Birmingham, England (SportsNetwork.com) – Top-seeded former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and third-seeded American Sloane Stephens were a pair of third-round winners, while former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur bowed out Thursday at the Aegon Classic, a grass-court Wimbledon tune-up. The Serbian star Ivanovic drubbed American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-1, …
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Mexico City, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – Mauro Boselli found the net once in each half to power Leon to a 4-0 win over fourth-place Atlas and help the defending champions improve their playoff hopes. A terrible start to the season left Leon with a big hill to climb to find its …
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FORTALEZA, Brazil – Germany’s hard-fought 2-2 draw with Ghana has left Joachim Loew’s team in the position it wanted to avoid at all cost: needing a good result in the final match of the group stage. For on top of the inevitable pressure, that match happens to be against the …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Great teams are multi-faceted and the Washington Nationals are beginning to look like — at least for 2014 purposes — a great team. The Nationals overcame a starting pitching skid with timely offensive outbursts and arrive in Philadelphia on Monday night to begin a three-game series with the …
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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Kolten Wong capped a dramatic four-homer night for the Cardinals by belting the winning solo blast off Sergio Romo in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Giants, 5-4, and tie the National League Championship Series after two games. Matt Adams turned on …
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Indianapolis, IN (SportsNetwork.com) – Drew Brees passed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on 9-of-15 efficiency as New Orleans outlasted Indianapolis, 23-17, in exhibition action on Saturday. Mark Ingram totaled 46 yards on eight carries, Pierre Thomas added 66 yards on four grabs, while Marques Colston and Austin Johnson contributed …
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Flushing, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Wilmer Flores had the best game of his young career and made Mets history in the process, belting two home runs and leading New York to a 9-1 rout of the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. Flores finished 3-for-4 with a pair of homers and six runs …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Malik Newman led the two-time defending champion United States to the FIBA Under-17 World Championship final, scoring 15 points in an 89-68 victory over Serbia on Friday. Newman is from Jackson, Mississippi. Diamond Stone of Milwaukee added 12 points, and Harry Giles of Winston-Salem, North …
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Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Prince Fielder’s streak of consecutive games played is over at 547. The Texas Rangers first baseman was not available for Saturday’s game against Toronto after being diagnosed with a herniated disk in his neck. Fielder, acquired by the Rangers from Detroit in November, last missed a …
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The Las Vegas Strip has been fully transformed for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix slated to begin with practice races on Thursday. Some Las Vegas favorites, like the Bellagio fountains, have become a less impressive spectacle, having been largely blocked due to construction. The gondolas in the Venetian …
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