Former champion Lindsay Davenport hopes to be fit for Wimbledon after withdrawing from Eastbourne. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 12:06 pm
AFP - A knee injury on Tuesday threw the Wimbledon participation of Lindsay Davenport into doubt as the veteran American withdrew from the Eastbourne Championships.
WEBSTER: With France and Italy facing each other in a must-win clash, Nick takes a look at just where the battle may be won. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:52 am
Willie Randolph will be replaced by the bench coach Jerry Manuel. Also fired were two coaches, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first-base coach Tom Nieto.
Germany coach Joachim Low will find out on Wednesday if he faces a touchline ban for his side's Euro 2008 quarter-final. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:47 am
Netherlands coach Marco van Basten vowed Monday that his team won't throw the game against Romania to ensure his team can't meet the World Cup finalists Italy or France in the semifinals at the European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:18 am
Heineken Cup champions Munster will face Sale and Clermont Auvergne, while Leicester have the Ospreys and Perpignan in their group. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 10:56 am
Germany coach Joachim Loew will learn on Wednesday whether he will be able to take his place in the dugout for Thursday's Euro 2008 quarter-final with Portugal after being sent to the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 10:41 am
The Mets may explain why they fired Willie Randolph today at a 5 p.m. Eastern time press conference in Anaheim, Calif. There, the new Mets manager, Jerry Manuel, will speak to the media. Before that,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 10:26 am
Barcelona have made a 15 million euro offer for Juventus striker David Trezeguet according to La Repubblica. The Frenchman is high on the shopping list of new Barcelona coach Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 10:21 am
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel will keep his job despite his team's swift departure from the 2008 European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 17 Jun 2008 | 10:15 am
Kevin Pietersen can carry on switch-hitting against New Zealand, despite an MCC meeting to discuss the stroke's legality. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 9:57 am
Manchester United's South Korean midfielder Park Ji-Sung is ruled out of the Olympics because of injury. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 9:31 am
IRVINE, Calif. and INDIANAPOLIS, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC, is pleased to announce that Managing Director Daniel J. McClory, has been named Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
Willie Randolph is out as manager of the New York Mets, fired 2 1/2 months into a disappointing season that has followed the team's colossal collapse last September. Bench coach Jerry... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:24 am
US Open champion Tiger Woods does not know whether his injured knee will have recovered in time for next month's Open. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:17 am
Fernando Alonso says he does not know where he will drive next season - and that he has not been surprised by Lewis Hamilton's travails. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:16 am
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Willie Randolph's seat cooled off a bit last night, and it had nothing to do with the ocean breezes here. The Mets' embattled manager was feeling a little less heat after Carlos Beltran... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
It could have been worse, but yesterday's news on Chien-Ming Wang's right foot was devastating. When Wang departed the Carl Pavano Memorial MRI tube at New York Presbyterian Hospital, he had a sprained... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
Yankees GM Brian Cashman said ace Chien-Ming Wang's right foot injury would cause him to miss at least 10 weeks and perhaps more; and that while he'd keep his ears open for trade possibilities, the hope... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
The Long Island Ducks have been giving second chances - not to mention third and fourth shots - to players for years. You can add Jay Gibbons to that list. The minor league team of the independent Atlantic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
MLB: Mariners fire GM The Mariners fired general manager Bill Bavasi yesterday, as the team lags with the worst record in baseball after starting the season with playoff hopes. Vice president/associate... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
SAN DIEGO - Reggie Jackson, Mr. October himself, was inside the ropes at Torrey Pines South yesterday following Tiger Woods' U.S. Open playoff thriller against a determined Rocco Mediate. Jackson isn't... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
ANAHEIM - The Mets don't appear to be fans of baseball schedule-maker Katy Feeney. Thanks to Feeney's handiwork, the Mets are here on the West Coast for the third time since May 1. All told, Willie Randolph's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
ANAHEIM - Willie Randolph's seat cooled off a bit last night, and it had nothing to do with the ocean breezes here. The Mets' embattled manager was feeling a little less heat after Carlos Beltran belted... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
AP - With embattled manager Willie Randolph some 3,000 miles from Shea Stadium and his many detractors, the New York Mets came through for him in the opener of a key road trip.
Top Australian cyclist Nathan O'Neill has been banned from competition for 15 months for a doping violation, officials said Tuesday. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 6:44 am
Yankees ace Chien-Ming Wang is expected to be sidelined until at least September after injuring his foot running the bases, prompting club co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner to chastise the National League for playing without a designated hitter. Source: ESPN.com | 17 Jun 2008 | 6:39 am
Japan coach Takeshi Okada has won the backing of the powerful head of the Japanese FA to steer the side into the 2010 World Cup finals where they are targeting at least the quarter-finals. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 6:38 am
Double equestrian gold medallist Mark Todd has made a successful return from an eight-year retirement to win selection for New Zealand's Olympic eventing team. The winner of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 17 Jun 2008 | 6:24 am
The Seattle Mariners have fired general manager Bill Bavasi, as the team lags along with the worst record in baseball after having been expected to contend for the playoffs. Source: ESPN.com | 17 Jun 2008 | 6:21 am
NBC Universal announced Monday that it had become a major shareholder in World Championship Sports Network, which carries 200 Olympic and lifestyle sports events annually on TV and the Internet.
NBC’s decision to show the United States Open broadcasts in prime time last weekend must have come with the underlying desire that Tiger Woods be in the running.
Two corporations based in the United States announced cycling-related deals on Monday, giving the troubled sport a respite from a long run of negative events.
Danny Care will start his first international as England make six changes, five in the backs, while New Zealand make four changes for the second Test. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 5:37 am
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When golf fans do a roll call of the greatest U.S. Opens ever played, Tiger Woods' triumph at Torrey Pines will be at the top of the list, writes ESPN.com's Pat Forde. Source: ESPN.com | 17 Jun 2008 | 5:13 am
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AP - With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all.
Embattled Mets manager Willie Randolph appears safe for a few days, but a couple of his coaches, including pitching coach Rick Peterson, could be in more immediate jeopardy.
AP - Matt Cerione's two-out, bases-loaded single drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and three Georgia pitchers combined for six innings of shutout relief to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-3 victory over Stanford in the College World Series on Monday night.
Free agent linebacker Rosevelt Colvin signed with the Texans on Monday, giving the team another pass rusher to pair with 2006 No. 1 draft pick Mario Williams.
North Carolina sophomore Wayne Ellington and junior Danny Green will withdraw from the NBA draft while the Tar Heels were awaiting official word on whether sophomore point Ty Lawson would join them, too. Source: ESPN.com | 17 Jun 2008 | 1:09 am
EuroTRECKER: The Germans advanced but certainly have some issues, while Ivan Klasnic proved a hero for Croatia. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 17 Jun 2008 | 12:44 am
AP - Yankees ace Chien-Ming Wang is expected to be sidelined until at least September after injuring his foot running the bases, prompting club co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner to chastise the National League for playing without a designated hitter.
Ivan Klasnic became the first player to take part at the European Championship after a kidney transplant, then scored in the second half for Croatia in a Group B match against Poland on Monday.
The 28-year-old Klasnic played as coach Slaven Bilic rested most of his usual starters, thinking ahead to the team's quarterfinal against Turkey on Friday. Having beaten Euro 2008 co-host Austria 1-0 and Germany 2-1, Croatia was already assured of first place in the group. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 16 Jun 2008 | 11:13 pm
Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter continue to lead all American League players in the latest fan balloting results for the 2008 All-Star Game.
Your coach has been banished to sit alongside Chancellor Angela Merkel and tennis great Boris Becker in the VIP seats.
Your team is playing like it has forgotten how to win soccer games, with no sign of a goal against one of the weakest teams in the history of the European Championship.
So who do you turn to?
Thankfully for a misfiring Germany, Austria captain Andreas Ivanschitz fouled Phillip Lahm 7 yards (meters) outside the area and there was only one player going to take the free kick. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 16 Jun 2008 | 10:37 pm
UCLA junior forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is staying in the NBA draft and hiring an agent, a source close to the situation told SI.com on Monday. Mbah a Moute joins fellow Bruins underclassmen Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook in the 2008 draft, but is unlikely to be selected in the first round and receive a three-year guaranteed contract.
Italy and France are accustomed to facing each other with titles and trophies on the line. This time, the World Cup champion and runner-up are trying to stave off elimination.
And they don't even control their own destiny.
"Nobody would have thought that Italy-France would be a last-ditch match," Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said. "Before the European Championship, this was supposed to be the biggest match of the group. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 16 Jun 2008 | 8:14 pm
Croatia's Marin Cilic upset second-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the Nottingham Open, a Wimbledon tune-up tournament.
TRECKER: Despite Barbados providing easy pickings, the USA's ruthlessness in an 8-0 victory was encouraging. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 16 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm
Any team that can force world champion Italy and runner-up France into draws at a major championship deserves respect. Any team that beats the all-conquering Dutch, guaranteeing advancement to the European Championship quarterfinals, must be considered a strong title contender. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 16 Jun 2008 | 12:22 pm
AFP - A knee injury on Tuesday threw the Wimbledon participation of Lindsay Davenport into doubt as the veteran American withdrew from the Eastbourne Championships.
AP - After weeks of speculation that his job was in jeopardy, Willie Randolph finally got fired by the New York Mets while most fans were sleeping.
Reuters - The Boston Celtics look to wrap up their
record 17th championship and first in 22 years when they host
the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
AP - With embattled manager Willie Randolph some 3,000 miles from Shea Stadium and his many detractors, the New York Mets came through for him in the opener of a key road trip.
AP - With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all.
AP - Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found unconscious on a Las Vegas street Monday after apparently being the victim of a robbery.
AP - Matt Cerione's two-out, bases-loaded single drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and three Georgia pitchers combined for six innings of shutout relief to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-3 victory over Stanford in the College World Series on Monday night.
AFP - France go into their do or die clash with Italy here Tuesday beset by doubt, reports of internal strife and player fatigue.
AP - Yankees ace Chien-Ming Wang is expected to be sidelined until at least September after injuring his foot running the bases, prompting club co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner to chastise the National League for playing without a designated hitter.
AP - The Celtics expect Ray Allen to play when they try for a second time to win the NBA championship. Kendrick Perkins? Now that's a different story.