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Senior forward Beth Schuermann (Cincinnati home schooled) scored her second game-winning goal in five days as host Mount St. Joseph defeated Manchester 1-0 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament championship.

Zeiger wins Ironman World Championship

Add another amazing exploit to Joanna Zeiger's amazing résumé. She's an Olympian. She's an Ironman champion. She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and placed fifth at the Ford Ironman World Championship all in the...

Sports Minute: Tar Heels prevail...Steelers cut Davenport...Brewers hire Randolph

Associated Press - November 8, 2008 3:53 PM ET The first of today's three matchups of ranked schools is in the books: Number-19 North Carolina topped 22nd-ranked Georgia Tech 28-7. Number-1 Alabama is at 15th-ranked LSU this...

Johnson takes pole for Phoenix race

Jimmie Johnson moved a step closer to a third consecutive Sprint Cup title by winning the pole for the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Speedway. Johnson, the defending race winner, turned a lap of...

Cuban still has interest in Cubs

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban remains as interested as ever in buying the Chicago Cubs, dismissing a report that Major League Baseball might not want him as an owner. According to a Chicago Sun-Times report that cited a...

King promotes gender equality in the Middle East

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Billie Jean King is in the conservative Muslim sheikdom of Qatar to promote gender equality in sport, but the WTA Tour founder says change is difficult and takes time. "That's actually one of the big reasons...

Sports Minute: Skins get Hall...NFL hands out fines...Hawkins staying with Houston

Associated Press - November 7, 2008 3:53 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - The Washington Redskins and DeAngelo Hall have reached agreement on a 1-year contract. The veteran cornerback was unceremoniously released by Oakland earlier...

Tennis-WTA Championships women's singles result and standings

Nov 6 (Reuters) - WTA Championships women's singles result and standings from Doha on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding) White Group 1-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat 6-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 7-6(6) 6-4 White Group P W L F A...

'Shark' expects PGA purses to tumble

Greg Norman, a two-time major champion, former No. 1 golfer in the world and respected entrepreneur, said purses for PGA Tour events will shrink because of the global credit crunch. TENNIS Venus Williams defeated Elena...

K-Swiss, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

November 05, 2008 | about stocks: Executives Steven Nichols - George Powlick Certain matters discussed in this press release are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially,...