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Couples to join Daly, Norman at Australian Open Posted September 1, 2010

Fred Couples tees off on the first tee during first round play at the Canadian Open Golf tournament

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former Masters champion Fred Couples has been confirmed to play the Australian Open golf tournament. The 50-year-old Couples, who won the Green Jacket at Augusta National in 1992, will join champion Adam Scott of Australia, five-time winner Greg Norman, Geoff Ogilvy and John Daly for the December 2-5 ...More

Woods in good position for FedExCup playoff push Posted September 1, 2010

Tiger Woods of the U.S. laughs as he walks up the 18th fairway during the final round of the Barclay

NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Tiger Woods, boosted by a strong display at the Barclays tournament, has a good chance to qualify for the rest of the FedExCup playoff series at the Deutsche Bank Championship starting on Friday. The American world number one, who announced his long-expected divorce from his Swedish wife ...More

Champagne, flowers and dogfood fill Stanley Cup Posted September 1, 2010

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TORONTO (Reuters) - Though it is the National Hockey League's (NHL) ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup has been left at the bottom of a swimming pool, used as a flower pot and a popcorn bucket and carried into a Finnish sauna. As the NHL allows members of every winning team ...More

AUDIO: WMU Hoops star David Kool returns as a coach. Posted September 1, 2010

WMU Basketball Assistant Coach David Kool

  He dazzled the Bronco faithful and gave the other teams fits - and now he’s coming back to do it again.  The Western Michigan men’s hoops all-time leading scorer and Rivals.com MAC Player of the Decade David Kool is back with the Broncos as an undergraduate assistant coach ...More

Dockett signs up to new big-money deal with Cardinals Posted September 1, 2010

MIAMI (Reuters) - Arizona Cardinals' defensive lineman Darnell Dockett has signed a lucrative four-year contract extension which will keep him with the NFC West team until 2015. The Cardinals did not disclose details of the terms but Dockett told a news conference that he believed he was now up with the ...More

Murray on fire as U.S. Open heats up Posted September 1, 2010

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus collapses on the court during her match against Gisela Dulko of Argenti

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal about his intentions to win the U.S. Open when he cruised through his first match at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday after Victoria Azarenka sent a shiver through the tennis world when she fainted on ...More

Venus flies flag for Williams family at Open Posted September 1, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams kept the flag flying for American tennis' most famous family at the U.S. Open on Wednesday when she beat Canada's Rebecca Marino 7-6 6-3 in the second round. Marino gave the third seed a brief scare when she pushed the opening set to ...More

U.S. crush Iran in basketball as Angola shock Germany Posted September 1, 2010

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - World championship favorites the U.S. made it four wins out of four with an 88-51 victory over Iran on Wednesday while Angola booked a place in the last 16 with a stunning 92-88 overtime defeat of Germany. Serbia also reached the knockout rounds with a match to ...More

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