Manny beginning new chapter in Dodger blue (Fox Sports)
He has a new number and a new team, but Mark Kriegel wonders if Manny being Manny will be enough to help the Dodgers....more...Pudge Rodriguez gets early start to career with NY (Miami Herald)
Eighteen years into a Hall of Fame career, Ivan Rodriguez still displays a rookie's enthusiasm for crouching behind home plate on a regular basis....more... Simply getting gear to Beijing can require an Olympian effort (Los Angeles Times)
Shooters, pole vaulters and fencers are among those who must go through more logistics to make sure equipment is in place in time for competition. Horses and boats also present special challenges. Swimmers who will compete in the Beijing Olympics can pack light. ...more... Scorecard: By the numbers (Pioneer Press)
American Association SECOND HALF NORTH DIVISION W L Pct. GB Lincoln 16 9 .640 ? Sioux City 14 11 .560 2 SAINTS 14 14 . ...more... Athletes work to ensure their gear arrives safely (Los Angeles Times)
Most track and field athletes can get by with minimal baggage too. Shirt, shorts, shoes, maybe a jacket and pants, and they're ready to toe the line. Same for gymnasts, who need to tote only leotards or pants and shirts....more... Scoreboard (Aberdeen American News)
TV SPORTS......more... Cards on a roll (The Norman Transcript)
ATLANTA ? Albert Pujols homered to tie the game and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error before the St. Louis Cardinals broke it open with a five-run ninth, routing the short-handed Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Tuesday night....more... Fat chance of our inactive youngsters delivering success at London 2012 (Daily Mail)
As our Olympic lads and lasses fly to Beijing this week, they leave behind a multitude of boys and girls for whom the closest they ever come to participating in sport is reaching for the TV remote across boxes of half-eaten pizzas and piles of empty crisp packets, spilling lager on the sofa as they do so....more... Area Calendar (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
View all items at www.bdtonline.com. BLUEFIELD, Va. ? The Graham High School Men?s Football Boosters invite anyone interested in participating to a meeting on Monday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria....more... |