Santa Clara, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco 49ers pared down their roster to the NFL-mandated limit of 53 players by releasing a host of veteran special-teams players. Among the casualties for the Niners were wide receiver Kassim Osgood and safeties Bubba Ventrone and C.J. Spillman, core special-teamers from a …
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Bucharest, Romania (SportsNetwork.com) – Eighth-seeded Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen was a hard-fought opening-round winner Monday at the $590,000 BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy tennis event. The 32-year-old left-handed Nieminen held off Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) on the red clay at BNR Arenas. Also on Day 1, Czech Jiri …
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ST. LOUIS – Now it starts to get intense for Michael Sam and the rest of the St. Louis Rams rookies. The first openly gay player drafted in the NFL is enthusiastic about the challenge. Twice on Tuesday, he mentioned how much fun he was having. Sam said he hopes …
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PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line will be banged up heading into Sunday’s road game at San Francisco. But the defense will also be without a key player. Inside linebacker Mychal Kendricks will miss his second straight game with a calf injury suffered in the Eagles’ Week 2 win …
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TOLEDO, Ohio – Maty Mauk threw for 325 yards and five touchdowns, and No. 24 Missouri gave coach Gary Pinkel a win against his former program, Toledo, 49-24 on Saturday. Mauk also ran for a touchdown, and the Tigers (2-0) never trailed in what was expected to be a tricky …
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BEAUMONT, Texas – Caleb Berry threw two touchdown passes and ran for another to lead Lamar to a 73-0 rout of Texas College of the NAIA on Saturday night. Berry connected with Reggie Begelton for a 6-yard score and Mark Roberts with a 21-yard strike. Berry’s 32-yard touchdown run gave …
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Westlake, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – For the second straight day there is a tie atop the leaderboard at the Cleveland Open as Mathew Goggin and Whee Kim share a 1-shot lead at 11-under-par 202 after three rounds. Goggin (69), who held the lead throughout most of the day Saturday, made double-bogey …
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Mobile, AL (SportsNetwork.com) – Jessica Korda birdied six of the last nine holes on Sunday to rally and win the Airbus LPGA Classic. Korda closed with a 7-under 65 to finish her third LPGA Tour victory at 20- under-par 268. This was Korda’s second title of the season. “I have …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Donald Sterling has apparently backed out of a planned deal to sell the Los Angeles Clippers and will pursue his lawsuit against the NBA. According to ESPN.com and other media outlets, Sterling’s attorney, Max Blecher, says he was instructed by Sterling to withdraw his support for a $2 …
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