Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the patella tendon in his left knee. The news of Gonzalez’s surgery comes one day after the Rockies announced that shortstop Troy Tulowitzki would also have season-ending surgery to repair the labrum in his left …
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Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – Chris Owings went 3-for-4 and was a single shy of the cycle, as the Arizona Diamondbacks took down the Colorado Rockies, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game set. Owings made a winner out of Chase Anderson (4-0), who continued his success with a fourth straight …
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CLEVELAND – The Cavaliers officially announced the signings of Mike Miller and James Jones, two shooters who won NBA titles with LeBron James in Miami. Miller and Jones agreed to terms with the Cavs shortly after James announced he was returning to Cleveland and signed a two-year, $41 million contract …
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Philadelphia, PA – 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW: The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns have established themselves as one of the Sun Belt Conference’s best in three seasons under head coach Mark Hudspeth, and their consistency continued in 2013, as they finished up 9-4 for the third straight campaign. The Cajuns stumbled out …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Lance Lynn takes a second crack at winning his 12th game of the season on Tuesday evening as the St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-game series with the San Diego Padres. Lynn has put together an excellent July, posting a 1.75 earned run average in four starts. He …
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LONDON – Veteran coach Bob Brett has been hired as the new player development director for British tennis. The 60-year-old Australian has coached Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic, Marin Cilic and others. Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Michael Downey says Brett “has truly lived in the trenches with the best and …
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Talladega, AL (SportsNetwork.com) – Once again, it’s crunch time for several drivers who are trying to remain in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Sunday’s 500-mile race at Talladega Superspeedway is the final event in the Contender Round — the second round in the playoffs for NASCAR’s premier series. …
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HAVANA – Cuba and the United States will debate human rights at a meeting in Washington on Tuesday in another sign of the thaw between the countries trying to re-establish normal diplomatic relations after a 50-year freeze. The discussions seem unlikely to lead to short-term changes in the way either …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkey has delivered two plane-loads of military aid to Iraq. The Anadolu Agency says two C-130 military cargo planes carrying the equipment landed at an air base near Baghdad on Tuesday. It did not give any detail on the supplies. The delivery …
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LIMA, Peru – Indigenous communities that sued Occidental Petroleum over contamination in Peru’s northern Amazon have reached an out-of-court settlement in which the California-based oil company will pay them an undisclosed sum. The amount is confidential, under a settlement that was reached in 2013 in Los Angeles federal court but …
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