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Matt Serra, former UFC champ, 'walking away' from MMA bc-mma-serra(sh) | By: MARK LAMONICA | Source: Newsday | All Other Sports (AO) May 23, 2013 2:05 PM By MARK LAMONICA Matt Serra felt pain while sitting in the corner during an MMA fight. Nothing unusual for the lifelong fighter, except for one thing: he wasn't the one fighting. Instead, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight cham
Reynolds: After injury, a new dream emerges for Louisville's Mike Marra bc-bkc-mike-marra(sh) | By: BILL REYNOLDS | Source: The Providence Journal | College Basketball (BC), Sports Columns (TN) May 23, 2013 12:00 PM By BILL REYNOLDS Mike Marra first knew he wasn't in Rhode Island anymore on one of the first days he went to a mall in Louisville. It was in the fall of 2009 and he was a freshman at the University of Louisville. He was from Smithfield, via two ye
Dolch: Nantz remembers Ken Venturi, his best friend, fellow golf announcer bc-glf-venturi-nantz(sh) | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) May 23, 2013 11:50 AM By CRAIG DOLCH Jim Nantz and Ken Venturi shared front-row seats to some of the greatest moments in golf. You knew their relationship was going to be special when the first Masters they worked together they were witness to Jack Nicklaus winning hi
Nationals' Bryce Harper has the look of a superstar bc-bbn-harper(sh) | By: MARCOS BRETON | Source: Sacramento Bee | National League Baseball (BN), Sports Columns (TN) May 23, 2013 11:35 AM By MARCOS BRETON Sometimes a simple weekday ballgame turns into something greater, as it did Wednesday when a superlative talent almost single-handedly beat the San Francisco Giants and proved not all ballplayers are created equally. Bryce Harper,
MMA Today: Cain Velasquez 'ready for everything' Antonio Silva might throw bc-mmatoday22(sh) | By: BOB EMANUEL JR. | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), All Other Sports (AO) May 22, 2013 2:45 PM By BOB EMANUEL JR. A year ago, Cain Velasquez's bout against Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva was about redemption. Velasquez suffered the first loss of his career six months earlier when Junior dos Santos defeated him for the Ultimate Fighting Championshi
Ask Babe: What's the value of a signed 1977 Red Sox yearbook? bc-askbabe22(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) May 22, 2013 12:20 PM By BABE WAXPAK Dear Babe: I have a 1977 Boston Red Sox yearbook/program that has autographs of a number of team members -- most of which are signed next to their photos. The book is signed by Don Zimmer, Fred Lynn, Butch Hobson, George Scott, Luis
Moulton: USGA, R&A ban on anchoring putters will create a mess bc-glf-putter-ban(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 22, 2013 12:05 PM By DAVID MOULTON This is going to be messy. By this, I mean Rule 14-1b. Now that the United States Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club have made official the ban on anchoring the putter, one of two scenarios is going to play out. First,
McNulty: Rule change on anchoring long putter overdue bc-glf-anchor-rule(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 22, 2013 12:00 PM By RAY MCNULTY I say this with all due respect to my friends at the PGA Tour and PGA of America. You're wrong. There is no downside to the historic and long-overdue decision announced Tuesday by golf's governing bodies to outlaw the growing practi
Phil Mickelson commits to FedEx St. Jude Classic bc-glf-mickelson(sh) | By: BRYAN BRASHER | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) May 22, 2013 11:40 AM By BRYAN BRASHER As tournament director of the annual FedEx St. Jude Classic, Phil Cannon goes into the event every year knowing certain local die-hard golf fans will attend no matter who is signed up to play. But since he also wants to lure casu
Mets' Jeremy Hefner's heart goes out to his hometown after Oklahoma tornado bc-bbn-hefner(sh) | By: JOHN JEANSONNE | Source: Newsday | National League Baseball (BN) May 22, 2013 11:35 AM By JOHN JEANSONNE News of the deadly Oklahoma tornado literally hit close to home for New York Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner, who was watching television coverage of the devastating twister in the clubhouse before Monday night's game. "I have an uncl
American conference looking to 'brand new canvas' to launch league's branding, marketing bc-american-conf(sh) | By: KYLE VEAZEY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | All Other Sports (AO) May 21, 2013 1:20 PM By KYLE VEAZEY Mike Aresco, the commissioner of the new American Athletic Conference, was meandering through bullet points here Monday afternoon when he struck upon something perhaps most instructive to how his new league will be perceived: "You h
DeCock: 90-year-old former Ranger takes aim at track record bc-90yrold-racer(sh) | By: LUKE DECOCK | Source: Raleigh News and Observer | All Other Sports (AO) May 21, 2013 1:05 PM By LUKE DECOCK All Charles Ross had to do to set a world record was finish the race. For him, in this event, the real challenge was making it to the starting line. No one in his age group had ever completed the 2,000-meter steeplechase, at least o
Moulton: John McCain's bill could blow up sports TV bc-tv-sports-bundle(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Television (ET), Sports Columns (TN), All Other Sports (AO) May 21, 2013 12:40 PM By DAVID MOULTON Do you remember Bell Telephone? Until 1984, "Ma Bell" as many called it, provided telephone service to the country and most everyone was OK with that. Everyone except the U.S. Justice Department, which ruled that Bell Telephone wa
Knicks' No. 1 issue: What to do with Amar'e Stoudemire? bc-bkn-stoudemire(sh) | By: NEIL BEST | Source: Newsday | Mens Pro Basketball (BP) May 21, 2013 12:30 PM By NEIL BEST Turns out Amar'e Stoudemire was right three summers ago when he famously promised, "The Knicks are back." Three playoff appearances, one division championship, newfound relevance and even a rebuilt Madison Square Garden have followed.
Pirates' Travis Snider endures losses off the field bc-bbn-snider(sh) | By: MICHAEL SANSERINO | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | National League Baseball (BN) May 21, 2013 12:25 PM By MICHAEL SANSERINO Throughout a 162-game season, even the best baseball players deal with a lot of loss. And as the stakes grow higher, so does the impact of those defeats. There are hard losses. Painful losses. Devastating losses. Travis Snider
Cincinnati IRS workers to be questioned by House committee this week bc-irs-testify(sh) | By: JASON LAW, LUCY MAY and GREG NOBLE | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Soccer (BM), Special (LL) May 20, 2013 4:10 PM By JASON LAW, LUCY MAY and GREG NOBLE Cincinnati Tea Party groups say they will rally Tuesday in the city that serves as the hub of the IRS handling of applications by mostly conservative groups for tax-exempt status. That rally will end with a marc
49ers roster hopeful Ricardo Lockette learns from Colin Kaepernick bc-fbn-49ershopeful(sh) | By: MATTHEW BARROWS | Source: Sacramento Bee | Professional Football (FP) May 20, 2013 11:55 AM By MATTHEW BARROWS Wide receiver Ricardo Lockette is so intent on landing a spot on the San Francisco 49ers' roster that he bought a white board and markers so he could chart and study plays on his own time. Lockette also has an expert check
McNulty: Debacles scar Tiger's character bc-glf-tiger-badbuzz(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 20, 2013 11:50 AM By RAY MCNULTY Golf is supposed to be a game of honor, so much so that players keep each others scores, serve as their own referees and assess penalties against themselves for violating the rules -- even if the transgression was inadvertent
Monson: Jerry Sloan belongs on the sideline coaching bc-bkn-jerrysloan(sh) | By: GORDON MONSON | Source: Salt Lake Tribune | Mens Pro Basketball (BP), Sports Columns (TN) May 20, 2013 11:45 AM By GORDON MONSON Having interviewed the man hundreds of times and gone to his hometown in southern Illinois to trek down the dirt roads he walked as a kid, to talk with the people he's known there for 60-plus years, to visit the rotting foundation
Don't let Internet hoopla s-s-sensationalize your fear of snakes bc-out-snakebites(sh) | By: BRYAN BRASHER | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Recreation (BO), Sports Columns (TN), Hunting/Fishing (OT) May 20, 2013 11:40 AM By BRYAN BRASHER For the past two weeks, a story and photo circulating on the Internet have been making people's skin crawl all over the United States. The photo features a man's leg with two grisly bite marks that were supposedly caused by a rat
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