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Indy 500s elite club may welcome new member
A.J. Foyt Enterprises driver Takuma Sato of Japan drives his race car on the track during the final practice session for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana May 24, ...
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Pitt stays alive in Big East baseball tournament with 12-inning win over Seton Hall
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Pitt coach Joe Jordano emailed his players a video last week from an Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward boxing match, conveying a simple message: Keep ...
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Brazils Santos Decide to Sell Neymar-Club
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Hawaiis only pro tennis tournament set for January on Maui
Royal Lahaina Resort on Maui is hosting Hawaii's only professional tennis tournament in January. The United States Tennis Association Hawaii Pacific Section has announced the Royal Lahaina Challenger tournament will be held Jan. 19-26 next year at the Royal Lahaina Resorts Royal Lahaina Tennis Ranch. The tournament, hosted by the Royal Lahaina Tennis Ranch and Royal Lahaina Resort, is the ...
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Kuchar One Ahead at Weather-Hit Colonial
(Reuters) - American Matt Kuchar held a one-shot lead at 10 under par after 15 holes when the weather-hit second round was suspended for the day at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday. Kuchar, who clinched his fifth PGA Tour title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, will line up a 40-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th when play resumes ...
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Carpenter Pole Sitter at Indy 500 Becomes a Local Hero
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Cochran Perry tied for lead in Senior PGA
Russ Cochran and Kenny Perry each shot 5-under 66 on Friday to share the second round lead in the Senior PGA Championship.The longtime Kentucky friends were 7 under at Bellerive Country Club in the major championship. They will play together for the third straight day Saturday.Japan's Kiyoshi Murota was two strokes back after a 70. Jay Haas and Duffy Waldorf, tied for the lead after the ...
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Column IndyCar needs to start playin the feud
They have dinner together. They chat it up on Twitter. They offer congratulations on jobs well done, solace when things don't go so well.Clearly, there's a lot of respect among the 33 drivers in Gasoline Alley.Maybe a little too much.While IndyCar is putting an increasingly entertaining product on the track _ seriously, folks, this might be the best competition on the planet at the ...
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Neb. football players indecency trial gets set
A trial date has been set for a Nebraska defensive end accused of exposing his genitals to a female student.Freshman Avery Moss briefly appeared Friday in Lancaster County Court. His trial is scheduled for July 23.The 18-year-old Moss has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of public indecency. He's also pleaded not guilty to disturbing the peace and failing to appear for a January ...
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Freshman Annie Park helps Southern California cruise to 3rd NCAA womens golf title
ATHENS, Ga. - Annie Park shot a 1-under 71 to top the individual standings and help Southern California take its third NCAA women's tournament title with a record-setting team performance Friday. Southern California finished at 19-under 1,133 - 15 strokes better than the previous tournament mark set by UCLA in 2004 - to beat second-place Duke by 21 strokes. Third-place Purdue was 21 over ...
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Taribo tips Nigeria for World Cup glory
Taribo West has tipped the Flying Eagles to win the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. The tournament kicks off on June 21 and ends on July 13, and Nigeria have been drawn against Cuba, former champions Portugal and South Korea in Group B. Nigeria's best effort in the championship is second-place finish at the 1989 edition in Saudi Arabia and the 2005 edition in Holland. The Flying ...
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UNLV to face Arizona at home after deal falls apart to move football game
moving the game to Glendale, Ariz., the Rebels football team will open its home slate on Sept. 7 against Arizona in Las Vegas as originally scheduled, UNLV Athletic Director Jim Livengood announced in a statement Friday. "We were approached by a promoter to move our September 7 home football game against Arizona to Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium but we've decided to ...
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Shanghai looks for next sports icons
/enpproperty--> Yao Ming has retired. Liu Xiang has an injured Achilles tendon and his future is up in the air, so who will be the next sporting superstar from Shanghai? According to the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, he or she may be among 3,000 talented youngsters the city has chosen to develop their skills. The birthplace of former NBA center Yao and star hurdler Liu is ...
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The Baseball Reporters May 24 2013
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Pav and Sandilands not Freos saviours
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has warned fans not to expect veterans Matthew Pavlich and Aaron Sandilands to "tear apart" the competition upon their return to AFL ranks.Pavlich (plantaris) could be back in action as early as next week, but Sandilands is still at least five weeks away from resuming after undergoing hamstring surgery earlier this season.The talented duo possess nine ...
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Stosur wary of veteran Date-Krumm
Facing a 42-year-old without a match on clay in a year would seemingly present Samantha Stosur with a gift-wrapped opportunity to get her Roland Garros campaign off to a flyer.But Australia's top-ranked tennis star knows better than to underestimate wily Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm.The pair will meet in an intriguing first-round clash at the French Open, which starts on Sunday, with ...
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Tomic keeps low profile ahead of return
His place in the French Open has been confirmed but Bernard Tomic is still missing in action at Roland Garros.Despite doubts over his appearance at the claycourt grand slam following the drama involving his father and coach John, the world No.59 was on Friday drawn to face Romanian Victor Hanescu in the first round.But while his fellow Australians have been fine-tuning preparations on the red ...
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Woods heads potent field for next weeks Memorial
Tiger Woods walks up the fairway on the 18th hole during the final round of The Players Championship PGA golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida May 12, 2013. REUTERS/Chris ...
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Rudisha resists quick buck for gold rush in Rio
David Rudisha of Kenya celebrates after winning the men's 800 metres at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at the Stade de France Stadium in Saint-Denis, near Paris July 6, 2012. REUTERS/Gonzalo ...
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Toulon dethrone French champs to stay on
Toulon ended Toulouse's reign as French Top 14 champions with a 24-9 semi-final success on Friday to remain on course to complete a double.The newly-crowned European champions took their time to hit their stride following last weekend's historic 16-15 win over Clermont in Dublin, but once they did, they streaked clear in the second half."The first half was really difficult but we ...
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Report NFL calls for immediate HGH testing
The NFL submitted a new proposal on testing for human growth hormone to the players union on April 24, according to an NFL.com report. NFL.com, citing league and union sources, reports the latest proposal removed the prospect of game-day testing, but called for testing to start immediately. Under those conditions, samples would be taken and results would be stored until a baseline standard for ...
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Favres lawsuit over sexually explicit texts settled
Brett Favre’s text message case is now settled, according a NYC lawyer. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) A lawyer for two massage therapists who sued former NFL quarterback Brett Favre over explicit text messages says the case has been ...
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BoSox place OF Victorino 3B Middlebrooks on DL
the team announced . Victorino is out with a left hamstring strain and his DL stint is retroactive to May 21. Middlebrooks has a lower back strain. Victorino has been dealing with lower back stiffness since the end of April, forcing him to miss seven games. He hasn’t played since Monday dealing with the hamstring injury. He is hitting .283 with four doubles, two homers, 10 RBI and 20 ...
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Kangaroos take heart from AFL near-misses
If North Melbourne had kicked just one goal more in three games this season they'd be in the AFL top four, within percentage of top spot. Instead they sit two wins outside of the eight. But Kangaroos ruckman Todd Goldstein says they won't fall into the trap of pondering what might have been. Instead, as they prepare for a crunch encounter with Adelaide on Sunday, they're using ...
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Is Ireland living beyond its means?
Ireland is highly developed and has experienced rapid and constant economic growth in the last few decades, with many calling the country the Celtic Tiger. But recent events in the world economy and the financial situation of Europe may mean changes are afoot for the Tiger.
Ireland is one of the most developed countries in the world and has a high tax high government service economic model, it has for the last few decades substantially reduced the socio-economic inequalities in the economy and had a Gini coefficient score of 30.1 in 2000 while The Economist says we have the best quality of life in the world. This has come at a cost though, government deficits are running at over 10% of GDP, public debt accounts for over 40% of all revenue generated in the economy and the Irish population has a debt level, in relation to disposable income, that is the highest in the developed world – our personal debt in 190% more than our disposable income. All this begs the question, are we living within our means or is Ireland’s economic model unsustainable? Read more
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