Tennis
Will NHL's 'Spring of Shame' continue?
Blackhawks star Marian Hossa was hospitalized by a dangerous illegal headshot of the kind the NHL has been trying to eliminate, not a fight or a clean, hard check. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) What threatens to become the NHL’s Spring of Shame continued on Day 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs when Marian Hossa was stretchered off in the first period of the Coyotes-Blackhawks game on Tuesday night, the result of a clearly illegal but unpenalized hit by multiple offender Raffi Torres. It was the lasting image on another compelling night of playoff hockey and it overshadowed all else, just as each daily episode of brutal play has done.
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Clijsters still injured, will skip French Open
Associated Press – BRUSSELS (AP) — Kim Clijsters will skip the French Open and clay-court season to focus on adapting to grass ahead of the London Olympics and Wimbledon .
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The Fifth Down: Football, Baseball and the Evolving Tastes of Fans
April 17, 2012, 10:30 am By ANDY BENOIT Major League Baseball is under way, and its Saturday afternoon ratings are down slightly from last year. That’s nothing new
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NHL Fights (And Fights) For Its Audience
Getty Images via @daylife Fists are flying early in the NHL playoffs. Alarming, distasteful, draconian…and one of the greatest buzz generators at the league’s disposal
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Goal-line tests this month before July vote (AP)
WEMBLEY, England (AP) The final phase of goal-line technology tests will begin this month before soccer’s rule-makers make a definitive decision in July, FIFA said Sunday after another high-profile controversy. Chelsea reached the FA Cup final with a 5-1 victory over Tottenham, with replays indicating that Juan Mata’s shot never crossed the line for Chelsea’s second goal
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Pettersson holds 1-stroke lead at RBC Heritage
By PETE IACOBELLI | Associated Press – HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Carl Pettersson had a run of five straight birdies on the front nine and finished with a birdie on the 18th hole for a 66 and a one-stroke lead over Colt Knost after the third round of the RBC Heritage on Saturday. Pettersson held a three-stroke lead through 10 holes, yet was tied with Knost after the 15th.
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Rugby League owes Lewis debt of gratitude
The RFL have come under mounting criticism in the wake of the Bradford cash crisis, with Neil Hudgell of Hull KR going as far as to claim the game is “bankrupt” in a letter to his fellow chairmen.
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Wimbledon hires rugby league chairman as CEO
Associated Press – LONDON (AP) — The All England Club has hired English rugby league chairman Richard Lewis as the chief executive of Wimbledon . The former tennis pro will replace Ian Ritchie , who left Wimbledon this year to run the English rugby union ‘s governing body. Lewis played for Britain in the Davis Cup from 1977-83, and reached No
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Wimbledon hires rugby chairman Lewis as CEO
Updated: April 10, 2012, 8:16 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The All England Club has hired English rugby league chairman Richard Lewis as the chief executive of Wimbledon. The former tennis pro will replace Ian Ritchie, who left Wimbledon this year to run the English rugby union’s governing body. Lewis played for Britain in the Davis Cup from 1977-83, and reached No.
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Wimbledon Hires Rugby League’s Lewis as Chief Executive Officer
Richard Lewis, chairman of England’s Rugby Football League, will become chief executive officer of Wimbledon, the All England Lawn Tennis Club said on its website. Lewis, a former Davis Cup player for Great Britain, will begin his new post May 1
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