Money in the Bank: The WWE gets Punk’dSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:59PMTonight features exactly what a main event is supposed to be. A match that overshadows every other bout on the card, that has you, no matter how good each other contest is, looking forward to an ending just to be one step closer to the final contest.
Freeman lifts Braves past Nationals, 9-8Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:22PMATLANTA — Freddie Freeman said it was smart for Washington’s Ryan Mattheus to walk Brian McCann with first base open in the ninth inning. Why face McCann, a six-time All-Star who hit a three-run homer earlier in the game, when the Nationals instead could face Freeman, a rookie who didn’t have a hit in the game at that point? Freeman seized the opportunity, delivering a single to right field to ...
Angling for trophy chinook at gorgeous Haida GwaiiSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:17PMSo far on this day I've lost four big fish - prizefighting chinooks who either smoked out line so fast I couldn't keep up, or violently threw the hook inches away from being netted. I haven't had a bite in over an hour and the water is as flat as prairie grassland.
Frilly pink flower power lifts disaster-hit JapanSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:20PMTOKYO (Reuters) - Named after a frilly pink flower, Japan's World Cup-winning women's soccer team embodied the iron-willed spirit of a nation united in its battle to recover from disaster.
Freeman lifts Braves past NationalsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:36PMATLANTA — Freddie Freeman said it was smart for Washington’s Ryan Mattheus to walk Brian McCann with first base open in the ninth inning.
WWE Money in the Bank 2011: Christian Defeats Orton by DQ, Wins TitleSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:17PM-Alberto Del Rio brags about his MITB win and says it's a mere formality on his path to the title. World Heavyweight Title Randy Orton vs. Christian If Randy Orton is disqualified, then Christian wins the title because of some creative contract work by Captain Charisma. Shouldn't the world title be held in higher regard than the WWE title or are we supposed to think that the "WWE Universe" that ...
Armagh set up Tyrone scrapSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:51PMArmagh manager Paddy O'Rourke says his side will face a much more severe task against Tyrone at Omagh than they did against Wicklow. Related Stories Mournemen ready to raise their game Donegal end Derry dream McGeeney's men fight to see off Meath in qualifier Brennan's ref rage Moynagh lifts Cavan to glory
Mournemen ready to raise their gameSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:51PMOnce Down slipped into gear, at Casement Park on Saturday evening, Antrim's further interest in the All-Ireland SFC was blown out of the water. Related Stories Donegal end Derry dream Armagh set up Tyrone scrap McGeeney's men fight to see off Meath in qualifier Brennan's ref rage Moynagh lifts Cavan to glory
Thome's 596th HR lifts Twins over RoyalsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:30PMJim Thome has been plagued by aches and pains for the better part of a decade. They just seem to be coming around a little more often in his 19th season. A strained oblique and bothersome toe injury on his left foot have slowed his chase of 600 career homers, but the Minnesota Twins are sticking with him for moments like the sixth inning on Sunday against Kansas City.
Stephen Glover: This drama is no cause for celebrationSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:11PMAs the smoke lifts from the battlefield after the most tumultuous week in the modern history of the press, it is possible to discern a number of figures, living and dead. There lie the mutilated corpses of Rebekah Brooks and of Murdoch lieutenant Les Hinton, a far more substantial player. Over there is Rupert himself, badly, possibly fatally, wounded, and that staggering, mud-caked man by his ...