The News Review:
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
- SPRTS F THE TIMES; When Gamesmanship Blurs to Cheating
- Ryder Cup Results – ihtsportsgolfRyder Cup Results – Sports -…
- A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
- Kicking sport into a new era
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Sep 23, 2006
battles back to trail Russia 2-1 in Davis Cup semisMoscow Russia (Sports Network) – Behind the strong play of Bob and Mike Bryan on Saturday the United States now trails the best-of-five tie 2-1 in the World Group Davis Cup semifinal after losing both opening singles rubbers on Friday. In doubles action the Bryan brothers easily defeated Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-4 6-2 to keep the Americans alive heading into Sunday’s reverse singles action. The top-ranked Bryan brothers have now won nine out of their last 10 Davis Cup matches. n Friday things did not go well for the Americans as Marat Safin and Mikhail Youzhny both won the opening singles rubbers to take a 2-0 lead for Russia. Sunday’s crucial reverse singles tentatively call for Andy Roddick to face Youzhny and James Blake to battle Safin.
SPRTS F THE TIMES; When Gamesmanship Blurs to Cheating
New York Times – Sep 23, 2006
Having covered the Giants loss out here last November I recall only a generic football crowd screaming to drown out the Giants offensive signals. Now there are intimations that the Seahawks are somehow cheating — piping in canned noise to bolster the home fans. The Seahawks deny it and the Giants officially say they dont believe it either but the reality is that most big-time sports bend and break the rules. Nothing would surprise me.
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International Herald Tribune – Sep 23, 2006
Henry and Stewart Cink United States halved with Paul Casey and Robert Karlsson Europe. Henry and Stewart Cink United States halved with Paul Casey and Robert Karlsson Europe.
A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
ESPN – Sep 23, 2006
By Elias Sports Bureau Inc. Special to ESPN InsiderA daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:MLB• Tampa Bay’s 8-0 victory over the Yankees on Saturday night marked the first time in 63 years that a team with the worst record in the major leagues shut out the team with the best record in the major leagues on May 1 or later by at least eight runs. 14 1943 the Giants blanked the Cardinals 8-0 under those conditions. (The Devil Rays entered play on Saturday tied with Kansas City for the worst record in the majors while the Yankees owned the best record in the majors.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Sep 23, 2006
Jose Acasuso had to finish off his opponent from Friday’s rain-delayed match and in doubles action the Argentine duo of David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri bested the Aussie tandem of Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley to finish off Australia. The 3-0 victory in the semifinals for Argentina ends a 25-year drought for the Argentines who last appeared in the Davis Cup Final in 1981 losing 3-1 to the United States. Rain interrupted the second rubber between the host nation’s Acasuso and former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt with Acasuso leading 4-0 in a fifth and deciding set on Friday.
Kicking sport into a new era
guardian.co.uk – Sep 23, 2006
In fact it boasted of being the biggest climate neutral sports event. f course the many thousands of flights taken to Germany by fans from across the planet weren’t great news. But at least – thanks to Fifa’s “World Cup environment initiative” – most of the power required to support the stadiums media centres and hospitality areas throughout the tournament (a cool 13 million kilowatt hours) is said to have been fed into the German national grid from C2-less climate neutral Swiss hydroelectric power stations. Money was also invested in providing eco-friendly energy supplies to areas of Asia hit by the tsunami.
