AUTO RACING Sprint car racer Kramer Williamson killed in Lincoln Speedway crash
YORK - Veteran Sprint Car driver Kramer Williamson died from injuries suffered during a qualifying race at Lincoln Speedway in central Pennsylvania, according to race organizers and the coroner's...
View ArticleAlex Rodriguez, others suspended by MLB for drugs
NEW YORK - Defiant till the end, Alex Rodriguez is intent on evading baseball's most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal.Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz,...
View ArticleEagles: Cooper returns as Birds try to move on
PHILADELPHIA - Returning from three days of counseling, Riley Cooper completed his individual apologies to Eagles teammates.Then he suited up and showed up.Cooper made big-time catch after catch...
View Article76ers: Sixers open season with Heat
Projected to have one of the youngest starting lineups in the NBA, the 76ers aren't going to be granted any favors during the 2013-14 season - beginning with their opening-night opponent.The Sixers...
View ArticleNASCAR: Stewart breaks leg in sprint car crash
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - Tony Stewart told anyone who would listen why he continued racing anywhere, anytime, regardless of purse or crowd or car.Even after he flipped five times last week, Stewart was quick...
View ArticlePHILADELPHIA EAGLES: QB battle too close to call
PHILADELPHIA - Eagles head coach Chip Kelly has learned at least one thing from practicing with the New England Patriots.Life is a lot simpler with a franchise quarterback.Fresh off another difficult...
View ArticlePHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Vick gets nod to start preseason game
PHILADELPHIA - The Chip Kelly era begins where the Eagles left off under Andy Reid. That is to say Michael Vick is the starting quarterback.Kelly insisted the decision to put Vick on the field first...
View ArticleEAGLES NOTEBOOK: OT Kelly out for preseason after undergoing surgery
PHILADELPHIA - Last season Dennis Kelly emerged from obscurity to win a job on the offensive line and eventually start 10 games for the Eagles.With Kelly sidelined at least through the preseason after...
View ArticleGOLF: Furyk, Scott top PGA scoreboard in ripe conditions
PITTSFORD, N.Y. - Tiger Woods made a mess of his final hole at the PGA Championship, hardly looking as though he's poised to break the longest major drought of his career.Jim Furyk feels as if his game...
View ArticleERNIE SAXTON: Rogers Memorial a race of champions
BECHTELSVILLE - It all started when Forrest Rogers got the idea to build a speedway on what some say was a pumpkin patch on top of a hill. It took a lot of planning and a lot of work and it was...
View ArticleCHEAP HEAT: Sheamus injury a blessing in disguise
Earlier this week, it was reported that Sheamus suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder at the Money in the Bank Pay-Per-View event last month but was trying to work through the injury....
View ArticleGOLF: Dufner ties major scoring record with 63 at PGA
PITTSFORD, N.Y. - Jason Dufner got on quite a roll after he holed out from the fairway for an eagle at the second hole.Not that anyone could tell.The laid-back player who gave us "Dufnering" hardly...
View ArticleEAGLES: Birds fall to Patriots in first preseason game
PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles don't tackle at Chip Kelly's practices.They don't seem to tackle in preseason games either.The Eagles surrendered a 62-yard run on the first play from scrimmage and always...
View ArticlePHILADELPHIA UNION: More questions than answers for Union
CHESTER - The question marks seem to outnumber the answers for the Philadelphia Union in their preparation for D.C. United.How do you prepare for a team that has undergone major roster renovations in...
View ArticleCARVALHO: Red, White and Blue setting gold standard
The Gold Cup has come and gone, and with it, the United States has strung together a historical win streak in claiming the prize.With their 1-0 victory over Panama in the final, the men's national team...
View ArticleMcCAFFERY: Kelly is the consummate professional
PHILADELPHIA - In the swirl of coaches fired, coaches available, coaches rejected and coaches hired that begins immediately after any NFL season, there was one name last winter that floated above the...
View ArticleGOLF: Furyk has lead heading to final round of PGA
PITTSFORD, N.Y. - With some clutch putting at the end, Jim Furyk headed to the final round of the PGA Championship with a one-shot lead.Furyk shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday at Oak Hill, capped by an...
View ArticleNASCAR: Keselowski wins in Nationwide at Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Brad Keselowski has always had a fondness for Watkins Glen International, and that fondness just grew a bit more.The reigning Sprint Cup champion, who had finished second three...
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