May 19, 2013

Rugby: Wales 10-33 New Zealand

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WALES (0) 10 Try: S Williams, Cuthbert NEW ZEALAND (23) 33 Try: Messam, Woodcock, Romano Con: Cruden 3 Pens: Cruden 4 (PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — New Zealand’s 59-year stranglehold over Wales stretched to a 25th successive victory as the world champions crushed the Grand Slam holders in Cardiff. The All Blacks stretched their own [...]

NFL: Flynn to start at QB for Seahawks preseason opener

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Matt Flynn #10 of the Green Bay Packers rolls out to look for a receiver against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 1, 2012 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (December 31, 2011 – Source: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America) RENTON, Wash. (AP) For this week and the preseason opener, Matt Flynn is the Seattle [...]

Track and Field: Usain Bolt thinks better start could lead to world record

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Usain Bolt said his main focus this season is to become quicker out of the blocks. (Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Usain Bolt is hoping to turn his only weakness into a strength in time for the London Olympics. The tall Jamaican sprinter has never been known for fast starts, but said [...]

Boxing: Mosley, 40, to return vs. Alvarez on May 5

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(L-R) Shane Mosley throws a left to the face of Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in the WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (May 6, 2011 – Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Shane Mosley is back on [...]

Olympics: London crunches the numbers with six months to go

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(Reuters) – London marked a mere six months to the start of its Olympic Games Friday by focusing on the minutiae of putting on the show now that the monumental stage has been built. As a host of countdown clocks showed 182 days to go, organizers LOCOG took charge of the Olympic Village site that [...]

Golf: Jacobson takes lead in Shanghai / Faldo says Tiger could be marked man

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Fredrik Jacobson of Sweden in action during the second round of the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club on November 4, 2011 in Shanghai, China. (November 3, 2011 – Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images AsiaPac) SHANGHAI (AP) — Fredrik Jacobson didn’t see many low scores when he first arrived at Sheshan International for the [...]

Aronimink feels more like US Open than US Open did

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Adam Scott of Australia stands with his caddie Steve Williams on the 11th tee during the first round of the AT&T National at Aronimink Golf Club on June 30, 2011 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. (June 29, 2011 – Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images North America) NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Adam Scott must have felt [...]

French Open: Federer gets another chance to beat Djokovic

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Roger Federer celebrates his quarter-final victory over Gael Monfils. He won in three sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-7. (Michel Euler/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio/ CBC Sports) – Roger Federer made his way back into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, and he’ll now get a chance to end Novak Djokovic’s perfect season. The 16-time Grand Slam champion advanced [...]