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| CA-SPORTS Summary Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:44 PM PDT Breaking a sports barrier, NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran basketball player Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay, smashing through one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports with a frank personal statement and winning warm praise as a groundbreaker. Collins, a 12-year player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), became the first active athlete from any of the four major U.S. men's professional sports leagues to come out publicly as gay. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nets still the underdogs, but blossoming in Brooklyn Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:44 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a billionaire owner and a dazzling new stadium in New York City's most populated borough, the Brooklyn Nets are not everyone's idea of an underdog. But in a sport where giants really do walk the court, the Nets have some legitimate claims to being a David among the Goliaths of the National Basketball Association. For starters, they have no LeBron James or Kobe Bryant and have never won an NBA title. And even if they had they would still remain in the lengthy shadow of their cross-city rivals, the New York Knicks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Highlights of Monday's MLB games Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:42 PM PDT April 29 (Sports Direct) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games. - - - Braves 3, Nationals 2 Andrelton Simmons drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly, lifting hosts Atlanta in the opener of a four-game series. Washington took a 2-1 lead in the second on run-scoring singles by Chad Tracy and Kurt Suzuki. Atlanta tied the contest at 2-2 in the fourth on Gerald Laird's single to center. Washington starter Stephen Strasburg gave up two runs with eight strikeouts in six innings and remains 1-4 on the season. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Nets still the underdogs, but blossoming in Brooklyn Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:28 PM PDT By Julian Linden NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - With a billionaire owner and a dazzling new stadium in New York City's most populated borough, the Brooklyn Nets are not everyone's idea of an underdog. But in a sport where giants really do walk the court, the Nets have some legitimate claims to being a David among the Goliaths of the National Basketball Association. For starters, they have no LeBron James or Kobe Bryant and have never won an NBA title. And even if they had they would still remain in the lengthy shadow of their cross-city rivals, the New York Knicks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:15 PM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS) Houston 9 NY YANKEES 1 DETROIT 4 Minnesota 3 ATLANTA 3 Washington 2 CHICAGO CUBS 5 San Diego 3 Cleveland 9 KANSAS CITY 0 MILWAUKEE 10 Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 2 ST. LOUIS 1 Full Story | Top |
| NBA-Highlights of Monday's NBA playoff games Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:54 PM PDT April 29 (Sports Direct) - Highlights of Monday's National Basketball Association playoff games. - - - - Nets 110, Bulls 91 Brooklyn upended Chicago to stay alive in their Eastern Conference first-round series, Brook Lopez with 28 points and 10 rebounds and Deron Williams adding 23 points and 10 assists as the Nets cut the Bulls' lead to 3-2. Game Six is on Thursday in Chicago. Nate Robinson scored 20 points and Jimmy Butler added 18 for the Bulls, who were outscored 33-18 in the final quarter. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBA play-offs 1st round results Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:20 PM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the NBA Play-offs 1st Round games on Monday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 4 T ATLANTA 22 35 12 33 102 Indiana 21 19 22 29 91 (The best-of-seven series is level at 2-2) 1 2 3 4 T Chicago 21 23 29 18 91 BROOKLYN 26 26 25 33 110 (Chicago lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2) Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Argentine championship results and standings Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:10 PM PDT April 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship matches on Monday Monday, April 29 Atletico Belgrano 0 All Boys 1 Lanus 1 Atletico Rafaela 1 Sunday, April 28 River Plate 1 Quilmes 1 Independiente 3 Argentinos Juniors 1 Newell's Old Boys 4 Racing Club 3 Saturday, April 27 San Martin (San Juan) 3 Union (Santa Fe) 1 Colon (Santa Fe) 1 Arsenal 0 Estudiantes 1 Boca Juniors 0 San Lorenzo 1 Godoy Cruz 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Newell's Old Boys 11 8 1 2 23 14 25 2 Lanus 11 6 5 0 16 5 23 3 River Plate 11 6 3 2 14 10 21 4 Atletico Rafaela 11 4 5 2 16 10 17 5 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-The Rifle offers hope for Barca's tough mission Monday, Apr 29, 2013 06:59 PM PDT By Iain Rogers MADRID, April 30 (Reuters) - If Barcelona require extra inspiration as they prepare their bid to overturn a 4-0 Champions League semi-final deficit at home to Bayern Munich on Wednesday, they need look no further than La Liga rivals Deportivo La Coruna. Depor pulled off one of the most sensational comebacks in Europe's elite club competition back in the 2003-04 season when they thrashed AC Milan 4-0 in their quarter-final second leg in La Coruna to shock the reigning continental champions and progress to the last four 5-4 on aggregate. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tebow Time over in New York as Jets cut quarterback Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:53 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Jets cut quarterback Tim Tebow on Monday, ending his ill-conceived stint in the Big Apple and leaving one of the most hyped players in the National Football League (NFL) facing an uncertain future. The Jets notified Tebow of their decision to waive him after just one season at a voluntary team workout on Monday morning. "We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," Jets' head coach Rex Ryan said in a statement. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL-Tebow Time over in New York as Jets cut quarterback Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:52 PM PDT (Adds missing word "not" to quote in 22nd paragraph) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - The New York Jets cut quarterback Tim Tebow on Monday, ending his ill-conceived stint in the Big Apple and leaving one of the most hyped players in the National Football League (NFL) facing an uncertain future. The Jets notified Tebow of their decision to waive him after just one season at a voluntary team workout on Monday morning. "We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," Jets' head coach Rex Ryan said in a statement. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. ... Full Story | Top |
| Support pours in for Collins from all circles Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - Jason Collins received an outpouring of support and admiration from the sporting world and many other influential voices on Monday after announcing he was gay. The 12-year National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran became the first active player in a major men's North American team sport to announce his homosexuality. KOBE BRYANT, NBA's LOS ANGELES LAKERS "Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don't suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others." - - TIM DUNCAN, NBA's SAN ANTONIO SPURS "Really hope people will RESPECT Jason Collins for his decision to come out. ... Full Story | Top |
| For gay athletes, sponsorship may be just around the corner Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:29 PM PDT By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jason Collins decision to come out as an openly gay male athlete will serve as a test case for U.S. sports leagues, his future teammates and fans. Not to mention Madison Avenue. Collins, a veteran center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), on Monday became the first male athlete active in a major U.S. team sport to reveal himself as gay, a moment that could be a watershed for advertisers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Collins emerges from shadows, changes face of sports Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - Jason Collins's National Basketball Association (NBA) career became a mere footnote in his profile on Monday as the towering center emerged from the shadows of the locker room by announcing he is gay. It was a declaration that for years many had expected but never came until Collins became the first active player from any of the four major U.S. men's professional sports leagues to publicly reveal his homosexuality. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Prominent Americans who have come out as gay Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - Jason Collins, a veteran player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he was gay, breaking one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports amid the shifting mood of American society. Collins became the first active player from any of the four major U.S. men's professional sports leagues to come out about his homosexuality. Other prominent Americans in politics, sports and entertainment also have publicly revealed that they were gay. Here are some of them: * Martina Navratilova, 56, revealed that she was a lesbian in 1981 shortly after becoming a U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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