Tuesday, September 14, 2010

FIFA team inspects Qatar bid for World Cup



Nadal keeps rising, but can he catch Federer?
msnbc.com
By Pete Bodo NEW YORK - The journey began humbly enough in 2004, when Rafael Nadal was just a stringy-haired, urchin-like youth of 18 and a champion for the first time in an ATP main tour event in Sopot, Poland. He seemed, even then, cut from different ...
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Mets reliever Francisco Rodriguez violates court order with 67 texts to gal ...
New York Daily News
BY Thomas Zambito and Larry Mcshane Volatile Mets reliever Francisco Rodriguez was spared a possible jail term despite violating an order of protection by sending his girlfriend dozens of text messages. A Queens judge issued K-Rod a walk Tuesday ...
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New York Daily News
Jets newcomers flagged down in secondary
New York Post
By BRIAN LEWIS If Darrelle Revis really was hellbent on getting the rest of that cash he was holding out for, he should just make the Jets take a hard look at the tape from last night's 10-9 season-opening loss to the Ravens. As solid as Revis was, ...
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Sainz shows up to Ravens-Jets game
FOXSports.com
Sexy TV sports reporter Ines Sainz slinked into Monday night's New York Jets game in a black minidress with a plunging neckline and matching black stilettos — while insisting that she "felt very uncomfortable" when lusty Jets players made salacious ...
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Moss: 'Hopefully I didn't disrespect anyone'
Boston Globe
In an telephone interview on ESPN's "SportsCenter" this afternoon, Patriots receiver Randy Moss matter-of-factly reiterated many of the points he made during his stunning, meandering and wildly entertaining press conference following New England's ...
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Woman asks that charges be dropped against Florida WR Chris Rainey
USA Today
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida starting wide receiver Chris Rainey was charged with aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony, and taken to the Alachua County jail at 3:17 am today for allegedly sending a threatening text message to a woman he has dated ...
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Baseball Insider: Are Yankees playing to win?
Washington Post
By Dave Sheinin For all practical purposes, the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays have already clinched playoff berths, so wide are the gaps between the two best teams in baseball and the teams chasing them with less than three weeks remaining in the ...
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NFL Replay: Super favorites learn hard lessons in Week 1
USA Today
By Ronald Martinez, Getty Images By Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY That was a clear message from Week 1 of the NFL season as four teams projected as Super Bowl contenders – the New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers and Indianapolis Colts– had a ...
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Chargers-Chiefs one-liners
ProFootballTalk
For one night, Arrowhead Stadium was the loudest place in the NFL once again as the Chiefs upset San Diego 21-14. (We need more night games here, NFL. Do your part Chiefs.) The Chiefs were led by their rookies, especially return men Javier Arenas and ...
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Rex Ryan kick-starts the Patriots-Jets hype for Week 2
USA Today
The loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night hasn't slowed New York Jets coach Rex Ryan from talking about the Week 2 matchup with the New England Patriots. On Tuesday, Ryan said he was pleased with the performance Darrelle Revis turned in against ...
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Clinton Portis: Portis feels revived under Shanahan
Rotoworld.com
Clinton Portis said on The Mike Wise show Tuesday that he felt the previous regime gave up on him and was getting ready to "ship him out," but that he feels "revived" under new coach Mike Shanahan. Unfortunately, a "revived" Portis looked about the ...
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FIFA team inspects Qatar bid for World Cup
FanHouse
DOHA, Qatar -Qatar officials told 2022 World Cup inspectors Tuesday that the country has the technology to cool stadiums and would establish zones where alcohol could be served to international fans. Qatar acknowledged it "has a few challenges" to ...
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Rank 'Em: Heisman Watch
ESPN
"Monster Saturday" didn't quite live up to the billing when it came to close games, but the second weekend of the regular season didn't lack for individual brilliance. Quarterback Denard Robinson led Michigan to a win against Notre Dame and took over ...
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Week 2 matchup: Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions
SportingNews.com
Battle of the backups: Shaun Hill will definitely start for Matthew Stafford, while it appears Michael Vick will get the call for Kevin Kolb. Interestingly, both backups have more starting experience than the guys they'll be replacing. ...
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NBA Player Denies Dating Floyd Mayweather's Ex-Girlfriend
FanHouse
Chicago Bulls point guard CJ Watson has denied dating Josie Harris, the ex-girlfriend of Floyd Mayweather who is also the mother of the fighter's 10-year-old son, according to a report by BoxingScene.com. TMZ first reported that Mayweather attacked ...
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UFC Fight Night 22 Weigh-In Results for "Marquardt vs. Palhares"
MMAFrenzy.com
Weigh-ins for tomorrow's UFC Fight Night 22 take place today in Austin, Texas and MMAFrenzy.com will have live video at 5pm ET as the fighters hit the scale to make their bouts official. The Spike-televised event is headlined by middleweight contender ...
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Braves seeking to deal Nationals seventh straight loss
Seattle Post Intelligencer
(Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves have a good shot at handing the Washington Nationals their seventh straight loss with Jair Jurrjens set to pitch this evening in the continuation of a three-game series at Turner Field. Jurrjens is 3-1 with a 2.86 ...
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Singletary-To-Raye-To-Johnson-To-Smith Equals a Phone Tag Disaster
Bleacher Report
It wasn't my fault—I handed it in to Mike Johnson and then he relayed it over to Alex Smith, who was supposed to email it to the Bleacher Report editors, but it got intercepted by SB Nation. An even worse joke is the supposed "system" your San ...
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Bleacher Report
Devils Were an Easy Target for Gary Bettman, NHL
FanHouse
It is a good thing NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is a wannabe heavyweight because he'd have a hard time going the distance if he ever tried to punch above his weight. Bettman came down heavy on the New Jersey Devils yesterday when he slapped them with ...
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Aramis Ramirez says he will return to Cubs
msnbc.com
Aramis Ramirez told the Chicago Sun-Times on Monday that he fully intends to exercise his $14.6 million player option for 2011. And why wouldn't he? The oft-injured third baseman has posted an ugly .242 batting average and .295 on-base percentage in ...
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The Works: Team USA in the Key of B, Corporate Logo Creep, Iverson in China
FanHouse
Rob Peterson (@ShotDrJr) is filling in for Bethlehem Shoals this week. In The Works today, logos will creep onto NBA jerseys (and that's OK) and Allen Iverson mulls an unofficial goodwill tour of Chinese basketball arenas. But first, we insist this ...
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Kraft: Mankins deal a 'fib'
Boston Globe
Laurence Maroney (right), who is hoping to get in rhythm on and off the field, chats with Darnell Jenkins. (Robert E. Klein/ for The Boston Globe) By Monique Walker FOXBOROUGH — Patriots owner Robert Kraft stepped into the middle of the Logan Mankins ...
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Boston Globe
LSU's Miles sticking with Jefferson as starting QB
SI.com
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Unsatisfied as Les Miles may be with LSU's quarterback play, he isn't ready to make a change. Although Miles criticized Jordan Jefferson's recent performances, he made it clear on Monday that the junior will remain the starter ...
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What's on TV: Today's Champions League fixtures
Kansas City Star
An absolutely lovely full slate of Champions League games will be on TV this afternoon -- Inter Milan kick-starts its title defense, Manchester United and Rangers renew some history, Barcelona is action, and the always exciting Copenhagen vs. ...
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Time to stop BSU's BCS title talk
Twin Falls Times-News
Virginia Tech's loss to Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) James Madison on Saturday exposed the Hokies for the fraud that they are and all but washed away BSU's hopes of a national title. Not fair, you say? Life ain't fair. ...
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Bruin QB: 0-2 start from 'lack of focus'
OCRegister
By ADAM MAYA Two games plus two unforgettable performances by quarterback Kevin Prince has equaled two losses for UCLA. And too many questions. Coach Rick Neuheisel on Monday offered one answer by announcing Prince will start against Houston, ...
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