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05 Sep 2011
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists Chelsea remain a "big threat" in the Premier League title race this season. United first-team coach Rene Meulensteen had branded Chelsea's squad...
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05 Sep 2011
Though the U.S. Open adventure is only halfway completed, former champion Juan Martin del Potro was saying goodbye Sunday. The tournament's 2009 winner lost his third-round match to Frenchman Gilles...
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Simpson takes PGA Deutsche Bank title in playoff
06 Sep 2011
Breitbart
Webb Simpson reacts after he made a putt for birdie on the 18th hole during... Chez Reavie watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the final round ... Webb Simpson sank a nine-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to defeat fellow American Chez Reavie and capture the US PGA Deutsche...
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Column: Indianapolis you were warned
06 Sep 2011
Seattle Times
Indianapolis, you were warned. Fans in every NFL city think the Super Bowl host jinx is just a myth until it lands on their town. But there's a variety of reasons why no team that has provided the stadium for the big game has ever played in it. And at the rate they're piling up reasons, the Colts -...
Djokovic lines up all-Serb US Open quarter-final
06 Sep 2011
Jakarta Globe
World number one Novak Djokovic weathered a first-set storm to subdue Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6 (16/14), 6-4, 6-2 and reach the quarter-finals of the US Open. Djokovic on Monday set up an all-Serbian last-eight clash with Janko Tipsarevic, but first he had to quell the challenge presented by world...
Races loosen up as September begins
06 Sep 2011
The State
The final month of the baseball season is upon us, and intrigue is unusually absent with the postseason looming. The contenders have been identified, and the pretenders are looking forward to the offseason. Four of the six division leaders have cushions of at least six games, and the wild-card races...
Simpson beats Reavie in Deutsche Bank playoff
06 Sep 2011
The State
Webb Simpson birdied his final three holes, including both playoff holes, and beat Chez Reavie on the second extra hole Monday to win the Deutsche Bank Championship. Simpson, who lost a playoff earlier this year in New Orleans to Bubba Watson, drained an eight-footer on the par-four 17th to seal his...
Holiday Weekend Brings Big Business to Reno
06 Sep 2011
NZ Herald
New Zealand will field close to its best lineup against Tonga in the Rugby World Cup opener this week and continue the strategy in its pool, assistant coach Steve Hansen hinted Tuesday. It means leading All Blacks, including captain Richie McCaw and first five-eighth Dan Carter, who are considered...
Tsonga edges Fish in 5 sets to reach US Open QF
06 Sep 2011
The News & Observer
NEW YORK -- France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came back to eliminate Mardy Fish, the highest-seeded American, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Monday to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time. No. 8 Fish was trying to make it past the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the second time. But his...
