Novak Djokovic cruised in the first round. To challenge for the title, he'll need more of the same, Matt Cronin says.
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 15 Jan 2008 | 12:02 pm
Venus Williams overcame a rash of mistakes to post her first victory at the Australian Open in three years, beating China's Yan Zi, 6-2, 7-5, today.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 11:53 am
Roger Federer eases into the second round of the Australian Open with a win over Diego Hartfield.
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 11:43 am
Former British number one Tim Henman says Andy Murray's Australian Open loss is only a minor hiccup.
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 11:43 am
Tevez's dummy, Big Sam's Speedos and your top chants
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 11:38 am
Novak Djokovic gives a different kind of impression on the court.
Most players have been asked for their impression of the new, blue Plexicushion courts at Melbourne Park.
After Djokovic beat Benjamin Becker 6-0, 6-2, 7-6 (5) in his first-round match Tuesday at the Australian Open, the television commentator implored Djokovic to do one of his impressions of another player - specifically Maria Sharapova - that have generated huge attention on YouTube.
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 15 Jan 2008 | 11:23 am
Venus Williams reached the second round of the Australian Open with a far from convincing 6-2 7-5 win over Yan Zi.
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 11:23 am
AP - The Boston Celtics found themselves in a position they hadn't been in all season, in the midst of a losing streak.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:55 am
AP - Evgeni Malkin is making scoring look simple lately.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:52 am
AFP - Novak Djokovic made his opening statement of intent to go after Roger Federer with a straight sets victory at the Australian Open, as Marat Safin and Marcos Baghdatis hit form on Tuesday.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:46 am
Australia and India abandon their agreement of trusting the fielder's word on contentious low catches.
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:37 am
Former Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez is to be interviewed for the vacant Republic of Ireland job.
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:34 am
GB pair target gold in sailing's 'coolest' Olympic class
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:32 am
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he may be able to field an all-English side in the future.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:28 am
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo insists he does not need a break as he looks to continue his red-hot form.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:19 am
Pictures of the second day's action at the Australian Open
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BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 15 Jan 2008 | 10:14 am
AP - When Pitt's only two returning starters from last season's 29-win team were badly injured last month, the only question seemed to be how quickly the Panthers would drop out of the Top 25.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 9:24 am
AP - This time, no one was going to get away with telling Congress they didn't want to talk about the past.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 9:05 am
The Trojans' coach says he doesn't want to fuel speculation about his future. All signs point toward Rachal turning pro.
On a day when USC's football team met for the first time since the Rose Bowl, Coach Pete Carroll refused to answer reporters' questions about a possible return to the NFL while all signs continued to indicate that offensive lineman Chilo Rachal was on his way to turning pro.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Baseball commissioner says he is satisfied with system now used in the sport. He will testify today before Congress, as will Mitchell.
On the eve of testifying before Congress about baseball's steroid era and subsequent reforms, Commissioner Bud Selig said Monday he would not pledge to outsource baseball's drug-testing program to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency or any other third party.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Congress may hold their feet to the fire over steroids, but don't forget that baseball has grown and prospered greatly on their watch.
As Bud Selig and Donald Fehr, baseball's Capitol Hill Gang, confront another drug drilling from a congressional committee today, there is the background ticking of a contractual and chronological clock.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
UCLA was required to investigate legal contract between Wooden and Kevin Love, the latest example of NCAA's lack of common sense.
This is about a tempest in a teapot, a condition found frequently in the silly bureaucracy of the NCAA.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
He scores 48 points as L.A., in its first game without Bynum, beats Seattle in overtime, 123-121, to push its winning streak to seven.
SEATTLE -- These are the new Lakers.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
Would-be sports marketer, who is suing former tailback, says in an interview that he bases his belief on encounters with assistant coach McNair and an overheard phone call.
A would-be San Diego sports marketer said Monday he laments dragging USC into alleged business dealings between him and former Trojans tailback Reggie Bush, a failed venture that has prompted a civil lawsuit and an NCAA investigation.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
The honeymoon is over as Andrew Bynum goes out for eight weeks, bringing their surprising start to a screeching halt. Where they go from here is based on Kobe Bryant's reaction to circumstances.
There went the kneecap felt 'round Lakerdom.
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L.A. Times - Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 8:00 am
U.S. forward Eddie Johnson, being linked with a possible move to Fulham, has left the national team's training camp.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:54 am
Rafael Benitez has no plans to walk out of Liverpool in the wake of the latest revelations about his job, claims agent Manuel Garcia Quillon.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:42 am
Liverpool are in danger of becoming a laughing stock under the ownership of George Gillett and Tom Hicks, according to Kop legend Ian Rush.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:42 am
Sania Mirza wishes her only concerns ahead of a tennis match involved studying the strengths and weaknesses of her opponent.
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Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:38 am
Five or six players on the WTA Tour have been approached to throw tennis matches, tour chairman Larry Scott said Tuesday.
"I've said several initially, and I think five or six would be in the ballpark," Scott told The Associated Press. "I don't want to go into any more details because it's part of an investigation.
"But we were surprised by the amount of gambling on tennis in general, and the number of players approached.
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:30 am
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SI.com | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:11 am
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 48 points and capped his season-best offensive outburst by swishing an 18-footer with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Seattle SuperSonics 123-121 on Monday night.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 7:05 am
Omar Minaya went to Israel last week and met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, President Shimon Peres, and the former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 6:45 am
In Montreal, Mike Komisarek and Christopher Higgins are young stars for the Canadiens. But at home they are a couple of 20-somethings who live five minutes from each other in Huntington.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 6:45 am
Hal Steinbrenner, a Yankees general partner, has advised against trading for Twins ace Johan Santana and General Manager Brian Cashman is also opposed to a deal.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 6:44 am
The Australians have adopted new policies this year: shutting down the on-site gambling window and shutting down on-site access to real-time Internet gambling Web sites.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 6:21 am
Caron Butler scored 21 points Monday night as Washington beat host Boston, 88-83, for the Wizards’ second victory against the Celtics in three days.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 5:51 am
Portland entered Monday’s game against the Nets as one of the hottest teams in the N.B.A., a trend it continued with a victory against the Nets.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 5:47 am
Shahar Peer is in Melbourne competing in the Australian Open but she will soon be in a much more unusual place for an Israeli tennis player: Doha, Qatar.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 5:45 am
Evgeni Malkin scored three goals for the second time in 11 games or the Pittsburgh Penguins in a victory over the Rangers on Monday night.
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NYT > Sports | 15 Jan 2008 | 5:43 am
AP - Scott Rolen was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for Troy Glaus in a swap of All-Star third basemen that was finalized after both players passed physicals.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 4:22 am
AP - Caron Butler scored 21 and Washington beat Boston 88-83 on Monday night for the Wizards' second victory over the Celtics in three days.
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Yahoo! News: Sports News | 15 Jan 2008 | 3:43 am
No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic beat Benjamin Becker 6-0, 6-2, 7-6 (5) Tuesday in his first-round match at the Australian Open.
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Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 15 Jan 2008 | 3:21 am
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SI.com | 15 Jan 2008 | 3:04 am
If you don't bring a tough pass rush in the playoffs, you'll go home early, writes SI.com's Dr. Z, who also makes his picks for this week's championship games.
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SI.com | 15 Jan 2008 | 1:31 am
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SI.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 11:02 pm
Bud Selig and Don Fehr will testify before Congress on the steroid issue Tuesday, and SI.com's Michael McCann explains what to expect from the hearings.
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SI.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 10:33 pm
Chelsea's John Terry underwent a scan on his injured foot and hopes to return to the pitch within three weeks.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 14 Jan 2008 | 10:29 pm
Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten will announce on Tuesday that this will be his last year on the world tour.
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Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 10:02 pm
Several female tennis players have been approached to throw matches, and the WTA Tour is taking 'all reasonable steps' to keep the game free of corruption.
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Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 9:54 pm
LaDainian Tomlinson said during a news conference Monday that an MRI showed he has a hyperextended knee that is "nothing serious."
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 9:14 pm
Andrew Bynum, a key factor in the Lakers' 25-11 start to the season, will miss eight weeks with what his agent says is a subluxation of his left kneecap.
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 9:09 pm
Tony Dungy, as expected, said he and his wife will mull over their options and Dungy's future as coach of the Indianapolis Colts, with a decision to be reached by next week.
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 9:09 pm
Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten will announce on Tuesday that this will be his last year on the world tour.
Kuerten will play only a few tournaments in 2008 before ending his career, a person with knowledge of the announcement said on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement hadn't been made yet.
The 31-year-old Kuerten said on his official Web site that he will announce his plans for the 2008 season in a press conference on Tuesday.
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 14 Jan 2008 | 8:35 pm
Arkansas' Darren McFadden will forgo his final season of college eligibility and enter the 2008 NFL draft.
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 8:21 pm
Xavier Lee's turbulent career at Florida State is over after the Seminoles asked him to move from quarterback to tight end, his father told the Orlando Sentinel.
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 7:54 pm
The Giants and Packers will battle to decide the NFC's representative at the Super Bowl. Len Pasquarelli answers five questions about the conference title game.
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 7:27 pm
Hawaii is expected to announce Greg McMackin as the successor to June Jones at a news conference on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the situation said Monday.
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 7:04 pm
Sources told ESPN The Magazine's E.J. Hradek that the veteran goaltender has signed a deal with the Calgary Flames.
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ESPN.com | 14 Jan 2008 | 6:58 pm
Brazilian teenager Alexandre 'the Duck' Pato has drawn rave reviews on his Milan debut against Napoli on Sunday.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 14 Jan 2008 | 5:59 pm
When her infant son gave her an early wakeup call, Lindsay Davenport knew she was in for a long day at the Australian Open.
"Maybe the sign of the day to come was when my son woke up crying at 5 with a nightmare," Davenport said. "I should have read more into that than I did.
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 14 Jan 2008 | 2:53 pm
The difference in 12 months was not hard to see.
Serena Williams, wearing hot pink bicycle shorts, a short white dress and dangling, chandelier-inspired earrings, found her form quickly and beat Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 6-3 Monday in the first match at the Australian Open.
Last year, she was unseeded, ranked 81 and coming off one of her worst losses on tour - in a Tier 4 event at Hobart - yet she beat six seeded players en route to the championship at Melbourne Park.
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 14 Jan 2008 | 2:51 pm
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he tried to sign David Beckham from Real Madrid back in 2004.
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FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 14 Jan 2008 | 9:38 am
Facing match points, and with her serve letting her down, third-seeded Jelena Jankovic asked for some divine help to get her through her first-round match of the Australian Open.
"I was praying, 'please God, help me get out of this situation,"' she said after a grueling win over Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek on Monday. "I didn't want to go home, and that was what was driving me, what was pushing me to go forward.
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 14 Jan 2008 | 7:00 am
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FOXSports.com News for TENNIS | 14 Jan 2008 | 6:34 am
Evonne Goolagong is trying to identify and nurture Australian aboriginal youth talent through a series of national camps, where the kids can hone their skills and go on to be nationally ranked players. Or, just as importantly, turn to coaching to help the next generation.
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Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 13 Jan 2008 | 6:12 am
Andy Roddick started and finished with aces in a 7-5, 6-3 win over Marcos Baghdatis on Saturday to claim his third consecutive Kooyong Classic title.
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Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 12 Jan 2008 | 5:26 am
Nikolay Davydenko is fed up with the ATP's drawn-out investigation into suspicious betting patterns surrounding one of his matches.
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Tennis News: CBSSports.com | 11 Jan 2008 | 7:12 pm
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