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Jen Welter will be in Floyd Mayweather's entourage for Berto fight
Serena Williams beats Keys to set up US Open QF vs. Venus (Yahoo Sports)
Playing the best she during this U.S. Open as she chases a calendar-year Grand Slam, Williams set up a quarterfinal against older sister Venus by making only six unforced errors in a 6-3, 6-3 victory over 19th-seeded Madison Keys on Sunday. Serena took only 68 minutes to dismiss Keys, a 20-year-old American with formidable serves and forehands who simply was outplayed. Standing in the way at the moment is Venus.
Brady wants to move on from 'Deflategate' (Yahoo Sports)
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady just wants to move on. Making his first public comments since the ”Deflategate” court ruling, Brady said he is focused on preparing for Thursday’s game against Pittsburgh. ”Everything that’s happened over the past seven months, obviously I have a lot of personal feelings, but I really don’t care to share many of those,” Brady said Sunday.
Gruden will decide backup QB after Griffin visits doctor (Yahoo Sports)
The Redskins open the regular season at home against Miami on Sunday. Griffin missed Washington’s final two preseason games after sustaining a concussion against Detroit on Aug. 20. Gruden demoted Griffin and selected Cousins to be the starter last Monday, setting off speculation that Griffin might be cut or even traded.
Notre Dame loses RB Folston for season with torn ACL (Yahoo Sports)
No. 11 Notre Dame’s big victory over Texas came with a big loss. Running back Tarean Folston, who led the Irish in rushing last season, is out for the season after tearing a right knee ligament in Saturday night’s 38-3 win over Texas. Coach Brian Kelly said Folston tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on his third carry of the game.
Harvey changes speeds, says he would pitch in playoffs (Yahoo Sports)
Matt Harvey now insists he will pitch in the playoffs if the New York Mets get there. After a two-day uproar over his innings limit this year, Harvey wrote Sunday on The Players’ Tribune website that he would definitely participate in the postseason. Harvey said he is communicating with his doctor, agent Scott Boras and the first-place Mets to come up with an innings-limit plan that would make the right-hander
Hit by new wave of refugees, Germany warns EU partners
By Paul Carrel and Georgina Prodhan BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Struggling to cope with a record influx of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they must take in more refugees too, saying the burden could not fall on just a few countries. Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking after a weekend in which 20,000 migrants made their way to Germany from Hungary by train, bus and on foot, described the
Turkish jets strike PKK targets after deadly militant attack
The clashes, weeks before polls the ruling AK Party hopes will restore its majority, threaten to sink a peace process President Tayyip Erdogan launched in 2012 in an attempt to end an insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels said they had killed 31 servicemen in an attack on a convoy and clashes on Sunday in the mountainous Daglica area of Hakkari province, near
U.S. rethinks strategy for battling Islamic State in Syria: NYT
The United States is rethinking its strategy for battling the Islamic State in Syria, the New York Times reported on Monday, with the Pentagon looking into moving more fighters into safer zones, providing better intelligence and improving the skills of trained rebels. The options, which are classified, are circulating among top officials at the Department of Defense, the newspaper reported, citing sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Last month