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Olympics notebook

Associated Press CYCLING: Pedro Pablo Perez, a star Cuban cyclist who competed at the Sydney Olympics, was in a coma after a car crash and will miss the Beijing Games. The 31-year-old rider sustained "cerebral ... lacerations...

The Buzz: Poker finalists now wait

Dennis Phillips, a 53-year-old amateur poker player from a St. Louis suburb, surged to chip lead in the World Series of Poker, as the tournament on Tuesday skimmed down to the final nine players. They will meet at the...

Tsonga heads Olympic tennis withdrawals

Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of Olympic tournament Top-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi withdraws from the Austrian Open Sixth-seeded Florent Serra defeated in the opening round of Dutch Open LONDON, England (AP)...

Sports Minute: Hamilton impressive in runner-up finish...Spectrum going down...Rest day at the Tour

Jul 15, 2008

Associated Press - July 15, 2008 10:03 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Twins first baseman Justin Morneau (MOHR'-noh) won last night's All-Star Home Run Derby, but it was Josh Hamilton who stole the show in Yankee Stadium. The Texas...

French Open ratings: Rafael Nadal and Svetlana Kuznetsova head up the stars for the stars

This time next week, we'll know if Nadal is a four-time winner at Roland Garros and if Maria Sharapova is still on course for a Grand Slam of the major titles. On the eve of the second week of the French Open, Gregory Lanzenberg...

Ginepri last American man left in French Open

PARIS (AP) -- Robby Ginepri is easy to spot at the French Open in his oh-so-American getup: Black baseball cap turned backward and sleeveless T-shirt. Even more remarkably, he is into the fourth round at the clay-court Grand Slam,...

Fed Ex masterclass denies Ancic repeat performance

PARIS: Roger Federer turned a potentially tricky outing against Mario Ancic into a stroll in the park on Saturday, beating the Croatian 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of the French Open. Ancic holds the distinction of being the...

Sharapova advances at French Open

PARIS, May 31 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Maria Sharapova beat Karin Knapp in straight sets Saturday to advance to the women's fourth round at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris. The heavily favored Russian shook off a first set...

Sharapova advances at French Open

After close first set, she rolls; Federer wins; American Ginepri reaches 4th round returns the ball during his third-round match against Mario Ancic. Maria Sharapova saved her most piercing shriek to punctuate her final shot of the...

Sharapova advances; American Ginepri wins in straight sets

She wins third-round match in straight sets; Ginepri becomes first U.S. man to reach fourth round since 2003 By Steven Wine | The Associated Press PARIS - Maria Sharapova saved her most piercing shriek to punctuate her final shot of...