This one was for the clock, for the record book, for Olympic history and to stand these games on their head. This victory in the 200-meter dash was to put the name Usain Bolt smack into the Michael Phelps conversation.
BALTIMORE - Josh Beckett remains on course to start for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, although manager Terry Francona won't be overly disappointed if the right-hander gets pushed back again.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots played poorly on offense in their first exhibition game. The offense and defense were shaky in the second game.
Ramon Hernandez and Melvin Mora hit three-run homers, and the Baltimore Orioles overcame an early deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox, 11-6, last night and avoid a three-game sweep.
BEIJING - The U.S. softball and men's basketball teams both got tested yesterday before moving closer to playing for gold and there also was the first-ever medal of any color at any Olympics for Afghanistan (a bronze in men's taekwondo), the debut of BMX cycling and another doping case, this one involving a medal winner.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Tin Cup Chalice improved to 7-0 Wednesday, winning the $150,000 Albany Stakes for 3-year-olds bred in New York by a head at Saratoga Race Course.
INDIANAPOLIS - Roger Penske's IndyCar team is scrambling to replace its two cars for this weekend's California race after they were damaged in a transporter truck fire.
NEW YORK - NASCAR punished Joe Gibbs Racing on yesterday for rules violations after inspectors found the Nationwide Series cars driven by Tony Stewart and Joey Logano had been tampered with to mask their horsepower.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Taylor Twellman had a goal and assist, and the New England Revolution beat D.C. United for the first time in two years, 2-1 last night.
OKLAHOMA CITY - The championship banners and trophies from the SuperSonics' best days will be staying in Seattle. But the flat screen TV in the coaches' locker room, that is going to Oklahoma City.
BEIJING - Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor have won their second consecutive gold medal last night in beach volleyball, playing through a steady rain to beat Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China, 21-18, 21-18.
Olga Kaniskina of Russia won the gold medal in the women's 20-kilometer walk last night in Beijing. She finished the race in a time of 1:26:31 - 36 seconds ahead of silver medallist Kjersti Tysse Platzer of Norway. Italy's Elisa Rigaudo took home the bronze in 1:27:12.
Canterbury Woods Country Club pro Laura Shanahan-Rowe secured a spot in the 2009 LPGA Championship with her recent victory in the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Championship in Pinehurst, N.C.
Baseball umpires and management signed an agreement yesterday that will allow the sport to start using instant replay to help determine calls on the field.
BEIJING - U.S. men's volleyball Coach Hugh McCutcheon won't talk about the family tragedy that has forever marked his Olympic experience with sadness. It would be too hard for McCutcheon to speak over and over about the violent death of his father-in-law and injuries to his mother-in-law on Aug. 9, the day after the opening ceremony.
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