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USA Basketball wins again Posted September 3, 2010

Eric  Gordon scored  a game-high  21 points,  leading the  United States  in a 92-57   rout   of  Tunisia  to   finish  up   an  unblemished  record  in  the preliminary   round  of   the  2010  FIBA  World  Championship.  Kevin  Durant and  Russell Westbrook  each  scored 14  points  in the  victory, as the  USA finished  atop ...More

Lions beat Buffalo in preseason finale Posted September 3, 2010

Matthew Stafford had an interception returned for a touchdown, but third-stringer Drew Stanton threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes to lift the Detroit Lions to a 28-23 win over the Buffalo Bills in their preseason finale Thursday night. Stafford's second pass was picked off by Drayton Florence and ...More

Tigers Beat Twins in 13 Innings Posted September 3, 2010

Pistorius expects to comfortably make London Posted September 2, 2010

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes in the men's 400 m race during the Palio della Quercia Games

ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy. Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's 100 gold medalist Justin Gatlin ...More

Battered Blake hopes tap energy from rowdy Open crowd Posted September 2, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level. Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat Canada's Peter Polansky 6-7 ...More

Underdogs gets their chance in limelight at U.S. Open Posted September 2, 2010

Dustin Brown of Jamaica walks off the court after losing a game against Austria's Jurgen Meltzer at

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It looms as a mismatch of classic proportions. Andy Murray, the world number four and one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open title against Dustin Brown, a dreadlocked Jamaican ranked 123rd in the world. When they enter Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday to play ...More

America's latest sweetheart gunning for Sharapova Posted September 2, 2010

Beatrice Capra of the U.S. celebrates her win over Aravane Rezai of France at the US Open tennis tou

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after her surprise exit from the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova will have another showdown with a little-known American teenager who will be battling for her own share of the Flushing Meadows spotlight. Last year a then 17-year-old Melanie Oudin eliminated the Russian in the ...More

Sharapova joins charge of easy center court winners Posted September 2, 2010

Maria Sharapova of Russia serves to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic during the U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova joined a stampede of easy center court winners at the U.S. Open on Thursday when the former champion trampled Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round. The 2006 Open winner did not face a single break point in ...More

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