Sports Shorts: Sooners fall from football rankings
NEW YORK Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in. On Sunday, the Sooners and Cardinal sort of swapped places. Oklahoma dropped out of the college football poll for the first time since 200...
 3.3K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 167.0 Sorenstam enjoying new life as mom
NEW YORK At 6 weeks old, Ava Madelyn McGee is already showing a stubborn streak just like her mom. Annika Sorenstam isn t too surprised at the personality her daughter is developing. Her own tenacity drove the golfer to 72 LPGA Tour wins, includi...
4.4K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 167.0 Sports Briefs: Indiana one win from WNBA title
INDIANAPOLIS Tamika Catchings had 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the Indiana Fever moved within one victory of the WNBA title Sunday with an 86-85 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the finals. The Mercury s Tangela Smith missed...
6.8K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 212.0 Sports Briefs: NBA will allow refs to use instant replay
NEW YORK ” NBA referees will be able to use instant replay on shot-clock and out-of-bounds calls this season. The NBA Board of Governors approved the expanded use on Friday. Referees will be permitted to check replay to see if the 24-secon...
5.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 106.0 Thompson steals show at LPGA event
PRATTVILLE, Ala. Scotland s Janice Moodie shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over 14-year-old Alexis Thompson in the Navistar LPGA Classic, with Michelle Wie and top-ranked Lorena Ochoa two strokes back. Moodie, a tw...
3.4K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 636.0 Tebow out of hospital
GAINESVILLE, Fla. ” Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was out of the hospital and back home Sunday, recovering from the concussion he sustained during the Gators 41-7 victory at Kentucky. Tebow was released from the University Medical Center ...
5.2K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 167.0 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 167.0 Sports Briefs: LPGA Tour loses another event
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. The LPGA Tour has lost one of its marquee events. Anheuser-Busch announced Monday that it is not renewing its sponsorship of the popular Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill after seven years. Anheuser-Busch vice president Dan McHugh ...
3.4K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 636.0 Sports Briefs: Mayweather makes triumphant return to ring
LAS VEGAS Floyd Mayweather Jr. returned to the ring with another emphatic victory. Maybe next time he ll pick on somebody his own size. Mayweather overpowered the smaller, lighter Juan Manuel Marquez for an unanimous decision Saturday night, mainta...
4.5K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 167.0 Retiree deals aces twice in the same round
WHITLEY BAY, England Ruth Day, a 64-year-old retiree from northern England, had the day of her life on the golf course last week. Day managed to shoot two holes-in-one in the same round at Whitley Bay Golf Club, where she is a member. A hole in one...
2.9K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 106.0 Sports Briefs: Rubio will stay in Spain for two more seasons
MINNEAPOLIS After saying all summer long that his preference was to play in the NBA, Ricky Rubio apparently got a case of cold feet at the last minute. Less than 48 hours after the Timberwolves, Rubio s agents and the Spanish team DKV Joventut agre...
6.9K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 106.0 Sports Briefs: Rookie wins LPGA tourney
NORTH PLAINS Rookie M.J. Hur made a 6-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole of the Safeway Classic on Sunday to beat Suzann Pettersen for her first LPGA Tour victory. Hur shot a final-round 65, while Pettersen and veteran Michele Redman each ...
6.6K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 424.0 Sports Briefs: Bader shoots 64 to take lead in LPGA s Safeway Classic
NORTH PLAINS Beth Bader shot an 8-under 64 at the Safeway Classic to take a one-stroke lead into the second round at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Bader s low score came early in the day before the winds picked up and rain moved in over the course west ...
4.3K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 106.0 Solheim Cup stars play in Oregon
NORTH PLAINS The members of the U.S. Solheim Cup team return to their day jobs Friday at the LPGA Safeway Classic. Eleven of the 12 American women who defeated a team from Europe last weekend at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill., are playing ...
3.4K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 106.0 Women's golf sees rise in popularity
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. A roar went up and thousands of fans immediately headed to the next hole, a wave of red washing through the trees at Rich Harvest Farms. It s a commonplace scene when Tiger Woods is playing. This rock star treatment, though, was f...
5.4K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 298.0 Golf: Bryant keeps lead at the Tradition
SUNRIVER Brad Bryant had a one-stroke lead over defending champion Fred Funk after the first two rounds of the Jeld-Wen Tradition at Crosswater Golf Club. Bryant was steady Friday with an even-par 72 that gave him a 10-under 134 in the fourth of fi...
2.6K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 106.0 Korean pulls off stunning PGA win
CHASKA, Minn. Knowing his last remaining challenger was about to make birdie, he chipped in from 60 feet for an eagle. The crowd roared, and he responded with a scream and a fist pump. Got to be Tiger Woods wrapping up another major. No, not this t...
6.8K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 106.0 Sports Briefs: Champion boxer Forrest shot to death in Atlanta
ATLANTA Vernon Forrest, a former three-time champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat Sugar Shane Mosley, was shot and killed during an apparent robbery in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Atlanta Police Sgt. Lisa Keyes sai...
5.7K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 106.0 Bivens quites as LPGA commissioner
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Carolyn Bivens resigned as LPGA Tour commissioner Monday, bowing to pressure from players who were upset about the organization s economic woes and her leadership. Marsha Evans, a retired rear admiral in the Navy who also h...
3.9K - Jul. 14, 2009; scored 1000.0 Drama at the U.S. Open
BETHLEHEM, Pa. South Korea s Eun Hee Ji made the U.S. Women s Open memorable for more than a lingering LPGA Tour hierarchy dispute. Former champion Cristie Kerr failed to hold the lead, and Ji punctuated a frantic final round Sunday by rolling in a ...
4.3K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 246.0 | 
