AP - Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt was cleared to defend his 400-meter title in London next year after the American won his appeal Thursday against an IOC rule banning doping offenders from the games.
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Swiss sports court overturns Olympic doping rule
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AP - No matter how Tiger Woods plays in the Frys.com Open, it won’t be from a lack of practice.
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Woods makes yet another comeback at Frys.com Open
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AP - David Freese joked that he probably had accumulated 20 strikeouts against various Phillies aces.
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Cards beat Oswalt to force Game 5 against Phillies
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AP - The Arizona Diamondbacks came home and created a new way to celebrate big hits.
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D-backs beat Brewers 10-6 to send NLDS to Game 5
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Reuters - Five-time Pro Bowl receiver Andre Johnson will miss the Houston Texans’ game against Oakland this weekend because of a right hamstring injury that could sideline him for several weeks, the team announced on Wednesday.
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Houston receiver Johnson out with hamstring injury
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AP - The Milwaukee Brewers were slammed around on the road.
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Brewers lose again, head home for deciding Game 5
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AP - Brendan Shanahan never won the Lady Byng Trophy, awarded to an NHL star exhibiting sportsmanship and gentlemanly play.
AP - NBA owners, losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year, wanted an overhaul of the financial system to ensure themselves a chance to profit.
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NBA’s labor fight approaches its biggest deadline
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AP - Researchers studying the brain of seven-time All-Star Rick Martin found damage consistent with the trauma they found in other former NHL players. The difference is Martin wasn’t a fighter.
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Brain study finds damage in ex-Sabre Rick Martin
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AP - Tiger Woods offered Joe LaCava the job as his caddie, and it wasn’t a difficult decision for him.
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Caddie said ‘no-brainer’ going to work for Woods
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