San Francisco 49ers cornerback Shawntae Spencer will miss the rest of the season. With a torn ligament in his left knee. Spencer, a fifth-year pro, will be placed on injured reserve soon after undergoing surgery Wednesday to repair the ligament. He injured his knee late in the 49ers’ road victory at Seattle on Sept. 14, [...]
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Derek Jeter was scratched from the Yankees game against Toronto because of a sore left hand on Tuesday night. Johnny Damon dropped from first to second and Brett Gardner moved up from ninth to bat leadoff. Cody Ransom started at shortstop and batted eighth. The Yankees used Jeter as a defensive replacement in the ninth [...]
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Cubs manager Lou Piniella rested three regulars Tuesday night against New York Mets. While vowing to put a competitive team on the field as Chicago prepares for the postseason. Third baseman Aramis Ramirez, catcher Geovany Soto and shortstop Ryan Theriot were out of the lineup one day after the Cubs secured home-field advantage throughout the [...]
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Brewers interim manager Dale Sveum said he plans to pitch CC Sabathia again on short rest Wednesday. After that, Sveum doesn’t have a clue, except to say that Sabathia would be available again for Sunday’s finale, if needed. “We’ll just wing the rest of it,” said Sveum, who replaced Ned Yost last Monday. “Depending on [...]
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Tommy Robredo and Juan Carlos Ferrero got off to winning starts Tuesday in the China Open. Which may look like the Spanish Open when it wraps up this weekend. Robredo defeated Spanish countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 7-5 in the first round, and the former top-ranked Ferrero of Spain beat Alexandre Kudryavtsev of Russia 6-4, 6-3. [...]
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The United States chase for a 33rd Davis Cup title will start against Switzerland. While Spain and Argentina will both play their first matches at home following this year’s final. Tuesday’s 2009 World Group draw handed the U.S. a tough opener at home against Switzerland, though it’s not certain whether Roger Federer will play in [...]
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Results Tuesday from the China Open. A US$524,000 ATP men’s tournament and a US$600,000 WTA women’s tournament at The Beijing Tennis Centre (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men First Round Tommy Robredo (6), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 7-5. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Alexandre Kudryavtsev, Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Women First Round Francesca Schiavone, Italy, [...]
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Top-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced. To the second round of the Korea Open on Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Lenka Wienerova of Slovakia. Two other seeded players won, while two lost on the hard courts of Olympic Park. Third-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia beat Rika Fujiwara of Japan 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-0, [...]
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Argentina bid to host the Davis Cup final against Spain. On indoor carpet will only be accepted if the country’s tennis federation selects a venue that meets stringent crowd capacity requirements, ITF officials said Tuesday. Argentina captain Alberto Mancini said after the semifinal win over Russia that the team would host the Nov. 21-23 final [...]
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Results Tuesday from the Korea Open. A US$145,000 WTA event played on hard courts at Olympic Park (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Ayumi Morita, Japan, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-1. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Melanie South, Britain, 6-1, 3-0, retired. Chan Yung-jan (8), Taiwan, def. Mara Santangelo, Italy, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Stephanie [...]
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