Friday, November 6, 2009

Hornets owner Shinn says he has prostate cancer (AP)

AP - New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn said Friday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer but remains healthy and is optimistic that he will conquer the disease.
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Football fans tuning into games in big numbers (AP)

AP - Favre, Brady, Sanchez — and Tebow, too.
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Top pick Strasburg (neck) scratched from start (AP)

AP - The Washington Nationals say No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a strained neck muscle and is being scratched from his scheduled start in the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game.
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NASCAR to honor fallen soldiers at Texas race (AP)

The United States flag flies at half staff in memorial to the victims of the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6,  2009. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)AP - NASCAR will honor the fallen soldiers at Fort Hood during a race weekend that is just 170 miles from the site of the massacre that left 13 people dead.



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Crowds roar, bells ring out as NYC fetes Yankees (AP)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, and teammate Francisco Cervelli wave from a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway celebrating their 27th World Series championship on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009,  in New York.   (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship Friday in a way only this city can, with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes.



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Monday, October 26, 2009

Davis feels strong — but not ready to chase Heiden (AP)

Shani Davis races around a turn in the men's 10000 meter race during the U.S. speedskating trials Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in West Allis, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)AP - Shani Davis just shook his head and laughed.



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Yanks beat Angels in 6 to advance to World Series (AP)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, left, Mark Teixeira (25), Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano, right, celebrate after winning Game 6 of the American League Championship baseball series Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in New York. The Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 to win the American League Championship. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - They dashed from the dugout and in from the outfield, swarming Alex Rodriguez in a sea of pinstripes only steps from his spot at third base. "I couldn't be more excited," he said. "I feel like a 10-year-old kid." Making it to the World Series for the first time after all those misses will do that to you.



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