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Hall Of Famer Duke Snider Dead At 84
From the Baseball Hall of Fame’s press release on the death of Brooklyn Dodgers legend Duke Snider: Duke Snider, elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980 following an 18-year major league career in which he hit 407 home runs, passed away on Sunday morning following an undisclosed illness at the Valle Vista [...]
John Kuester Benches Pistons Players That Skipped Practice, Gets Ejected In 110-94 Loss
Tayshaun Prince, Tracy McGrady, Ben Wallace and Rodney Stuckey were all held out of the Detroit Pistons’ 110-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night after skipping the morning shootaround, reportedly in protest of head coach John Kuester. The matter was called an internal decision, leaving the Pistons with just six available players in [...]
Lindsey Vonn wins women’s World Cup downhill race
Lindsey Vonn showed she is back to her best by winning a women’s World Cup downhill race on Saturday, just weeks after concussion curtailed her world championship campaign. Lindsey Vonn was slightly behind Slovenia’s Tina Maze at the first time split on the Olympia course but won in one minute 40.93 sec. for her seventh [...]
Lovie Smith’s Contract Extended to Two Years
Lovie Smith was on the hot seat for this season, but it seems like every time he is on the hot seat, he does things very well. With that, he led the Chicago Bears to an 11-5 record and to an NFC Championship appearance. If Jay Cutler wasn’t injured, I wouldn’t be surprised if the [...]
Derrick Rose and Bulls too Much for LeBron and Wade
You could tell from the start it was going to be a big night. From the second LeBron James touched the ball and got booed by 23,000 fans in another United Center sell out. Miami’s defense was too much for the Bulls in the first half, especially in the first quarter. Didn’t matter. The Heat, [...]
On Legends Night, Carmelo Anthony Starts to Build His Knicks Legacy
With the trade becoming official Tuesday and all physicals passed in the nick of time on Wednesday, it was a complete coincidence that the New York Knicks introduced Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups on the team’s third annual legends night. But if sometime during the 15th or 20th or 32nd annual legends night they introduce [...]
Pakistan beat Kenya by 205 runs – ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Pakistan beat Kenya by 205 runs, live cricket score and highlights. It is a huge win and big psychological boost for faction ridden Pakistani side. Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi is on a song here. Her has already scalped five wickets against Kenya and has helped restrict the African team at 112 runs giving a great [...]
Cricket World cup records:South Africa vs West Indies cricket Teams
* The two teams have played three matches against each other. In two matches, West Indies cricket team won while one was won by South African cricket team * Except for the match in which South Africa bull dozed West Indies batting line up, all other matches have seen fierce battle between the two countries. [...]
England beat the Netherlands by six wickets
England beat the Netherlands by six wickets in their opening Cricket World Cup match at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here today. Brief Scores: The Netherlands: 292 for six in 50 overs (Ryan ten Doeschate 119, Tom Cooper 47; Graeme Swan 2/35, Stuart Broad 2/65). England: 296 for 4 in 48.4 overs (Andrew Strauss 88, Jonathan [...]
Afridi desperate to avoid repeat of upsets
Pakistan face Kenya in their opening World Cup match tomorrow, desperate to atone for their tragedy-hit 2007 tournament. Four ago, Pakistan suffered an embarrassing three-wicket defeat by Ireland and crashed out in the first round. Captain Shahid Afridi said his team will take all opponents here seriously. “There have been so many upsets in the [...]
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