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Live, from New York, it's ... Michael Phelps! The recording-breaking swimmer, who took home eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, will host the 34th season premiere of " Saturday Night Live" on Sept. 13, The Associated Press reports. And the...Tags: Saturday Night Live, Michael Phelps
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The agony of victory for Jankovic
The Associated PressJelena Jankovic's leg cramped so badly, she couldn't take another step. Luckily for the No. 2 seed in the U.S. Open, the agony occurred during her post-match run on the treadmill. Anyone who watched could clearly see she left about everything she had out...Tags: Justice System, Tennis, Injuries, Lindsay Davenport, Court Administration
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Sore knee cramping Jankovic's approach
Associated PressNEW YORK—Jelena Jankovic's leg cramped so badly, she couldn't take another step. Luckily for the No. 2 seed in the U.S. Open, the agony occurred during her post-match run on the treadmill. Anyone who watched could clearly see she left everything...Tags: Injuries, U.S. Open Golf, Arthur Ashe Stadium
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Jankovic outlasts Arvidsson
The Associated PressJelena Jankovic's leg cramped so badly, she couldn't take another step. Luckily for the No. 2 seed in the U.S. Open, the agony occurred during her post-match run on the treadmill. Anyone who watched could clearly see she left about everything she had out...Tags: Roger Federer, Tennis, Multi-Sport Events, Injuries, Serena Williams
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American Sam Querrey routs Berdych
mdickstein@am-ny.comImproving American youngster Sam Querrey trounced his 22nd-seeded opponent in straight sets yesterday at the U.S. Open, needing just 87 minutes to overwhelm Thomas Berdych, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. Querrey won the big-serving Czech's first two service games. The...Tags: U.S. Open Tennis, Tennis, California
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Phillips Returns To Sun
Courant Staff Writer— Erin Phillips, back from her stay with the Australian national team in the Beijing Olympics, felt sluggish in her return to the Eastern time zone. "[Practice] was like walking with bricks in my shoes," Phillips said Tuesday. So it's likely the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Basketball, Nykesha Sales, Connecticut Sun, Olympic Games
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Dara Torres slated for surgery
South Florida Sun-SentinelFive-time Olympian Dara Torres may appear ageless, but she has endured her share of physical problems in the last year leading up to the Beijing Olympics. The 41-year-old from Parkland is scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery today in Boynton Beach. It...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Therapies, Multi-Sport Events, Physical Fitness, Health Treatments
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NBC takes gold medal in Nielsen viewership
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith the Beijing Olympics drawing to a close Sunday, NBC's coverage of the Games ran away with the prime-time rankings last week. NBC has proclaimed the Games the most-watched TV event in history, with an estimated 214 million viewers seeing at least a...Tags: Summer Olympics, NBC, CBS Corp., Multi-Sport Events, Television Industry
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Olympic gold medal-winner returns home
Associated Press WriterThe story, as told by Shawn Johnson, goes like this: She was headed to the David Letterman show early Monday afternoon from Chicago when the airline reported a problem. Apparently, the pilot had an incident when he heard Johnson was on his plane. "I...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Awards and Prizes, Doug Johnson, McDonald's, Multi-Sport Events
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Federer takes first step in trying to regain aura
john.jeansonne@newsday.comIt is merely tennis-tournament draw-sheet protocol that has Roger Federer on the very bottom line of the U.S. Open's 128 entrants. That's where the No. 2 seed always starts, equally balanced, really, against the No. 1, way up on top. But there is no...Tags: Roger Federer, U.S. Open Tennis, Tennis, Arthur Ashe Stadium
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Web geeks get Olympic marks
Welcome to the first official Geek Factor Index in RedEye. I'll take a look at nerd-centric events and rate them according to the Geek Factor Formula, a complex mathematical equation that was developed by the Geek Think Tank in Stockholm. In honor of the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Fiction, Political Candidates, Barack Obama, John McCain
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An international tour through gaming history
Forum Publishing GroupPeople think we contemporary Americans take our sporting games too seriously. Surely, our fanatical obsession with winning has nothing on the gladiatorial gravity of the Olmec culture's ball games back in 1200 B.C. Mexico. "The courts were built in...Tags: Game Playing, Norton Museum of Art, Multi-Sport Events, Arts, Games
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