Denver television station CBS4 (KCNC-TV) reports the Indianapolis Colts are among the teams interested in signing Decker. Andrew Luck has a veteran No. 1 (Reggie Wayne) and a dynamic ace slot man (T.Y. Hilton), but could use a No. 2 with speed and good hands. Given Wayne, coming off a torn ACL, is more a possession type at the latter stages of his career, the 26-year-old Decker would give Luck a needed big playmaker outside....
Rory McIlroy, winner of the British Open, will be among the contenders. So will Masters champ Bubba Watson and U.S. Open winner Martin Kaymer. Jason Dufner is defending champion, rolling to victory at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. MORE: First-, second-round tee times Here’s what you need to know about the PGA Championship. Field: It will be set July 28, with qualifiers from the tournament’s points list and special invitations....
Julia Mancuso, who won the super-combined in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in 2007, failed to finish her runs. teammate Lindsey Vonn, who has a record 12 podium finishes in super-combined including a win here in 2009, is out for the season because of a right knee injury. It was the first super-combined event of the season and the only one before the Sochi Olympics next month. Gagnon was 1.37 seconds off the lead in 16th after the super-G portion but went ahead of the field after posting the second fastest time in the slalom run....
The explosion at the central railway station in the city of Volgograd was set off by a suicide bomber, Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee said. MORE: Shani Davis returns to U.S. speedskating team | First American ski jumpers are in Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the nation's top investigative agency, the Investigative Committee, said that at least 13 people died in the blast. Russia's Health Ministry said about 50 people were injured....
To distract us from a night with nothing else to watch, ESPN’s yearly award show will have to suffice. Don’t you worry, though. The show rarely disappoints. Last year we laughed and cried through the night with hilarious moments from Drake and touching speeches from Michael Sam and Stuart Scott. What will happen on 2015 ESPYS? We’ll keep you posted. MORE: Best ESPY moments | Why Devon Still, Lauren Hill turn to social media...
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Tanvi Lad, who came through a tough three-game encounter against Linda Zetchiri of Bulgaria will also play her quarterfinal against Evgeniya Kosetskaya while the Indian Mixed Doubles pairing of Akshay Dewalkar and Prajakta Sawant will also play their Round of 16 encounter against Ronan Labar and Emilie Lefel of France. Courtesy of a double walkover, the Men’s Doubles pairing of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy have progressed through to the final four of the competition....
Tanvi Lad and Lalita Dahiya will carry the Indian hopes in the Women’s singles while India can also be hopeful of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy doing well, following their exploits at the US Open earlier this year. There will also be a Mixed Doubles pairing at the tournament in the form of Akshay Dewalkar and Prajakta Sawant and Dinesh Chaudhry and Lalita Dahiya. Here’s the Day One schedule:...
MLA Sameer Meghe and Haresh K. Vora, both from Nagpur, were among the five elected as Vice-Presidents of WIFA besides sitting Vice-Presidents, Viswajeet Kadam (Pune), Maloje Raje Chhatrapati (Kolhapur) and Syed Liaquat Hussain (Aurangabad), all retained their posts as they were re-elected. There were eight candidates contesting for the five posts. The Treasurers’ position was won by the incumbent, Pyarelal Choudhary (Pune), who will continue for another term. Meanwhile, the electoral picked new faces for the three Assistant Secretaries posts....
The top 20 is a who’s who of NBA stars, including a couple stars who changed teams in the offseason. Further down the list, you find a few more “old faces in new places”, plus a trio of dynamic rookies who could put up big stats across several categories. MORE: Top 100 | Sleepers | Rookies | Strategy | Draft Guide 2017 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Point Guard MORE RANKINGSShooting Guard | Small Forward | Power Forward | Center...
But as we always say, it’s easy to identify sleepers – just not necessarily ones that actually pay off. That’s especially true with running backs, where a preseason darling might not get a chance to shine until late in the year, if at all. Meanwhile, injuries can open the door for Johnny No-Name, allowing Mr. (or Ms.) Number One Waiver Claim to pick him up in Week 2 while you’re staring a roster full of potential that never materializes....
Canada achieved their first semi-final appearance at the 2018 Under-17 Women’s World Cup after they upset Germany by a solitary goal at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo, Uruguay. Both teams adopted a cautious approach from the start which continued for a vast part of the second half. It would disappoint the German head coach Ulrike Ballweg after their wards managed just a single shot on target from their seven attempts while Canada achieved three shots on the mark from their five efforts....
LGe, also not to be confused with the phone company Lucky Goldstar Electronics, has only one game published, and it’s this game. The game appears to be similar to originals like Streets of Rage where characters travel through a side-scrolling level fighting off 90’s-themed bad guys. However, players can only choose between two characters and there is only one level to play. RELATED: Sea of Thieves Steam Port Confirmed With Cross Play...
Make love and war, or else the terrorists will have won: During Valentine’s week in February, with war impending and the government elevating the terrorism alert, two of Wal-Mart’s hot-selling items were lingerie and duct tape. Talk about ingratitude: terrorists struck in Saudi Arabia. The war with Iraq went well, aside from the detail that the reason for it–weapons of mass destruction–has been elusive. The following is a complete list of all those fired because of the intelligence failure: _______....
The King of Spain told the president of Venezuela to “shut up” and 51 percent of Venezuelans seconded the motion. Rudy Giuliani said, “I took a city that was known for pornography and licked it.” Hillary Clinton accused Barack Obama of having been ambitious in kindergarten. Disraeli once said of Lord Russell: “If a traveler were informed that such a man was leader of the House of Commons, he may well begin to comprehend how the Egyptians worshipped an insect....
The competition is fierce and one can never truly tell what the experts who judge these things are thinking (or if they are at all). Weigh in on the nominations and tell us if you think BAFTA has made good selections, who you think should win what, and because the voting for the GAME award is open to the public, vote for your favourite game on the list (link below)!...
The Men in Blue had been without a 50-over World Cup triumph since the captain of India in 1983 world cup, Kapil Dev’s victory, and the scars of the 2003 final against Australia were yet to heal. But India, under the leadership of MS Dhoni, made an inspirational run to the final of the 2011 World Cup, which was held in the subcontinent. India lost only one match in the 2011 World Cup, against South Africa, while another encounter against England ended in a tie....
A top official of the sport ministry told IANS on the condition of anonymity that recommendations for all the 28 events have been made on the basis of the criteria laid down by the government. “We have made our recommendations to the minister on the basis of the criteria that we have set earlier. In team sports, it is eighth-rank or above in Asia and in individual events at least sixth-place finish in the last Asian Games....
NFL historical highlights: – Since 1990, NFL favorites covered an average of just 48.7 percent ATS, but they covered 52.2 percent in 2013. – 2013 NFL favorites saw the largest cover rate since 2005, and the third largest in the last 25 years. – In the years following abnormally high NFL favorite cover rate seasons, favorites lost badly, dropping 6.3 percent ATS on average (from 53 percent to 47 percent, much lower than average)....
In Game 1 of the Conference Finals, the Spurs beat their opponents in the paint outscoring them 66-32, and in Game 2 they beat the Thunder with their high percentage outside shooting; so not many expected the Thunder to have any chance in the entire series as the Spurs were imposing their will on games in more ways than one. However, Oklahoma received some great news during the three day break prior to Game 3 and it was news that brought hope to the Thunder’s chances in the series....
