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Pryor, Buckeyes make short work of Marshall Pryor, Buckeyes make short work of Marshall 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 42-7 on Thursday night in a tuneup for a big date with Miami.

Created on: 2 Sep 2010 | 9:38 pm

2 Sep 2010 | 9:38 pm
Utley's slam, six RBIs rally Phillies past Rockies Utley's slam, six RBIs rally Phillies past Rockies Chase Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Philadelphia Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-11.

Created on: 2 Sep 2010 | 9:37 pm

2 Sep 2010 | 9:37 pm
Yankees' Sabathia shuts down A's for 19th win Yankees' Sabathia shuts down A's for 19th win CC Sabathia pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to earn his major league-leading 19th win, fill-in Curtis Granderson homered twice and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 Thursday for a four-game sweep.

Created on: 2 Sep 2010 | 8:37 pm

2 Sep 2010 | 8:37 pm
U.S. Open: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Mardy Fish advance; Richard Gasquet ousts Nikolay Davydenko U.S. Open: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Mardy Fish advance; Richard Gasquet ousts Nikolay Davydenko Five-time champion Roger Federer has breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in beating 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Created on: 2 Sep 2010 | 8:31 pm

2 Sep 2010 | 8:31 pm

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New coach, new look Brazilian team to take on U.S.

Maicon

Coming on the heels of his country’s disappointing World Cup performance, new Brazil national coach, Mano Menezes, has chosen a new-look, young Brazilian squad for his team's first match next month against the United States.

Menezes took over from Dunga, who was fired after Brazil’s quarter finals departure, losing 2-1 to the Netherlands in South Africa earlier this month.

In taking the job, he has already signaled that he wants to restore the old flamboyant style of Brazilian football and move away from Dunga’s style of tactical defensive play.

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Ottey 50 and still going strong

Merlene Ottey

Former Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey at age 50 will become the oldest athlete ever to compete at a European Championships, after she was named in Slovenia's sprint relay squad for next week's event in Barcelona.

The highly decorated sprint queen, who has won a remarkable 29 medals in major championships, donning the black, green and gold, changed her national status following the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

She migrated to Slovenia and became a citizen of that country for which she now competes. At the age of 46, four years ago, she competed in her first European Championships in Gothenburg for new country, where she made it into the semi-finals of the 100 meters.

Ottey will be seeking to upstage France's Nicole Brakebusch-Leveque, who is the oldest athlete so far to compete in the European Championships at age 47, contesting the marathon in Budapest in 1998.

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NOW! The “Heat” is on

Written by H. O’Neil

miami_heat Carlos Arroyo has finalized his deal to return to the Miami Heat, bringing the roster to 13 as Pat Riley continues maybe his biggest summer of wheeling and dealing to fulfill the expectation of Miami ‘Wade’ County which is nothing short of a championship and by exclamation - NOW !

With the signing of Arroyo, the Heat roster is now taking shape with a mixture of youth and veterans. Currently at guards/wingers are Arroyo, Dwayne Wade, Le Bron James, Mike Miller, Mario Chalmers and James Jones, while up front they feature this week’s acquisition Juwan Howard, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem, Joel Anthony, Jamaal Magloire, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and their rookie Dexter Pittman.

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Reggae_Boyz The Jamaica Reggae Boyz will take on arch rivals Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors in two international friendlies slated for Wednesday, August 11 in Trinidad, with the return slated for the Jamaica National Stadium on Sunday, October 10 as they gear up for the Caribbean Football Union championships this fall.

The Reggae Boyz have also managed to secure a home game against CONCACAF rivals Costa Rica before the second leg of the Trinidad home and away series at the Jamaica National Stadium on Sunday, September 5.

According to Captain Horace Burrell, president of the Jamaica Football Federation, Jamaica will be able to field its strongest squad possible against Costa Rica, as all overseas players will be available for selection, seeing that it is a FIFA date.

Costa Rica who just missed qualifying for the South Africa World Cup Finals, after being edged out by the odd goal (1-2) in their two-way play-off with South America's two-time World Cup champions Uruguay.

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