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U.S. Open ’08: Federer Reaches Final Before Rain
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:58:17 -0000
In a convincing show of precision and power in Saturday’s semifinal, Roger Federer shrugged off a second-set misstep and eliminated Novak Djokovic, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
Georgia Tech 19, Boston College 16: Georgia Tech Defeats Boston College Team Searching for an Identity
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:42:24 -0000
After an afternoon riddled with missed opportunities, Georgia Tech finally cashed in on its opportunistic defense in the fourth quarter and hung on for a victory.
Jets Build New Look With Older Faces
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:09:25 -0000
With the acquisition of Brett Favre this off-season, the Jets — a team that shares a city affiliation and a stadium with the defending Super Bowl champions — began winning the battle of the buzz.

L.A. Times - Sports

Dodgers blast past Diamondbacks into first place
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:10:00 -0700
L.A. takes over lead in the NL West by pounding Brandon Webb again. Manny Ramirez has five RBIs in the Dodgers' seventh win in a row. Next!
Roger Federer defeats Novak Djokovic to make U.S. Open final
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:40:00 -0700
The former top-ranked player wins in four sets to advance to his 13th final in the last 14 Grand Slam events. Rain suspends play in the other men's semifinal and pushes the women's final to Sunday. As the losses piled up and titles escaped him, Roger Federer insisted he felt fine, he wasn't washed up and his game would come around.
Serena Wiliams will have to wait another day for shot at U.S. Open title
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:30:00 -0700
After six years since her last championship in New York, Tropical Storm Hanna forces the women's final to be moved to Sunday. Serena Williams waited six years to return to the U.S. Open final. What's another day?

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Federer thwarts Djokovic in four sets to reach final
Associated Press Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:52:58 -0700
Roger Federer pulled away to beat Novak Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in the semifinals Saturday, leaving him one win from a fifth consecutive U.S. Open championship and 13th Grand Slam title overall.
No. 11 Wisconsin bounces back to rout Marshall
Associated Press Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:41:49 -0700
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Team effort helps No. 9 Auburn top Southern Miss
Associated Press Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:58:06 -0700
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No. 3 Buckeyes survive scare from unheralded Ohio
By RUSTY MILLER Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:01:05 -0000
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Beanie Wells didn't play. The Ohio Bobcats sure did. Lightly regarded even in the Mid-American Conference, Ohio put a scare into No. 3 Ohio State before the Buckeyes righted things in the fourth quarter and went on to win 26-14 Saturday....
Federer 1 win away from 5th straight US Open title
By HOWARD FENDRICH Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:46:24 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ominous clouds overhead, the sort of hard court that troubled him this season underfoot, Roger Federer sensed something Saturday he hadn't in quite a while. He was playing exactly like that guy named Roger Federer....
BYU holds back Washington on last-second PAT block
By TIM BOOTH Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:39:33 -0000
SEATTLE (AP) -- Jan Jorgensen busted through the line and blocked Ryan Perkins' 35-yard extra-point attempt with 2 seconds left in regulation, and No. 15 BYU held on to a 28-27 win over Washington on Saturday....

Reuters: Sports News

Federer awaits opponent for delayed final
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:28:50 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer stormed into his fifth successive U.S. Open final on Saturday but his challenger will not be known for another 24 hours after heavy rain washed away the rest of the day's play at Flushing Meadows.
Serena focused on grand slam title, not top billing
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:13:30 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - While the top ranking will be on the line when Serena Williams meets Serb Jelena Jankovic in the U.S. Open women's final, the American has her sights squarely set on clinching a ninth grand slam crown.
Tropical storm cancels play for the day
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:23:59 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The arrival of the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna at Flushing Meadows forced U.S. Open organizers to postpone the conclusion of the semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray and the women's final to Sunday.

SI.com

Federer reaches U.S. Open final
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:58:55 -0400
Read full story for latest details.
Quentin's broken wrist may curtail MVP season
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:39:35 -0400
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Bills: T Peters to end holdout, report for Week 1
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:35:34 -0400
Read full story for latest details.

Kansas City Star: Sports

This could be Peterson's last stand with Chiefs
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:10:00 -0500
For the first time in his career, Carl Peterson enters a season in which the prevailing wisdom at Arrowhead Stadium is this: How the team performs will determine whether he keeps his job.
Mizzou fans flock to see top hoops recruit
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:55:00 -0500
COLUMBIA | The Antlers — that venerable student group that loves to get under the skin of Missouri basketball opponents — was playing nice Saturday afternoon.
Science of sports: The football
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:39:00 -0500
It's a pretty safe bet that you won't hear any football coach utter this phrase: “That's the way the prolate spheroid bounces!”

 
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AskMen.com: Top 50 Sports Moments of 2000 - Article listing the top 50 sport moments of 2000.
Meta Description: [ Top sports stories of 2000- Mario Lemieux returns ]

Australian Society for Sports History - Information on the activities, publications and conferences of the Society.

Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey Online Statistics Databases - Downloadable databases. Sort, query, limit, and display all player and team statistics.
Meta Description: [ Individual player and team statistics for the entire history of pro baseball (1871-2003), pro basketball (1937-2004), pro hockey (1917-2004), pro football (1920-2002) in user-friendly databases where the user can sort, query and limit the statistics in just about any fashion desired. ]

BiblioSports - Archives of international results and rankings in athletic, swimming, football, tennis, rugby, and skiing.
Meta Description: [ Find the archives of international athletics records and results ]

BirminghamProSports - The history of professional team sports in Birmingham, Alabama.

404 British Society of Sports History - Information service and sports history gateway.

ESPN.com - 25 Great Hoaxes, Cheats, and Frauds in Sport - Article by Aaron Kuriloff.
Meta Description: [ Rosie Ruiz may be one of the most famous cheaters in sports, but she's certainly not the only one. ]

404 Great Sport Stories of the 20th Century - Significant events in sport during the years 1900 to 1995.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated chronological review of the most significant highlights and widely publicised sporting events of the 20th Century (1900-1995) ]

HickokSports.com - Sports history, biographies, quotations, glossaries, and calendar of sports events, birthdays, and death dates.
Meta Description: [ This document is the main menu for HickokSports.com, the largest collection of sports information on the Internet. ]

Interactive Internet Sports - Offers monthly trivia contests and an archive of trivia questions and answers. Includes football, basketball and general categories.
Meta Description: [ NFL draft coverage, NFL forum, Sports Trivia, and Sports tickets. ]

International Association of Sports Museums and Halls of Fame - IASMHF brings together over 130 member institutions worldwide for the promotion of sports history.
Meta Description: [ sportshalls.com ]

Investigating Racism in Sports History - Site investigates the progression of racism throughout the history of the sports of golf, baseball, and boxing.

Latino Legends in Sports - Magazine featuring legendary Latino athletes. Includes biographies, statistics, news, upcoming events, and trivia questions. Some articles written in English and Spanish.
Meta Description: [ Online sports magazine which pays tribute and honors superstar and legendary Latino sports players. Includes players' stats, photos and bio, multimedia clips and more. Some articles in English and Spanish ]

Major League Sports Almanac - A history of major league sports in North America including current and defunct major leagues.
Meta Description: [ Major league sports history from around the world including current and defunct leagues. ]

NCAA Hall of Champions - Information about the U.S. collegiate hall of fame.

North American Society for Sport History - NASSH promotes and encourages study and research and writing of the history of sport; and supports local, national, and international organizations having the same purposes.

Sporting-Heroes - A photographic encyclopedia of sports, featuring athletics, cricket, football, golf, rugby, and tennis.
Meta Description: [ a photographic encyclopaedia of athletes, cricketers, footballers, golfers, rugby players and tennis players. Thousands of pictures of sportsmen and sportswomen from the last 50 years. ]

Sports Records - Results of sporting events from 1960 to the present day are listed along with record holders and award winners.

Sports123.com - Archive of sports history including the top 3 finalists from Olympics and major championships worldwide.
Meta Description: [ #1 World Sports Archive: nrs. 1, 2 & 3 at Olympics and all Major Championships, covering all sports and corners of the world ]

Streetplay.com - Stories and information about stickball, handball, boxball, skully, and other street games played by kids in urban America.
Meta Description: [ Streetplay.com is the home of all the great street games of the city like stickball, handball, skully, hopscotch and double dutch jumprope. ]

The Sports Almanac - Team records and league champions over the years, categorized by sport and league.

500 The Sports Page - A collection of great historical sports photographs. Includes Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, wrestling and sports around the world.

WhoWins - Coverage of best-of-7 MLB, NBA, and NHL playoff series, featuring series, inter-game, and intra-game historical victory probabilities.
Meta Description: [ The WhoWins(tm) web site provides historical information about best-of-7 format Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), and National Hockey League (NHL) playoff rounds, in the context of current best-of-7 format playoff rounds; it has done so since Spring 1999. ]


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