CBSSports.com w The San Diego Padres had Dodgers closer a run in and runners at first and third with two outs. Up stepped Nick Hundley, who hit a line drive to left field that was hooking away from old pal Tony Gwynn Jr. But he fully extended himself with a dive to his backhand, and [...]
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Novak Djokovic beat Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Serbia Open Friday for his 26th consecutive victory in 2011. With the win, Djokovic registered the best start to an ATP tour season since Ivan Lendl in 1986. Djokovic has won and has unseated Roger Federer, the last man to beat [...]
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CBSSports. If the Tampa Bay Lightning and their 41-year-old goalie, Dwayne Roloson, were exhausted, they sure hid it well. Sean Bergenheim scored early, Steven Stamkos added the go-ahead goal on a power play, and Roloson made 26 saves, helping the Lightning beat Alex Ovechkin and the top-seeded Washington Capitals 4-2 on Friday night in Game [...]
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CBSSports.com The and believers. Zach Randolph had 31 points and 11 rebounds and the Grizzlies advanced to their first Western Conference semifinals and made NBA history in knocking off the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs 99-91 on Friday night. Memphis had been the franchise best known for empty seats and the unenviable NBA mark for playoff [...]
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The Georgia State Patrol says Atlanta Braves pitcher Derek Lowe has been charged with drunken driving. State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright says a trooper stopped the 37-year-old Lowes vehicle about 10 p.m. Thursday on an Atlanta street. Wright says that during the course of the traffic stop, the trooper detected an odor of an alcoholic [...]
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Second-seeded Fernando Verdasco survived a late fightback by Portugals Frederico Gil to win 6-1, 7-6 (5) to reach his first quarterfinals in more than two months at the Estoril Open on Thursday. The left-handed Spaniard won 10 of the first 11 games to lead by a set and 4-0. But Verdasco, who has dropped out [...]
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College basketball players will have less time to decide whether to stay in the NBA Draft and college football players will be spending more time in the classroom. The NCAAs Board of Directors adopted changes Thursday that will take effect next season and could have a significant impact on those in the two highest-profile sports. [...]
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A newspaper reports that Ohio State football players are alleged to have improperly traded dozens of items to the owner of a tattoo parlor, receiving tattoos, $14,000, and in one case a sport-utility vehicle. The report by the says it obtained a letter Thursday that was sent from the U.S. Department of Justice to Ohio [...]
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CBSSports.com wire reports< The hardest part of the first two periods for Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo was staying awake while all the action was at the other end of the ice. He couldnt really relax though in the opener of the Western Conference semifinal series on Thursday night because Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne turned [...]
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CBSSports.c Andrew Bynum used his massive frame to own the lane, Kobe Bryant made timely shots that silenced a hostile crowd, and the Los Angeles Lakers started to look a lot more like a team trying to win a third straight NBA title. Bryant scored 22 of his 24 points in the first three quarters, [...]
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