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 420.0 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 420.0 Clijsters completes stunning run at Open
NEW YORK Someday Kim Clijsters will show her daughter the pictures Jada pointing at herself on the giant video boards, scampering around the court and leaning over to touch the trophy. The 18-month-old is too young to remember her mother s unforg...
4.1K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 542.0 Rain delays U.S. Open matches
NEW YORK Rain threw the U.S. Open schedule into disarray for the second consecutive year, meaning both singles finals will be pushed back, and the tournament will end Monday at the earliest. All of Friday s matches were postponed because of steady ...
2.0K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 420.0 Rain gives Nadal a welcome break
NEW YORK If any player needed a break at the U.S. Open, it was Rafael Nadal. His stomach muscles clearly hurting, the third-seeded Nadal got some time to heal when his match against No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez was postponed because of rain late Thursd...
4.1K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 628.0 Wozniaki ends Oudin's run at U.S. Open
NEW YORK Melanie Oudin came to New York with a bag of rackets slung across her shoulder and a few modest goals. She ll leave with a different kind of life. Her run at the U.S. Open ended Wednesday, but not before the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga.,...
5.3K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 542.0 Oudin pulls off another upset at U.S. Open
NEW YORK When Melanie Oudin wakes up each morning these days, sharing a king-sized hotel bed with her mother, she s basically your average teen visiting the big city. Then the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., gets out on court at the U.S. Open in th...
7.4K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 542.0 Dent's comeback complete with win
NEW YORK They come from opposite ends of the spectrum one a former champion and current superstar, the other still searching for his big moment. Both know what it s like to have tennis taken away. Maria Sharapova and Taylor Dent each made winning...
4.5K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 420.0 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 420.0 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 420.0 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 420.0 Sports Briefs: Federer tunes up for U.S. Open with Cincinnati Masters title
MASON, Ohio Roger Federer showed that he s in top-of-the-world form after his time off to become a father. A 6-1, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic brought him the Cincinnati Masters title, his first championship since his twin girls were born last m...
4.1K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 420.0 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 542.0 Federer advances to Wimbledon semifinals
WIMBLEDON, England Roger Federer neutralized Ivo Karlovic s huge serves Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and move a step closer to a record 15th Grand Slam championship. In a match featuring short points and few rallies, Federer conjured...
5.8K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 756.0 Wimbledon s roof earns rave reviews
WIMBLEDON, England The first match played entirely under Wimbledon s new retractable roof produced a five-set marathon that finished later than any previous Centre Court encounter in history. They might as well have called it Wimbledon s first nig...
4.9K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 542.0 Williams sisters stay on collision course
WIMBLEDON, England Venus and Serena Williams are one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final. Five-time champion Venus overpowered Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday, and two-time winner Serena followed her into the semifinals with ...
5.2K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 420.0 Federer advances to fourth round
WIMBLEDON, England Lo and behold, Roger Federer actually lost a set at Wimbledon on Friday. Not a match, mind you, just a set, which in and of itself counts as news. Dating to the start of the 2003 tournament, after all, Federer is 43-1 at the All ...
6.0K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 542.0 Sharapova upset at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England Growing desperate in the final game, Maria Sharapova scrambled to hit one shot left-handed. Twice she challenged calls but lost. Then she lost the match as well. Sharapova won seven consecutive games during one stretch but let a ...
4.2K - Jun. 24, 2009; scored 664.0 Injury leaves Nadal on sidelines
WIMBLEDON, England The Williams sisters could be set for another Wimbledon final after they were placed in separate halves of the bracket in Friday s draw. The men s draw was rocked when defending champion Rafael Nadal pulled out because of tendini...
2.3K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 420.0 Sports Briefs: NASCAR reduces Long s suspension
NASCAR driver Carl Long s suspension has been reduced from a record 12 to eight races, but his record $200,000 fine remains. National Stock Car Racing commissioner Charles Strang heard Long s final appeal Monday in Chicago. He announced the ...
3.0K - Jun. 18, 2009; scored 420.0 | 
