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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/755 sports Sports News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:41:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/755 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_lakers_artest ap/20090703/bkn_lakers_artest AP sports Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:36:17 GMT AP - Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_wimbledon ap/20090702/ten_wimbledon AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:53:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_wimbledon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.821af9297d284c4c9d44ff1d71b90b9d.britain_wimbledon_tennis_xwim320.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=0LKf7xGDnlOA8edAWzGvJQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Venus Williams of the U.S. plays a return to Dinara Safina of Russia during their semifinal singles match at Wimbledon, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Sean Dempsey, pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. Says he simply can't bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_wimbledon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.821af9297d284c4c9d44ff1d71b90b9d.britain_wimbledon_tennis_xwim320.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=0LKf7xGDnlOA8edAWzGvJQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Venus Williams of the U.S. plays a return to Dinara Safina of Russia during their semifinal singles match at Wimbledon, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Sean Dempsey, pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_daytona_mayfield ap/20090702/car_nascar_daytona_mayfield AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:28:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_daytona_mayfield"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.c3858e64b1b646f3a2c5ce7a3b038ed1.nascar_mayfield_suspension_auto_racing_nccb107.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=bLMSoxTNqsa3XN1ho7p0bQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield wipes his face outside the federal courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A judge has lifted Mayfield's suspension, saying the NASCAR driver should be allowed to race. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jeremy Mayfield missed the deadline to enter this weekend's race after successfully fighting NASCAR to get back behind the wheel following a failed random drug test.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_daytona_mayfield"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.c3858e64b1b646f3a2c5ce7a3b038ed1.nascar_mayfield_suspension_auto_racing_nccb107.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=bLMSoxTNqsa3XN1ho7p0bQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield wipes his face outside the federal courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A judge has lifted Mayfield's suspension, saying the NASCAR driver should be allowed to race. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_at_t_national ap/20090702/glf_at_t_national AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:58:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_at_t_national"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.d69b10f7b98e4c8599eb49f3f3ad70e2.at_t_national_golf_mdrc107.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=Txr1vEh8yHaRUfpEe79BlA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Anthony Kim waves to the gallery after putting out for birdie on the eighth hole during the first round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0" /></a>AP - Anthony Kim is regaining a lot of his strength and a little of his swagger. He can only hope his record start Thursday at the AT&T National will allow him to get rid of some frustration built up from a year of not winning.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_at_t_national"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.d69b10f7b98e4c8599eb49f3f3ad70e2.at_t_national_golf_mdrc107.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=Txr1vEh8yHaRUfpEe79BlA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Anthony Kim waves to the gallery after putting out for birdie on the eighth hole during the first round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_so_ne/soc_beckham_donovan ap/20090702/soc_beckham_donovan AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:03:44 GMT AP - David Beckham has become a bad teammate on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_astros_padres ap/20090703/bbn_astros_padres AP sports Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_astros_padres"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1eab5c1ac2e6403fadda896a828c8845.aptopix_astros_padres_baseball_cadp111.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=4oRuTG2bJ11hu2fVAsHBMg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="An unidentified usher tries to move a swarm of bees as they cover a chair in left field during the ninth inning of a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Houston Astros, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in San Diego. The swarm delayed the game. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0" /></a>AP - Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. The Houston Astros — who once had the "Killer Bs" — beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at Petco Park.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_astros_padres"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1eab5c1ac2e6403fadda896a828c8845.aptopix_astros_padres_baseball_cadp111.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=4oRuTG2bJ11hu2fVAsHBMg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="An unidentified usher tries to move a swarm of bees as they cover a chair in left field during the ninth inning of a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Houston Astros, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in San Diego. The swarm delayed the game. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_virgin_islands_jason_taylor ap/20090702/fbn_virgin_islands_jason_taylor AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:52:48 GMT AP - A jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands has awarded Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor and two partners the return of a $1.5 million deposit from the botched sale of a private island. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sp_nm/us_nba_tacobell nm/20090703/us_nba_tacobell Reuters sports Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:21:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sp_nm/us_nba_tacobell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3026547211.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_lf3uyYqca1P0PhY7nZxSQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An order of nachos is seen on a table at a Taco Bell fast food restaurant in New York December 7, 2006. REUTERS/Keith Bedford" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Taco Bell has replaced McDonald's Corp as the National Basketball Association's official fast-food sponsor, the company said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sp_nm/us_nba_tacobell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3026547211.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_lf3uyYqca1P0PhY7nZxSQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An order of nachos is seen on a table at a Taco Bell fast food restaurant in New York December 7, 2006. REUTERS/Keith Bedford" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_cubs_cotts_surgery ap/20090703/bbn_cubs_cotts_surgery AP sports Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:41:37 GMT AP - Left-hander Neal Cotts, who pitched in 19 games this season for the Chicago Cubs before being sent to the minors on May 27, underwent Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sp_soccer_afp/fblusamlsbeckhamdonovan afp/20090702/fblusamlsbeckhamdonovan AFP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:21:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sp_soccer_afp/fblusamlsbeckhamdonovan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246576778162-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=GZBlS4Jiw7xEGnuPDm1v1w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Landon Donovan, pictured in June 2009, has issued the Los Angeles Galaxy an ultimatum - have English superstar David Beckham clean up his act or risk the departure of Donovan, the club's all-time top active scorer.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Landon Donovan has issued the Los Angeles Galaxy an ultimatum - have English superstar David Beckham clean up his act or risk the departure of Donovan, the club's all-time top active scorer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sp_soccer_afp/fblusamlsbeckhamdonovan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246576778162-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=GZBlS4Jiw7xEGnuPDm1v1w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Landon Donovan, pictured in June 2009, has issued the Los Angeles Galaxy an ultimatum - have English superstar David Beckham clean up his act or risk the departure of Donovan, the club's all-time top active scorer.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_coyotes_meyer ap/20090702/hkn_coyotes_meyer AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:59:03 GMT AP - The Phoenix Coyotes have signed left wing Stefan Meyer to a one-year contract. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkc_holy_cross_coach ap/20090702/bkc_holy_cross_coach AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:39:08 GMT AP - Sean Kearney is the new basketball coach at Holy Cross. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sp_afp/tennisgbrwimbledonwomen afp/20090702/tennisgbrwimbledonwomen AFP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:12:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sp_afp/tennisgbrwimbledonwomen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246548888237-2-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=v2SzDYXUYnmzbsf8v0kmwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="US Serena Williams serves Elena Dementieva during their semi final match on Day 10 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club. Williams 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 8-6.(AFP/Carl de Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Serena and Venus Williams will meet in the Wimbledon final for the fourth time after a rollercoaster Thursday which witnessed epic drama as well as a farcical no-contest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sp_afp/tennisgbrwimbledonwomen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246548888237-2-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=v2SzDYXUYnmzbsf8v0kmwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="US Serena Williams serves Elena Dementieva during their semi final match on Day 10 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club. Williams 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 8-6.(AFP/Carl de Souza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_lpga_hawaii ap/20090703/glf_lpga_hawaii AP sports Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:15:59 GMT AP - Michelle Wie's home state, which promotes itself as a golfer's paradise with year-round sunny weather, has bid aloha to the LPGA Tour — for now. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_sp_bo_st/box_ortiz_maidana ap/20090628/box_ortiz_maidana AP sports Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:25:55 GMT AP - Marcos Maidana stopped Victor Ortiz early in the sixth round of an action-packed fight Saturday night, using a punishing right hand to upset one of boxing's top prospects. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_hall_of_fame ap/20090703/car_nascar_hall_of_fame AP sports Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:40:07 GMT AP - Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_canada_hockey ap/20090702/oly_canada_hockey AP sports Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:46 GMT AP - Sidney Crosby, left off the team as an 18-year-old in 2006, was among 46 players invited Thursday to the Canada Olympic hockey orientation camp next month.