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Hockey

Stephenson Three Leads Rangers to 7-1 Victory ; Middleton Rangers Under-11 B V Consett Missiles Sept
MIDDLETON Rangers' first home game started after the biggest deluge of hail seen so far this summer. Rangers ...
History Lesson
On this date in 1914 ... Babe Ruth, a pitcher with the Triple A Providence Grays, hits his first professional ...
Beware Hockey Moms
I have some insider advice for Barack Obama and Joe Biden as they wrestle with how to react to Sarah Palin, J...
The Arcade
Over the years, there have been plenty of video games that involved building civilizations to take over worlds...
Plan to Cut Rangers Decried: COUNCIL: Officials Cite Public Safety Concerns Over Loss of Versatile P
Sep. 8--LONG BEACH -- Cutting the number of park rangers in the city's parks could result in scores of problem...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

Spears Wins 3 in Comeback at MTV Video Music Awards
Sep. 8--What a difference 12 months make. A year after her public disgrace at the MTV Video Music Awards, pop...
Gary Coleman Truck Hits Fan in Utah
Gary Coleman, former child star of the U.S. TV series "Diff'rent Strokes," was involved in an accident in whic...
Names in the News
The critically panned thriller "Bangkok Dangerous," starring Nicholas Cage, needed just $7.8 million to win to...
Pitt Happy to Be Included in Latest Coen Venture
Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. "I've been knocking on the brothers' door for a...
Actor is Involved in Auto-Ped Accident
Payson police are investigating an auto-pedestrian accident involving former child TV star Gary Coleman. Wheth...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

Ray Sanchez in Havana: Ike Leaves Destruction in Eastern Cuba
Sep. 8--HAVANA -- Hurricane Ike is smashing into Camaguey in central Cuba at this hour, even as its destructiv...
Bush Bails Out US Mortgage Giants
The Bush administration ripped up years of laissez-faire economic policies last night and launched a governmen...
OJ Pleads Not Guilty to Armed Robbery
OJ Simpson was due to go on trial over kidnapping and armed robbery charges in Las Vegas today. More than 10 y...
Dozens Die As Hurricane Ike Hits Cuba
HURRICANE Ike roared on to Cuba today after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands and worsening flo...
The Biggest Bailout Ever As Giant US Lenders Hit Crisis Point
The US government announced today that it was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in ...

Basketball

High School Roundup
Corey Dowe completed the Great Glen Invitational in an even 20 minutes, claiming third place and leading the C...
Warriors Get a Point Guard
Losing Baron Davis left the Warriors without a true point guard on the roster, a cause to fret considering the...
Schleck Maintains His Tour Lead
Frank Schleck kept the yellow jersey in the Tour de France on Tuesday, with riders pushing themselves through ...
James Injured in Team USA Practice
As Team USA's practice ended in Las Vegas, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprai...
Warriors May Add Maurice Evans
OAKLAND _ On the heels of adding point guard Marcus Williams, the Warriors could be adding free agent forward ...

Golf

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bryan Burwell Column: BMW Took Major Victory Lap Here
Sep. 8--By the end of the day, the endless revelry at the BMW Championship had migrated from all those high-en...
McIlroy Will Come Back Stronger Than Ever
ONE suspects that, in time, this was a play-off in which the loser, not the champion, will be remembered. No d...
Morning Briefing
The National Football League decided on Thursday to recognize receiver Chad Johnson's legal name change to Cha...
Villegas Wins; Singh Pouts
ST. LOUIS -- Camilo Villegas gave golf fans a real reason to pay at1tention to him -- a trophy. A marketing dr...
Todd Makes Title Look Easy
SANDY -- If Brendon Todd hadn't gone and spoiled everything, we might have had quite the exciting finish at th...

Baseball

Sports in Brief
Local & state: Mainz goal Jessica Mainz scored her first goal of the season to give Washburn a 1-0 soccer vict...
Johnson Done for '08, but Injury News a Relief
Sep. 7--The good news is Orioles reliever Jim Johnson doesn't have a significant labrum or rotator cuff tear ...
Listless O's Lose 8th Straight
Sep. 7--Some Orioles started trickling into the home clubhouse before 10 a.m. yesterday as a long day of base...
MC, Millsaps Contest Features Quality QBs
Sep. 6--The ninth annual Backyard Brawl series between Mississippi College and Millsaps has a historic twist....
On Special Day, Pujols Makes Home Run a 'Walk in the Park'
Sep. 8--Each year's "Walk in the Park" brings the usual chorus of requests from the kids and the obliging prom...

NCAA Football

Our Own Super Sunday is in Sight
FOOTBALL was played in Northern Ireland yesterday. And upon leaving the Oval after Glentoran's 1-0 win over B...
Over in a Snap: Merced College Falls to Monterey Peninsula
Sep. 8--MONTEREY -- Twenty-one minutes. That's how long it took on Saturday night for the excitement surround...
Kernels Earn Last-Second Win
Sep. 8--PIERRE -- For Mitchell, a team trying desperately to avoid an 0-2 start, Saturday's first half in Pier...
CESSNA: Aggies Must Learn As Season Goes On
Sep. 8--First-year Texas A&M football coach Mike Sherman knows there's no "easy button" when building a progra...
Business As Usual for Fresno State: Bulldogs Try to Subdue Hype Around Badgers.
Sep. 8--Coach Pat Hill has no rah-rah speech to give his Fresno State Bulldogs this week, nor does he feel any...

Football

Short Game is Perfect for New Backfield
Sep. 8--No one is attaching the oft-cited "Thunder and Lightning" label for Ravens running backs Le'Ron McCla...
The Baltimore Sun David Steele Column
Sep. 8--How often does this defense, the near-legendary Ravens defense, find itself in the shadows of its off...
The Baltimore Sun Peter Schmuck Column
Sep. 8--Keep in mind that Joe Flacco was barely two hours into his regular-season NFL debut when he broke awa...
The Baltimore Sun Mike Preston Column
Sep. 8--It's the kind of beginning that can start a love affair between a quarterback and a city. The Ravens...
Baldwin Sets Record, Leads Blue Jays to Victory
Sep. 7--Chris Baldwin set a school record with three defensive touchdowns to lead the Blue Jays to a 34-3 vic...

NCAA Basketball

The Dallas Morning News Kevin Sherrington Column: Don Haskins Was About More Than Winning
Sep. 8--When Glory Road came out a few years ago, Don Haskins got a different reaction from when he lived it t...