Posts Tagged ‘gulf’
Venus Williams Advances to Seventh US Open Semifinals
Filed under: U.S. Open, WTANEW YORK -- Chalk up another magnificent accomplishment in the brilliant career of Venus Williams. Despite not playing competitive tennis since Wimbledon in July, Williams advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open by defeating Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (5), 6-3 early Tuesday evening. Williams becomes the first [...]
Stanislas Wawrinka Ousts Sam Querrey in Five-Set Grinder
Filed under: U.S. Open, ATPFor the second consecutive year, there are no American men in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open. Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated 20th-seeded Sam Querrey in a five-set marathon -- 7-6 (9), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 -- on Monday. The 25th-seeded Wawrinka, who turned pro in 2002, reaches his first ever [...]
Stop Wailing: Corey Pavin Makes Right Call in Choosing Tiger
Filed under: Ryder Cup Corey Pavin talked about gut feelings when it came to picking the Ryder Cup team. A prevalent one on Tuesday was nausea. Pavin didn't have it, but a lot of people were bent over after hearing that Tiger Woods made the team. Take some Dramamine and get over it, folks. Pavin had no choice. Woods earned his way onto the [...]
Embattled Kansas AD Lew Perkins Retires One Year Early
Filed under: Kansas, Big 12Embattled Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins, who announced this summer he would retire in September 2011, will now retire almost a year earlier and with the same benefits, the school announced Tuesday afternoon. Perkins' retirement is effective immediately. "There is no question that Kansas athletics has benefited [...]
Bill Parcells Steps Aside; Jeff Ireland Takes Over Dolphins
Filed under: DolphinsBill Parcells is on the move again. He's just not going very far. At least not yet. The Miami Dolphins announced an organizational shakeup Tuesday, with general manager Jeff Ireland taking over full control of the team's football operations, with Parcells, the executive vice president of football operations since December [...]
Boise State Gains Ground in AP Top 25
Filed under: Boise State, Top 25More AP Top 25 voters are buying into Boise State as the No. 1 team in the country. Boise State gained seven first-place votes and closed in on No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Ohio State as the top three teams in the first regular season Associated Press football poll held their spots from the preseason. The Broncos [...]
Pavin’s Ryder Cup Picks Hard to Dispute
Filed under: PGA, Ryder CupU.S. Ryder Cup team captain Corey Pavin (pictured) on Tuesday explained the logic behind his four wild-card picks with disarming simplicity. "What was important to me is who I thought could play well in that environment over in Wales on European soil," Pavin said. "I wanted to find guys that round off the team and make [...]
Tiger Rebuilding Tiger, Swing by Swing
Filed under: PGA, Ryder Cup, Golf Odds and Ends, FedEx CupInch by inch, Tiger Woods appears to be in the process of climbing back into form. But there remains considerable distance to cover. Despite putting together three consecutive rounds in the 60s for the first time this season to finish T11 Monday in the Deutsche Bank Championship, Woods has [...]
South Africa’s Olympic Chief ‘Defied’ Docs in Caster Semenya Case
Filed under: Track & FieldThe suspended chief of South Africa's Olympic committee is accused of "gross misconduct" after he allowed distance runner Caster Semenya to compete in the 2009 world championships against the advice of medical officials. The revelation came in a report commissioned by the South Africa's Sports Confederation and [...]
Montreal Alouette LB Walter Spencer Stabbed in Bar Fight
MONTREAL (AP) -- Montreal Alouettes linebacker Walter Spencer was taken to a hospital early Monday after being stabbed in a bar. Spence was stabbed multiple times in the upper body with a broken beer bottle. One of the strikes reportedly hit the player's lung. "His life was actually in critical condition at one point. We did fear for his life," [...]