Haren pitches Diamondbacks past Rockies |
| | | Chris Snyder and Chris Burke hit consecutive homers in a five-run fifth inning, leading Dan Haren and the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Colorado Rockies 6-2 Thursday. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Rice leads Australia to 800 free relay gold |
| | | Stephanie Rice has led Australia to a gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics, smashing the world record by nearly 6 seconds. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Tigers rally for 5-1 win over Toronto Blue Jays |
| | | Edgar Renteria hit a tiebreaking two-run double in Detroit's five-run eighth inning and the Tigers avoided a four-game sweep with a 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Du redeems herself, wins gold for China |
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Kitajima completes Olympic breaststroke sweep |
| | | Kosuke Kitajima of Japan has won the 200-meter breaststroke, becoming the first swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympics. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Khushtov's throws give Russia 3rd Greco gold |
| | | Aslanbek Khushtov has won Russia's third Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, turning throws in each of the two periods into a decisive victory over Mirko Englich of Germany at 96 kilograms. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Federer upset by Blake in Olympic tennis |
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Mongolia wins first gold medal, in men's judo |
| | | Mongolia has won it's first Olympic gold medal ever with Tuvshinbayar Naidan's victory over Kazakhstan's Askhat Zhitkeyev in men's 100-kilogram judo. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US men's basketball team tops Greece to go 3-0 |
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New Jets QB Favre says arm 'fatigued' at practice |
| | | Brett Favre dropped back, looked downfield and launched a long spiral about 5 yards past his intended receiver. A few plays later, the Jets quarterback short-hopped a toss that thumped into the grass. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Maholm pitches Pirates past Reds 5-2 |
| | | Paul Maholm pitched eight innings and Jason Michaels and Brandon Moss homered to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Wednesday night. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Hawpe's 2-run homer leads Rockies past Arizona |
| | | Colorado reliever Brian Fuentes issued an intentional walk with two outs in the ninth inning to load the bases, then retired Adam Dunn on a grounder that preserved the Rockies' 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Ziegler, Hoff don't make 800 final |
| | | One was last year's world champion, the other owner of the second-fastest time in 2008. But it didn't matter Thursday night at the Water Cube, where Kate Ziegler and Katie Hoff both failed to qualify for the 800-meter freestyle. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Titans LB Fowler considers steroids matter closed |
| | | Tennessee linebacker Ryan Fowler considers his steroids case with the NFL closed. Fowler said Wednesday he hasn't heard from the league since requesting a meeting to address allegations that he bought performance-enhancing drugs from a Texas-based steroids dealer in 2006. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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AP source: Stewart hires Daytona 500 champ Newman |
| | | Tony Stewart has hired fellow Indiana native Ryan Newman to drive the second car for his new team next season, The Associated Press has learned. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Hinkse's 3 hits, home run lead Rays over Athletics |
| | | Eric Hinske had three hits, including a home run, and Ben Zobrist doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Wednesday night. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Phelps advances, others claim Olympic spotlight |
| | | On the seventh day of the Olympics, Michael Phelps rested, and other swimmers made their splash. Australia's Stephanie Rice closed a brilliant Olympics with another world record. Kosuke Kitajima of Japan made it a double double in the breaststroke. Alain Bernard redeemed himself for the relay. And the home team got a chance to celebrate its first swimming gold. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Spain downs Germany 72-59 in Olympics basketball |
| | | Pau Gasol scored 13 points to help lead world champions Spain to a 72-59 victory over Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in Olympic basketball men's Group B play. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Yang Wei finally gets gold in men's gymnastics |
| | | Yang Wei clapped as he walked past the vault judges, pumped his fists at the crowd and flashed a thumbs-up for the cameras. He even exchanged high-fives with the competition. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Phelps' last major obstacles are a couple of mates |
| | | So, it's come down to this for Michael Phelps: The only guys likely to stop him from taking down the ultimate Olympic record are wearing red, white and blue. Ryan Lochte was gunning for Phelps in the 200-meter individual medley. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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