May 18, 2013

Soccer: End of an era as Ferguson decides to retire

File photo of Manchester United's manager Ferguson holding the manager of the season award before their English Premier League soccer match against Blackpool at Old Trafford in Manchester

(Reuters) – Alex Ferguson, Britain’s longest-serving and most decorated soccer manager, will retire at the end of the season after more than 26 years and nearly 1,500 matches at the helm of Manchester United, he announced on Wednesday. The 71-year-old Scot ended intense speculation that he was about to call time on his career by [...]

Tennis Roundup: John Isner tops Ryan Harrison at clay court championships / Djokovic suffered no structural damage

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John Isner hits a backhand in a Davis Cup quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic on Friday, April 5. Isner defeated Ryan Harrison in the first round of the Clay Court Championships.(Photo: Adam Eschbach AP) Story Highlights John Isner beat Ryan Harrison, 7-6(4), 6-4 in a first-round match at the clay court championships Fernando Verdasco defeated Steve [...]

March Madness: Upsets – Harvard, Cal. and Oregon move on

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Harvard upsets New Mexico 68-62 in NCAA tourney SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Give those Harvard kids an A-plus in another subject: Bracketbusting 101. The school known for producing U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices and Nobel Prize winners earned its first NCAA tournament victory Thursday night – a 68-62 upset of No. 3 seed New Mexico [...]

NFL Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens-49ers a great, and very unpredictable, matchup

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — NEW ORLEANS — I don’t know what kind of game this is going to be, but this Super Bowl really has it all. John versus Jim; Harbaughs dueling at 53 yards. Ray Lewis versus Colin Kaepernick: A retiring all-time linebacker in his last game against the well-tattooed 25-year-old passer who might [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL, players association still working on CBA document

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(Photo: Bob Chwedyk, AP) Story Highlights Player ratification vote results won’t be announced until later Saturday Schedule would be conference only this season Players accept 50-50 split in revenue, gain a pension plan The NHL Players’ Association said Saturday that it was delaying announcement of the results of players’ ratification vote as the union and [...]

NBA Roundup: Clippers beat Mavs 99-93 and extend their home winning streaks

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LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 09; Chris Paul #3 of the Los Angeles Clippers drives around O.J. Mayo #32 of the Dallas Mavericks at Staples Center on January 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. The Clippers won 99-93. (January 8, 2013 – Source: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images North America) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Paul had [...]

NFL Wild Card Playoffs: No fear of wild-card round in NFL

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Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers runs out of the pocket against the Minnesota Vikings on December 30, 2012 at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (December 29, 2012 – Source: Andy King/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP / SI Feature) — NFL teams have [...]

NFL: Roger Goodell, Sean Payton talk moving up NFL reinstatement

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is in the midst of preliminary conversations with suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton about moving up the date of his reinstatement to be effective at the end of the regular season rather than sticking with the originally stated date of after the Super Bowl, according [...]

College Football: For coaches, no sleep ’til BCS championship game

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NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Kelly and Nick Saban expect many restless nights between now and the BCS championship game on Jan. 7. Kelly and top-ranked Notre Dame play Saban and No. 2 Alabama in Miami. The coaches appeared together at a news conference on Wednesday at the Nasdaq stock exchange in Times Square. “And [...]

MLB World Series 2012: Sandoval hits three HRs in win

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Barry Zito throws during the third inning of Game 1 of baseball’s World Series against the Detroit Tigers Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in San Francisco. Photo by The Associated Press. (PhatzRadio / AP) — SAN FRANCISCO — With three mighty swings, Pablo Sandoval put the San Francisco Giants ahead in [...]