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The president accused of impoverishing Zimbabwe has handed out $148,000 to the nation’s Olympians, most of it to a top-performing swimmer.
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The Colorado Rockies let go three coaches after a disappointing 74-88 season.
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Exactly why the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangle so much is hard to tell. Blame it on a high-and-tight pitch here, a hard slide there.
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A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays:
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Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin is expected to start the regular season with the Chicago Blackhawks.
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They were baseball’s best over the long, hot summer. Then came October, and another big chill.
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Television ratings for baseball’s division series declined from last year.
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Top-seeded David Nalbandian cruised past American Bobby Reynolds 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday and advanced to the second round of the Stockholm Open.
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The head of the Tour de France on Tuesday hailed a new lab test that has exposed three riders in the 2008 race for cheating with an advanced form of the blood booster...
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Alex Ovechkin left practice early Tuesday, but the reigning NHL MVP is expected to play in the Washington Capitals’ season opener Friday at Atlanta.
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The future of men’s road cycling in the Olympics could be threatened unless the sport cleans up its doping record.
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Goodyear may have an answer for one of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s toughest challenges: softer tires.
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New York Islanders defenseman Chris Lee was cleared to fly back to New York, a day after he was carried off the ice on a stretcher during a game in Florida.
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Colorado coach Dan Hawkins and the university have agreed to a contract extension that could keep him with the Buffaloes through 2012.
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The San Jose Sharks put defenseman Kyle McLaren on waivers Tuesday, possibly ending the oft-injured veteran’s 4 1/2-year tenure with the club.
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Venus Williams was upset in the opening round at the Kremlin Cup, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to Flavia Pennetta.
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The Orlando Magic picked up their $2.8 million option on former Duke star J.J. Redick for next season.
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A woman has been charged with stalking Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton. Stacy Elizabeth Beshear of El Segundo was arrested Sept. 18 after she pulled up to his...
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The NFL suspended Cincinnati Bengals reserve linebacker Darryl Blackstock for the next four games on Tuesday because he used a performance-enhancing substance.
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Penn State coach Joe Paterno is unsure whether his sore right leg will fell well enough to be on the sideline for Saturday’s game at Wisconsin.
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Goodyear and NASCAR officials say tire wear has improved significantly during this week’s testing at Indianapolis.
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The city of Chicago is getting the kind of high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics that only Oprah Winfrey can give.
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Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. Saturday for a chance to snag free tickets to “The Oprah Winfrey Show” season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic athletes.
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Hundreds of Oprah Winfrey fans are lining up in Chicago’s Millennium Park for a chance at free tickets to the talk show host’s season premiere featuring 150...
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The elaborate closing ceremony that ended the Olympic Games on Sunday also ended nearly a decade in which the ruling Communist Party had made the Games an organizing...
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We here at Sports Crunch love the Olympics. It’s great getting excited about sports that we only think of once every four years, and we wish there were more events...
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Michael Phelps joined a stellar cast, including Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis, to become one of the winningest Olympians ever by grabbing his ninth gold medal.
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Athens gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor cruised to a 2-0 record in the beach volleyball round-robin Tuesday, dispatching a pair of three-time Olympians...
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Twice as many public-funded workers as athletes are in Beijing at a cost of almost £7million to the taxpayer, it has emerged.
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President George W. Bush delivered an encouraging motivational message to Beijing-bound Olympians Monday, urging them to
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International sporting events are about nothing if not national pride. Here are five countries whose Olympic performance leaves their countrymen with little to...
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Iraqis were relieved Wednesday after the International Olympic Committee revoked a ban on their country’s participation in the Olympics, allowing four of the...
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Some of the foreign-born athletes who will be competing for the United States at the Olympics in Beijing next month, listed by sport with country of birth in...
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Some of the foreign-born athletes who will be competing for the United States at the Olympics in Beijing next month, listed by sport with country of birth in...
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Teri Stokes works on an arrangement of balloons in the shape of the Olympic rings floating in the City Hall reflecting pool for the Houston Olympic Heroes Day celebration Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, in Houston. The event honored Houstonians who competed in...
