that potential game-winner, though, the loss is his, his alone, and he should immediately light himself on fire because he is worthless, as a player and a human being.This is not far off from the viewpoint of Browns linebacker Scott Fujita. Fujita was with the Super Bowl champion Saints last year, and they ended up losing a Week 16 game to Tampa Bay after kicker Garrett Hartley missed from 37 yards.Here’s what Fujita told GQ (gracias, Waiting for Next Year) about how he feels about kickers missing big kicks.“It depends who your kicker is,” said Fujita. ”When I was in Kansas City with Morten Andersen, you didn’t say a word. His track record spoke for itself.” [...]“But last December when I was with New Orleans,” Fujia continued, ”our fat punk kicker, Garrett Hartley, missed a game-winner and we lost for the second week in a row – that was one of the times you want to grab a guy and tell him to [bug ] off. But Hartley was young, and I didn’t want to mess him up for good, so I just bit my lip and said, ‘Hey, man, don’t worry about it – it was a team loss,’ which of course was a total lie.”Fat punk kicker. That’s nice. The same fat punk kicker did go on to kick the Saints into the Super Bowl with a 40-yarder in overtime of the NFC Championship game, so at least he can console himself with that.Oh, and the fat punk kicker still plays for the world champions. Fujita’s in Cleveland. Fujita acknowledges that he’s glad he didn’t verbally assault Hartley, so I say we chalk this up to a good old-fashioned “name-calling is bad” lesson. May any young kickers who ever share a roster with Scott Fujita in the future benefit from this experience.