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Padraig Harrington repeats, spoiling Greg Norman's journey (Sports, 13 articles)
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The temporary metal support structure overhead groaned, trembled and rattled in the high winds that continued to rock Royal Birkdale long after Harrington had repossessed the champion's claret jug. A smudge of red was all that was left of the sun when, inside a marquee overlooking the Royal Birkdale course, Nick Faldo ended an after-dinner speech last Tuesday night. Greg Norman has an offer to return to the Masters, which invites the top four players and ties from the British Open. On Sunday, Norman was tied for the lead with seven holes to play and threatening to become, at age 53, the oldest major champion by five years in the history of golf. Padraig Harrington spoke of his delight after becoming only the seventh player of the post-war era to retain the Open title with victory at Royal Birkdale. SOUTHPORT, England - Turns out Padraig Harrington's wrist was strong enough to hit all the right shots in the British Open. SOUTHPORT, England - Whipping 45-mph winds howled in off the Irish Sea Saturday, wreaking havoc on swings, scores and psyches in the third round of the 137th British Open.
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Crowd violence erupts on West Ham United's US tour (Sports, 5 articles)
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The fights, which overshadowed West Ham's 3-1 win, began when a handful of the Premier League club's supporters entered the north-east corner of the stadium where the MLS team's most boisterous supporters were gathered. Highway Patrol officers arrested one fan outside the stadium for disorderly conduct, but Columbus police were unable to confirm whether any arrests had been made inside the stadium. COLUMBUS, Ohio A halftime brawl between more than 100 fans marred an exhibition match Sunday between West Ham United of the English Premier League club and the MLS ' Columbus Crew.
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Yankees Top A’s in 12th When Molina Is Hit by a Pitch (Sports, 7 articles)
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That included Justin Christian, Chad Moeller and Richie Sexson, three players who were not among those gathered in Tampa, Fla., when the Yankees began spring training. LONG after the Yankees' 2-1 win over the A's was complete yesterday, Joe Girardi was back on the field at Yankee Stadium, playing a little baseball with his family and pitching to young son Dante. They walked off with a 4-3 victory over the A's in 12 innings at a sweltering Yankee Stadium, thanks to Jose Molina being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, their sixth straight victory at home.
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Duel at the Junior Team Trial, a Ticket to Beijing at Stake (Sports, 10 articles)
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As declarer at 3NT, Tangle captured East's queen of diamonds with the ace, led a spade to the ace, took the A-K of clubs and led a third club to West's queen. The king of clubs is an entry to the king of spades, and South can return to dummy with a high heart for the good clubs. Chiu played a spade to his ace, cashed the diamond ace, ruffed a diamond on the board (West discarded a spade) and cashed the spade king, discarding a diamond.
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Kazmir allows 2 hits in 7 innings, Longoria homers again as Rays beat Athletics (Sports, 5 articles)
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Jason Bay and Adam LaRoche also homered in the inning off Houston closer Jose Valverde, who came in with the Astros leading 3-2. Sanchez's shot off Tim Byrdak was Pittsburgh's first inside-the-park home run since Chris Duffy hit one against the New York Yankees on June 8, 2007. The Boston Red Sox were the last team to accomplish that feat, scoring 19 or more four times in 1950 according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
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Hamilton edges Massa to take pole at German GP (Sports, 4 articles)
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Hamilton, who went to Germany locked in a three-way tie at the top of the drivers' standings, has now built a four-point lead in the championship. Hamilton overtook Ferrari's Felipe Massa and then runner-up Nelson Piquet Jr. of Renault at the same hairpin after a crash involving Timo Glock had brought out a safety car that nearly cost the McLaren driver his fourth victory of the season. Piquet Jr., who earned his first career podium after starting from 17th, couldn't hold off Hamilton when the 23-year-old Briton closed in at the same corner three laps later.
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Schleck Takes Tour Lead After 15th Stage (Sports, 9 articles)
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CUNEO, Italy - One day after taking the yellow jersey from Cadel Evans on the tough uphill finish to Prato Nevoso, the CSC Saxo Bank team promised that the war was not over. " Yesterday was not a real mountain stage Bjarne Riis, the manager of the CSC team and the winner of the 1996 Tour de France, said Monday, the Tour de France's second rest day. CUNEO, Italy- New Tour de France leader Frank Schleck and his CSC team were given a surprise doping test after the 15th stage ended in Italy.
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Angels' quiet red machine is a silencer (Sports, 4 articles)
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Perhaps the major reason that few are up in arms over this weekend sweep at the hands of the Angels is because the Red Sox are hardly alone in looking lost away from home. It is the eighth inning at Angel Stadium, a strange 3 p.m. game time dictated by television, which now teams with the Internet to dictate just about everything in our lives. Boston's tournament dominance over the Angels dates to 1986 after the Angels took a 3-1 series lead over John McNamara's Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.
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18-year-old Michelle Wie to play on PGA Tour again (Sports, 7 articles)
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Second-year LPGA golfer Ji Young Oh won her first tournament, sinking a 6-inch putt for par to win the State Farm Classic in a playoff over rookie Yani Tseng. A day after the tournament lost its marquee player , Michelle Wie, to disqualification for failing to sign her card, the sudden-death playoff injected life into what had been an ordinary final round. The 18-year-old was disqualified for not signing her third-round scorecard while lying in second place at last weekend's LPGA Tour State Farm Classic.
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Redskins acquire Jason Taylor from Dolphins (Sports, 6 articles)
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The Dolphins and Parcells were hoping early in the off-season to obtain a first-rounder for Taylor, but their asking price dropped. The deal was made after the Redskins lost the starting defensive end Phillip Daniels to a season-ending knee injury early on Sunday - during the first practice of training camp. Taylor earned Parcells's wrath before he played for him.
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South Africa 522 & bt England 203 & 327 by 10 wickets (Sports, 5 articles)
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Resuming on 50-2, Alastair Cook batted well for 60, but Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell fell cheaply as Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel made England suffer. Stuart Broad, who hit a superb unbeaten 67, and Darren Pattinson shared 61 for the last wicket to help England reach 327 and just avoid an innings defeat. England have a massive task on their hands to save the second Test at Headingley after South Africa racked up a mammoth first innings total of 522.
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Saints get TE Shockey from Giants for draft picks (Sports, 4 articles)
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With one trade on Monday, the Giants solved one problem and created another, losing a habitually disgruntled star player and a perennial Pro Bowl tight end. Jeremy Shockey was traded to the New Orleans Saints for a pair of draft picks in 2009 - one in the second round, one in the fifth. The trade ends an intriguing and sometimes combustive relationship between the Giants and Shockey, who turns 28 on Aug. 18.
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CUBS IN BRIEF: Placing Wood on DL suddenly much closer to reality :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Cubs (Sports, 4 articles)
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Along the way, second baseman Mike Fontenot delivered a 3-for-4 game that fell a triple short of the cycle, driving in three runs and scoring three times. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster (11-4) pitched eight innings of six-hit ball to earn his first road victory in more than two years (June 2, 2006, at St. Louis), a stretch spanning 64 games, mostly in relief. Carlos Marmol gets a chance to return as an All-Star, possibly even a closer for the week, and atone for his worst inning on his biggest stage.
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