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Friday 25th July 2008Your worldwide local newspaper
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LinksPhiladelphia FactsPopulation: Approx 1,524,249 Longitude: -75.17 Latitude: 40 Street Map: Click Here Country: United States (US) Weather Station: Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport (about 9 miles away) Philadelphia Weather | Sports In Brief (Jefferson City News Tribune)
Updates from the world of basketball, football, tennis and track & field. AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Candace Parker scored 21 points and DeLisha Milton-Jones added 19 before both were ejected because of a scuffle in the final minute as the Los Angeles Sparks held on to beat the Detroit Shock 84-81. Strasburg lone collegian on Olympic baseball team (Argus Observer)
JANIE McCAULEY Associated Press Sports Writer San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg, whose 23-strikeout performance on April 11 brought him national attention, was the lone college player picked Wednesday for the U.S. baseball team headed to the Beijing Olympics. Tuesday's Sports In Brief (Park Hills Daily Journal)
Here's a look at Tuesday's sports in brief around the world. SNY Scores Big East Football, Basketball Rights (MultiChannel News)
SportsNet New York, the cable television home to Major League Baseball’s New York Mets, has bulked up its fall and winter lineups via a multiyear deal with the Big East covering both college football and basketball. Ex-WVU pitcher makes Olympic team (The Martinsburg Journal)
MORGANTOWN - Former West Virginia University pitcher Jeremy Cummings has been named to the 2008 United States Olympic baseball team. Cummings, who played at WVU from 1996-99, makes his debut with the team on Aug. 1 in the first of four exhibition games against Canada. Etc. (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Patience: In Philadelphia, it's a prerequisite for sports fansOf the dozen US cities that have franchises in each of the four major professional team sports – baseball, football, basketball, and hockey – none has gone longer without a championship than Philadelphia. 2008 will be remembered as the year soccer arrived (The Argus Leader)
It's OK soccer fans - you can come out now. Don't worry, I won't make fun of you. I'm sure you watched the European championships this summer on ESPN. Relax, a lot of other people did, too. Sure, the sport isn't as popular as baseball, football, basketball or NASCAR, but who cares? It's respected instead of shunned by the national network that matters, ESPN. And there's more where that came from. The Register at the Olympics (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
Executive sports editor Bryce Miller will attend his fourth Olympics Games this August in Beijing, China. [The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days (Jackson Free Press)
Thursday, July 24 NFL football, New Orleans Saints training camp (8:50 a.m., Millsaps, Jackson): Deuce McAllister and the Saints begin training camp on State Street. Local Roundup (The Register-Herald)
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL; Ex-Marshall star Slay returning to Europe; Liberty and Shady Spring football physicals; Ex-WVU pitcher makes Olympic team Note: News items displayed are based on keyword searches for the name of your town/city and may not always be accurate for common place names. |
