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Bass results Concord Thursday Night June 21 1. John Hopson and Mark Poland, 5 fish, 7.75 pounds; 2. (tie) Tim...

Even foul balls are turning into disasters for Jonathan Sanchez. Sanchez failed to make it out of the fifth inning as the Kansas City Royals lost 7-2 to the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. Scott Diamond of Guelph, Ont., pitched eight solid...

Robbie Fehlman was excited to be at his new home in Lakewood where he was reunited with his older sister. The 14-year-old boy had only moved to Lakewood with his mom two weeks earlier, but he'd already met numerous friends. His Bear Creek High School coaches had just told him he would be on the varsity football team even though he was only a freshman. On Monday, he was going to start a driver's education class. But Robbie will never drive a car or score a touchdown for his school. At 4:52 p.m., Friday, Robbie and one of...

Photos NEW YORK - (AP) -- Jake Peavy matched strikeout for strikeout. The White Sox just couldn't match the Yankees homer for homer. Kuroda tied a career high by striking out 11 and the backed him with three home runs, beating Peavy and the White Sox 4-0 on Saturday and ending Chicago's four-game winning streak. A day after outfielder was perfect in his pro pitching debut during a mop-up role, he was perfect at the plate. He had three hits and homered. and also connected. "I felt like I made a lot of good pitches," Peavy said. "Obviously not enough. ... The Yankees are always going to do that to you." Kuroda (8-7) pitched three-hit ball for seven innings and walked one in the matchup of AL...

Baseball Tryouts: Whittles 14U varsity and junior varsity for the fall season. 6 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. July 8 at Christenberry Ball Field No. 2. 865-898-1954. Players Needed: Cherokee Bombers 9U for Spring 2013. 865-789-7378. Players Needed: RBI Rangers 10U are looking for four to five players for fall and spring. toddhale1972@gmail.com. Tryouts: Knoxville Stars 9U for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. 865-387-1656. Tryouts: Cherokee Baseball...

BY RJ YOUNG, Staff Writer, ryoung@opubco.com | EDMOND — Mountaineers coach Dana Holgorsen is excited about West Virginia officially joining the Big 12 Sunday. He believes Oklahoma and its fans will be partial to Morgantown's environment when it travels there Nov. 17 but not overwhelmed by it. West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen looks on during the fourth quarter of a NCAA football game against LSU, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner) ORG XMIT: WVJG117 Multimedia Photoview all photos Article Gallery: Dana Holgorsen believes West Virginia will fit right in with Big 12, doesn't think travel will be big deal...

These NBA playoffs delivered not only redemption for the Heat, but also clarity about the best way to move forward. For years, Pat Riley’s blueprint included a prototypical center and a rugged,...

TORONTO -- Henderson Alvarez gave the Toronto Blue Jays' injury-riddled rotation the break it needed. Alvarez pitched seven solid innings, Yunel Escobar homered during a seven-run burst in the second inning and Brett Lawrie later added a three-run shot, leading the Blue Jays over the Los Angeles Angels 11-2 Saturday. Toronto, which lost starters Brandon Morrow, Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchison in a four-game span earlier this month, watched with concern when Alvarez exited with a sore elbow after five innings in last Monday's game at Boston. Declared healthy enough to take his regular turn in the rotation against the streaking Angels, the right-handed Alvarez responded by winning consecutive...

LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish seventh seed roared into the Wimbledon fourth round by beating three-times runner-up 2-6 7-6 6-4 6-3 on...

LONDON (Reuters) - left runner-up red-faced at Wimbledon on Saturday by becoming the first player to win a set in a grand...

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - celebrated his 27th birthday on Saturday by setting the fastest qualifying time in his final heat before the London...

LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) - , sweat dripping from his famous sideburns, went all out to prove he is the man to beat at this year's and was rewarded...

The Sports Xchange PGA bars fans from AT&T National after massive storm ravages course The AT&T...

The former New York Cosmos player believes the Dutchman could still be an asset to a top-level club, despite being released by AC Milan recently By...

Marin Cilic triumphed in the second longest match in Wimbledon history as he saw off Sam Querrey to set up a potential fourth-round tie against Andy Murray. John Isner's record clash with Nicolas Mahut in 2010 will surely forever be the longest played at the All England Club, but Cilic and Querrey were in no rush either. Marathon man: Marin Cilic reacts after defeating Sam Querrey It went to a final set that Cilic eventually won after he broke serve in the 31st game and then held on his own delivery. Cilic, who won the AEGON Championship at Queen's two weeks ago, slumped in his chair with relief after five hours and 30 minutes of play that ended with a 7-6 (8/6) 6-4 6-7 (2/7) 6-7 (3/7) 17-15...

Britain's Danny Talbot won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the European Championships, but it was not enough to secure Olympic qualification. In the final race of a cold, wet evening in Helsinki, Talbot claimed Britain's fifth medal of the week as Churandy Martina and Patrick van Luijk secured gold and silver respectively for Holland. However, the 21-year-old from Trowbridge's time of 20.95 seconds was 0.4secs adrift of the 'A' standard he needed to be considered for Olympic selection after managing to finish only fourth at last weekend's trials in Birmingham. Not enough: Danny Talbot's performance in...

When Florida football players walk into the Griffin/Oakley weight room, they immediately see spectacular machines, standard punching bags and high-definition TVs showing weightlifting championships from 15 years ago. And, most days, the first thing they hear is the echoing boom of Jeff Dillman’s voice. “HEY GUYS, HEY BABY, LET’S GO,” he roars. “THIS IS HOW WE’RE GONNA WORK TODAY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. GET YOUR MIND RIGHT. HOW’S THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?” With his shaved head, goatee and a wolfish intensity in his brown eyes, Dillman looks and sounds like he could step right into the ring with Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage....

England need to change their system, Spain's works perfectly well, countdowns are rubbish but Mario Balotelli is certainly not Ashley Cole reacts with anguish after missing a crucial penalty in England's shootout defeat to Italy at Euro 2012. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA 1. 4-4-2 DOESN'T WORK After the last World Cup there were calls for England to ditch 4-4-2. Fabio Capello obliged, but Roy Hodgson reverted. It got England out of their group but left them far too exposed against Italy's Andrea Pirlo....

STUFF OZZIE SAYS On his managing style “I can manage everywhere, in a convent with priests and nuns. I will be the same guy. I will curse. That’s my style. That’s my way.’’ On his history of losing his temper “People think I go crazy just because. People think when I was with another team, I was crazy every day. No. I wasn’t crazy every day. I was crazy when I needed to be. And that’s not crazy – that’s saying stuff that needs to be said.’’ On why he hasn’t erupted yet with the Marlins “If the radio station wants me to go there and erupt … OK, send me 20-grand, 30-grand. I’ll be very glad to go...

Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name tool goes here The Associated Press Tags: MINNEAPOLIS -- Even foul balls are turning into disasters for Jonathan Sanchez. Sanchez failed to make it out of the fifth inning as the Kansas City Royals lost 7-2 to the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. Scott Diamond pitched eight solid innings, Trevor Plouffe homered and Alexi Casilla had three hits for the Twins, who snapped a three-game slide. Minnesota strung together five consecutive hits to open a 6-0 lead in the fifth inning, including a strange RBI single from Brian Dozier....

ESPN 30 for 30 special is a hit. By Nick Georgandis It's hard not to think of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert when watching Wimbledon -- after all the former won nine singles and 11 doubles titles there, the latter three singles and one doubles crown. So, it makes since to revisit their marvelous ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "Unmatched" -- a candid look back at the magnificient rivalry between the two stalwarts of the...

Regular readers will know that SJ adores Ferrari’s Horse Whisperer, and those of you glancing at hate-filled comments will know that I do not. (That darstardly horse first stepped away from the glue factory and into the public domain bad-mouthing Williams in 2009, so it’s probably personal pettiness.) Here, however, is a Ferrari PR initiative that gets a huge Hallam thumbs up. Fernando Alonso has been fielding selected questions from his fans, and THIS – the second installment – makes for fantastic reading. The questions, and answers, are often wonderful. First up, here are my favourite few in full. angarbust1 When you are not happy with the set-up do you always ask...

Near the end of the 1730 edition of John Cheny’s “Historical List of Horse-Matches Run” was a schedule of the next year’s races in England and Wales. Enlarge This Image Associated Press Seabiscuit and jockey George Woolf led War Admiral and jockey Charles Kurtsinger in the first turn at Pimlico in Baltimore on Nov. 1, 1938. Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral, a Triple Crown winner. The first entry showed that the Earl of Portmore had backed his horse Daffidill with 200 guineas in a four-mile race against a horse named Bonny Dundee, with the stipulation that if either he or his counterpart, Mr. Coke, were to withdraw his horse, the wagered money would be forfeited. It was...

Marin Cilic of Croatia outlasted Sam Querrey of the United States 17-15 in the fifth set after 5 1/2 hours of play Saturday to reach...

The life of a professional golfer is filled with fairways and greens, runways and highways. That's life for Scott Langley. The pride of Parkway South, if you're looking for Langley you can find him on a train, in a plane or in a car headed to the next tournament, the next qualifier and the next shot at making it onto the PGA Tour. There are plenty of places you can catch him. His Florida home, however, isn't one of them. Langley has a lovely piece of paradise on the water he calls his. He's spent all of one night there the past month. "I had to return a rental car and pick up my car,"Langley, 23, said. Langley drove home,...

Hiroki Kuroda tied a career high by striking out 11 and the New York Yankees backed him with three home runs, beating the White Sox 4-0 on Saturday and ending Chicago's four-game winning streak. A day after outfielder Dewayne Wise was perfect in his pro pitching debut during a mop-up role, he was perfect at the plate. He had three hits and homered, with Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano also connecting. Kuroda (8-7) pitched three-hit ball for seven innings and walked one in the matchup of AL division leaders. Jake Peavy (6-5) struck out 11 without a walk in his fourth complete game this year. The Yankees had another homer happy day in the heat, but far more...

Scott Diamond pitched eight solid innings, Trevor Plouffe homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader Saturday. Easily the Twins' most-effective starter since being called up in May, Diamond (7-3) allowed two runs and six hits to give Minnesota a big lift with another game coming up. Twins relievers...

This wasn't Little League, so Dewayne Wise wasn't about to fess up. Sportsmanship only goes so far when you're wearing pinstripes and playing in Yankee Stadium. Wise sold the third base umpire just by diving into the stands to catch a foul ball. For good measure, he held his glove in the air in triumph and gave Derek Jeter a glove tap as he trotted for the dugout, the third out of the inning secured. If the umpires watched the replay, they would see Wise never caught the ball. Never really came close, though the fans whose laps he ended up in surely appreciated the effort. "What was I supposed to do? Run back to left field?" Wise said. "I saw him looking at my glove so I just got up, put my...

The ignoramus who scrawled "non sei un vero italiano, sei un africano nero" _ "You are not a true Italian, you are a black African" _ on a wall near the San Siro stadium in Milan. Did he, despite himself, leap off his sofa in delight when Mario Balotelli thumped home his goal for Italy with a powerful nod of his shaven black head and put their country into the final of Europe's top soccer tournament? One hopes so. And the hooligans in Rome who hurled a bunch of bananas into a bar where Balotelli and other young Italy players were relaxing a few summers back, prompting the owner to call the police. Did they, despite themselves, yell with joy as Balotelli celebrated his second goal against...

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PITTSBURGH - Mark Calcavecchia shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday for a share of the...

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Down but not out: Roger Federer barely hung on to a five-set win in round three. Photo: AFP WITHIN 24 slightly surreal hours at Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal lost a match, Novak Djokovic lost a set, and Roger Federer retrieved what had seemed, well, lost. The owners of 28 of the past 29 grand slam titles were either beaten or, at best, worried before the end of the third round. So what does this say about the state of the Big Three? ''Can't play tennis no more, right?'' quipped Federer, who had recovered from a two-sets-to-love deficit and been two points from defeat a handful of times in the fourth set against France's world No. 32 Julien...

NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers began their first full day as pros together on Hornets owner Tom Benson’s private plane. They flew from New Jersey to New Orleans, where the two 19-year-olds will be expected to ignite the turnaround of an NBA franchise before they’re even old enough to participate fully in the Big Easy’s renowned night life. They aren’t giving themselves much time to party anyway. Their plan is to remain in New Orleans and work out together at the Hornets’ training center until Davis, the top pick in Thursday night’s draft,...

GEORGE Hincapie, the former teammate of fellow American Lance Armstrong who rode in all seven of his Tour de France victories, has come out in support of his ex-leader who is facing doping charges from the US Anti-Doping Agency. Speaking at the BMC Tour team launch, Hincapie - who has been Australian Tour champion Cadel Evans' teammate for two years, and who will ride a record 17th Tour before retiring this year -...

Casey Stoner waves to the crowd after winning the Dutch Grand Prix. Photo: Reuters Casey Stoner moved back on top of the MotoGP points table yesterday, winning the Dutch race after a terrific battle with Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa at Assen. The world champion started on pole but soon found himself behind Pedrosa before retaking the lead with nine laps remaining and surging clear...

WIMBLEDON, England — Brian Baker's career can easily be explained with numbers: Five operations, six years away from tennis, a ranking of 458th at the start of this year. The latest number to add to the list sounds a whole lot better: fourth round of Wimbledon. Baker's career renaissance just keeps getting better at the All England Club, as the now 126th-ranked American advanced into the second week by beating Benoit Paire of France 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 — a victory that also is expected to move him into the top 80. "It's been unreal," Baker said. "It's crazy kind of what's going on. But I'm still trying to stay focused on the task at hand and not get too wrapped around." The ordeal...

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HENLEY, England (AP) — Brown will go against California Rowing Club in the final of the men's coxed eights at the historic Henley Royal Regatta. Brown beat the National Rowing Centre 'B' from Australia by 1½ lengths in Saturday's semifinals, while...

Storm safety tips vital to being prepared COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nationwide Insurance and Allied Insurance claim representatives and agents are prepared to assist customers affected by the severe storms that recently swept through the Midwest and continued into the Mid Atlantic regions. Procedures are in place providing quick response to customers needs. Policyholders with storm damage should call the Nationwide and Allied Insurance claims hotline at 800-421-3535. Summer severe weather can produce tornadoes, thunderstorms, strong winds and floods. Nationwide and Allied Insurance offer the following safety tips to be prepared for severe weather: Thunderstorms – If you can hear...

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By John Rohde | Derek Fisher, Nazr Mohammed and Royal Ivey officially became unrestricted free agents Sunday and are free to flirt with whomever they please. If any is to re-sign with the Thunder, it almost certainly will be for minimum wage. NewsOK Related Articles NBA free agency: Who will go and who will stay? 06/30/2012 Deron Williams and Steve Nash are among the key players in this free agent class. NBA: 2012 notable free agents 06/30/2012 John Rohde takes a look at some of the top free agents on the market....

tschoenthaler@opubco.com | Sunday MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 p.m., Memphis at Oklahoma City, KGHM-AM 1340 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Noon, All-Star Selection Show, TBS (Cox 62) 1 p.m., Houston at Chicago Cubs, FSOK (Cox 37) 1 p.m., Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, TBS (Cox 62)/WGN (Cox 2) 1 p.m., Pittsburgh at St. Louis, FSPLUS (Cox 68)/KREF-AM 1400 6 p.m., Oakland at Texas, FSOK (Cox 37) 7 p.m., N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, ESPN (Cox 29)/WWLS-AM 640/98.1 FM AUTO RACING 10 a.m., Grand-Am Series, SPEED (Cox 67) GOLF 7:30 a.m., Irish Open, GOLF (Cox 60) Noon, AT&T National, GOLF (Cox 60)...

Marc TopkinTampa Bay Times In Print: Sunday, July 1, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters New INF Brooks Conrad does several things that have caught the Rays' attention - the energy with which he plays, the versatility he provides, the quality of his at-bats. But it's something he doesn't do that has become his most talked-about trait: wear batting gloves. One of a, um, handful of big-leaguers in recent times to go bare-handed - or, as some call it, naked - Conrad has been doing it that way since he started using wood bats in pro ball. "It's a personal preference thing," he said. "I just kind of like the feel of...

LIEGE, Belgium — Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the Tour de France prologue for a fifth time on Saturday, beating title hopeful Bradley Wiggins of Britain by seven seconds. “What a great opening — again!” said Cancellara. France’s Sylvain Chavanel was third, also 7 seconds back, after the winding 4-mile time trial in Liege. Cancellara is unquestionably the world’s best time-trial rider, but the veteran isn’t considered a Tour contender because he, unlike Wiggins, often struggles in the mountains. Cadel Evans of Australia began his title defense in 13th place, 17 seconds behind Cancellara. “I did the most I could. It’s not always...

OMAHA, Neb. — Janet Evans finished 53rd out of 65 swimmers in the 800-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. trials on Saturday, ending the former Olympic champion’s comeback at age 40 with a smile on her face. Evans completed the 16-lap race in 9 minutes, 1.59 seconds, placing her eighth out of 10 swimmers in her heat won by Jamie Bohunicky, a 21-year-old who swam 8:48.42. Evans‘ time was far off her seed time of 8:46.89. “I wish I had swam faster, but I think I will be totally grateful,” she said. “Grateful for the fact that I was able to do it and my body held up and people who supported me. I’ll be happy I did it instead of sitting on my couch...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—A 50-pound tortoise that was moseying down a Grand Junction street has been rescued by...

Pep talk: Gerrard encourages struggling team-mate Rooney Steven Gerrard has revealed that Wayne Rooney struggled to cope with the enormous pressure he was put under during the European Championship. The England striker was compared with Pele by manager Roy Hodgson and considered to be the match-winner-in-waiting while he served a two-match ban in the group stages. Rooney was also one of the first players Hodgson spoke to after becoming England boss and the manager made it clear that great things were expected of the Manchester United player, a view shared by fans. But captain Gerrard said it was a burden for the forward, who was unimpressive when he returned to action. 'At this level one of...

The Spanish are puzzled. From being the team that everyone loved to laud, suddenly it is fashionable to deride their passing style - tiki-taka as it is known in Spain - as boring. The question was put to Cesc Fabregas, who said: 'I find it a little bit strange. We're very proud of our style, of our idea of playing the game. It's the route that we have taken to be where we are now. We've no reason to doubt it.' Plenty to ponder: Cesc Fabregas (L) and Gerard Pique Not that anyone in the Spanish camp is pretending that these Euros have matched the excitement of their win in 2008 - or the levels of the World Cup victory in 2010. Xavi, the personification of tiki-taka, acknowledged as much: 'It...