Nadal and Roddick want shorter season
SHANGHAI Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick complained today that the ATP season is too long and that tennis players need a proper offseason. Both players, who are in China for the Shanghai Masters, reiterated criticism of the sport s punishing schedule...
 2.1K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 634.0 Sports Briefs: Carpenter, Hill take comeback honors
NEW YORK Chris Carpenter has been voted NL comeback player of the year and Aaron Hill has won the AL award. Limited to four starts over the prior two seasons because of elbow surgery and a shoulder injury, Carpenter was 17-4 with a league-leading 2...
4.3K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 303.0 Sports Briefs: Russian man working on deal to buy the Nets
NEW YORK Russia s richest man has a deal to buy a controlling interest in the New Jersey Nets and nearly half of a project to build a new arena in Brooklyn. Mikhail Prokhorov s Onexim Group announced the deal with Forest City Ratner Companies and N...
4.6K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 303.0 Federer denied sixth straight Open title
NEW YORK Roger Federer sat in his sideline chair, listening to the music, gazing into the distance the glassy-eyed look of a defeated man. Shocked. The owner of the most Grand Slam titles in history maybe the best player of all time finally l...
5.5K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 480.0 McEnroe and Connors give fans a rare treat on practice court
NEW YORK Those who say we ll never see anything like McEnroe-Connors again should have been near Practice Court 4 at the U.S. Open on Friday. There they were, the two left-handers two players who defined a generation of tennis and won 15 Grand Sl...
4.2K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 392.0 American teen pulls off major upset
NEW YORK They are both ahead of schedule. Maria Sharapova is progressing quickly on one track that might make her a champion again, while Melanie Oudin is speeding on another that gets her mentioned in the same sentence with Sharapova. Oudin, the 1...
5.9K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 303.0 Federer and Hewitt will renew rivalry at Open
NEW YORK Roger Federer once wondered how he was ever going to beat Lleyton Hewitt. Hewitt dominated the series back when the Australian was in the midst of winning two Grand Slam titles and Federer was still chasing his first major championship. Ha...
4.3K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 303.0 Venus avoids upset at U.S. Open
NEW YORK Venus Williams enjoyed a New York Moment at the U.S. Open. She probably never guessed she d need one to pull her through the first round. Dealing with a balky left knee and an opponent who didn t buy into the usual opening-night script, ...
4.8K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 541.0 Rising star has high hopes for U.S. Open
NEW YORK The question comes up pretty much every week. Lately, Sam Querrey finds himself answering it more often than most. Who will be the next great American tennis star? Querrey enters the U.S. Open as one of the top candidates, complete with hi...
4.6K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 757.0 Federer and Nadal have switched places
NEW YORK As last year s U.S. Open began, plenty of people were wondering what was wrong with Roger Federer. Feeling sorry for the guy, even. Federer arrived at Flushing Meadows in 2008 ranked No. 2, not No. 1. He arrived with gasp! zero Grand S...
6.9K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 392.0 Sports Briefs: Timberwolves expected to name Rambis coach
MINNEAPOLIS Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis agreed Sunday to become coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. Rambis and the Timberwolves have an oral agreement and are completing details of the con...
7.0K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 502.0 Jie upsets top-ranked Safina at L.A. championships
CARSON, Calif. (AP) Zheng Jie upset top-ranked Dinara Safina 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in the third round of the LA Women s Tennis Championships, beating the Russian for the first time in five career meetings. Safina, the defending tournament champion and runn...
5.8K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 502.0 Struggling Arena Football League closes its doors
The Arena Football League has shut down, this time indefinitely. The league, which previously called off play for the 2009 season but had said it planned to return in 2010, sent a terse, one-paragraph statement to its teams late Tuesday announcing it...
3.6K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 502.0 Buick ends 50 years of PGA Tour sponsorship
Buick ended more than 50 years of PGA Tour sponsorship when it announced that it no longer will sponsor golf tournaments in Michigan and California because of the court-ordered restructuring of parent General Motors. The decision came two days after ...
4.9K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 392.0 Rachel Alexandra wins Haskell
OCEANPORT, N.J. Rachel Alexandra turned sped around the far turn and rolled past the boys once again to win the $1.25 million Haskell Ivitational and establish herself as one of the greatest fillies in thoroughbred racing. When the regal b...
2.9K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 392.0 Sports Briefs: Rubio plans to leave his Spanish club
GERONA, Spain Ricky Rubio plans to part ways with Spanish basketball club DKV Joventut even if the Minnesota Timberwolves cannot reach a deal to bring their first round draft pick to the NBA. Timberwolves president David Kahn was in Spain this week...
4.6K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 392.0 Federer passes Sampras with epic win
WIMBLEDON, England From his front row seat in the Royal Box, Pete Sampras watched as Roger Federer broke his record for most Grand Slam singles titles in men s tennis history. After Federer overcame Andy Roddick in a marathon, five-set serving duel...
7.2K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 744.0 Federer faces Roddick for title
WIMBLEDON, England Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhea...
6.8K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 1000.0 Federer, Rodick to meet in Wimbledon final
WIMBLEDON, England Five-time champion Roger Federer reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final today and will face Andy Roddick for a chance at a record 15th Grand Slam title. Federer delivered a masterful grass-court performance to beat Tommy Ha...
4.9K - Jul. 3, 2009; scored 828.0 Roddick reaches quarters
WIMBLEDON, England Most of the talk at Wimbledon has been about the likelihood of a final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. It turns out another Andy is also making a strong title run. Andy Roddick overcame former champion Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, ...
4.4K - Jul. 2, 2009; scored 955.0 | 
