Pryor, No. 2 OSU pick apart Marshall in opener - Terrelle Pryor tossed three touchdown passes, Brandon Saine rushed for 103 yards and two scores and No. 2 Ohio State rolled over error-prone Marshall 45-7 on Thursday night in a tuneup for a big date with Miami. Harris, No. 13 Miami look ready for Ohio State - Jacory Harris threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns before sitting out the second half, Leonard Hankerson caught six passes for 115 yards and two scores, and No. 13 Miami rolled past Florida A&M 45-0 Thursday night in the season-opener for both teams. Manning, Brady solid in finale tuneup - Eli Manning and Tom Brady were solid in their final tuneups for the regular season. Santana hurt, but gets win over Braves (AP) - David Wright homered, Johan Santana won for the first time in four starts and the New York Mets snapped the Atlanta Braves' five-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Thursday night. The Mets, who had dropped three straight, broke a 13-game stretch in which they scored three runs or less against the NL East-leading Braves. Hockey World Cup matches postponed by rain - Incessant rain all day prevents play on the fifth day of the women's hockey World Cup. The three Pool B matches scheduled for Thursday are postponed to early Friday to be followed by three Pool A matches. Lay day delays progress in Tahiti - Heavy rains and small waves force organisers to call a lay day for the final of the Billabong Pro Teahupoo in Tahiti. Quarantine-hit carnival wins race against time - Australia's richest thoroughbred horse racing carnival will maintain its international flavour as a new quarantine facility is finally approved to accept foreign raiders. Seattle's Jackson wins third WNBA MVP (AP) - Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson of Australia was selected the WNBA's most valuable player for the third time in her career on Thursday. Jackson was honored before Game 1 of Seattle's best-of-3 Western Conference final against defending champion Phoenix. Also, the Storm's Brian Agler was named the league's coach of the year. Alabama's Dareus ruled ineligible for 2 games - The NCAA has declared Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus ineligible for two games for accepting improper benefits. Mexican fugitive wanted for Cabanas shooting - Colombian police are searching for a Mexican fugitive wanted for the shooting in January of Paraguay soccer player Salvador Cabanas, according to a senior officer.

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Trek to sponsor Schleck-led cycling team (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: September 2, 2010, 7:29 pm]
American bicycle manufacturer Trek will sponsor the new pro cycling team led by two-time Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck. Schleck and his brother Frank announced earlier this season that they would leave the Saxo Bank team to start their own team based in their native Luxembourg beginning in 2011.

Hushovd takes sprint victory in Spain after tough climb (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: September 2, 2010, 1:24 pm]
Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd hung on during a tough climb before pipping the other riders in a bunch sprint to win stage six of the Tour of Spain on Thursday.

Hushovd wins 6th Vuelta stage, Gilbert keeps lead (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: September 2, 2010, 11:03 am]
Thor Hushovd of Norway won the sixth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday, while Philippe Gilbert kept his overall lead for the fourth straight day. Hushovd, who rides for Cervelo, crossed the finish first to take the 93.2-mile leg in 3 hours, 36 minutes, 20 seconds. Daniele Bennati of Italy and Grega Bole of Slovenia crossed the line next in the same time as Hushovd.

Norway's Hushovd wins stage six of Tour of Spain (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: September 2, 2010, 10:47 am]
Norway's Thor Hushovd won stage six of the Tour of Spain in Murcia on Thursday.

Farrar surges back from sickness for Spain win (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: September 1, 2010, 2:12 pm]
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Farrar surges back from sickness for Spain stage win (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: September 1, 2010, 1:57 pm]
American Tyler Farrar recovered from a nasty bout of sickness to outsprint Koldo Fernandez and Mark Cavendish and take victory in stage five of the Tour of Spain on Wednesday.

Wife of former Armstrong teammate speaks to feds (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: September 1, 2010, 1:37 pm]
The wife of one of Lance Armstrong's former teammates says she has spoken to a federal agent investigating the seven-time Tour de France winner and other cyclists. Betsy Andreu is the wife of former Armstrong teammate Frankie Andreu. She says she spoke with Food and Drug Administration agent Jeff Novitzky about Armstrong, but declined to discuss details.

American Farrar wins 5th stage of Spanish Vuelta (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: September 1, 2010, 1:27 pm]
Tyler Farrar of the United States won the fifth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, and Philippe Gilbert of Belgium maintained the overall lead. Farrar capped the 123.5-mile stage from Guadix to Lorca by crossing the finish line ahead of Koldo Fernandez of Spain and Mark Cavendish of Britain. The Garmin-Slipstream cyclist won it in 5 hours, 3 minutes, 36 seconds.

Farrar wins 5th stage of Spanish Vuelta (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: September 1, 2010, 11:19 am]
Tyler Farrar of the United States won the fifth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, and Philippe Gilbert of Belgium maintained the overall lead. Farrar capped the 123.5-mile stage from Guadix to Lorca by crossing the finish line ahead of Koldo Fernandez of Spain and Mark Cavendish of Britain. The Garmin-Slipstream cyclist won it in 5 hours, 3 minutes, 36 seconds.

Tyler Farrar wins 5th stage of Spanish Vuelta (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: September 1, 2010, 11:15 am]
Tyler Farrar of the United States won the fifth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, and Philippe Gilbert of Belgium maintained the overall lead. Farrar capped the 198.8-kilometer (123.5-mile) stage from Guadix to Lorca by crossing the finish line ahead of Koldo Fernandez of Spain and Mark Cavendish of Britain.

Farrar wins stage five of Tour of Spain (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: September 1, 2010, 11:07 am]
American Tyler Farrar won stage five of the Tour of Spain from Guadix to Lorca, on Wednesday.

Anton roars to Spain's first stage win in top home race (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 1:37 pm]
Igor Anton roared away with 400 metres to go on a lung-busting steep final climb through the streets of Valdepenas de Jaen to claim Spain's first victory in this year's race on Tuesday.

Tour de France champ Laurent Fignon dies at 50 (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 12:42 pm]
Laurent Fignon, the Frenchman who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and lost to Greg LeMond in 1989 in the race's closest finish, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 50. His death was confirmed by the French government and the French cycling federation. Fignon said in June 2009 he had advanced cancer of the digestive system and was undergoing chemotherapy.

Spain's Igor Anton wins stage of Spanish Vuelta (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 11:54 am]
Igor Anton has given the Spanish Vuelta its first Spanish stage winner. He won a mountainous fourth leg Tuesday while Philippe Gilbert of Belgium remained the overall leader. Anton broke away 300 yards from the finish for a one-second victory over Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, Peter Velits of Slovakia and Joaquin Rodriguez of Spain.

Anton takes fourth stage of Spanish Vuelta (AP) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 11:29 am]
Igor Anton gave the Spanish Vuelta its first Spanish stage winner after he won a mountainous fourth leg on Tuesday, and Philippe Gilbert of Belgium remained the overall leader. The Euskaltel Euskadi cyclist broke away with 300 meters to the finish and hung on for a 1-second victory over Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, Peter Velits of Slovakia and Joaquin Rodriguez of Spain.

Anton wins stage four of Tour of Spain (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 11:16 am]
Spain's Igor Anton clinched a narrow solo win in stage four of the Tour of Spain on Tuesday as Philippe Gilbert of Belgium retained the overall lead.

French great Fignon, 50, dies of cancer (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 11:12 am]
* LeMond pays tribute to "priceless" Fignon

Tour's shortest final gap deprived Fignon of third win (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 11:08 am]
Laurent Fignon was so close to his third Tour de France victory on the penultimate day of the 1989 race that newspapers began preparing their editions with the Frenchman splashed across the front page.

Former Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 8:56 am]
Factbox on former Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon who died of cancer on Tuesday:

Former Tour de France winner Fignon dies at 50 (Reuters) [Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010, 7:58 am]
*Fignon dies of cancer





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