Gulitti: NHL and its players drop the gloves ... finally - NorthJersey.com
The NHL and the players' union finally stopped playing nice this week, which actually might be a positive step toward the sides getting down to business and hammering out a new collective bargaining agreement. After making a presentation during … Strasburg leads Nationals again - Yahoo! Sports
AP - 8 minutes ago The right-hander allowed one hit over six innings and Ryan Zimmerman homered to help the Washington Nationals rout the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks 9-1 on Friday night for their seventh straight win. Strasburg (13-5) had been … Will Middlebrooks likely has broken wrist (updated) - Boston Herald (blog)
Middlebrooks went for X-rays after being hit on the right wrist by a fastball from Indians reliever Esmil Rogers in the ninth inning Friday night. All along, Bobby Valentine wasn't optimistic about the severity of the injury. "He got hit pretty good in … Richard Deitsch: Daily Olympic Briefing: Aug. 11 - SI.com
US women's basketball and Jamaica's Usain Bolt go for gold on Day 15 of the 2012 London Olympics. Usain Bolt looks to win his third London gold medal in what could be the final race of his Olympic career. LONDON — In the final event of the track … Winderman: Magic blow chance, give away Howard - NBCNews.com
CFT: Heisman finalist Tyrann Mathieu kicked off LSU team Friday after Les Miles says junior cornerback/punt returner violated team policy. After a day of carnage at Kiawah, we're left with a present at the top of the PGA field: Tiger Woods and Vijay … Tebow shows lotta leg in Jets debut - New York Daily News
Tim Tebow is no longer a novelty act or a sideshow in the Jets circus. They lack firepower, and Tebow already has become one of their most important and indispensable players. That says more about the lack of offensive talent Rex Ryan has accumulated … US women set world record in 4 x 100 - Boston Globe
By Shira Springer Carmelita Jeter ran the anchor leg and had a firm grasp of the baton -- and the US had a world record -- in the women's 4 x 100-meter relay final. LONDON -- Sprinting across the finish line in the women's 4 x 100-meter relay, … One to gold: US back in gold game with Spain after beating Argentina 109-83 in ... - Washington Post
LONDON -- Once Carmelo Anthony drilled the 3-pointer that put Argentina away, the US bench emptied onto the floor for a brief celebration. The real party can't take place until Sunday. After Anthony retreated down the court like a boxer told to find a … Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu kicked off LSU's team - Los Angeles Times
Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off Louisiana State's football team Friday for breaking an athletic department rule, a blow to the Tigers' national championship hopes three weeks before their season opener. The junior defensive back … 
AP KIAWAH ISLAND, SC — In the 55 years since the PGA Championship switched over to stroke play, there has never been a tougher round than Friday at Kiawah Island. One score in the 60s, two in the 90s. Of the 41 players who failed to break 80, … 
CLEVELAND -- Clay Buchholz gave the Boston Red Sox a quick cure with a two-hit, complete-game victory. Buchholz pitched a two-hitter, Cody Ross hit a two-run homer, and the Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on … 
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LONDON - After the US men's basketball team defeated Argentina 109-83 in a semifinal game Friday in the Olympics, All-Star Kobe Bryant discussed the deal that sent center Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers. The trade, along with the Steve Nash … 
By Jim Kleinpeter, The Times Picayune The Honey Badger's days at LSU are done. Tyrann Mathieu, the Tigers' All-America cornerback and Heisman finalist, has been dismissed from the team because of a failed drug test, a source close to Mathieu said … 
TORONTO -- After a hard-fought, tense and at times emotional series against the Tigers in Detroit, the Yankees crossed the northern frontier and played the way they should against a last-place club. The Toronto Blue Jays had lost 9 of their previous 11 … 
In the 55 years since the PGA Championship switched over to stroke play, there has never been a tougher round than Friday at Kiawah Island. One score in the 60s, two in the 90s. Of the 41 players who failed to break 80, nine of them could be found … 
NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Maholm pitched a three-hitter in his second start for the Atlanta Braves, who got two-run homers from Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla to beat the New York Mets 4-0 Friday. Heyward connected in the first inning to help spoil Matt … 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Giants spent last season proving that they can replace just about anyone, that neither injuries nor free agency could gut their roster. They spent Friday night's 32-31 loss against the Jacksonville Jaguars making that point all … 
LONDON – After the US men's basketball team defeated Argentina 109-83 in a semifinal game Friday at the Olympics, All-Star Kobe Bryant discussed the deal that sent center Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers. The deal, along with the Steve Nash deal … 
KIAWAH ISLAND, SC -- On a day with wind so blustery a well-struck 4-iron still traveled only 145 yards and even short putts ended up completely blown off the green, Tiger Woods, his shirt sleeves and pant legs flapping in the gusts, faced down the … 
LONDON (Reuters) – Usain Bolt and his fellow Jamaicans could finish Saturday's last night of competition in the Olympic athletics stadium with a bang in a sprint meters relay shaping up as one of the fastest in history. Before the biggest name in track … 
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LONDON -- Allyson Felix could not believe what the Olympic Stadium scoreboard was telling her. She had taken the baton from Tianna Madison and did her part well on the second leg of the US 400-meter relay team Friday before handing the baton to Bianca … 
By Adi Joseph, USA TODAY Four-team trades are never simple, and the move that sent Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers was no exception. The Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers were more than bystanders, while the Magic … 
KIAWAH ISLAND, SC - Lightning and rain showers never teed off on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island to disrupt Friday's second round of the PGA Championship. The wind, however, certainly did. And it changed the course of the entire last major of the … 
LONDON - Dwight Howard might have been here, but he hurt his back, and his role as the center on the US men's basketball team for the Olympics was ceded to others. But from thousands of miles away, Howard managed to hijack this tournament Friday, … 
By Gene Wojciechowski | ESPN.com KIAWAH ISLAND, SC — You're going to see Doug Wade's score and laugh. You're going to see it and think that you — the guy who uses Ziploc bags for headcovers — could have shot what he shot in Friday's second round of … 
KIAWAH ISLAND, SC - Tiger Woods got on a roll early with his putter in Friday's second round of the PGA Championship. Then he used everything he had in his arsenal just to hold on at the end. And now he's in prime position, just 36 holes from winning … 
LONDON — Kobe Bryant still has two more years on his Lakers contract. Maybe he'll tack on a third at some point. Maybe not. But he knows the significance of the trade that delivered Dwight Howardto the Lakers. "I'll probably play two, three more years … 
Laker fans may have forgotton about this. Understandable. That's what hysteria surrounding the Lakers acquiring Dwight Howard can do. But there's also something else going on today. Team USA plays Argentina in a semifinal at 1 pm Kobe Bryant isn't … 
Tyrann Mathieu was a Heisman finalist in part because of electric ability as a punt returner. Last August, amid preseason practice, four LSU football players got in a bar fight. The Tigers' starting quarterback, Jordan Jefferson, was later arrested and … 
By Erick Smith, USA TODAY LSU football coach Les Miles announced Friday defensive back and punt returner Tyrann Mathieu has been dismissed from the team for a violation of team policy. Mathieu was one of the top playmakers for the Tigers during last … 
By Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY With Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol's name mentioned in so many trade talks, Gasol wasn't sure if he would be involved in the deal that sent Dwight Howard to the Lakers. "For a while, I've been able to block it out," … 
Dwight Howard is set to join the Lakers after eight seasons in Orlando. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) It's usually hyperbole to suggest that a single transaction has a ripple effect throughout the league, but Friday's four-team, 12-player deal sending … 
Tyrann Mathieu was a Heisman Trophy finalist last season after making huge plays on defense and special teams. AP BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off LSU's football team Friday for breaking an athletic … 
The All-Star center was traded Friday to the Los Angeles Lakers, the last act of his long, drawn-out departure from the Magic. It took four teams, 12 players, five draft picks and countless rounds of talks with different clubs to get done, … 