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Djokovic, Nadal, Serena Williams advance in Rome

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their quarter final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Friday, May 18, 2012. Djokovic won 7-5, 6-1. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)A week after Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal made early exits in Madrid on an experimental blue court, both showed they remain a force on red clay Friday by reaching the Italian Open semifinals.


Hawks keeping Drew as coach for 2012-13 season

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

Larry Drew is returning for his third season as the Atlanta Hawks’ coach despite the team’s first-round exit from the playoffs.

Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play (Yahoo! Sports)

May 18th, 2012 by Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports, ncaaf

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year’s Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.

I’ll Have Another takes aim at Preakness win

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

Preakness Stakes entrant I'll Have Another prepares to enter the stable after a bath while barn forman Benjamin Perez holds the reigns after a morning workout at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 18, 2012, in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Gary Jones)No one is loving the run up to Saturday’s Preakness more than Doug O’Neill.


Cubs P Kerry Wood plans to retire

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

FILE - This Aug. 31, 2007 file photo shows Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood delivering a pitch against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Wood, who electrified baseball with a 20-strikeout game as a rookie in 1998 and then became a reliever after his career was slowed by numerous injuries, is expected to retire after pitching one more game for the Chicago Cubs. The 34-year-old Wood was in uniform Friday, May 18, 2012, against the White Sox in the opener of their first interleague series of the season. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, FIle)Kerry Wood, who electrified baseball with a 20-strikeout game as a rookie in 1998 and then became a reliever after his career was slowed by injuries, is expected to retire after pitching one more time for the Chicago Cubs.


Heat shut down after Indy meltdown; scrap practice

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) and Dwyane Wade, right, leave the court after losing 94-75 to the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)The Miami Heat canceled practice and their media availability one day after a blowout loss in Game 3 to the Pacers.


Chelsea plays for high stakes in Champions League

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

In this handout photo made available by UEFA, Chelsea's John Terry, front, is followed by Frank Lampard as they arrive in Munich, Germany, Friday May 18, 2012. Bayern Munich will play English Premier League soccer team Chelsea in the final of the Champions League on Saturday. (AP Photo/Lars Baron, UEFA)Chelsea is playing for a place in European soccer history as well as next season’s competition when it meets Bayern Munich on Saturday in the Champions League final.


McNamee: Some items in beer can not from Clemens

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

After signing autographs, former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court, Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)Brian McNamee says some of the medical evidence he saved in a beer can was not used on baseball pitcher Roger Clemens.


Lakers’ Blake, wife target of attacks on Twitter

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife have been attacked online since he missed a possible game-winning 3-pointer against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal.

Burn it like Beckham: the Olympic flame

May 18th, 2012 by Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News | No Comments | Filed in Yahoo Sports

Former England football captain David Beckham, right, and London Mayor Boris Johnson attend a handover for the Olympic flame at Panathenaean stadium in Athens, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the Greek capital, to cover about 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) on its progress over many parts of England to start the games. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)David Beckham wants two things: the flame to burn right and a spot on Britain’s Olympic team.


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