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Latest news:
 MLB: Braves set for heavy dose of division foes
The Braves enter the season's final month in prime position to allow manager Bobby Cox to make one more run through the postseason before he concludes his highly-successful managerial career.
MLB: TWIB goes behind scenes at ballparks
FOX's "This Week in Baseball," where viewers will be treated to an inside look at the lesser-known jobs in baseball that are crucial to making each game a reality on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.
MLB: Dreams come to fruition after life in Minors
Several hard-nosed players who grinded through double-digit seasons of Minor League baseball, endured hundreds of bus trips, and dealt with multiple Spring Training cuts only to get their first real shot this week at the pinnacle of professional baseball.
MLB: Labor of love: Exciting weekend on tap
Labor Day weekend is going to revolve around the National Pastime, asit always does. It will be that way right through the busiest Monday of the baseball season, featuring 16 games.
AllAfrica: Namibia: Women Change Pans for Bats And Balls
The old-fashioned notion that a woman's place is in the kitchen appears to have been thrown into the dustbin of has-beens.
Baltimore Sun: Poor form in 27-21 loss to Rams
Troy Smith leads Ravens offense vs. RamsThe Ravens' 27-21 horrific preseason loss to the St. Louis Rams burst many bubbles and caused coach John Harbaugh to explode in anger. The score didn't reflect the worst showing in the Harbaugh three-year era. The preseason finale at an empty Edward Jones Dome was filled with head-shaking blunders and embarrassing acts ...
Football:
 IOL: Benzema ruled out of Frances Euro qualifier
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will miss Frances Euro 2012 qualifier against Belarus because of an ankle injury, according to the French Football Federation.
IOL: Essien puts international career on hold
Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has stood down from international football for the foreseeable future.
 BBC: Tranmere v Peterborough
Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Tranmere and Peterborough in League One.
BBC: Oldham v Bristol Rovers
Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Oldham and Bristol Rovers in League One.
Athletics:
BBC: Farah out of Commonwealth Games
Double European champion Mo Farah announces his withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games because of fatigue.
AllAfrica: Angola: Stadiums Built for Can2010 to Have Athletics Tracks
The construction of athletics tracks in the stadiums of Cabinda, Benguela and Lubango begins next year to the benefit of the modality in the country, it was announced on Thursday in Luanda.
AllAfrica: Tanzania: Six Likely to Miss Out in Club Games Team
Six members of the Tanzania's Commonwealth Games team are likely to face cut off as they are racing against time to secure required documents for accreditation.
AllAfrica: West Africa: Twelve Countries for ECOWAS Games
Twelve countries including host, Nigeria, are to compete for honours in four different sports in the inaugural edition of the under-23 Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Games which will hold in Abuja, starting from Sunday. The four sports are athletics, handball, volleyball and Africa traditional wrestling.
Basketball:
 Yahoo!: MVP Jackson leads Storm past Mercury in Game 1 (AP)
Lauren Jackson wasn't available postgame to talk about winning her third WNBA MVP award or the Seattle Storm's win in the opener of the Western Conference finals. Her performance against Phoenix in Game 1 on Thursday night speaks for itself. Jackson had 23 points and a team playoff-record 17 rebounds to lead Seattle to an 82-74 victory over the Mercury.
 NBA: Penney scores 25 to guide New Zealand into next round
Kirk Penney scored 25 points to help New Zealand surge into the knockout round of the basketball world championships with an 82-70 win over France on Thursday.
NBA: Germany breezes past Jordan in final FIBA game for both
Tibor Pleiss scored 23 points to give Germany a 91-73 win over Jordan on Thursday in a match between two eliminated teams at the basketball world championship.
Yahoo!: Hawks sign free agent C Etan Thomas (AP)
The Atlanta Hawks have signed free agent center Etan Thomas to add bulk in the frontcourt. The 6-foot-10 Thomas spent most of his career with the Washington Wizards but finished last season with Oklahoma City. He's averaged 5.8 point and 4.8 rebounds per game over his eight-yearcareer, which includes 74 starts.
Volleyball:
About: USA Women Way Ahead of Schedule
Last week I mentioned how great the USA women's national team looks of late. I wrote about how they were strong and deep and maybe the best team we've ever put together. I predicted that they would do well in the Grand Prix final round, but would not get past Brazil due to their relative inexperience. Last Sunday, these women proved to be way ahead of schedu ...
About: The Last of the 2010 Beach Season
The AVP may have collapsed and the summer may be coming to an end, but you still have a few chances to catch some beach volleyball.This Saturday, the winners of the Barefoot Wine AVPNext Championship Cup will take on the Olympiansin Milwaukee. The men's winner will take on Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser while the winning women's team will play Kerri Walsh a ...
About: The Problem with Nick
If you didn't hear the interview that Nick Lewin did on The Net Live this week, you have to take a listen. You won't believe it. The show is over two hours long, so I'll save you some time - jump to about 43 minutes into the show to hear Lewin's segment.In the nearly 23-minute interview with Kevin Barnett and Chris McGee, Lewin of RJSM (the entity that owns ...
About: Here Comes Team USA
The USA women are starting to find their stride at the World Grand Prix. Since Logan Tom rejoined the squad last week, the team has won its last six matches and catapulted from fifth place to second in the standings behind Brazil.With their 7-2 record, the USA women will be in the final round with Brazil, Poland, Japan, Italy and China. The matches have bee ...
Rugby:
BBC: Cipriani trains at US soccer club
Former Wasps fly-half Danny Cipriani trains with US soccer team Colorado Rapids, raising fresh doubts about his planned move to Australian rugby team Melbourne Rebels.
BBC: Flatman feeling pressure on Bath
Bath and England prop David Flatman says there is more pressure than ever to pick up a trophy this season.
 The Scotsman: Rugby: Test stars will help Edinburgh debutant
ROOKIE Lee Jones will draw on the experience of 11 full internationalists around him when making a competitive Edinburgh Rugby debut at Cardiff in the Magners League tomorrow
The Scotsman: Rugby: Eccles has got his cake and he's happy eating it . .
Prize guy Peter Eccles has confirmed his emergence as one of the mainstays of a revived Heriot's side by claiming the club's latest man-of-the-match award.
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Cricket:
BBC: Hero Choudhry almost quit cricket
Shaaiq Choudhry, the man who ruined Kevin Pietersen's comeback, admits he had all but given up on the first-class game.
rediff.com: Images: Tendulkar in Indian Air Force stripes
Images from the investiture ceremony of batting ace Sachin Tendulkar as Indian Air Force honorary Group Captain.
rediff.com: Pakistan call up Shafiq, Irfan
Pakistan have called up Asad Shafiq and Mohammad Irfan as replacements for the suspended Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif for the one-day series in England.
rediff.com: Tendulkar bats for India's young brigade
Sachin Tendulkar threw his weight behind the youngsters in the Indian team who failed terribly during the tri-series in Sri Lanka, but asked them to minimise mistakes and learn to respond to situations swiftly.
rediff.com: Tendulkar conferred rank of IAF Group Captain
Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday conferred the Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group Captain in honour of his cricketing achievements and contribution to the nation. He is the first sportsperson to be conferred a rank by the IAF and the first personality with no aviation background to receive the honour.
rediff.com: ICC vows to preserve game's integrity
International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat told a news conference that the case is now the subject of a criminal investigation and spoke of his 'extreme disappointment'. 'We will do whatever we can to preserve the integrity of the game,' he added.
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Golf:
Yahoo!: Nationwide will end golf tour sponsorship in 2012 (AP)
Nationwide Insurance announced Friday it will end its title sponsorship of the PGA Tour's developmental circuit in the U.S. when its contract expires in two years. The company, based in nearby Columbus, Ohio, has been the title sponsor of the tour for the past eight years. Nationwide also announced it will become the presenting sponsor for the Memorial Tourn ...
Yahoo!: Three-way race for golf's No. 1 ranking (AP)
Phil Mickelson isn't the only player capable of going to No. 1 in the world this week. According to early projections from the Official World Golf Ranking, Steve Stricker can become No. 1 for the first time in his career if he were to win the Deutsche Bank Championship, Tiger Woods finished out of the top nine and Mickelson was out of top three.
 Seattle Times: Tiger takes another step at Deutsche Bank
When all was right in the world of Tiger Woods, players wanted to be on the same side of the draw because they figured the world's No. 1 player was getting all the breaks.
Seattle Times: Deutsche Bank signs up for 2 more years
Deutsche Bank has picked up the option on the final two years of its title sponsorship, and it will have some financial help from a familiar partner in EMC Corp., which will be a presenting sponsor.
The Scotsman: Matteo Manassero maintains Italy's mojo
THE latest Italian to make the Ryder Cup was outshone in Switzerland yesterday by the 17-year-old very likely to be the next one.
The Scotsman: Historic St Andrews clubmakers to sponsor Caithness
KRYSTLE Caithness, lying 24th on the Henderson Money List in her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour, has clinched a sponsorship deal with the world's oldest clubmak
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