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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.
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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.
5162. wabbit - 10/1/2006 10:18:18 PM  Khalid Abdullah's homebred Rail Link launched a powerful run in the final 200 meters to score an upset in the $2,537,401 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-G1), Europe's premier weight-for-age event, on Sunday at Longchamp at odds of approximately 25-to-1. A trio of more-favored challengers, last year's winner Hurricane Run, Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) winner and male turf champion Shirocco (Ger), and Japanese star and favorite Deep Impact, finished fourth, eighth, and third, respectively. Trained by Andre Fabre and ridden by Stephane Pasquier, Rail Link scored by a neck, just holding off fast-closing mare Pride, who finished a half-length in front of Deep Impact. Hurricane Run finished another 2 1/2 lengths back in fourth in the eight-horse field, the smallest since 1941. Shirocco finished last. Rail Link, stablemate of Hurricane Run and Shirocco, finished the 2,400 meters (about 11.93 furlongs) in 2:31.70 on a turf course rated as good. A three-year-old Dansili (GB) colt, Rail Link entered the Arc off four straight victories, including the Grand Prix de Paris (Fr-G1) on July 14 and the Prix Niel (Fr-G2) on September 10. Unraced as a two-year-old, Rail Link has now won five of seven career starts.
Thoroughbred Times - Three-year-old Wait a While aced her first test against older fillies and mares Saturday, streaking clear at the top of the stretch to a resounding 4 1/2-length romp in the $400,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (G1) at the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park. Wait a While stalked pacesetter Dancing Edie from third, then second under jockey Garrett Gomez the first time through the stretch. Along the backstretch, Wait a While was keen to overtake Grade 1 winner Dancing Edie but waited until the final turn, where within a few powerful strides Wait a While surged to the lead.
Ralph and Aury Todd's The Tin Man won his third consecutive graded stakes race with a wire-to-wire victory in the $250,000 Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park's Oak Tree meeting. T. H. Approval and Artiste Royal (Ire), however, gave the eight-year-old Affirmed gelding a stiff challenge in the drive to the wire. With jockey Victor Espinoza in the irons for the 1 1/4-mile turf race, The Tin Man was allowed to set leisurely fractions, going six furlongs in 1:13.76 and one mile in 1:36.82 with both T. H. Approval and Artiste Royal tracking. Down the stretch, The Tin Man's lead slowly dwindled, but he proved best at the wire, holding off T. H. Approval by a head in 2:00.12. Artiste Royal finished third, a half-length behind T. H. Approval.
Godolphin Racing's Ashkal Way (Ire) continued both his and his stable's winning ways Saturday with a gutsy stretch run to win the $250,000 Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park. The one-mile race on turf set the Ashkalani gelding up for a start in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) on November 4 at Churchill Downs. Jockey Mike Luzzi rated Ashkal Way three lengths off the lead set by Baron Von Tap, who went a half-mile in :45.44 and six furlongs in 1:08.79. Ashkal Way rallied from four wide in early stretch, engaged clear leader Free Thinking from the outside, and closed eagerly to prevail by a head. Ashkal Way's winning time of 1:32.07 established a stakes record for the Kelso, shattering the previous mark of 1:32.40 set by Expensive Decision in 1990.
Ball Four, ridden by Willie Martinez, went wire to wire Saturday to win the $350,000 Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park. The five-year-old went off as the longest shot in the race at 12-1. Perfect Drift, the 2003 winner of the Kentucky Cup Classic, made a late rush to finish a neck behind the winner. Good Reward was third and Alumni Hall finished fourth. Premium Tap faded to fifth and Greeley's Galaxy was last.
5163. wabbit - 10/1/2006 10:18:37 PM  Tiger Woods matched his longest PGA Tour winning streak Sunday at the American Express Championship, where he was slowed by two rain delays but never threatened on his way to a 4-under 67 for an eight-shot victory. It was his eighth victory of the year, making him the first player in PGA Tour history to win at least eight times in three seasons. Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer each did that twice.
For Woods, this was perhaps his most dominant performance during a streak that began in July at the British Open. Woods had such control of his game that he went 36 consecutive holes without missing the green, a streak that ended when he hit his approach into a bunker on No. 12 and made his only bogey of the final round. One other streak ended on the final hole -- it was the first time all week Woods failed to make eagle on the 567-yard 18th. His chip from just short of the green ran a few feet past the cup, and he tapped in for a mere birdie. He finished at 23-under 261 to finish eight shots ahead of Adam Scott (69) and Ian Poulter (66). Woods now is 109 under par over his last six stroke-play tournaments, and this was his largest margin of victory since he won by 11 at the Bay Hill Invitational three years ago.
Jim Furyk, Woods' Ryder Cup partner last week in Ireland, was the closest anyone got to Woods on a dreary afternoon north of London. With birdies on three of the first five holes, he closed within five shots until Woods made a birdie, and Furyk showed great class by taking a penalty when he didn't have to. Furyk closed with a 69 and finished four at 14-under 270. Ernie Els shot 67 to finish another stroke back.
5164. wabbit - 10/1/2006 10:39:52 PM  Russia has won the Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup, the international street soccer tournament changing lives. Russia beat newcomers Kazakhstan in the finals today by one goal to nil in front of packed crowds at the Grand Parade.
Speaking at the press conference this morning Russia's Captain Shelaevskiy Viatcheslav said, "One of my strongest dreams has been realised. Kazakhstan are our good neighbours and good friends. I will never forget these days. Our main goal when we get home is the creation of a street soccer league. Football helped save me. I've made friends and if anything happens to me, I now have friends to help me."
Kazakhstan's Captain, Kalikov Yergali said: "I am very glad to have participated in this championship, especially in Africa. The venue for the Homeless World Cup gives us huge satisfaction. We are very impressed with the city of Cape Town. Russia are our brothers. Many thanks to sport that unites classes and people."
Mel Young, President and Co-founder Homeless World Cup, praised the players for their spirit at the tournament: "Congratulations to Russia, winners of the 4 th Homeless World Cup in Cape Town. Each and every player here stands proud, stands triumphant. You have represented your country with honour. You are all fantastic. Congratulations on a great tournament."
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