"It's been a great season for me" Top-seeded/world No. 1 Roger Federer whipped sixth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday's lucrative championship match at the Tennis Masters Cup, giving the Swiss great his second straight and ... via Z 106.7 Jackson
"Just playing Michigan, I don't know what it is. Something about that maize and blue ... it's like good versus evil" ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Handed a long-stemmed rose, Chris 'Beanie' Wells treated it like anything but a delicate flower. via Coshocton Tribune
Brad Boyes scored the only goal in the shootout, and the St. Louis Blues won their third straight by beating the Nashville Predators 3-2 Saturday night. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald
New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez tosses his bat in the air after hitting a two-out, walk-off, three-run home run in the Yankees 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New ... via The South Mississippi Sun Herald
"Normally you're able to work your way into a match a little bit. With David, he comes out, makes balls right away. We had some extended rallies. After I got some stuff on it, it loosened up pretty well for the second set." Roger Federer looked sharp in dominating Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1 Saturday to advance to the Masters Cup final against David Ferrer, who cruised past Andy Roddick 6-1, 6-3.The second-ranked Nadal was 8-5 against Federer and played well early, but the top-ranked Swiss star found another gear while serving at 4-4 in the first set. After Nadal pulled ahead 15-30, the defending champion ran off 20 of the next 21 points, including 15 straight in an 11-minute span.A stunned Nadal won only three points in the first five games of the second set. He finally held at love to break Federer's streak of seven games. Read more
"I am so disturbed by the Barry Bonds situation" Courthouse by day, batter's box by night for Barry Bonds? It could happen.Or, the home run king's career could be over altogether.Bonds didn't have a long list of suitors before being indicted Thursday. Now the slugger's best bet for 2008 might just be a move across San Francisco Bay to the Oakland Athletics _ that is, if they still want him.The A's had interest in the 43-year-old Bonds before he was charged with four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice following a four-year investigation into steroids. Read more
The Associated Press Friday, November 16, 2007 Brian McKenzie scored 18 points and Geoffrey McDermott added 15, leading Providence to a 67-51 win over No. via WQXI-AM Atlanta
