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Baseball roundup: Thursday's action on the diamonds

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:42:54 +0000

Jason Bay delivered the latest blow to beleaguered reliever Jason Isringhausen. The Canadian slugger's three-run shot off Isringhausen, working the eighth inning instead of the ninth, was the go-ah...

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Fri, 16 May 2008 05:46:40 +0000

Here are the sports results from Thursday: NHL Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2 American League baseball Toronto 3 Minnesota 2 (11 innings) Cleveland 4 Oakland 2 Kansas City 8 Detroit...

Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan lead Spurs to 99-80 Game 6 victory

Fri, 16 May 2008 05:39:54 +0000

SAN ANTONIO - Must-win situations are not a familiar place for the San Antonio Spurs. They survived one Thursday night, earning the chance to play in another. The defending champions beat the New O...

Pens must wait: Flyers stave off elimination with inspired win on home ice

Fri, 16 May 2008 03:54:12 +0000

PHILADELPHIA - Players always say they don't read newspapers but yet the Philadelphia Flyers admit they were more than a little perturbed at all the talk of a Pittsburgh-Detroit Stanley Cup final. ...

Jelena Jankovic, Williams sisters reach quarter-finals at Italian Open

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:34:40 +0000

ROME - Maria Sharapova rallied from a four-game deficit in the second set to beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Thursday, advancing to the Italian Open quarter-finals along with sisters Serena an...

Perry survives wet day for share of first-round lead at AT&T Classic

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:07:03 +0000

DULUTH, Ga. - Kenny Perry sloshed through the water-logged fairways, ducking under an umbrella every chance he got. He also hit plenty of good shots on a miserable day at the TPC Sugarloaf. Coming ...

Top-ranked Federer, No. 2 Nadal advance to Hamburg Masters quarter-finals

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:07:05 +0000

HAMBURG, Germany - Rafael Nadal had no birthday gift for Andy Murray, beating the Briton in straight sets Thursday to join Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the Hamburg Masters quarter-finals. Na...

Heaney, James, Granato inducted as first women in IIHF Hall of Fame

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:39:40 +0000

QUEBEC - Geraldine Heaney, Angela James and Cammie Granato made women's hockey history on Thursday. The trio of pioneers became the first women players inducted into the International Ice Hockey Fe...

Autopsy reveals filly Eight Belles had no bone abnormalities

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:31:03 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eight Belles had no diseases or pre-existing bone abnormalities that caused the filly to break down after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby. Autopsy results reviewed by The As...

Canadians O'Neill and Hopfner-Hibbs collect silver at gymnastics World Cup

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:30:50 +0000

TIANJIN, China - Brandon O'Neill of Edmonton and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of Toronto each won a silver medal in Thursday's event finals at a gymnastics World Cup competition. On men's floor, Uchimura Ko...

Nothing but respect among Canadians and Swedes ahead of semifinal

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:36 +0000

QUEBEC - Canada and Sweden haven't had a chance to develop much of a rivalry at this year's IIHF World Hockey Championship. The two teams were separated by 1,000 kilometres for the first two weeks ...

Sorenstam shoots 67 to share lead through first round at Sybase Classic

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:57 +0000

CLIFTON, N.J. - The Annika Sorenstam goodbye tour is off to a great start. Two days after announcing this would be her final season on the LPGA Tour, Sorenstam shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a s...

Qualified and non-qualified drivers get work done at Indy 500 practice

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS - A group of antsy drivers got their wish Thursday, with a dry track allowing them to finally get some work done at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After rain the previous day washed ...

Hey, race favourite Big Brown's got new shoes on for Preakness

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:07 +0000

BALTIMORE - Before anointing Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown the next coming of Secretariat, consider this: The colt enters Saturday's Preakness off a two-week turnaround, the shortest of his career; ...

Rejuvenated Rangers open Memorial Cup against Gatineau Olympiques

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:59 +0000

KITCHENER, Ont. - The Kitchener Rangers restored their confidence and the faith of their fans in time for the Memorial Cup. The host club opens the 2008 MasterCard Memorial Cup on Friday (7 p.m. ET...