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Jordan Taylor is in a class by himself on the Associated Press’ preseason All-America team. The guard from Wisconsin was the only senior on the team Monday. He was joined by four sophomores, including Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger, a unanimous pick of the 65-member national media panel. Harrison Barnes of North Carolina, Terrence Jones of Kentucky and Jeremy Lamb of Connecticut were the other sophomores. The 6-foot-1 Taylor averaged 18.1 points and 4.7 assists last season in leading the Badgers to a 25-9 record, third place in the Big Ten and their 13th straight NCAA tournament appearance. He received 51 [...]

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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – The Colorado Rapids will be without defendersKosuke Kimura and Drew Moor and forward Caleb Folan when they face SportingKansas City on Wednesday in the second leg of their home-and-home EasternConference semifinal series. All three were injured during Sporting Kansas City’s 2-0 victory over theRapids on Sunday night in the first game of the series. Kimura broke his left foot on a sliding tackle by Sporting Kansas Citydefender Matt Besler. Drew Moor sprained his right shoulder just before halftime. Forward CalebFolan sprained his left ankle and knee. MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by X2 news wire and [...]

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VANCOUVER – Police on Monday said they’ve recommended charges against 60 individuals for their actions during the June 15 Stanley Cup riot in downtown Vancouver. Police recommended a total of 163 charges. Of the 50 men and 10 women facing charges, the average age is 21. The youngest suspect is a 16-year-old boy. The oldest suspect is a 52-year-old man who is known to police and has a lengthy criminal history of theft, break and enter and sex offences. While names have been withheld, police released details of some cases. In one of them, a 23-year-old Surrey, B.C., woman faces [...]

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Tim Tebow will keep his job as Denver Broncos starting quarterback — at least for one more week. One day after giving his embattled young quarterback a less than ringing endorsement following a humiliating 45-10 loss at home to the Lions, Broncos coach John Fox said he’s sticking with Tebow. “For this week, yes,” Fox said. Tebow said he doesn’t feel as though he’s on a week-to-week basis but that he’s not one to fret about the future anyway. “It’s just take it one day at a time, consistently trying to get better and not focusing too far in the [...]

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ISTANBUL, Turkey – The Woman’s Tennis Association has extended thecontract of CEO Stacey Allaster until 2017. The WTA announced Monday that Allaster, who has been in charge since 2009,was given a five-year extension after an unanimous vote by its board ofdirectors. Board representative Steve Simon says Allaster “has done a tremendousjob,” adding that her “innovative thinking has positioned the WTA for a verybright future.” Allaster says she is “honored to have the opportunity to continue to leadwomen’s tennis.” Venus Williams, the chair of the players’ council, also praised Allaster forher work on players’ health and marketing. The decision was announced [...]

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Steve Stricker is supportive of Fred Couples’ decision to appoint Tiger Woods to the Presidents Cup team heading to Australia next month. “I think it’s great. I talk to Tiger through texting every now and then. He’s really excited. We’re looking forward to it. I think he’ll be ready, too,” Stricker said to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “He’ll find a way to get it done. When you play him one on one, he’ll find a way. Just like at the Ryder Cup last year. He trounced the guy he was playing (Francesco Molinari of Italy, 4 and 3, in singles). He [...]

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Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA 1 – Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull); 2 – Jenson Button (McLaren); 3 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari). Q: Sebastian, pole, you led every lap and set the fastest lap. Was this your most perfect win of the season do you think?Sebastian Vettel: Obviously it was a very good race for us. I enjoyed the time in the lead very much. I had a little bit of a fight with Jenson. It was always around four seconds and strangely he kept closing in around the pit-stops. I don’t know, I was pushing very hard into [...]

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STANFORD, Calif. – Tight end Zach Ertz will most likely be sidelined for at least two weeks for No. 4 Stanford with a lower right leg injury, leaving one of the team’s most productive units shorthanded. The school announced Monday that Ertz is expected to miss Saturday’s game at Oregon State and the Nov. 12 matchup against sixth-ranked Oregon that could determine the Pac-12 North champion. However, he has not been completely ruled out next week when the Ducks (7-1, 5-0) visit Stanford Stadium. “I’ll be back before you know it!” Ertz wrote on his Twitter page minutes after the [...]

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