Twins send slumping A's to 11 series losses in row
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Mike Redmond drove in two runs for the Minnesota Twins, who survived some wildness by Francisco Liriano and beat Oakland 3-1 on Wednesday to send the Athletics to their 11th straight series defeat....
New Mexico football penalized by NCAA
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The NCAA has penalized the University of New Mexico with three years of probation for academic fraud within the football program....
Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m
BEIJING (AP) -- Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the Olympic 200 meters was a given, his second gold medal of the Beijing Games assured. This was now about a world record. About racing against history....
Griffey ties Sosa on home run list
CHICAGO (AP) -- White Sox slugger Ken Griffey Jr. hit career homer No. 609 against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, tying Sammy Sosa for fifth on the career list with a two-run shot against his former team....
Coach says he and Phelps will be in business
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Michael Phelps' coach says he and his record-breaking athlete are extending their partnership from training into business, though the details are fuzzy....
NASCAR hands out penalties, suspensions to Gibbs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR suspended seven crew members of Joe Gibbs Racing and stripped drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano of 150 points each Wednesday for cheating after last weekend's Nationwide Series race....
Jamaica's Bolt breaks 200 mark, gets sprint double
BEIJING (AP) -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics....
BEIJING BEAT: Rights groups frustrated by Olympics
BEIJING (AP) -- The Beijing Olympics have left the world's human rights groups frustrated and angry - convinced that China has been let off the hook for serious abuses, and adamant that future hosts like Russia must be held to a higher standard....
Pruett denies involvement in NCAA violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Former Marshall football coach Bob Pruett has denied allegations he was involved in an academic scandal and a jobs program for athletes that drew NCAA violations in 2001....
Walker wins women's 400-meter hurdles
BEIJING (AP) -- Melaine Walker of Jamaica has won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter hurdles in an Olympic record....
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