Oct. 30, 2010 CBSSports.com wire reports

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CBSSports. Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki dispatched No. 2 Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-0 to set up a WTA Championships final against Kim Clijsters on Saturday. Wozniacki, the youngest player to end the year No. 1 since Martina Hingis in 2000, raced to 4-1 and then had to snuff out a comeback from the in-form Russian to win [...]

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CBSSports.c Matt Howard had 19 points to help No. 17 Butler beat Florida Southern 90-70 in their first game since their memorable run in the NCAA tournament. Butler, which lost to Duke in the national championship game in April, has one more exhibition contest, Thursday against Hanover, before hosting Marian in the season opener on [...]

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Oct. 30, 20 For a few minutes, Southern California thought it had figured out the nations top-ranked team. The Trojans scored two quick touchdowns and stopped Oregons high-octane offense twice, setting the Coliseum abuzz with anticipation of an upset. Turns out a third-quarter deficit is about as important as a play clock to these dynamic [...]

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Oct. 30, Jay McClement, known primarily for his penalty-killing prowess, got a chance to see how the other half live. McClement recorded his first career hat trick and T. J. Oshie and Brad Boyes scored in the shootout to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday. [...]

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Oct. LeBron James stayed fairly quiet when the Orlando Magic questioned his competitiveness this summer. James and his new team presented an emphatic response Friday night. Dwyane Wade scored 26 points in Miamis home opener, James had 15 points and seven assists and the Heat scored the first 14 points of the second half to [...]

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CBSSpor Sandy Alderson is ready to take on his latest role: Mr. Fix-it for the New York Mets. Better bring the entire toolbox. Alderson was introduced Friday as the 12th general manager in franchise history, taking over an underachieving team thats looking for a facelift but is loaded with question marks on and off the [...]

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CBSSports. In a ceremony filled with tears, Elena Dementieva retired from tennis after a loss at the WTA Championships ended her 13-year career. “It is so emotional,” she said. “It is so hard to say goodbye. I am going to miss you so much.” The 29-year-old Russian reached two Grand Slam finals, won the gold [...]

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Oct. 29, 2010 CB West Virginia had plenty of chances to beat Connecticut, but left a lot of them on the ground. West Virginia fumbled seven times Friday night and UConn recovered four of them, including one in overtime that helped the Huskies to a 16-13 victory, their first ever over the Mountaineers. “You cannot [...]

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Oct. 29, The youngest player in the NHL took a ribbing from his Carolina Hurricanes teammates before his first game at Madison Square Garden. “There is a lot of history in this building and the guys were really giving it to me, talking about it being my first game here,” Jeff Skinner said. Skinner, the [...]

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