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Texas MLB Capsules: Abercrombie agrees to contract with Astros - Brownsville HeraldHOUSTON - Outfielder Reggie Abercrombie and reliever Clay Hensley were among five players who agreed Monday to minor league contracts with the Houston Astros. Outfielder John Gall, and infielders Mark Saccomanno and Jason Smith also agreed to deals ...
Golden League organisers seek big expansion from 2010 - Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - The IAAF plans to take its flagship Golden League athletics series outside Europe from 2010 in a major expansion that could also see London, Lausanne and Stockholm added to the program. The sport's governing body hopes to finalise ...
Moment of the Year: Olympics - CNN Sports Illustrated
The judges had a bird's-eye view of Michael Phelps (top) beating Milorad Cavic to the wall by 0.01 seconds in the 100 butterfly final. Great ones find a way. You get a sense that even if Craig Ehlo and Bryon Russell were guarding Michael Jordan ...
Leona Lewis to pen autobiography - BBC Entertainment
The book, which will include more than 100 behind-the-scenes photographs taken by photographer Dean Freeman, who has previously worked with David Beckham. Since winning The X Factor in 2006, Lewis has sold more than five million copies of her album ...
2012 whitewater canoe course doubles in cost to £30million - Evening Standard
THE COST of an artificial whitewater canoe course for the London Olympics has almost doubled to £30 million, the Standard can reveal. Games chiefs are expected this month to approve the new budget for the 2012 venue to be built in Broxbourne ...
Golden League Org. Seek Big Expansion From 2010 - Javno
`One of the main aims of the new Golden League is to go outside Europe to internationalise the event,` Davies added. Lauryn Williams (C) of the U.S. wins the women's 100m race at the British Athletics Grand Prix in Gateshead Lauryn Williams (C) of ...
ATR In The News: Vancouver's Olympics less of a headache than others ... - Around Rings
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The head of Vancouver's Olympic organizing committee peppers speeches about the 2010 Games with adjectives such as "wonderful" and "inspiring." Luncheon crowds hang off every word at John Furlong's booster events, and always ...
Olympic great Boardman: We must rethink roads so that riders feel safe - Evening Standard
THE mastermind of Britain's cycling gold medal haul today called for a complete overhaul of London's roads. Chris Boardman told the Evening Standard he wants to see roads transformed to make them safe for cyclists. And the Olympic star said he would ...
Olympics hopefuls head Down Under - This is Southampton
THE countdown to the 2012 London Olympics has begun for hockey duo Simon Faulkner and Jonny Kinder, who fly to Sydney tomorrow to represent Great Britain in the Australian Youth Olympic festival. The Fareham-based 18-year olds have high hopes of ...
Add top pro athlete to Anthony's golden year - Denver Post
Carmelo Anthony's big year earned him designation as the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame's pro athlete of the year. Anthony was selected Monday by the Hall of Fame's selection committee, along with Olympic freestyle wrestler Henry Cejudo, a gold ...
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