NEW YORK – After putting on a clinic during the match, Roger Federer gave another one afterward. Prompted in the on-court interview after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 U.S. Open victory over Israel’s Dudi Sela on Thursday to give the tennis players in the stands a few quick pointers about how to dial in their serve, ...
NEW YORK – After putting on a clinic during the match, Roger Federer gave another one afterward. Prompted in the on-court interview after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 U.S. Open victory over Israel’s Dudi Sela on Thursday to give the tennis players in the stands a few quick pointers about how to dial in their serve, ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Federal prosecutors dropped all the remaining charges against Barry Bonds on Wednesday, days after a judge upheld the slugger’s conviction on an obstruction of justice count. The U.S. attorney’s office in San Francisco filed court papers informing U.S. District Judge Susan Illston it was dismissing the three charges of making false statements ...
NEW YORK – Venus Williams pulled out of the U.S. Open shortly before her second-round match Wednesday, saying she was diagnosed with Sjogren’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue and joint pain. The 31-year-old American, the champion at Flushing Meadows in 2000 and 2001, played her first match in two months Monday, when she ...
The first of what could be several NCAA shoes dropped on Miami’s football program Tuesday. The first thing most people thought is “poor Al Golden.” But after some quick math, what poor Al Golden probably thought was this: “Eight players in all, six starters, suspended for a total of 19 games. Five return after the ...
NEW YORK – Time will tell if Rafael Nadal’s struggles in the first round were simply a case of opening-night jitters or something more serious. Either way, his first match as defending U.S. Open champion had plenty of rough edges. The second-seeded Nadal found himself in a tougher-than-expected tussle Tuesday night, needing 11 minutes short ...
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The NCAA ruled Tuesday that eight Miami players must sit out games and repay benefits in order to play for the Hurricanes again. Starting quarterback Jacory Harris and four other players must sit out one game and make repayment. Olivier Vernon will miss six games and repay $1,200. Ray Ray Armstrong ...
NEW YORK – Trailing big in the first round of the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova thought — well, no, she was certain — that she’d pull through if she could push her inexperienced opponent to a third set. And Sharapova was right. Shrieking as loudly as ever, Sharapova came back from a set and a ...
NEW YORK – When third-seeded Maria Sharapova looks at the list of top contenders for the U.S. Open, here’s what she sees: _Serena Williams, seeded 28th and on the comeback trail, and her sister, Venus, unseeded and barely on the radar this year. _A top seed, Caroline Wozniacki, who has never won a Grand Slam ...
NEW YORK – When third-seeded Maria Sharapova looks at the list of top contenders for the U.S. Open, here’s what she sees: _Serena Williams, seeded 28th and on the comeback trail, and her sister, Venus, unseeded and barely on the radar this year. _A top seed, Caroline Wozniacki, who has never won a Grand Slam ...