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Two assistants join Duquesne staff

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:19:27 GMT

The 68-year-old Painter has over 30 years of coaching experience at the college and professional levels, and spent the past two seasons as quality control coach at California University of Pennsylvania. He was on the staffs of the San Diego Chargers (1994) and Denver Broncos (1998) during Super Bowl seasons.

Craig has eight years of Northeast Conference playing and coaching experience. Most recently, he served as special teams and strength and conditioning coach for Saint Francis (Pa.).

Portland State adds two assistant

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:50:02 GMT

Kaanapu has spent 15 seasons of coaching in California and is the former head coach at Merced Junior College. He also becomes Portland State's recruiting coordinator.

Seigler was a standout lineman at Oregon State from 2000-03. He then played in the NFL with Pittsburgh and San Francisco (2004-07) and two seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts. He was a member of the Steelers' Super Bowl XL championship team. This is his first coaching position.

Izzo: Allen will not play for Spartans next season

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:30:24 GMT

Allen started 27 of the 36 games he played in as a junior during the 2009-10 campaign and was the Spartans' top three-point threat, hitting 39.8 percent from long range en route to averaging 8.2 points per game.

"It's been no secret that Chris Allen's been in a tenuous position since the spring," Izzo said in a statement. "There were multiple obligations that Chris had to meet in order to return for his senior season.

Bulls ready to contend in improved East

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:22:09 GMT

After all, the Bulls were supposed to be in hot pursuit of the game's biggest prize, LeBron James, and came up empty. In fact, when one ill-informed ESPN talking head proclaimed Chicago the favorite to land the narcissistic one, dozens of lemmings fell in line to drink the Bristol Kool-Aid, convinced the Windy City would land LeBron.

Instead, King James took his throne to South Beach and the Bulls were forced to scramble and cultivate a Plan B that included signing power forward Carlos Boozer away from Utah, and inking a number of complimentary parts like Ronnie Brewer, Kyle Korver and Kurt Thomas.

Mets ready to wrap crucial series in Atlanta

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:08:38 GMT

Pelfrey seeks his first victory in over a month and New York will try to win back-to-back games for the first time since late June in this evening's rubber match of a three-game series with the first-place Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.

New York is just 15-25 since an eight-game winning streak from June 10-18 and after losing Monday's opener, rebounded for a 3-2 win last night on former Brave Jeff Francoeur's home run to begin the ninth inning off Atlanta closer Billy Wagner.

Yanks aim to salvage set with Jays; A-Rod still going for No. 600

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:09:06 GMT

Alex Rodriguez's quest to become the youngest player to 600 home runs continues this afternoon when the New York Yankees try to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.

Rodriguez, who was 0-for-3 in Tuesday's loss, has gone 46 at-bats and 51 plate appearances since hitting No. 599 back on July 22 in the Bronx. Once Rodriguez finally reaches the milestone, he should easily become the youngest player to do so. Babe Ruth hit his 600th at age 36, while Rodriguez turned 35 just last week.

Blackhawks sign Cullimore, four others

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:32:39 GMT

In addition, the Stanley Cup champs also inked goaltender Hannu Toivonen and forwards Evan Brophey, Nathan Davis and Hugh Jessiman to one-year deals.

Cullimore played with Chicago's American Hockey League affiliate in Rockford last season and notched two goals with eight assists in 59 games. The 38-year- old veteran has appeared in 776 NHL games and won a Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in the spring of 2004.

Sabres cut ties with Kennedy

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:04:54 GMT

The buyout is worth $333,333 over the next two seasons, and he will become an unrestricted free agent.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement states that a team cannot walk away from any free-agent contract given through an arbitrator's decision that is lower than $1,611,180 per year, but Kennedy's salary afforded Buffalo the right to waive him and buy him out.

Olsen takes over D.C. as interim coach; Onalfo dismissed

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:44:08 GMT

(Sports Network) - D.C. United announced on Wednesday that the club has named Ben Olsen as interim head coach following the dismissal of Curt Onalfo.

D.C. United's technical director, Chad Ashton, will serve as interim assistant coach, while assistant coaches Kris Kelderman and Mark Simpson and will retain their roles with the club.

Rookie defender Ream the best value in New York

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:30:52 GMT

Even with New York tossing around millions of dollars recently to add Thierry Henry and Rafael Marquez - two players with higher annual salaries than Angel - Ream has quietly developed into one of the top rookies in Major League Soccer.

Ream, selected with New York's third pick in the MLS SuperDraft, is one of two Red Bulls to start every match this season - Angel is the other - and the only one to play every minute.

IndyCar returns to U.S. with Mid-Ohio

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:22:40 GMT

After running its last two races in Canada, the IZOD IndyCar Series returns to the United States with this weekend's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Mid-Ohio is the eighth of nine road/street course events on this year's schedule.

Busch dominant in Nationwide win at Iowa

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:47:32 GMT

Cellular 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway.

Busch claimed his ninth Nationwide victory of the season after leading 209 of 250 laps at the short 0.875-mile oval. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is one win away from tying the series record for most victories in a season with 10, a record he shares with Sam Ard.

Zvonareva, Radwanska advance at Carlsbad

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:27:05 GMT

Zvonareva, who is participating in her first tournament since finishing runner-up to Serena Williams at Wimbledon, got by Dominika Cibulkova 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 in almost 2 1/2 hours.

Zvonareva was the highest seeded player to participate in the first round, as top seeds Jelena Jankovic and Samantha Stosur received a bye into the second round.

Roddick, Verdasco move on in Washington

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:02:46 GMT

Roddick, who received a first-round bye, downed Slovenian Grega Zemlja in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4 at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center.

Verdasco had a much tougher time with Germany's Michael Berrer, needing two hours, 41 minutes to post a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) result.

This Week in Golf - August 5th through August 8th

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:19:11 GMT

Tiger Woods, the defending champion, will look to win the Bridgestone Invitational for the eighth time. He has won this event seven times in 10 starts, all coming at Firestone.

Thanks to back-to-back rounds of 65 on the weekend, Woods cruised to his seventh title last year. He was three behind Padraig Harrington after 54 holes, but rallied to become the first player in PGA Tour history to win seven times at the same venue, in this case Firestone Country Club.

Appleby soars in world rankings

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:35:23 GMT

Appleby qualified for this week's World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational with the victory.

Tiger Woods, who will go for his eighth Bridgestone title, remained the No. 1 player. Behind him, the next 10 spots were unchanged from a week ago.

Hill on Bundrage: "Maybe I have the more motivated guy in there."

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:11:52 GMT

The very instant when a fighter -- be it in the locker room, on the ring walk or in the midst of the action -- noticeably loses focus on the task at hand.

He experienced it as recently as last month, when a long-time charge suddenly wore the look of a man thousands of miles away from where he was -- in the potentially decisive rounds of a close fight under the spotlight in a major Atlantic City venue.

Marquez dominates Diaz to keep lightweight titles

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:43:21 GMT

Marquez (51-5-1), who was coming off a loss last September to Floyd Mayweather Jr., won by scores of 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112. He connected on nearly 43 percent of his punches to just 27 percent for Diaz (35-4) in the rematch. Diaz, who has lost in four of his last six bouts, was beaten by Marquez on February 28, 2009 via ninth-round TKO.

In the second version, Marquez continued to land big shots as evidenced by a huge right hand/left hook combination near the end of round three and a giant left uppercut to the chin midway through round four.

Fever will keep Lookin At Lucky from Travers

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:06:40 GMT

Trainer Bob Baffert announced that the leading three-year-old colt had a fever of 102. The 2009 champion two-year-old colt is still stabled at Monmouth Park, where he won Sunday's Haskell by four lengths.

"No Travers for Lucky," Baffert wrote on his Facebook page. "Woke up with a little temperature (102), but looks like he is not too sick and is responding well to treatment.

Three-year-old picture comes into focus

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:26:17 GMT

This past weekend, two important stakes races for three-year-olds took place and questions were answered.

Saturday's $500,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga was won by A Little Warm, putting him into the Travers on Saturday, August 28.