NBA reopens quietly on the first day after moratorium

Turkish Daily News - In a rematch of their Wimbledon final four weeks earlier, Sampras needed a pair of tiebreakers to beat Agassi 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-1) for the championship of the Mercedes-Benz Cup at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. The match was as tight as could be
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Safin Can Return To True Elite
Sportnetwork.net - Such is Roger Federer's dominance of men's tennis that he is sure to attract support even at best odds of 2/7 to win the 2007 2006 with a 32-23 win-loss record, should see him crack the top 20 and it's unlikely any of his rivals will be able to match
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Stepanek opts to quit Czech team
BBC News - Select ----- Football Cricket Rugby U Rugby L Tennis Golf Motorspt Boxing Athletics Snooker Racing Cycling Disability Sport Other ----- World number 19 Radek Stepanek has decided he has played his last Davis Cup match for the Czech Republic. The 28-year-old
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Roundup: Brigham Young ends run of futility
Herald Tribune - Tennis 2 blows to Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup mixed team event suffered a double blow when both the German team and Venus won the first of two Twenty-20 cricket internationals against New Zealand by 18 runs at Wellington on Friday when the match
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Gift for Fidelity investors
New York Daily News - Andre Agassi (below) waves to crowd before last Wimbledon match in July. Tickets to the event and golf clubs were among chartered flights, bottles of 1993 Chateau Petrus wine, golf clubs and tickets to events including the Wimbledon tennis
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Golf: How the Ryder Cup was won
Guardian Unlimited - Clarke and Westwood were in the final match. In between Sergio Garc a was paired with Jose Maria Olaz bal Philip Morbey They played a bit of table tennis and a bit of karaoke. The star of the karaoke was Jim Furyk. I don't know if he practises
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Pakistan's Razzaq may miss South Africa tests
Reuters India - of fitness problems and missed the home test series against England in 2005 due to tennis elbow. The first test against South Africa in Centurion starts on Jan. 11. The second test in Port Elizabeth begins on Jan. 19, with the third and final match in
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No damages for Williams tennis sisters in U.S. suit
Reuters India - MIAMI (Reuters) - Tennis players Venus and Serena Williams and their father will not have to pay damages in a $9 million breach of contract lawsuit filed by promoters of a planned tennis match, a lawyer in the case said on Thursday. Following a five
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Australia's tennis juniors need clay feet
The Australian - The adage is if you get the ball over the net one more time per point in a match, you improve your standard by 33 per cent. "The reason being is, at your average level of tennis, the average length of rallies is two to three balls - think of the
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Funds awarded for Woodsboro park facelift
Frederick News-Post - The dangerous cracks could cause a bad sprain and make it difficult to enjoy a match. "Right now, we have black top that has cracks," he said. "When a tennis ball hits one of those cracks, the ball goes all kinds of directions." While joggers, ball
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Michael Miller, MD, F.A.C.C., Center for Preventive Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center
It may be possible to incorporate laugher into daily activities, just as is done with other heart-healthy activities, such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator. The recommendation for a healthy heart may one day be exercise, eat right and laugh a few times a day.