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5142. wabbit - 9/11/2006 3:54:26 PM  By beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 Sunday for a third consecutive US Open championship at Flushing Meadows, Federer took another step toward being regarded as the best tennis player in history. This was Federer's third Grand Slam title of the year and the ninth of his career, moving closer to Pete Sampras' record of 14. The No. 1-ranked Federer went 27-1 at this year's Grand Slam tournaments, the only setback coming against Rafael Nadal in the French Open final. Federer became the first man since Ivan Lendl in 1985-87 to win three consecutive U.S. Open titles -- and the only man in tennis history to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open back-to-back three years in a row. He's won nine of the last 14 Grand Slam tournaments, dating to Wimbledon in 2004.
5143. robertjayb - 9/12/2006 6:04:05 AM UT gets its thugs back...
AUSTIN -- Texas cornerback Tarell Brown and backup safety Tyrell Gatewood were reinstated to the team today, coach Mack Brown said.
The two players were suspended for the Ohio State game after being arrested last week. Brown was arrested on misdemeanor drug and weapon charges; Gatewood was arrested on a misdemeanor drug charge. The drug charges, which involved possession of marijuana, were dropped Friday.
Brown still faces a charge of unlawful possession of a handgun.
Mack Brown said he met with both players today and they reached a verbal agreement that will remain confidential.
5144. robertjayb - 9/13/2006 4:00:57 AM Armstrong teammates acknowledge drug use...
(NYTimes) - Two of Lance Armstrong’s eight teammates from the 1999 Tour de France have admitted for the first time that they used the banned endurance-boosting drug EPO in preparing for the race that year, when they helped Armstrong capture the first of his record seven titles.
Their disclosures, in interviews with The New York Times, are rare examples of candor in a sport protected by a powerful code of silence. The confessions come as cycling is reeling from doping scandals, including Floyd Landis’s fall in July from Tour champion to suspected cheat.
One of the two teammates who admitted using EPO while on Armstrong’s United States Postal Service team is Frankie Andreu, a 39-year-old retired team captain who had been part of Armstrong’s inner circle for more than a decade. In an interview at his home in Dearborn, Mich., Andreu said that he took EPO for only a few races and that he was acknowledging his use now because he thought doping was damaging his sport. Continued doping and denial by riders may scare away fans and sponsors for good, he said.
“There are two levels of guys,” Andreu said. “You got the guys that cheat and guys that are just trying to survive.”
The other rider who said he used EPO spoke on condition of anonymity because he said he did not want to jeopardize his job in cycling.
5145. robertjayb - 9/13/2006 4:11:07 AM Armstrong pissed at NYTimes report...
(AP) -- Lance Armstrong bristled Tuesday at a report that two former teammates admitted using performance-enhancing drugs, calling it ''a hatchet job ... to link me to doping through somebody else's admission.''
Frankie Andreu and another former Armstrong teammate who requested anonymity because he still works in cycling told The New York Times they used the endurance-booster EPO to prepare for the 1999 Tour de France, when Armstrong won the first of his seven titles.
Neither rider has ever tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and both said they never saw Armstrong take any banned substances.
''I think it's a pretty nasty attempt by The New York Times to link me to doping through somebody else's admission. You have to read way down in the article until Frankie says, 'I never saw Lance do anything.'
5146. robertjayb - 9/13/2006 6:52:09 PM Authorities search Jan Ullrich's home...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich's home in Switzerland was searched Wednesday by authorities, along with nine other homes and offices of people suspected of involvement in a Spanish doping scandal.
A statement by Germany's Federal Crime Office did not say whose homes or offices were searched. But Ullrich's manager, Wolfgang Strohband, confirmed that his and Ullrich's homes were raided.
The searches -- both in Germany and abroad -- were part of the fraud investigation by prosecutors in connection with the probe of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.
5147. wabbit - 9/17/2006 12:56:55 PM  No. 11 Michigan finally put a Big Blue bruising on the second-ranked Fighting Irish in a 47-21 rout Saturday -- the most points scored against Notre Dame at home in 46 years. Chad Henne threw three touchdown passes to Mario Manningham, and Michigan intercepted Brady Quinn three times, forced him to fumble and shut down the rest of the Irish offense.
Eric Brock's game-saving tackle just a few yards from the goal line on the final play preserved No. 3 Auburn's 7-3 win over sixth-ranked LSU on Saturday. He also tipped away a fourth-down pass to end another late LSU threat as Auburn turned away the visiting Tigers again and again. What has become the Southeastern Conference's most rugged rivalry had all the usual elements: two punishing defenses, an pivotal officials' call that left both sides a bit perplexed and some follies in the kicking game. The call went Auburn's way. With LSU facing fourth-and-8 from Auburn's 31 and 2:43 left, JaMarcus Russell fired the ball to Early Doucet near the goal line. A diving Brock deflected the pass, but Zach Gilbert was called for pass interference that would have kept the drive alive. The officials overturned the call, although replays showed the contact came before the ball was tipped by Brock.
Dennis Dixon and Oregon rallied for two touchdowns in the final 72 seconds - with help from a disputed onside kick - and the Ducks blocked a field goal on the final play to seal a wild 34-33 victory over No. 15 Oklahoma on Saturday. Dixon's 16-yard keeper with 1:12 left brought the 18th-ranked Ducks within 33-27 and set up the onside kick attempt. The Ducks (3-0) recovered the bouncing kick on their own 48, but Oklahoma (2-1) argued that an Oregon player touched the ball before it went the required 10 yards, which would have given the Sooners possession. Officials delayed play for an instant replay review, but the call stood.
NCAA football
5148. wabbit - 9/17/2006 12:57:24 PM  Waiting in Alfonso Soriano's locker after Saturday night's game was the final piece of what is surely going to be an impressive display: the stolen base that entered him into the elite 40-40 club. Soriano became the fourth player in major league history to record 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season when he swiped second in the first inning of the Washington Nationals' 8-5 win over Milwaukee. Soriano has 40 steals to go along with 45 home runs. Soriano is going to add the base and the spikes he was wearing to his personal collection, which includes the bat and batting gloves he used when he hit his 40th home run Aug. 19. Jose Canseco (Oakland, 1988), Barry Bonds (San Francisco, 1996) and Alex Rodriguez (Seattle, 1998) are the only other players who have topped 40 in each of those categories in a single season. He also leads the league with 21 outfield assists.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are proving they sure know how to ruin a party - or at least delay one. For the second night in a row, the Pirates prevented the New York Mets from clinching the NL East when Ronny Paulino hit an RBI double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 3-2 victory Saturday night. The Mets' magic number for clinching their first division title since 1988 remained at one. New York could've won it Friday night, too, but lost to Pittsburgh 5-3.
After splitting a day-night doubleheader Saturday, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red were exhausted. And on Sunday, they get to do it again. Jason Giambi 's go-ahead double in the seventh inning lifted the Yankees to a 7-5 win Saturday night that lowered to four the magic number for New York's ninth straight AL East title. The Yankees (90-57) and Boston will play another split doubleheader Sunday - making it four games in a span of about 36 hours. New York maintained a season-high 11 1/2-game lead over the second-place Red Sox , who dropped eight games back of Minnesota in the wild-card race. With a sweep Sunday and a loss by third-place Blue Jays , the Yankees would clinch the division before they head to Toronto early Monday for the start of a road trip.
MLB scores
5149. jexster - 9/23/2006 11:57:33 PM Mitch Mustain
Arkansas Razorbacks
Soooooey PIG!
I'd like a little taste of that pork! 5150. arkymalarky - 9/24/2006 1:13:33 AM Heh. The guy in my class this morning was anxious to get home to his 42" flat screen and watch it. I forgot all about it. 5151. jexster - 9/24/2006 2:12:01 AM Great game
Tasty QB 5152. wonkers2 - 9/24/2006 8:34:10 PM Cap'n Dirty pics. Not what you might think! 5153. jexster - 9/25/2006 12:41:20 AM Only in SF
Forty niner football color commentary today's game against the Eagles...
"That Alex Smith (qb). He's got the kind of body they should put in the Smithsonian so people can come an worship it:"
I am not joking
I'm gonna guess ..mmm..mmm..DEETroit Tigers 5154. jexster - 9/25/2006 12:41:55 AM How very nouveau riche 5155. Macnas - 9/25/2006 8:32:19 AM I don't watch much golf, very little interest anymore.
But in the news, the Old World punched the New World's card in the Ryder cup.
Thank you. 5156. wabbit - 9/25/2006 3:36:44 PM  Indeed they did, Macnas. Even after the skies cleared over Ireland, it kept right on pouring. First came the tears of Darren Clarke, the inspiration of this Ryder Cup, and then a shower of champagne as the Europeans celebrated another romp. Ian Woosnam popped the cork off the first bottle, dousing his team on the 18th green and later drinking it so quickly that it shot up his nose. Clarke toasted the delirious Irish crowd by guzzling a pint of Guinness from a balcony and raising the empty glass like a trophy. Even with Tiger Woods getting to pick his partner and finishing with a winning record for the first time in the Ryder Cup, it still didn't change the outcome from two years ago.
Europe 18½, United States 9½.
Luke Donald holed a 10-foot par putt on the 16th hole for Europe's 14th point, all it needed to keep the trophy. Moments later, Henrik Stenson won his match for an outright victory, the first European team to win three in a row.
Team Europe | Team USA
5157. wabbit - 9/25/2006 3:37:12 PM  Trevor Hoffman, the San Diego Padres' 38-year-old closer, pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in front of a roaring crowd to become baseball's career saves leader with 479 career saves in a memorable 2-1 win for the NL West leaders over the Pittsburgh Pirates. As soon as NL batting leader Freddy Sanchez grounded out to shortstop, Hoffman had passed Lee Smith and the celebration was on. Hoffman had just enough time to pump his fist before catcher Josh Bard jumped into his arms. Hoffman was soon mobbed by his teammates. Even the Pirates stuck around, applauding from the dugout.
For the first time since 1987, the Detroit Tigers will play in the postseason. Detroit coasted to an 11-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday and can do no worse than the wild card spot in the AL.
Not even another homer by Big Papi could make up for Boston's awful outfield defense. The Toronto Blue Jays overcame David Ortiz's league-leading 53rd homer and took advantage of poor outfield defense to beat the Red Sox 13-4 Sunday and close within a half-game of second-place Boston in the AL East. Ortiz hit his 32nd road homer of the season, tying Babe Ruth 's AL history record.
If this were July, Nomar Garciaparra probably wouldn't be playing because of a sore left quadriceps that's bothered him for over a week. Fortunately for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he's helping them battle for a playoff berth. Garciaparra provided the heroics for the second time in a span of seven games, hitting a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth Sunday to give the Dodgers a much-needed 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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5158. wabbit - 9/25/2006 3:37:38 PM  Packers quarterback Brett Favre became the second player in NFL history to throw 400 career touchdown passes Sunday as he lead the Green Bay Packers to a 31-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday for their first victory of the season. Favre threw a short pass to rookie receiver Greg Jennings, who turned the third-down play into a 75-yard touchdown in the first quarter against Detroit. He reached the milestone in his 228th game, one more than Dan Marino needed to throw No. 400. Marino finished his career with 420 TD passes.
Keyshawn Johnson scored two touchdowns and had a clutch catch to help set up the winning field goal in a 26-24 Carolina Panthers victory over his old team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms had his spleen removed after taking several hard hits in 26-24 loss to the Carolina Panthers and was resting comfortably in a hospital Sunday night. There was no immediate word on how long the fourth-year pro might be sidelined.
Jake Plummer, the quick target of Denver boo-birds after two bad performances, threw touchdown passes of 83 and 32 yards to Walker on Sunday night as the Broncos beat The New England Patriots 17-7. They were Plummer's first two TD passes of the season, and just the second and third touchdowns Denver has scored.
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5159. wabbit - 9/27/2006 5:03:17 PM  Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens tried to kill himself by overdosing on pain medication, even putting two more pills into his mouth after a friend intervened, according to a police report obtained Wednesday. The report said Owens was asked by rescue workers "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time (he) stated, 'Yes."' The Dallas police report said the 32-year-old Owens told his friend "that he was depressed."
Nick Swisher and Milton Bradley each homered in a four-run second to back Rich Harden's five shutout innings, helping the A's clinch the division title Tuesday night with a 12-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners. The win, combined with the Los Angeles Angels' 5-2 loss against Texas, gave Oakland its first AL West crown since 2003 and the 14th in franchise history, setting off a raucous celebration that lived up to the A's frat house reputation. The American League postseason field is now set, with the A's joining the Yankees, Tigers and Twins in the playoffs.
 Byron Nelson died Tuesday at 94 at his beloved ranch outside Dallas. Nelson, one of golf's greatest players, but more importantly its greatest gentleman, was one of the sport's last 20th century legends. A heart attack was suspected but no official cause of death was released by medical officials. While Nelson will always be remembered for his seemingly untouchable records, 11 straight PGA Tour wins in 1945 and 18 total in that magical season, he preferred to be remembered as a man of grace, style and morality.
5160. wabbit - 9/28/2006 12:52:04 PM Maybe it was Owens being Owens, making news and drawing attention to himself no matter what he does. Maybe Terrell Owens is the publicity seeking wingnut people in Philadelphia thought he was, someone who can't stand not being the center of attention all the time. Or maybe it was an honest mistake; he took too many painkillers, had an adverse reaction, and that led to a chain of events that spiraled out of control as the Owens Watch again held the sports world hostage.
By the end of a confusing day, Owens had moved all the way from suicide watch to dealing with questions about whether he'll practice Thursday and potentially play in the Cowboys' game at Tennessee on Sunday.
I glad he isn't playing for NE. 5161. robertjayb - 10/1/2006 6:02:21 PM LATimes says Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte linked to drugs...
The star pitcher and five other players used performance-enhancers, according to a former teammate who took steroids, prosecutors say.
Roger Clemens, one of professional baseball's most durable and successful pitchers, is among six players allegedly linked to performance-enhancing drugs by a former teammate, The Times has learned. The names had been blacked out in an affidavit filed in federal court.
Others whose identities had been concealed include Clemens' fellow Houston Astros pitcher Andy Pettitte and former American League most valuable player Miguel Tejada of the Baltimore Orioles.
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