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NYT > Hockey
Thrashers Trade Star Forward Kovalchuk to Devils
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The defensive-minded New Jersey Devils picked up one of the NHL's marquee goal scorers in acquiring Ilya Kovalchuk from the Atlanta Thrashers in a blockbuster deal Thursday night. ...
All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division. ...
Anaheim 1 0 3--4. ...
Kings Tie Club Record With 8th Straight Win
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dustin Brown scored the go-ahead goal with 5:32 left after Los Angeles blew a three-goal lead in the third period and the Kings tied a franchise record with their eighth straight victory, beating Anaheim 6-4 on Thursday night. ...
Senators Beat Canucks, Extend Win Streak to 11
OTTAWA (AP) -- The Vancouver Canucks' NHL-record trip got just a little bit longer after Jason Spezza, Brian Elliott and the Ottawa Senators all extended their streaks for the second time in two nights. ...
Thrashers Trade Kovalchuk to Devils
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The defensive-minded New Jersey Devils picked up one of the NHL's marquee goal scorers in acquiring Ilya Kovalchuk from the Atlanta Thrashers in a blockbuster deal Thursday night. ...
Newsweek Top News
Stop Freaking Out Over Tebow's Pro-Life Ad
Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad for a pro-life point of view isn't that much different from Taco Bell's ad for lunch. ...
Do The Rich Deserve More Tax Breaks?
Why people who make $250,000 or more a year can afford a tax hike. ...
The Toyota Recall: A Public-Relations Disaster?
In the Google era, how do you manage a product recall and a public-relations fiasco? Don't do what Toyota's done. ...
Making the Most of Your Money Now
Looking after your nest egg isn't what it used to be. Jane Bryant Quinn on Making the Most of Your Money Now. ...
How Boards of Directors Are Killing U.S. Companies
How inept boards of directors are ruining once great American companies. ...
Retirement: Are 401(k)s Making a Comeback?
Companies are starting to match employee contributions again. But will they be as generous as they were before the recession? ...
NYT > Baseball
Sports Business: A Manufacturer’s Debt to Haiti
Two decades after it stopped making baseballs in Haiti, the sporting goods manufacturer Rawlings could help the devastated nation by reopening its assembly plant. ...
Pinstriped Emissaries Seek Fans in China
The Yankees took the World Series trophy to Beijing as part of baseball’s effort to develop fans in China. ...
Reliever Putz Faults Mets’ Handling of His Elbow Injury
J. J. Putz, now with the Chicago White Sox, said that he “never really had a physical with the Mets last season,” when he pitched poorly in 29 games and had surgery. ...
McGwire Is Testing a Loyal Baseball Town
In St. Louis, fans are trying to reconcile their feelings about Mark McGwire, who recently admitted using steroids, and his return to the Cardinals. ...
Willie Mays, at 78, Decides to Tell His Story
The Hall of Famer is the subject of the forthcoming “Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend,” the first time he has cooperated with a biographer. ...
Readers sound off on Mark McGwire and the Baseball Hall of Fame. ...
OhmyNews International :: SPORTS
Brazil Crushes Argentina, Prepares For Chile
Despite Diego Maradona's best efforts, Brazil defeated Argentina 3-1 September 5, moving the Brazilian national team ahead to face Chile on Wednesday night in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia......
Brazil Wins 100th Formula 1 Victory
On August 23, at the Valencia race track in Spain, Rubens Barrichello came in first place to win the Telefonica Grand Prix of Europe. ......
Round 17 of the Australian Football League carried the theme of "Rivalry Round" with bitter rivals both new and old up against each other. The battle for spots in the top eight continues to heat up but there was no major movement in the battle for seventh and eighth spots.......
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Tokyo' Bid for the 2016 Summer Games
Of the four final candidate cities announced by the IOC (Tokyo, Madrid, Chicago, and Rio de Janeiro), Tokyo scored the highest in the preliminary evaluation......
Madrid's Bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Having come very close to be the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Madrid is attempting once more to secure the rights to host the Summer Olympic Games.......
Reuters Video: Sports Leisure
March 7 - English football star David Beckham met fans and the media while on tour in Asia with his American football team. ...
Brett Favre hangs up his cleats
Mar 4 - National Football League star Brett Favre has decided to retire. ...
Mar 3 - A teenager in Utah is one of the stars of his basketball team... and he only has one arm. ...
Feb. 28 - The French urban climber known as Spiderman is arrested after his latest building climb. ...
Feb 27 - President George W. Bush honored the Boston Red Sox for winning the 2007 World Series, in front of an audience of fans and Boston-area politicians. ...
Feb 27 - Luxury goods brand Chanel has launched a new art exhibit housed in a futuristic pavilion shaped like a spaceship. ...
NYT > Pro Basketball
All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division. ...
Blazers Rally for 96-93 Victory Over Spurs
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Resiliency is the Trail Blazers' trademark this season. ...
Cavs Brush Off Heat to Register 10th Straight Win
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - The Cleveland Cavaliers took their winning streak into double figures with a 102-86 victory over a slumping Miami Heat Thursday, LeBron James sparking the 10th straight triumph with a 36-point haul. ...
Dick McGuire, a Fixture With the Knicks for More Than Half a Century, Dies at 84
As a player, coach and scout, Mr. McGuire was identified indelibly with New York. ...
Spurs G Parker Returns From Left Ankle Sprain
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Tony Parker has returned to the San Antonio Spurs' starting lineup after missing three games with a mild left ankle sprain. ...
LeBron, Cavs Beat Heat, Win 10th Straight
CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James scored 36 points -- 17 on free throws -- and Daniel Gibson added 12 after returning from the hospital as the Cleveland Cavaliers ran their winning streak to 10 with a 102-84 win over Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat on Thursday night. ...
Sports Crunch
Carina Damm is a bit of a butterface as Busted Coverage points out, but the rest of her more than makes up for it, as these photos show. Apparently Damm’s called the “Barbie of MMA” which you’d think would be the same as being the skinniest kid at fat camp,...
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A Collection Of Horrific Football Injuries
Inspired by Eric Wood breaking his leg today, I just spent an hour on YouTube looking at old videos of football players getting hurt, apparently because I really enjoy cringing. Here are some of the worst I’ve come across, in no particular order: Lawrence Taylor Breaks Joe Theismann Possibly the most famous NFL...
Eric Wood breaking his leg is one of the more gruesome NFL videos you’ll ever see, so if you’re at all squeamish I’d recommend not watching. Real shame, this is Wood’s first professional season and I can’t even begin to imagine how tough it’ll be to come back from something...
Go to 1:50 to see the Brady Quinn “cheap shot” Brady Quinn performed a pretty brutal looking chop block on Terrell Suggs last night, capping off a miserable performance for Quinn and leaving Suggs injured for at least the next few weeks. Ray Lewis called it an “illegal blow”, and saying...
Stony Brook Soccer Shootout Taunting
This might be the greatest soccer taunting of all time, check it out at about the :20 second mark, the goalie does some cartwheels to warm up which isn’t too appreciated. Related posts:Mexico punishes U.S. soccer team Mexico humiliated the United States soccer team on Sunday,...Funny Soccer Picture Slideshow...
NYT > Pro Football
NFL Union Leader Paints Bleak Picture of Future
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- The question to DeMaurice Smith was simple, coming from Cincinnati receiver Chad Ochocinco, asking how serious he viewed the possibility of football not being played in 2011. ...
Injury Cover-Ups Are Always a Big Part of Big Game
FORT LAUNDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Dwight Freeney headed for the elevator in the team hotel, trailed by a few intrepid members of the media. ...
All Times EST Wild Cards Saturday, Jan. 9. ...
All Times EST Wild Cards Saturday, Jan. 9. ...
Report: LT Believes He's Done in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- LaDainian Tomlinson says he believes he has played his last game with the San Diego Chargers. ...
Hargrove's Hard Journey From Rehab to The Super Bowl
MIAMI (Reuters) - Anthony Hargrove will line up as defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints in Sunday's Super Bowl but watched last year's big game from a drug and alcohol rehab center. ...
NYT > Sports
Five blocks from the site of the opening ceremony for the Winter Games, the Downtown Eastside is a neighborhood of blight, but also of some hope. ...
Marta Moves Up California Coast in W.P.S. Dispersal Draft
The Brazilian star Marta, who played for the defunct Los Angeles Sol, was picked by F.C. Gold Pride in Thursday’s W.P.S. dispersal draft. ...
N.B.A. Roundup: Robinson Is Set to Start
Point guard Nate Robinson, who was benched for 14 games in December, will be back in the Knicks’ starting lineup on Friday night. ...
Jets Owner’s Daughter Died of a Complication of Diabetes
The daughter of the Jets’ owner, Woody Johnson, had diabetic ketoacidosis, caused by a lack of insulin and very high blood sugar, the coroner in Los Angeles said. ...
Despite the miserable teams they had to endure for a number of years, New Orleans football fans have been a rabid and demonstrative bunch right from the start. ...
College Basketball Roundup: Duke Trounces Georgia Tech
Kyle Singler had career highs of 30 points and eight 3-pointers as Duke bounced back from a loss at Georgetown and avenged last month’s loss to Georgia Tech. ...
Go Faster Food
Inspiration for a dreary February morning
Be inspired! I’m getting loads of really encouraging comments about my chickpea, sweet potato and spinach soup – one of my favourites too, and brilliant for a Monday night’s supper if you’re into making stock out of the leftover bones from you Sunday roast! Being involved involved in the world of endurance...
Reviews of Go Faster Food on Amazon
10 5 Star Amazon Reviews for Go Faster Food I am really grateful to all those who have put up a review of Go Faster Food on Amazon. I’ve got a total of 10 reviews now – all 5 * - http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews – ranging from serious cyclists, runners, rowers, triathletes and...
Pomegranates – health boosting benefits I did my longest run so far in my training for London – only 13 miles, but things have unfortunately been delayed with the snow. It was OK, although the wind seemed to be in my face the whole way…never behind me! I stoked up a...
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Aromatic Chicken Noodle Soup It feels great to be getting settled back into my training for the VLM. Running on the snow is really not that bad once you get over the initial fear…the only problem is that speed work is out unless you hit the odd patch of tarmac…and then...
Hot Soup Days – Chickpea, Spinach & Sweet Potato Soup
Chickpea, Spinach and Sweet Potato Soup I think I’ve mastered the art of running on the snow. Suffice to say that it is not that easy……a little like running on sand but with the added risk of going flying if you get it wrong! Wearing my Salomon XT trail shoes does help...
NYT > Soccer
Revolution Keeper Reis Has Surgery on Left Knee
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis has had surgery on his left knee. ...
Boxx Goes First to Saint Louis in Dispersal Draft
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) -- Midfielder Shannon Boxx has been selected first by Saint Louis Athletica in the Women's Professional Soccer disperal draft. ...
Goal: Nani Elevates His Play in Match Shown in 3-D
Manchester United’s Nani displayed a showman’s timing by having a breakout game In the first sporting event televised in 3-D. ...
Roundup: Egypt Beats Ghana 1-0, Earning African Cup Title
Egypt won the African Cup of Nations for the third time in a row after substitute Mohamed Gedo scored in the 85th minute, earning a 1-0 victory over Ghana. ...
Soccer Roundup: Derby County Ends Nottingham Forest’s Streak
Rob Hulse scored in the 78th minute as Derby County ended Nottingham Forest’s 19-game unbeaten streak. ...
Women’s League Shutters Popular Los Angeles Team
Women’s Professional Soccer, which is preparing for its second season, said it had decided to fold the Los Angeles Sol. ...
NYT > College Basketball
Coach Miller: Self-Sanctions Coming for Arizona
SEATTLE (AP) -- Arizona first-year coach Sean Miller said late Thursday his school will impose its own sanctions on the basketball program for violations by former coach Lute Olson related to an offseason AAU tournament in 2008. ...
No. 17 Gonzaga Beats Portland 76-49
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Portland and No. 17 Gonzaga opened with a desultory 12 minutes of play, with both teams missing shots, turning the ball over and deadlocked at 15 points. ...
Arizona State Defeats Washington State, 81-70
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- Ty Abbott scored 18 points and had nine rebounds as Arizona State beat Washington State 81-70 on Thursday. ...
UCLA Rallies for 77-73 Victory Over Stanford
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Reeves Nelson scored 18 points and Malcolm Lee hit a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left to preserve UCLA's 77-73 victory over Stanford on Thursday night that kept the Cardinal winless on the road this season. ...
Winston-Salem State Defeats Ferrum 62-49
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Paul Davis had 11 points and nine rebounds as Winston-Salem State defeated Ferrum 62-49 on Thursday night. ...
Boston U. Pulls Away From New Hampshire 69-47
BOSTON (AP) -- John Holland scored 23 points and Jake O'Brien added 15 as Boston University rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat New Hampshire 69-47 on Thursday night. ...
Sport news and live updates: football, cricket, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis
Ashes preparation boost for England
England granted perfect preparation in bid to retain Ashes with three warm-up matches arranged before first Test....
Australia defiant over Boxing Kangaroo flag and stringent Olympic rules
Australia have defied "ridiculous" orders to tear down a large Boxing Kangaroo flag at the Winter Olympics athletes village....
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will win F1 title, says Eddie Jordan
Eddie Jordan believes smart money should go on Lewis Hamilton to regain Formula One world title this season....
Australia flanker George Smith retires from international rugby
Australia's most capped forward George Smith has announced his retirement from international rugby....
Balram Chainrai has "zero interest" in owning Portsmouth full-time
Balram Chainrai claims that despite taking control of Portsmouth, he has no intention of owning the club in the long term....
Bolton Wanderers v Fulham: match preview
Read a full match preview of the Premier League game between Bolton Wanderers and Fulham at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday Feb 06 2010, kick-off 15.00 GMT....
CNN.com - Sport
Football: Court lifts Chelsea's ban
English Premier League leaders Chelsea have successfully ended their dispute with French club Lens over the signing of Gael Kakuta, ending the possibility of a worldwide transfer suspension until mid-2011....
Golf: McIlroy in six-way tie for lead
Rory McIlroy made a strong start to the defense of his Dubai Desert Classic title, ending Thursday's opening round in a six-way tie for the lead....
Sumo: Grand champion quits in shame
Sumo grand champion Asashoryu holds a tear-filled press conference to announce his retirement in the wake of allegations about his drunken assault on a man outside a Tokyo nightclub last month....
Golf: Legend Watson tells off Tiger
Golf legend Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to "clean up his act" and show some humility in public when he returns to the circuit after sorting out his tangled personal life....
Motorsport: Teams may fail - F1 boss
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone casts doubt on the participation of two new teams ahead of the 2010 season, suggesting that a Serbian outfit will instead be on the starting grid in Bahrain....
Boxing: Mayweather to fight Mosley
Floyd Mayweather Junior has confirmed that he will fight WBA welterweight super champion Shane Mosley in Las Vegas on May 1 following the controversial collapse of his much-hyped showdown with Manny Pacquiao....
NYT > College Football
Nation’s Top Recruit Commits to U.S.C., Then Thinks Again
Seantrel Henderson, a 6-foot-8, 340-pound left tackle from Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, is waiting to sign a letter of intent until the Trojans hear about possible N.C.A.A. sanctions....
Top Football Recruit Chooses U.S.C.
The decision by Seantrel Henderson, a 6-foot-8, 340-pound left tackle from Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, capped a frantic final week of recruiting....
Thirty-seven years after Duke quarterback Mark Johnson leveled Jim Santa, a Maryland linebacker, the two reconnected....
TV Show Burnishes a Player’s Résumé
After being rewarded with a chance to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, quarterback and reality series participant Cole Marcoux’s stock rose with several universities....
Recruiting Market Is Up in Connecticut, Thanks to Penn State’s Interest
By committing to play for Penn State, two prospects have turned Stamford, Conn., into an unlikely football hotbed....
Sports of The Times: Coaches Come and Go, Except JoePa
Penn State football fans should give thanks for Coach Joe Paterno and the way he operates his program....
NYT > Golf
Dustin Johnson Takes Lead at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dustin Johnson was determined to get off to a good start in the Northern Trust Open, so for the first time, he decided against trying to drive the 10th green at Riviera and instead laid up with a 4-iron. ...
McIlroy Shares 6-Way Lead at Dubai Desert Classic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland opened the defense of his Dubai Desert Classic title with a 4-under 68 Thursday to share a six-way lead. ...
Mickelson Ready to Get Back to Golf
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Phil Mickelson is ready to get back to golf. ...
Watson Asks Woods for ‘Humility’
Tom Watson also said he wanted Tiger Woods to clean up his on-course behavior when he returned to golf. ...
Mickelson Removes Club, but Is Still Critical of Rule
Phil Mickelson said he had decided to take the wedge out of play “out of respect” to colleagues, but reserved the right to use it if the PGA Tour could not resolve the rules loophole. ...
Watson Urges Woods to Admit Mistakes Publicly
Tom Watson said that Tiger Woods should show public humility when he returns to golf and clean up his act on the course. ...