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 514.0 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 398.0 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 716.0 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 595.0 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 398.0 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 595.0 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 757.0 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 398.0 Nadal reaches quarterfinals at U.S. Open
NEW YORK If Rafael Nadal was hurting, it didn t show. If he was vulnerable, it didn t last. Running into an opponent who could match him fist pump for fist pump, but not quite groundstroke for groundstroke, Nadal got stronger as the match went on i...
3.6K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 861.0 Williams sisters march into fourth round at Open
NEW YORK Finished with a mostly matter-of-fact victory in the U.S. Open s third round Friday, defending champion Serena Williams switched into a yellow T-shirt with this bit of wisdom in blue script: Can t spell dynasty without nasty. Asked about ...
6.0K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 398.0 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 757.0 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 514.0 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 832.0 Sports Briefs: Hudson returns to rotation Monday
ATLANTA Braves pitcher Tim Hudson will make his first big league appearance in more than a year on Monday, replacing Kenshin Kawakami for a start against the Florida Marlins. Hudson was the ace of the Atlanta staff before his season-ending elbow li...
4.1K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 658.0 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 514.0 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 716.0 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 398.0 Sports Briefs: Broken foot threatens career of Rockets center
HOUSTON Rockets center Yao Ming s broken left foot could be a career-threatening injury. Dr. Tom Clanton, the Houston Rockets team physician, told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that Yao s injury has the potential for him missing this next sea...
4.4K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 595.0 Federer reaches quarters
WIMBLEDON, England Roger Federer found himself in a serving contest today at Wimbledon and won. The five-time champion hit 23 aces, never lost serve and advanced to the quarterfinals by beating familiar foil Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)....
4.7K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 398.0 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 514.0 | 
