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Former NFL star Junior Seau dies in apparent suicide
Wed,2 May 2012 07:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau, considered one of the best National Football League defensive players of his generation, was found dead at his home in Southern California on Wednesday from a gunshot wound to the chest in an apparent suicide, police said. He was 43.
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Spurs, Pacers earn wins to seize leads in playoff series
Wed,2 May 2012 07:25 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The top-seeded San Antonio Spurs thrashed Utah 114-83 on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference first-round series. Gregg Popovich received his Coach of the Year Award prior to tip-off and the Spurs celebrated by coasting to a 2-0 series lead as Tony Parker produced 18 points and nine assists to lead seven San Antonio players in double-figure scoring. The Jazz shot just 34 percent in their second-worst playoff loss in franchise history. ...
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Wrecked California yacht had headed straight for island
Wed,2 May 2012 07:04 PM PDT
Reuters -  FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) - A GPS record tracing the path of a yacht that crashed mysteriously while racing from Southern California to Mexico showed the vessel sailing on a collision course into an island, U.S. Coast Guard officials said on Wednesday.
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Mayweather shuns trash talking for Cotto bout
Wed,2 May 2012 07:03 PM PDT
Reuters -  LAS VEGAS, May 2 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. is renowned almost as much for taunting his opponents outside the ring as for dominating them inside the ropes but he has struck a complimentary tone ahead of Saturday's fight with Miguel Cotto. Undefeated American Mayweather will challenge Puerto Rican Cotto for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. ...
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Seau, 12-time Pro Bowler and San Diego icon, dead at 43
Wed,2 May 2012 06:12 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - He was nicknamed "Tasmanian Devil" for his aggression, energy and intensity on the gridiron in an NFL career that spanned 20 years and led to 12 successive Pro Bowl selections, while off the field, Junior Seau was a champion of children's causes. On Wednesday, former San Diego Chargers linebacker Seau was found dead at his southern California home from a gunshot wound to the chest in an apparent suicide, police said. He was 43. "It is incredibly tragic and sad," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told Reuters in an e-mail. "Our prayers are with Junior's family. ... Full Story | Top |
Seau death puts spotlight on concussions and depression
Wed,2 May 2012 05:44 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The death of former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau has again put the spotlight on the possibility of a link between concussions and depression so severe it drives professional athletes to take their lives. Seau's death on Wednesday from a gunshot wound to the chest in an apparent suicide will sound all too familiar to shaken fans of the National Football League (NFL). ... Full Story | Top |
McIlroy uses Tiger tactics with trimmed schedule
Wed,2 May 2012 05:38 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy has taken a leaf out of Tiger Woods' book by limiting his playing schedule this year in a bid to prolong his career. The popular 22-year-old Northern Irishman, the world number two and well established as one of the most exciting players in the game, plans to compete in roughly 23 events in 2012, seven fewer than last season. "I don't want to be burned out by the time I'm 30," McIlroy told reporters on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. ... Full Story | Top |
Golf-McIlroy uses Tiger tactics with trimmed schedule
Wed,2 May 2012 05:36 PM PDT
Reuters - May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy has takena leaf out of Tiger Woods' book by limiting his playing schedulethis year in a bid to prolong his career. The popular 22-year-old Northern Irishman, the world numbertwo and well established as one of the most exciting players inthe game, plans to compete in roughly 23 events in 2012, sevenfewer than last season. "I don't want to be burned out by the time I'm 30," McIlroytold reporters on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's opening round ofthe Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. ... Full Story | Top |
New LA Dodgers owners explore ways to boost value
Wed,2 May 2012 04:44 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The group that paid a record $2.15 billion to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team expects to boost the return on their investment by creating value with stadium improvements, aggressive investment on talent and by exploring a regional sports network after a TV contract with Fox ends. "It's a lot of money, but if we do our jobs right ... the long-term point of view is that people will see that the value was there," said Mark Walter, the team's new chairman who is also chief executive officer of private equity firm Guggenheim Partners, at a news conference. ...
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McIlroy, Westwood headline Quail Hollow field
Wed,2 May 2012 04:40 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy and third-ranked Lee Westwood head a strong field assembled for this week's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina at a venue that typically produces elite winners. Full Story | Top |
PREVIEW-Golf-McIlroy, Westwood headline Quail Hollow field
Wed,2 May 2012 04:39 PM PDT
Reuters - May 2 (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy andthird-ranked Lee Westwood head a strong field assembled for thisweek's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina ata venue that typically produces elite winners. The list of former champions includes Vijay Singh (2005),Jim Furyk (2006), Tiger Woods (2007), McIlroy (2010) who iseager to be back at the course where he clinched his maiden PGATour victory. "It's always nice to come back to somewhere where you've hadsuccess at," the mop-haired U.S. Open champion told reporters atQuail Hollow Club on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau dies in apparent suicide
Wed,2 May 2012 03:56 PM PDT
Reuters - OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau, considered one of the best National Football League defensive players of his generation, was found dead at his home in Southern California on Wednesday from a gunshot wound to the chest in an apparent suicide, police said. He was 43. Oceanside police chief Frank McCoy told reporters that authorities had received a call from a young woman who said she was Seau's girlfriend, and that she had found him wounded and unconscious in his beachfront home just north of San Diego. ...
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Knicks' Chandler named Defensive Player of the Year
Wed,2 May 2012 03:52 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday, the first player from the storied franchise to win the award. Chandler received 311 points, including 45 first-place votes, to beat out Oklahoma City Thunder swingman Serge Ibaka, who finished second with 294 points. Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who had won the award each of the previous three seasons, finished third with 186 points. With the 7-foot-1 (2.16m), 240-pound (108. ... Full Story | Top |
Yankees' Pettitte: 50-50 he misheard Clemens on drugs
Wed,2 May 2012 03:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte testified on Wednesday in Roger Clemens' federal perjury trial that there was a 50-50 chance he had misheard his friend and former teammate say he used human growth hormone. In a potential blow to the prosecution, Pettitte said he might have misunderstood Clemens when the ace pitcher told him in 1999 or 2000 he had used human growth hormone to recover from an injury. But in 2005, Clemens told Pettitte he had been referring to his wife Debbie's use of the drug. ...
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Canada regulator accepts Maple Leaf Sports deal
Wed,2 May 2012 02:56 PM PDT
Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Competition Bureau won't challenge a proposal by BCE Inc and Rogers Communication Inc to acquire a majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for C$1.32 billion ($1.33 billion). The two media companies agreed in December to acquire most of Ontario Teachers Pension Plan's 79.5 percent stake in MLSE, the owner of the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs and a stable of other sports assets. ... Full Story | Top |
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