Marlins beat Phillies, who clinch home-field advantage in 1st round anyway with St. Louis lossPHILADELPHIA — Despite losing their third straight game, the NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies still gained something on Saturday. Summer Bird wins again, this time beating Quality Road in the Jockey Club Gold CupNEW YORK — Summer Bird made it a sweep of top races in New York. Undefeated Zenyatta works out in preparation for next startINGLEWOOD, Calif. — Undefeated Zenyatta has completed a workout in preparation for her next start in the $300,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes. USOC still looking for answers in wake of Chicago’s embarrassment in vote for 2016 OlympicsCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After the shock in Copenhagen comes the backlash in Colorado. Chicago Olympics loss means more than bruised ego, forces city to rethink jobs, economy, plansCHICAGO — Chicago’s dream of an Olympics stimulus is over with the 2016 Summer Games going to Rio de Janeiro. And the loss amounts to more than a bruised ego for the nation’s third-largest city. IOC president Jacques Rogge says sports has no place for ‘win-at-all-cost’ mentalityCOPENHAGEN — Now that the 2016 Games have been awarded, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has set his sights on cheaters. Rio de Janeiro bid team corrects an imbalance with a brand new Olympic mapCOPENHAGEN — The injustice has been corrected — and Rio de Janeiro has a new map to prove it. After party, hard work ahead: Brazil starts getting ready for World Cup and OlympicsRIO DE JANEIRO — As Rio awoke from a night of celebration after being awarded the 2016 Olympics, Brazil was already looking ahead to years of hard work in what will be a historic time in Latin America’s biggest nation. Blue Jays fire GM J.P. Ricciardi after 8-year tenure without trip to postseasonBALTIMORE — J.P. Ricciardi is out as the Toronto Blue Jays’ general manager. As for embattled manager Cito Gaston, he isn’t going anywhere. Rio celebrates win to host 2016 Olympics with caipirinhas, bronzed bodies on stunning beachesRIO DE JANEIRO — Confetti poured over 50,000 cheering Brazilians, swimsuit-clad revelers waved green, yellow and blue flags and bartenders worked overtime serving caipirinhas to celebrate one of Rio’s proudest moments: The 2016 Olympics are coming to the Marvelous City. Presidents Cup hasn’t lacked highlights, but needs dose of competition from International teamEven at a relatively young age, the Presidents Cup does not lack for moments that reveal the passion and pressure of when the best golfers in the world put the flag ahead of the bank account. Matsuzaka pitches 6 solid innings, Youkilis drives in 2 as Red Sox top Indians 6-2BOSTON — Daisuke Matsuzaka tuned up for the postseason with his fourth straight strong performance and the Boston Red Sox sent the Cleveland Indians to a club-record 13th straight road loss with a 6-2 win Friday night. Greg Norman and Chris Evert announce separation just 15 months after they were marriedJust 15 months after they were married, golf star Greg Norman and tennis great Chris Evert announced they have separated. The announcement Friday comes three days before Norman is to captain the International team at the Presidents Cup in San Francisco, where wives of the captains take on a visible role. Penguins raise Stanley Cup banner to rafters before final home opener at Mellon ArenaPITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins raised their Stanley Cup banner to the rafters before their opener against the New York Rangers on Friday night. 14-year-old Alexis Thompson tied for lead in Navistar LPGA ClassicPRATTVILLE, Ala. — Ninth-grader Alexis Thompson is trying to avoid getting to far ahead of herself in the Navistar LPGA Classic. Not even the ‘Second City’: In stunning Olympic loss, Chicago ousted earlyCOPENHAGEN — Chicago can’t blame it all on Rio. Chicago gets an Olympic-sized whipping and once again US is left to figure out whyPresident Barack Obama was in the comfort of his private quarters on Air Force One somewhere over the Atlantic when he got the news. The vote was in, his adopted hometown had been trounced, and the embarrassment of the U.S. Olympic movement now officially stretched all the way to the White House. South America gets its first games: The 2016 Olympics are flying down to Rio de JaneiroCOPENHAGEN — The country’s president was blunt. “It is,” Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, “Brazil’s time.” Obama’s trip to Copenhagen cost $1 million or moreWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s failed bid to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago cost more than a bruised ego. Obama expresses disappointment about Chicago’s Olympics loss but pride in effortWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama had a message Friday for the many people — including himself — who put “heart and soul” into Chicago’s losing bid for the 2016 Olympic Games: “A” for effort. A year into marriage, Norman and Evert announce separationJust 15 months after they were married, golf star Greg Norman and tennis great Chris Evert announced they have separated. Madrid, Tokyo fall short in race for 2016 Olympics, lose to Rio de JaneiroCOPENHAGEN — When it came right down to it, Madrid and Tokyo could do nothing to sway IOC voters from the prospect of a South American Olympics. Obama expresses regret at Chicago’s Olympic loss, says it had best possible bidWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama had a message Friday for the many people — including himself — who put “heart and soul” into Chicago’s losing bid for the 2016 Olympic Games: “A” for effort. International Olympic Committee’s final voting totals for 2016 OlympicsCOPENHAGEN — Final voting totals for the right to host the 2016 Olympics: Obama’s press secretary calls president ‘disappointed’ at Chicago missing 2016 Olympics GamesABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Barack Obama is “disappointed” Chicago missed getting the 2016 Olympic Games but doesn’t regret putting so much on the line to argue for it, his chief spokesman said Friday. South America gets its first games: The 2016 Olympics are going to Rio de JaneiroCOPENHAGEN — Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story — of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked. After chaotic offseason, ailing Coyotes can’t wait for puck to dropGLENDALE, Ariz. — The Phoenix Coyotes can’t wait to open the 2009-10 season. Thousands lament Madrid’s Olympic fiesta that nearly was after losing to Rio de JaneiroMADRID — For thousands of Madrid supporters, the 2016 Olympics likely will be remembered as the fiesta that was nearly theirs. Rio erupts in celebration after announcement the city will host 2016 OlympicsRIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro was ready to party Friday, and it had the best of reasons — winning the 2016 Olympics. Rio de Janeiro wins right to host 2016 Olympics, beating Madrid in final IOC voteCOPENHAGEN — The 2016 Olympics are going to Rio de Janeiro, putting the games in South America for the first time. Former world champion Chellsie Memmel withdraws from world championshipsHUNTSVILLE, Texas — Olympic team silver medalist Chellsie Memmel has withdrawn from the final selection process for the U.S. team for the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships. Tokyo loses Olympic bid, dogged by tepid public support, proximity to Beijing games last yearTOKYO — Its bid tainted by the perceived tepid support of its citizens, Tokyo failed to bring the Olympics back to Japan’s capital when the International Olympic Committee rejected it in the second round of voting to choose the 2016 Games. Rio, Madrid still in race to host 2016 Olympics; Chicago, Tokyo eliminatedCOPENHAGEN — Rio de Janeiro or Madrid — one of them will host the 2016 Olympics. Chicago is out — one of the most shocking defeats ever handed down by the International Olympic Committee — as President Barack Obama’s appeals for his adopted hometown failed. Thousands gathered in Chicago stand in stunned silence after Olympics bid goes elsewhereCHICAGO — Thousands of people stood in bewildered silence in downtown Chicago on Friday after the International Olympic Committee surprised everyone by dumping the city from the race for 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting. Chicago goes down in stunning defeat, losing in first round of IOC votingCOPENHAGEN — Chicago seemed to have everything going for it. |
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