Falcons cut WR Horn, must pay him $2.5M (AP)
Joe Horn, released by the Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday after the team couldn't trade the veteran receiver, said he is relieved he can pursue a job with another team. The Falcons will receive no return on the guaranteed $2.5 million salary in 2008 for the 36-year-old Horn. Horn said he wished he could have produced better numbers for team owner Arthur Blank.
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NASCAR delays decision on JGR penalties (AP)
NASCAR will wait another day before issuing penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide Series teams, who were caught trying to cheat during a postrace test last weekend.
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Manning wants to play in Colts opener (AP)
Peyton Manning proved Tuesday he can stand, walk and talk. Next question: Will the two-time league MVP start in the Colts' season opener? Manning made it to his first practice of the season Tuesday, then ended his self-imposed silence by saying he wanted to play in Indianapolis' first regular-season game Sept.
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Johnson's gold caps US gym medal haul (AP)
Clear some more space in that pile of pretty Olympic medal boxes. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson's very own. Johnson beat her friend and teammate on the balance beam, the last women's gymnastics event at the Beijing Games "I finished off the Olympic Games with, to me, the most perfect ending ever," Johnson said, beaming as she...
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Trade sends Maddux back to Dodgers (AP)
Greg Maddux is back in Los Angeles for another stretch drive. The Dodgers announced Tuesday that they have reacquired Maddux and received cash from San Diego. The Padres will get two minor league players to be named or cash. The 42-year-old first came to the Dodgers late in the 2006 season, when he went 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 12 starts to help them win a wild-card berth.
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Nadal, Ivanovic are top seeds at US Open (AP)
Rafael Nadal was seeded No. 1 for the U.S. Open on Tuesday, making it the first time since January 2004 that a man other than Roger Federer holds that top spot at a Grand Slam tournament. Ana Ivanovic is the No. 1 seed on the women's side. The tournament begins Aug. 25, and the draw will be announced Thursday.
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Yastrzemski has heart bypass surgery (AP)
Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery. Yastrzemski, who turns 69 on Friday, had the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent tests after experiencing chest pains in the morning, said his spokesman, Dick Gordon.
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Mets closer Wagner out indefinitely (AP)
Billy Wagner has more pain and swelling in his pitching elbow, and the New York Mets' All-Star closer is out indefinitely. Wagner had an MRI exam Tuesday that revealed additional inflammation in his left elbow -- an alarming sign after he spent most of the past two weeks resting his ailing arm. Now, the NL East leaders don't know when he might be able to return to the mound, if at all, this season.
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US track sees Richards, Jones blow leads (AP)
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd. And Jones was right: She could have won, and she was about to -- not just holding a lead but adding to it when she came to the ninth of 10 hurdles Tuesday night.
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Umpires, MLB at impasse over replay (AP)
Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended discuss implementing replay, angry that their concerns aren't being addressed. Major League Baseball responding by saying it canceled the Wednesday call because it doesn't have a replay agreement with the union.
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Trade sends Maddux back to Dodgers (AP)
Greg Maddux is back in Los Angeles for another stretch drive. The Dodgers announced Tuesday that they have reacquired Maddux and received cash from San Diego. The Padres will get two minor league players to be named or cash. The 42-year-old first came to the Dodgers late in the 2006 season, when he went 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 12 starts to help them win a wild-card berth.
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NASCAR delays decision on JGR penalties (AP)
NASCAR will wait another day before issuing penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide Series teams, who were caught trying to cheat during a postrace test last weekend.
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Umpires, MLB at impasse over replay (AP)
Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended discuss implementing replay, angry that their concerns aren't being addressed. Major League Baseball responding by saying it canceled the Wednesday call because it doesn't have a replay agreement with the union.
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Manning wants to play in Colts opener (AP)
Peyton Manning proved Tuesday he can stand, walk and talk. Next question: Will the two-time league MVP start in the Colts' season opener? Manning made it to his first practice of the season Tuesday, then ended his self-imposed silence by saying he wanted to play in Indianapolis' first regular-season game Sept.
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Falcons cut WR Horn, must pay him $2.5M (AP)
Joe Horn, released by the Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday after the team couldn't trade the veteran receiver, said he is relieved he can pursue a job with another team. The Falcons will receive no return on the guaranteed $2.5 million salary in 2008 for the 36-year-old Horn. Horn said he wished he could have produced better numbers for team owner Arthur Blank.
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Johnson's gold caps US gym medal haul (AP)
Clear some more space in that pile of pretty Olympic medal boxes. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson's very own. Johnson beat her friend and teammate on the balance beam, the last women's gymnastics event at the Beijing Games "I finished off the Olympic Games with, to me, the most perfect ending ever," Johnson said, beaming as she...
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Nadal, Ivanovic are top seeds at US Open (AP)
Rafael Nadal was seeded No. 1 for the U.S. Open on Tuesday, making it the first time since January 2004 that a man other than Roger Federer holds that top spot at a Grand Slam tournament. Ana Ivanovic is the No. 1 seed on the women's side. The tournament begins Aug. 25, and the draw will be announced Thursday.
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Yastrzemski has heart bypass surgery (AP)
Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery. Yastrzemski, who turns 69 on Friday, had the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent tests after experiencing chest pains in the morning, said his spokesman, Dick Gordon.
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US track sees Richards, Jones blow leads (AP)
Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd. And Jones was right: She could have won, and she was about to -- not just holding a lead but adding to it when she came to the ninth of 10 hurdles Tuesday night.
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Mets closer Wagner out indefinitely (AP)
Billy Wagner has more pain and swelling in his pitching elbow, and the New York Mets' All-Star closer is out indefinitely. Wagner had an MRI exam Tuesday that revealed additional inflammation in his left elbow -- an alarming sign after he spent most of the past two weeks resting his ailing arm. Now, the NL East leaders don't know when he might be able to return to the mound, if at all, this season.
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