C Ivan Rodriguez returns to Rangers, his original baseball home, in trade with AstrosARLINGTON, Texas — Ivan Rodriguez is coming home to the Texas Rangers. AP Interview: Cust calls Mitchell Report a ‘joke,’ wonders why Red Sox stars now coming outOAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Cust still wonders why his name appeared in the Mitchell Report. Now, the Oakland slugger has a more pressing question: How come some prominent Red Sox were missing? Morocan steeplechase runner Jamal Chatbi suspended after positive doping testBERLIN — Moroccan steeplechase runner Jamal Chatbi was suspended for doping before his race Tuesday, the first athlete to test positive at the world championships. Correction: Pitino-Apology storyLOUISVILLE, Ky. — In an Aug. 17 story about a memo from University of Louisville President James Ramsey regarding basketball coach Rick Pitino, The Associated Press misstated the day that Pitino made a public apology for an “indiscretion six years ago.” It was Wednesday, not Thursday. Not-so-retired QB Brett Favre meeting with Vikings, Childress says he hopes to sign himEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Brett Favre looks ready to unretire again. Brett Favre to talk with Minnesota Vikings about ending retirement and playing againEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Brett Favre is on his way to Minnesota to meet with the Vikings. Coach Brad Childress confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press Tuesday morning that the veteran quarterback was traveling from Mississippi to meet with the team. QB Brett Favre meeting with Vikings, could lead to signingEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Brett Favre is on his way to Minnesota to meet with the Vikings. New Mexico AD disputes lawyer’s claim that Locksley wrongly fired football secretaryALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque lawyer claims a New Mexico football administrative assistant was improperly fired after coach Mike Locksley determined she wasn’t “a younger gal” who would entice recruits. McNabb has fun tossing out ideas on how Eagles might use Vick _ and himPHILADELPHIA — Here’s a scenario that must have defensive coordinators scrambling to their chalkboards: Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick on the field together. Louisville U. chief says he told Pitino to apologize for sex scandal; considered other optionsLOUISVILLE, Ky. — University of Louisville President James Ramsey says he considered several options to deal with the scandal surrounding Rick Pitino before telling the coach to publicly apologize, according to a memo released to The Associated Press Monday. Y.E. Yang’s stirring PGA Championship win inspires Asian golfers around the worldLOS ANGELES — The morning after Y.E. Yang became the first Asian golfer to win a major championship, Peter Cho was too excited to go to work. Former Washington QB Johnny DuRocher ends comeback attempt at Central WashingtonELLENSBURG, Wash. — Former Washington quarterback Johnny DuRocher, trying to make a football comeback after seeing his career derailed by a benign brain tumor, has left the program at Division II Central Washington. From rags to riches: Farmer’s son is PGA champ and pride of South KoreaJEJU, South Korea — Y.E. Yang was already 19 when he first picked up an iron at the country club where he had a low-wage job shagging golf balls. He practiced late into the night after the paying customers had gone until he became good enough to turn pro. Correction: Bolt world record storyBERLIN — In an Aug. 16 story about Usain Bolt’s record in the 100 meters, The Associated Press misidentified the source of an estimate that Bolt could have clocked about 9.55 seconds for the 100 if he had run full out through the finish line at the Beijing Olympics. A team of four Norwegian scientists, including physicist Hans Eriksen, came to that conclusion, not a Stanford University professor. US sprinter Tyson Gay says rematch with Bolt ‘not looking too good’ due to groin injuryBERLIN — Tyson Gay says “it’s not looking good” for a rematch with Usain Bolt in the 200 meters at the world championships because he is still bothered by a groin injury. Broncos fortify front-7 with acquisition of defensive end Le Kevin Smith from New EnglandENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos needed more muscle and hustle in their defensive line, and they knew right where to go to get it, acquiring versatile end Le Kevin Smith from New England for a fifth-round pick on Monday. Washington Nationals, No. 1 pick Stephen Strasburg face midnight deadline for agreementWASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals faced a deadline of midnight Monday night to sign No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg or lose their rights to him. Yang shatters the Tiger mystique in PGA, at last!
Late to pick up game and with no grand illusions, Yang lives out his dream with PGA winCHASKA, Minn. — The staff and the owner’s family were waiting outside the Hoban Korean Restaurant, applauding when Y.E. Yang arrived. Tiger’s major championship streak brilliant, but some day it will be brokenCHASKA, Minn. — A gaggle of pretenders had come and gone by the time Tiger Woods stood on the 18th green muttering at yet another putt that had somehow escaped the hole. A tournament that seemed wide open only a few holes before remained firmly in his grasp, and his biggest concern was getting home to get something to eat. Kasten to AP: Deal with No. 1 pick Strasburg might not get done despite record-breaking offerWASHINGTON — Nationals president Stan Kasten acknowledged Saturday there is a “very real possibility” the team will not reach an agreement with No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg despite offering him a record-breaking contract. Olympic, world champion Tirunesh Dibaba is out of 10K at worlds with injury; Sihine also hurtBERLIN — Ethiopia’s Olympic and world 10,000-meter champion Tirunesh Dibaba has pulled out of Saturday’s event at the world championships because of injury. Eagles gamble on disgraced QB Michael Vick, signing former star to 1-year deal with optionPHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick is back in the NFL. When he finally gets in a game, it might be at a new position. Looking to add a new dimension to their offense, the Philadelphia Eagles gave Vick a one-year deal with an option for a second year. Vick wasn’t brought in to compete with five-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb for a starting job, but the two could end up on the field together. Michael Vick Eagles- deal agreed
Ex-Atlanta Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick signs 2-year deal with the Philadelphia EaglesPHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick is back in the NFL, landing a job with the Philadelphia Eagles. “He signed with the Eagles,” agent Joel Segal told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday. He said it was a two-year deal. Former NFL star Michael Vick signs deal with Philadelphia EaglesPHILADELPHIA — By halftime, the Linc was buzzing: Michael Vick was an Eagle. A great frontrunner in front early makes this PGA Championship easy to handicapCHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods barely had a chance to down a post-round bottle of Gatorade Tiger, and already he was thinking ahead. The weather report for Friday’s second round in the PGA Championship was in, and it was clear Woods liked the idea of strong winds raking Hazeltine Country Club while others try to catch him from behind. It takes a village: Everyone in Smith Center, Kan. _ pop. 1,913 _ helps raise ‘Our Boys’The Smith Center Redmen might just be the best little high school football team in America. The story of how they got there is even better. It begins in a tiny Kansas farming town, a dozen miles from the continental center of the lower 48 and smack in the middle of nowhere. Lawyer: Pitino believed $3,000 was for medical insurance, not abortionLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rick Pitino’s attorney says the coach gave $3,000 to a woman accused of trying to extort him so that she could buy health insurance. Person familiar with deal says Hornets trade Butler to Clippers for 2nd-round draft pickNEW ORLEANS — The Hornets have agreed to trade starting shooting guard Rasual Butler to the Los Angeles Clippers for a future second-round draft choice. Louisville coach Rick Pitino tells cops he had sex at restaurant with woman in extortion caseLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino on Wednesday apologized for his “indiscretion” of having sex with a woman who later was charged with trying to extort him and vowed to continue coaching the Cardinals for as long as “they will have me.” French Muslim woman barred from Paris pool for donning head-to-toe ‘burquini’PARIS — A Muslim woman who tried to go swimming in a head-to-toe “burquini” has been banned from her local pool in the latest tussle between religious practices and secular authority in France. IAAF says Jamaica withdraws request to exclude Asafa Powell and 5 teammates from worldsBERLIN — Jamaica withdrew its request to ban sprint star Asafa Powell and several teammates from the track world championships Wednesday, just hours after saying they would be kicked off the team in a dispute over training camp attendance. IOC set to recommend 2 new sports for 2016 Olympics with golf and rugby the favoritesBERLIN — The prospect of Tiger Woods competing for an Olympic gold medal may be moving closer to becoming reality. Paper: Louisville coach Rick Pitino had sex, paid for abortion for woman in extortion caseLOUISVILLE, Ky. — The woman accused of trying to extort Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino approached him in a restaurant six years ago, and the two had sex later that night, the coach told police. Two weeks after they met, the married father of five gave her $3,000 for an abortion. |
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CHASKA, Minn. — The scene seemed surreal, mostly because somehow we never expected to see it. Tiger Woods had been so great for so long that the idea of anyone — much less the late-blooming son of South Korean vegetable farmers — coming from behind to beat him when it really mattered bordered on preposterous. And it was once again proved that, Tiger is a human after all. err.
Michael Vick is back in the NFL, “He signed with the Eagles“, agent Joel Segal told 
