Blogs Posts in Sports category; 238 blog posts

Football game between Dallas and Green Bay leads NBC to rati...

A Sunday night football clash between Dallas and Green Bay helped NBC win its seventh straight week in the television ratings, its longest streak since spring 2002. The fall television season begins this week, ushered in with a thud: Sunda [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Navarro's ninth-inning RBI single gives Rays win

The Tampa Bay Rays have been resilient all season, so manager Joe Maddon is not going to start doubting his team now. A day after Boston closed within percentage points of first place in the AL East with an awesome display of power, the d [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Blake loses to Gonzalez in Olympic tennis

First-time Olympian James Blake came up one point short Friday in his bid to reach the Olympic finals.Blake was unable to convert three consecutive match points, and eight games later he lost to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 4-6, 7-5, 11-9. G [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Canada's most gifted striker Beijing-bound

It started early. Her burning desire to compete in the Olympics.Many of Christine Sinclair's uncles had played soccer at an elite level. One, Bruce Gant, made Canada's national team. Another, Brian Gant, played pro in the North American Soc [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

San Antonio bout leaves boxer unconscious

Welterweight contender Oscar Diaz had surgery for bleeding on the brain after collapsing between rounds of a nationally televised bout in his hometown. The 25-year-old fighter was taking a beating from Delvin Rodriguez on Wednesday night at [...]

Posted On : Jul, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Jack Swarbrick Tapped As New Irish Athletic Director

In a bold move for the leadership of the Notre Dame athletic department, the University has eschewed the traditional paradigm of hiring athletic directors at major universities and instead conducted a search focused on the requirements of t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Tennessee Lady Vols Repeat

The Tennessee Lady Vols are once again the champions of women's college basketball. Tennessee spotted Stanford 3-0, tied it at five and again at seven before taking the lead for good at 10-7. This was the eighth straight women's crown f [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

KU memory lane at hand for Williams

Maybe Roy Williams should have left Kansas for North Carolina sooner. "It was a horrible decision in 2000 when I decided to stay," he said. Maybe he should have stayed in Lawrence three years later. "(It was) a horrible de [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Unclear U.S. Figure Skating rules leads to men's controversy

A top international skating official said Friday that imprecise wording of rules has contributed to a controversy over the results of the men's skating competition at last weekend's U.S. Figure Skating Championships. "The programming [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Sania becomes Asia's number one tennis player

Controversies, injuries and inconsistent form have threatened to derail Sania Mirza's career time and again but the Indian star continues to rise nevertheless, touching a new high on Monday by becoming Asia's number one woman tennis player. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Learnt a lot from Kumble: Dhoni

MS Dhoni is a man who will be back in charge of the Indian team in less than a week. After a roller coaster tour, he has had the chance to learn some fine lessons in captaincy from Anil Kumble, especially on how to overcome a crisis, and h [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

China's sports system delivers, but at a cost

China's state sports system certainly has its critics but many of those who have benefited from it are convinced it remains the secret of their country's sporting success.There are 23,000 state-supported athletes in the pyramid structure th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

'Disappointing' Tait controversy spurred us - Ponting

Ricky Ponting has dismissed the fracas surrounding Shaun Tait's action as "absolute rubbish" and called New Zealand's insinuations "a bit disappointing". But he admitted the situation motivated Australia to victory in [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2007 | Comments : 0

Sanias ad shoot sparks controversy

Controversy is brewing over shooting of an advertisement film with ace tennis player Sania Mirza on the premises of historic Mecca Masjid with the mosque management lodging a complaint seeking action against her on Tuesday.The Hussa [...]