Flipkens Upsets Loit at Forest Hills
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Kirsten Flipkens, a wild card from Belgium, upset No. 2 seed Emilie Loit of France 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, to move into the semifinals of the Forest Hills Women's Classic at the West Side Tennis Club on Thursday.
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Trainer Bobby Barnett made a triumphant return to Louisiana Downs on Saturday when he sent out Fantasticat to a 14-1 upset in the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby.
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A steady downpour didn't qualify as bad weather to Suzann Pettersen. Playing through heavy showers was fine to Pettersen, who took a one-stroke lead Friday at the Wendy's Championship for Children. More than an inch of rain pounded Tartan Fields Golf Club, suspending play late in the afternoon &#151; as was the case in the first round.
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A tornado leveled Jerrold Hoffman's town of Udall more than 50 years ago, killing 77 people and leaving little behind for the survivors. So after a twister swept through Greensburg this year, wreaking similar destruction, he decided he would at least try to help the town get its scenery back.
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Top-seeded Andy Roddick took a methodical 6-4, 6-4 victory over Rik De Voest of South Africa in their first-round match Wednesday at the Countrywide Classic.
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Mulaudzi out-dipped Kipketer to win silver in 1:44.61 to add to the world indoor title he won in March. Kipketer, the world record-holder and a three-time former world champion, had to be content with bronze in 1:44.
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Just beating Louisiana State wasn't enough to satisfy Georgia. The Bulldogs dominated L.S.U. on Saturday afternoon.
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The course is a back-breaking 7,800 yards long off the tips, the rough is up, it&#39;s 100F out there, the greens are fast and firm and refusing to hold, and yesterday there was a tricky wind to contend with.
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Ahsha Rolle only had the Grandstand crowd going for her today. When Rolle, an American wild card, served to even the first set at 5-5 against 15th-seeded Dinara Safina, an insanely loud, rhythmic pounding started from who knows where, maybe the Mets&#8217; stadium construction. Every close line call went against her, including a serve that [...].
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It was a good start for Royals right-hander Mike Wood. It was a bad finish for the bullpen. Closer Jeremy Affeldt gave up a three-run homer to Joe Crede in the ninth inning
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Edward Loar of the United States shot a 1-under-par 71 Sunday for a three-stroke victory in the Korean Open. Ernie Els finished four strokes behind the leader in the Asian Tour event.
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This was no magic trick, just Oakmont. Steve Stricker was standing next to his bag marking his golf balls before his final practice round Wednesday at the U.S. Open when he dropped one on the green. He watched it trickle around the bag, appear on the other side and hit someone in the foot, a 180-degree turn over an area of 5 feet.
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THOUSAND OAKS, California  - Tiger Woods shrugged off three bogeys and an early challenge by Jim Furyk to win the Target World Challenge by seven shots on Sunday for his eighth victory of the year.
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WINSTON-SALEM - First round matchups in tournaments are supposed to be nothing more than a cake walk for a highly-ranked team. But the second-ranked Demon Deacons of Wake Forest knew Monday night&#39;s season-opening
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Semifinals - Saturday, August 21 ----- Ryan Moore (1) def. Jeff Overton (20), 2 and 1 Luke List (6) def. Chris Nallen (10), 19 Holes.
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PHILADELPHIA - As sophomore Dustin Salisberyâs desperation three-point attempt with two seconds remaining sailed awry, so did the hopes of a Temple upset over #6/5 Wake Forest , who escaped with a 67-64 win on Monday night at the Liacouras Center .
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Amateurs Triumphs in Tarlow Frank Vana Jr. of Shrewsbury shot 3-under-par 137 to win the annual Tarlow Invitational at Thorny Lea GC in Brockton, edging John Hadges of the host club by one. Andy Drohen shot 143 to finish third. In the women's division, Karen Richardson of Haverhill CC shot 151 to roll to a seven-stroke triumph over Cheryl Krueger ...