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Serena trumps sister to keep calendar slam on track

NEW YORK - Serena Williams kept her bid for a calendar-year grand slam on track, powering past big sister Venus 6-2 1-6 6-3 on a steamy star-studded night at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

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Substitute Neymar inspires Brazil to 4-1 win over U.S

- Substitute Neymar scored two second-half goals to inspire Brazil to a 4-1 win over the United States in Massachusetts on Tuesday.

08 Sep 2015

Super Bowl winner, former Giant Sash dead at 27

- Former New York Giant Tyler Sash was found dead on Tuesday at age 27, the Iowa state medical office confirmed. Foul play is not suspected, according to the police department in Oskaloosa, Iowa, where Sash was found after emergency services responded to an unresponsive male.

People 08 Sep 2015

Australia-U.S. games in major doubt amid pay dispute

MELBOURNE - A festering labor dispute in Australian soccer could scuttle two women's matches between the world champion United States and the Matildas next week, governing body Football Federation Australia has warned.

08 Sep 2015

China says must ditch gold obsession to root out sports graft

BEIJING - China must ditch its obsession with winning gold medals if really wants to root out corruption in sports, especially ahead of next year's Rio Olympics, the country's sports chief was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

08 Sep 2015

Powell, Simpson settle case with nutrition company

KINGSTON - Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have settled a legal case with a nutrition company that sold the supplement Epiphany D1 which contained the banned substance oxilofrine, their management company said on Tuesday.

08 Sep 2015

'keeping score' Podcast

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$1 billion paper profit in six years. That’s the NFL, baby

In this week's Keeping Score podcast Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross talks about the skyrocketing valuation of his NFL franchise.  Full Article