Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera is one of five finalists for the AL MVP award in voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Ready to rock 'n poll: Inside the Mayfair by-election circus
The by-election circus rolled into Mayfair on Wednesday. KHADIJA PATEL caught up with the clowns, trapeze artists - and a captive audience. Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Thursday Nov 8
Reuters sports schedule at 0001 on Thursday (times GMT): – - – - SOCCER Champions League LONDON – Barcelona wasted their first chance to reach the Champions League last 16 after a surprise defeat to Celtic but Manchester United edged through and six-goal Bayern Munich blasted their way closer to qualification on Wednesday. – - Major League Soccer playoffs The second leg of Conference semi-finals sees the L.A Galaxy, defending champions, needing to overturn a 1-0 first leg defeat to San Jose while the New York Red Bulls face D.C United after their first leg finished 1-1. …
Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl? Maybe
College football’s most storied program, playing on its grandest stage.
Djokovic fights back to beat Murray at Tour Finals
LONDON (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic squeezed past Britain's Andy M urray in the latest chapter of their evolving rivalry on Wednesday but ended the day still uncertain of place in the last four at the ATP World Tour Finals after Tomas Berdych overpowered Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Once again there was barely a cigarette paper between the two 25-year-olds as Djokovic chiseled out a 4-6 6-3 7-5 victory to take command of Group A at the season-ending showdown. … Barca boss unrepentant over defensive failings
GLASGOW (Reuters) – Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova is refusing to consider signing taller players despite his team’s ongoing problems in defending set-pieces. The tournament favourites were overpowered by hosts Celtic in a 2-1 Champions League defeat on Wednesday when Barca’s decision not to sign centre backs in the last transfer window was again exposed as folly following injuries to the backline. …
Soccer-Barca boss unrepentant over defensive failings
GLASGOW, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova is refusing to consider signing taller players despite his team’s ongoing problems in defending set-pieces. The tournament favourites were overpowered by hosts Celtic in a 2-1 Champions League defeat on Wednesday when Barca’s decision not to sign centre backs in the last transfer window was again exposed as folly following injuries to the backline. …
CBS says most Super Bowl ads already sold
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The CBS broadcast network has sold most of its ad inventory for next February’s Super Bowl, Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said on Wednesday. Some 30-second spots have sold for more than $4 million each for the TV broadcast on February 3 of the championship game of the National Football League, Moonves told analysts after the company released its quarterly earnings. CBS is a unit of CBS Corp. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Gary Hill)
US's Holcomb ready for another bobsled season
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — It has been just over eight months since Steven Holcomb dominated the bobsled world championships. The American is ready to begin a new chapter in his remarkable career as the World Cup season begins on his home track at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
Pressure is on for players trying to keep cards
The final PGA Tour event of the year is a lot like the final stage of Q-school, one last chance for so many players to earn their full cards for next year. The field at Disney looks like Q-school, too.
Windies bank on Gayle
West Indies won a two-Test series 1-0 in Bangladesh last year and have bolstered side since by the return of Gayle, who was long absent due to his disagreement with Board officials.
QB Quinn admits trying to play through concussion
Brady Quinn had waited three years for another chance to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. He wasn’t going to let a concussion put him back on the sideline.
University of Texas football coaching legend Darrell Royal dies
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Darrell Royal, the legendary former University of Texas football coach for whom the Longhorns’ stadium is named, has died in Austin, the university said Wednesday. He was 88. The Longhorns’ winningest coach had a record of 167-47-5 from 1957-1976. He coached the team to three national championships and 11 Southwest Conference titles. In 1996, the university renamed its football stadium Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. “Today is a very sad day,” said Mack Brown, the University of Texas head football coach. …
UPDATE 1-University of Texas football coaching legend Darrell Royal dies
(Adds more details, reaction) AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Darrell Royal, the legendary former University of Texas football coach for whom the Longhorns’ stadium is named, has died in Austin, the university said Wednesday. He was 88. The Longhorns’ winningest coach had a record of 167-47-5 from 1957-1976. He coached the team to three national championships and 11 Southwest Conference titles. In 1996, the university renamed its football stadium Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. “Today is a very sad day,” said Mack Brown, the University of Texas head football coach. …
Baseball-Padres Grandal suspended 50 games for doping
Nov 7 (Reuters) – San Diego Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone, the Major League Baseball team said on Wednesday. Grandal’s suspension will come into effect at the start of the 2013 season. “We were disappointed to learn of the suspension of Yasmani Grandal for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program,” the Padres said in a statement on the team’s website. “We fully support Major League Baseball’s policy and its efforts to eliminate performance-enhancing drugs from our game. …
Murray shows time must be served in modern game - Roddick
MIAMI (Reuters) – Former w orld number one Andy Roddick believes the days when players captured grand slam titles in their teens are over and that Britain's Andy Murray has shown that years of hard graft need to be put in to achieve success in the modern era. Roddick, who retired from the sport in September shortly after his 30th birthday, believes that the current generation's supreme fitness has made it hard for players to compete in their thirties and this has also made winning a slam young almost impossible. … INTERVIEW-Tennis-Murray shows time must be served in modern game - Roddick
MIAMI, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Former world number one Andy Roddick believes the days when players captured grand slam titles in their teens are over and that Britain’s Andy Murray has shown that years of hard graft need to be put in to achieve success in the modern era. Roddick, who retired from the sport in September shortly after his 30th birthday, believes that the current generation’s supreme fitness has made it hard for players to compete in their thirties and this has also made winning a slam young almost impossible. …
Padres catcher Grandal gets 50-game drug ban
San Diego Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal has been suspended 50 games because of a positive test for testosterone. Colts, Jaguars in different phases of rebuild
It wasn't that long ago that Indianapolis and Jacksonville played for the division title. London to host ATP Tour Finals through to 2015
LONDON (Reuters) – London will host the ATP World Tour Finals through to 2015 after the men’s tennis governing body announced a two-year extension to the current deal on Wednesday. The iconic O2 Arena on the banks of the River Thames has staged the season-ending showpiece since 2009 and the original five-year deal was due to run out in 2013. However, the commercial success of the tournament and the fact that many of the world’s top players are in Paris the week before made London a clear favorite to continue as host. …
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