The American world number one, who failed to gain automatic selection for the biennial team competition after struggling for form for much of this year, was selected by Pavin to compete in his sixth Ryder Cup.
Holders the U.S. take on Colin Montgomerie's European team at the Celtic Manor resort in ...
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MIAMI (Reuters) - The last time the New Orleans Saints played at their home venue, the Louisiana Superdome, they won the NFC championship after battering and bruising Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre.
On Thursday, the Super Bowl champions return to action and, in the perfect piece of ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal will lead the Spanish Armada into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday as he continues his bid to capture the only grand slam to have eluded him.
Spain have strength in numbers and are already assured of having at least one men's semi-finalist after filling ...
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NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Charley Hoffman charged to a commanding five-stroke victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday but it remains to be seen whether it was enough to earn a spot on the American Ryder Cup team.
Hoffman was a class apart as he compiled 11 birdies in a ...
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The Padres used a committee of seven pitchers to end their suffering with their first win since Aug, 25, helping the team maintain a one-game edge over the San Francisco Giants.
With ace pitcher Mat Latos scratched due to stomach flu, regular reliever Tim Stauffer filled in and pitched the first ...
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Uncertainty has clouded the Steelers at the quarterback position after two-time Super Bowl champion Ben Roethlisberger was suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the regular season following accusations of sexual assault.
Backup QB Byron Leftwich was injured Thursday in the team's last ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark elicited a barrel full of errors from former champion Maria Sharapova to post a 6-3 6-4 victory on Monday and advance to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open.
Wozniacki, runner-up last year to Kim Clijsters, showed poised and patience as ...
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Rodriguez became the first major leaguer to reach the milestone with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning of New York's 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
"It feels good," Rodriguez told reporters after breaking clear of a four-way tie with Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx, who had each achieved the ...
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Houshmandzadeh, who was released by the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, will beef up Baltimore's receiving corps as he enters his 10th season in the league.
In a related move, the Ravens traded wide receiver Mark Clayton to the St. Louis Rams for an undisclosed draft pick.
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Roethlisberger, who has been suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the regular season following accusations of sexual assault, had been a captain the previous two years.
The 28-year-old, a Super Bowl winner with Pittsburgh in 2006 and 2009, is not permitted to be at the team's practice ...
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