Tour de France- Alberto Contador closed in on victory at the Tour de France Wednesday after finishing second behind Frank Schleck in the 17th stage as the race left the Alps. Lance Armstrong trailed by more than 2 minutes and fell from second to fourth place overall in the 105-mile ride from Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand -- seen by many as the toughest stage this year.
MLB-Cubs escape sweep, halt Phils' 10-game win streak, Tejada's RBI in ninth seals Astros' sweep of Cards, Manny's pinch-hit slam clinches L.A.'s sweep of Cincy, Athletics rough up Twins lefty Perkins in 16-1 rout, Nolasco strikes out 10 as Marlins sweep Padres,Helton's solo homer lifts Rockies over Diamondbacks, Roundup: Izturis drives in four, Angels sweep Royals. All the scores @ http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard
POKER- The Poker Players Alliance hopes a hot hand in the nation's capital this week will help its efforts to legalize online poker.As part of its "National Poker Week," the group has set up nearly 100 meetings with members of Congress and their aides, and plans to present a petition to President Barack Obama on Wednesday that had more
than 350,000 signatures at last count
CFL- Today 7/23 Hamilton vs Montreal 7:30ePM ET, Friday 7/24 Toronto vs Winnipeg 7:30PM ET and Calgary vs BC 10:30ePM ET and Saturday Edmonton vs Saskatchewan 4:00ePM ET.
WNBA-Latta scores 22 to help Atlanta beat Detroit,Storm get past Sparks in 3 OTs, 98-87,Lynx snap Mercury's winningstreak, 99-86, Jones leads Sun past Monarchs 83-75.
NFL-Sale of Steelers to Dan Rooney, son, Art, official, NFLPA: Vick, union leader had Tuesday meeting. Seahawks lottery ticket debuts. Seattle is one of the first NFL franchises to make a deal with a state lottery.
NCAA FootBall-As Day 2 of the SEC media days kicked off Thursday morning, Georgia's Mark Richt and Alabama's Nick Saban both confirmed that they voted for Florida's Tim Tebow as the preseason first-team All-SEC quarterback.
NBA-The Denver Nuggets will play an exhibition game against the Indiana Pacers in Beijing Oct.11, the second time they will meet in Asia.
NCAA BasketBall- The West Coast Conference signs deal to keep tourney in Vegas through 2012.
NHL-The NHLPA's fear of injury in Olympic orientation camps is counterproductive.
RACING-Back in 1994, NASCAR was growing, but Indy was king. Look at today, and open-wheel racing is in tatters while NASCAR is at a crossroads, trying to avoid the same fate.
PGA-Woods needs to clean up his act. Tiger, please, where are your manners?
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Tennis-WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Five-time defending champion Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick are among eight Grand Slam winners leading the men's field for the U.S. Open.
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