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Southern California coach Steve Sarkisian apologized Sunday for his behavior and profane language at a team event the night before. Several people who attended the event Saturday night took to Twitter afterward to say that the second-year Trojans coach appeared to be drunk while using profanities in praising his team. Sarkisian also apparently disparaged several of the Trojans’ Pac-12 rivals and ended his comments with a profane version of USC’s
Star rookie Carlos Correa and the AL West-leading Houston Astros were feeling pretty confident on Sunday after sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lead the NL West. Jason Castro’s solo homer in the 10th inning lifted the Astros to a 3-2 victory that completed the sweep on Sunday. The Astros are four games ahead of the Texas Rangers in the division after going 7-3 during this homestand.
(Refiles to additional codes) Aug 24 (Reuters) – Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist, Spanish duo Azahara Munoz and Carlota Ciganda and Germany’s Sandra Gal were all confirmed on Europe’s Solheim Cup team on Monday after the latest release of the world rankings. Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, France’s Gwladys Nocera and British pair Charley Hull and Melissa Reid had already secured spots while Carin Koch will announce her four captain’s picks on Tuesday. Gerina
Teenage prodigy Lydia Ko claimed her third Canadian Women’s Open title but first as a full-fledged LPGA Tour member by edging American Stacy Lewis in a thrilling playoff on Sunday. The 18-year-old New Zealander and world number two beat Lewis on the first playoff hole to add this year’s title to her 2013 win as an amateur in Edmonton and in 2012 when she won at age 15 on the
(Reuters) – Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist, Spanish duo Azahara Munoz and Carlota Ciganda and Germany’s Sandra Gal were all confirmed on Europe’s Solheim Cup team on Monday after the latest release of the world rankings. Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, France’s Gwladys Nocera and British pair Charley Hull and Melissa Reid had already secured spots while Carin Koch will announce her four captain’s picks on Tuesday. Gerina Piller, Alison Lee and Lizette Salas
(The Sports Xchange) – Catcher Wilson Ramos and third baseman Anthony Rendon hit home runs during a four-run fifth inning an the Nationals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-5 on Sunday to avoid losing more ground in the National League East. The Nationals (62-61) had begun the game five behind the first-place New York Mets. Washington had seven extra-base hits, including five doubles, and drew seven walks.
(Reuters) – World number two Lydia Ko has held off a fast finishing Stacy Lewis and Ryu So-yeon to claim her third Canadian Pacific Women’s Open and eighth LPGA title in a playoff in Vancouver on Sunday. New Zealand’s Ko could only muster an even-par-72 in the final round at Vancouver Golf Club to finish at 12-under-par, allowing Lewis to catch her after the American shot 67, but Ko prevailed
– – After re-assessing its sales strategy surrounding the awesome SRT Hellcat variants of the Challenger and Charger for 2016, and increasing production to discourage dealer markups, Dodge is laying out the cars’ new prices. And guess what? The cars are more expensive—quite a bit more expensive, in fact, offsetting somewhat any possible reduction in dealers’ overcharging for the ultra-popular models.– – – – What’s the Hellcat’s True Potential? We
– Some Chevrolet Cobalt owners who repaired their ignition switches must now worry about their cars disabling the airbags again, this time for entirely different reasons. – – According to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the 2010 Cobalt has wiring harnesses in the doors that were improperly installed at the factory and can cause the side curtain airbags to become inoperative in a crash. A total of
By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded on Monday that North Korea apologize over recent landmine blasts, even as the bitter rivals held marathon talks to defuse tensions that have brought the peninsula back to the brink of armed conflict. Park said anti-North propaganda broadcasts would continue unless Pyongyang took responsibility for landmine explosions early this month that wounded two South Korean
