Month: July 2016

Items belonging to Ken Stabler are being auctioned online even as the former Raiders quarterback is set to be posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Pristine Auction has listed a total of 458 items, including the Hickok Belt for the Professional Athlete of the Year, and Stabler’s varsity letter from the University […]

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Sixth-seeded Venus Williams tumbled out of the Rogers Cup in the third round Thursday night, falling 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 to 10th-seeded Madison Keys in an all-American match. Playing her last tournament match before the Rio Olympics, the 36-year-old Williams lost seven straight games before holding serve in the third game of the second set. […]

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Major League Baseball has denied the Los Angeles Angels’ formal protest of their loss at Kansas City on Wednesday night. Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre ruled on the protest Thursday. Angels manager Mike Scioscia protested Kansas City’s 7-5 victory, claiming the Royals’ Raul Mondesi ran inside the line on a bunt single in the seventh […]

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Frontal cockpit protection will not be introduced for Formula One cars before the 2018 season, to allow for more testing, the governing body of world motor sports said Thursday. The F1 Strategy Group that includes Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, six leading teams and FIA president Jean Todt agreed on the move after a meeting […]

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South Korea’s Moon Dae-sung has been suspended as a member of the International Olympic Committee over allegations that he plagiarized his doctoral thesis. The IOC said that that Moon’s membership will be suspended until South Korea’s Supreme Court reaches a verdict over his dispute with a Seoul university, which stripped him of his degree in […]

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Stephan Jaeger shot a 12-under 58 on Thursday in the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic for the lowest score in major tour play. The 27-year-old German player finished with a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 ninth at TPC Stonebrae. “It went in a little fast for my liking,” Jaeger said about his final putt. […]

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New national team goalkeeping coach Enver Lugusic arrived in Japan on Friday eager to make a swift impact and improve the level of the country’s shot stoppers. “I am certain that Japan can get to the (2018) World Cup in Russia and I want to quickly raise the level of Japan’s goalkeepers,” the 55-year-old Lugusic […]

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The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced Friday they have terminated right-hander Kenny Ray’s contract and placed him on waivers. The 41-year-old was 0-2 with a 7.27 ERA in four starts this season in his third year with the Pacific League club. Ray was 0-1 for the Eagles in 2013 and rejoined them in 2015 when […]

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For one night, it almost felt like old times for the Yomiuri Giants. Shinnosuke Abe and Hayato Sakamoto were hitting home runs and Tetsuya Utsumi was making sure the other team didn’t. Abe connected on a two-run shot, Sakamoto hit a solo blast and Utsumi kept things under control on the mound as the Kyojin […]

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