Sports Briefs: NHL will buy Phoenix team
PHOENIX The Phoenix Coyotes bumpy six-month journey through U.S. Bankruptcy Court has come to an end with a judge s approval of the sale of the franchise to the NHL. Judge Redfield T. Baum signed the order after a quiet, brief hearing in a mostly ...
 6.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 76.0 Column: New group lobbies for community sports funding
If the high school and youth sports programs in your town aren t already having trouble paying their bills, they will soon. And if that doesn t sound like headline-worthy news in this battered economy, just wait. You ll have your pick of headlines fr...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 76.0 Cincinnati wins, but loses quarterback
TAMPA, Fla. Cincinnati will have to find a way to keep its high-octane offense going without Tony Pike for at least one more game. The No. 8 Bearcats lost their starting quarterback to a sprained left wrist during Thursday night s 34-17 victory ove...
3.0K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 76.0 Sports Briefs: New Mexico suspends coach
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico coach Mike Locksley won t be on the sidelines when his team plays UNLV later this month, part of a 10-day suspension issued as punishment for his role in a fight with an assistant coach. Athletic director Paul Krebs sai...
6.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 76.0 Ducks may be without QB Masoli this week
EUGENE Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli rejoined practice with the No. 13 Oregon Ducks on a limited basis Wednesday, after missing two days with a right knee injury. It appeared that backup quarterback Nate Costa will get the start on Saturday at...
3.4K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 76.0 Sports Briefs: Gay beats Powell in 100 meters
DAEGU, South Korea American sprinter Tyson Gay won the 100 meters, edging Jamaican Asafa Powell at the Daegu Pre-Championships Meet. Gay finished in 9.94 seconds on Friday, while Powell was second in 10.00 at Daegu Stadium. It was Tyson s third com...
4.3K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 76.0 Emotions run high in debate over Fighting Sioux nickname
GRAND FORKS, N.D. Brett Potas is so angry the University of North Dakota may drop its Fighting Sioux nickname that he s canceled his season hockey tickets and says he won t give his alma mater another dime. They tried to get me to think about it. I...
5.2K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 76.0 Cancer claims NCAA chief
INDIANAPOLIS Firing Bob Knight gave Myles Brand the pulpit to critique college athletics. Eventually, it helped him change the NCAA, too. Brand, the first university president to lead college sports largest governing body, died Wednesday at his In...
5.7K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 152.0 FINA bans bodysuits
ROME Swimming s governing body banned record-setting bodysuits Friday, a major step in limiting technology in the pool. FINA has come under criticism for its failure to regulate the rapid advances in swimsuit technology that has led to 108 world re...
4.8K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 76.0 Baseball: Houston spoils Manny s return
LOS ANGELES Manny Ramirez was greeted with cheers, chants of his name and camera flashes that sparkled around Dodger Stadium. Mannywood has officially been restored. This is my town, the dreadlocked slugger said, laughing. Tinseltown had hoped for...
5.3K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 76.0 China boycots opening ceremony
TAIPEI, Taiwan The 100-strong Chinese delegation boycotted the opening ceremony of the World Games in Taiwan on today, underscoring the limits of the historic breakthrough in relations between Taipei and Beijing. The Chinese gesture is likely to ru...
4.2K - Jul. 16, 2009; scored 135.0 Selig wants banned players out of minors
ST. LOUIS Baseball commissioner Bud Selig wants to keep players on drug suspensions from going to the minor leagues before they return. Manny Ramirez drew sellout crowds last month in the minors when he played two games at Triple-A Albuquerque and ...
6.2K - Jul. 15, 2009; scored 76.0 Principal properly puts education first
Progress requires setting priorities, and Marshfield High School has chosen the right priorities with its athletic participation policy. The first year of Greg Mulkey s no-pass, no-play policy brought unhappy surprises for some athletes. Players earn...
2.0K - Jul. 15, 2009; scored 220.0 Obama wants funds for colleges
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is proposing a multibillion-dollar investment in the nation s community colleges, a $12 billion effort to help the two-year institutions reach, teach and train more people for the jobs of the future. Obam...
3.3K - Jul. 14, 2009; scored 98.0 MHS principal: Tough athletic policy a success
COOS BAY It was an hour before the second league home game of the season. Marshfield High School baseball coach Quintin Hall was throwing batting practice when he got the news. Half of his 14 varsity players had posted one or more failing grades th...
5.0K - Jul. 11, 2009; scored 1000.0 Doping agency urges majors to adopt policy
MONTREAL The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday urged Major League Baseball to adopt its code, which includes a two-year suspension for an athlete s first positive test. MLB and the players association have toughened their drug...
2.3K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 76.0 Senator requests probe into BCS
WASHINGTON Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate college football s Bowl Championship Series for what he views as violations of antitrust laws. Hatch made the comment after conducting a standing-room-only hear...
4.4K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 98.0 Sports Briefs: Man faces murder charges in crash that killed pitcher
SANTA ANA, Calif. A grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others when a minivan smashed into their car last month. Orange County prosecutors say Andrew Gallo was indicted on three counts...
4.9K - May. 28, 2009; scored 125.0 College board candidates state goals
Aims to finish projects Marcia Jensen This 59-year-old incumbent to the Southwestern Oregon Community College board of education has served in her position for nine years. She was appointed in August 2000. Born and raised in Coquille, she said she ha...
6.9K - May. 6, 2009; scored 76.0 New test finds alleged Olympic cheaters
LONDON Bahrain s first Olympic track and field gold medalist, an Italian cycling silver medalist and a Dominican weightlifter are among the six athletes caught for blood doping in retests of their Beijing samples. National sports bodies in Bahrain ...
6.0K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 174.0 | 
