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| NFL-Highlights of Thursday's pre-season games. Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 09:04 PM PDT Aug 22 (The Sports XChange) - Highlights of Thursday's National Football League pre-season games. - - - - Lions 40, Patriots 9 Showing the kind of threat he can be for the Lions this year, running back Reggie Bush caught five passes for 103 yards as Detroit demolished the New England Patriots 40-9 at Ford Field. Bush carried the ball six times and netted one yard but made his mark as a pass-catcher. He turned a short pass from Matthew Stafford into a 67-yard gain on the Lions' first offensive series, leading to a field goal. Like Bush, Stafford played only the first half. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball results Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 08:17 PM PDT Aug 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Thursday (home team in CAPS) CINCINNATI 2 Arizona 1 LA Dodgers 6 MIAMI 0 NY YANKEES 5 Toronto 3 Minnesota 7 DETROIT 6 Washington 5 CHICAGO CUBS 4 (13 innings) PHILADELPHIA 5 Colorado 4 ST. LOUIS 6 Atlanta 2 Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Gap between All Blacks and Wallabies is no chasm Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 07:59 PM PDT By Rajiv Maharaj Aug 23 (Reuters) - History suggests it's foolish to bet against the All Blacks at any time, let alone when playing at home in Wellington against a Wallabies side they beat 47-29 only last weekend. The last time an Australian side beat the All Blacks in New Zealand was in 2001 and only the truly brave would give the Wallabies a fighting chance based on last week's bumbling opening Rugby Championship effort, where they gifted the All Blacks three tries. That's not to say the All Blacks would not have won easily enough without the benefit of the many Wallabies errors. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woods in hunt as Stadler leads rain-hit Barclays Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 07:38 PM PDT  By Larry Fine JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Unheralded American Kevin Stadler shined in the gloom of a storm-hit day, shooting a seven-under 64 to emerge the surprise clubhouse leader after the opening round of the Barclays tournament on Thursday. World number one Tiger Woods lurked three strokes back, with the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs stalled for more than six hours by heavy lightning and two rain delays. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Winston-Salem Open men's singles quarterfinal results Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 07:25 PM PDT Aug 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Winston-Salem Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 6-Sam Querrey (U.S.) beat Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 6-3 6-4 9-Jurgen Melzer (Austria) beat 13-Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) 6-4 6-3 15-Gael Monfils (France) beat 7-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-7(8) 6-4 6-4 10-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 7-6(2) 6-3 Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Stop and go at The Barclays wears on Woods Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 07:17 PM PDT By Larry Fine JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The New York metropolitan area is known for stop-and-go traffic but Thursday at The Barclays was an extreme case for Tiger Woods and the other 122 golfers in the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs. Weather delays stalled play twice for a total delay of more than six hours, making for a very long day for the early starters in the first round. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Barclays Classic scores Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 07:11 PM PDT Aug 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Barclays Classic at the par-71 course on Thursday in Jersey City, New Jersey holesplayed rounds -7 Kevin Stadler (U.S.) 18 64 -6 Ryan Palmer (U.S.) 18 65 Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 18 65 Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 18 65 -5 Jason Day (Australia) 18 66 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 18 66 -4 Nicholas Thompson (U.S.) 18 67 Brendon De Jonge (Zimbabwe) 18 67 Graham DeLaet (Canada) 18 67 Tiger Woods (U.S.) 18 67 Matt Every (U.S.) 18 67 Morgan Hoffmann (U.S.) 18 67 Harris English (U.S.) 6 -3 Nick Watney (U.S.) 18 68 Josh Teater (U.S.) 18 68 Brian Gay (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rugby-Australia look for balance in attack against All Blacks Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 07:02 PM PDT By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The Wallabies will still be encouraged to "have a dig" in their Rugby Championship clash against New Zealand on Saturday but have been reminded they need to make better decisions in attack, captain James Horwill said on Friday. Horwill had told the Australian players to attack if they thought they had an opportunity last week at Sydney's Olympic Stadium, but the all-out attack plan misfired and they were soundly beaten 47-29. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Highlights from Thursday's Major League Baseball games Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:59 PM PDT Aug 22 (The Sports XChange) - Highlights from Thursday's Major League Baseball games - - - - Dodgers 6, Marlins 0 Clayton Kershaw enhanced his Cy Young Award credentials with eight scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers scored five runs with two outs to beat the Miami Marlins 6-0. Los Angeles took the four-game series 3-1, and have now won 45 of their past 55 games. Kershaw (13-7) allowed five hits and three walks, striking out six. He leads the National League in ERA (1.72) and strikeouts (188) and his scoreless streak is at 16 innings. ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Woods in hunt as Stadler leads rain-hit Barclays Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:58 PM PDT * Woods three off the pace behind unheralded American * Round stalled for more than six hours of weather delays * 63 players still to finish (updates at end of day's play) By Larry Fine JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Unheralded American Kevin Stadler shined in the gloom of a storm-hit day, shooting a seven-under 64 to emerge the surprise clubhouse leader after the opening round of the Barclays tournament on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jamaica hits back at claims of lax dope controls Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:29 PM PDT By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has hit back at allegations of poor administration and a lack of controls by a former official, but conceded it had conducted less tests in recent years due to a lack of "resources". Renee Anne Shirley, a former senior advisor to Jamaica's sports minister and briefly JADCO's executive director until earlier this year, wrote of "troubling" facts about JADCO's work in a critical article in Sports Illustrated this week. ... Full Story | Top |
| Baseball-Major League Baseball roundup Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:23 PM PDT Aug 22 (Sports Xchange) - Houston Astros rookie catcher Max Stassi, who was hit in the face with a pitch Wednesday night in Arlington, flew to Houston on Thursday to undergo concussion tests. Stassi spent Wednesday night at the Medical Center of Arlington, where X-Rays and a CAT scan revealed no facial fractures. "We were relieved because looking at it live it seemed like it might be worse," Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "He was fortunate that there's no fracture. Obviously any time there's a blow to the head you have to be careful. ... Full Story | Top |
| Doping-Jamaica hits back at claims of lax dope controls Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:22 PM PDT (Recasts, adds detail) By Simon Evans MIAMI, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has hit back at allegations of poor administration and a lack of controls by a former official, but conceded it had conducted less tests in recent years due to a lack of "resources". Renee Anne Shirley, a former senior advisor to Jamaica's sports minister and briefly JADCO's executive director until earlier this year, wrote of "troubling" facts about JADCO's work in a critical article in Sports Illustrated this week. Shirley said that between Feb. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL-National Football League roundup Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:14 PM PDT Aug 22 (Sports Xchange) - Rookie quarterback Geno Smith will start the New York Jets' third preseason game against the Giants on Saturday, but head coach Rex Ryan is in no hurry to name his starter for the regular-season opener on Sept. 8. "Right now is not the appropriate time to name a starter because (the competition) is incomplete," Ryan said Thursday. "The main thing is it's the right decision at the right time." Smith and incumbent starter Mark Sanchez have both experienced uneven training camps. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-New Haven Open women's singles quarterfinal results Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 05:50 PM PDT Aug 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the New Haven Open Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 4-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat 6-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 7-6(6) 6-2 Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) beat Elena Vesnina (Russia) 4-6 6-0 6-4 3-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 2-6 6-2 7-5 Simona Halep (Romania) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-1 7-6(6) Full Story | Top |
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