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June 26, 2008 Archives
SPAIN VERSUS GERMANY
If you did not see the World Cup in 2006, you missed the world famous Zidane-Materazzi head butt incident. In my opinion, that was some of the best television I have ever witnessed. France and Italy put forth a world class effort in Berlin, Germany. Although the game certainly ended in controversy, there was no shortage of excitement all the way u...
If you're looking for great family fun, make sure you're at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Frisco Saturday. Its the Heroes Celebrity Baseball game and its a great event to bring the kids to. The tailgaiting starts at 2pm, with the homerun derby at 4pm, and the game itself at 6pm. Here's the best part: the tickets are between $5 and $15 bucs. You can't beat it. You'll get a chance to see a lot a great athletes up close and personal. Mi... The USA Junior Olympic Girls Volleyball Championships began in Dallas today. There are 788 teams competing from across the country, including a team from Hawaii. It's the tournament's first trip to Dallas in a decade. The 9,000 girls range in age from 12 to 18 and will be at the Dallas Convention Center through July 5. <...John Danks (Round Rock HS) and Clayton Kershaw (Highland Park HS) started against each other today; Danks for the White Sox and Kershaw for the Dodgers. The game is still going, but both guys are out of the game (Sox lead 2-0 in the 9th). Danks pitched six shutout innings and lowered his ERA to 2.62; Kershaw went four innings, giving up two runs and walking four. After seven starts, Kershaw still doesn't have a win this season -- he's ... From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD -- It was less than a year ago that Iraqis poured Celebratory gunfire roared across Baghdad and other cities. A From the Associated Press: Former champion Maria Sharapova was upset in the second round in a Sharapova was ousted by a 154th-ranked Russian, marking her Her game littered by double faults and ugly unforced errors, the The Texas All-State baseball teams, as determined by the Texas High School CLASS 5A Pitchers: First base: From the Associated Press: WIMBLEDON, England -- Sixth-seeded Andy Roddick has been Roddick, who lost the 2004 and 2005 Wimbledon finals to Roger Roddick reached the semifinals at... Mother Nature has cost a Negro League star from the 1940s nearly every piece of evidence that he was just as good as any other baseball player. Art Pennington, 85, lost nearly everything in the massive flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Memorabilia, pictures, you name it. His dog too. Pennington dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues, but he was simply ahead of his time. The story is worth the read. >> Continue reading: Negro League star loses relics in flood Football star and the man found liable for their wrongful deaths in civil court of his ex-wife and her friend now says he is only facing kidnapping and armed robbery charges because of who he is. He says the alleged victims don't want to pursue the case. Sometimes when you find trouble often, you become a target too. "How many trials have you ever heard of where both of the victims say they don't want this guy to go to... Texas Rangers catcher Max Ramirez isn't really supposed to even be playing in the majors. After all the Rangers have Gerald Laird and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, but with Laird on the DL with a strained right hamstring, Ramirez was called up from Double-A Frisco. So in his first game catching for the Rangers, he hit his first major league home run and handled the pitching staff nicely in a 3-2 win. His work with the bat s... Swimming head coaches Steve Collins (women's) and Eddie Sinnott (men's) are both going to the Olympics. Collins, who has been at SMU for 22 years, will be the head coach of the Slovakian national team for the fourth time, while Sinnott, at SMU for 18 years, will be an assistant team leader for the U.S. team. Sinnott leaves June 27 for Omaha, Neb. and the U.S. Olympic trials. There, he will watch the best swimmers in ... Defending Wimbledon champ Venus Williams had to overcome a rash of errors and trouble with her serve to beat British player Anne Keothavong and advance to the third round. She beat Keothavong 7-5, 6-2 in 1 hour, 44 minutes on Thursday. But Williams made 26 unforced errors, mostly in the 69-minute first set. She next faces Maria Jose Martinez ... |
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