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Olympics: Rogge says IOC must control cost of Games (Honolulu Advertiser)
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The Olympic movement is on sound financial footing but must hold down the size and cost of the games to cope with the global economic downturn, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Friday.
MLB seeks to prevent shortened playoff games (Fox Sports)
Major League Baseball wants to enact a rule that playoff games can never be shortened because of bad weather. There has never been a rain-shortened game in the playoffs, and MLB commissioner Bud Selig said on Thursday they want to make sure there never will be. "All postseason games, All-Star games and that, will be full-length affairs, and the rule will be so written," Selig said following an ...
NFL games on TV (Boston Globe)
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE When, where: Sunday, 1 p.m., at M&T Bank Stadium. TV: Channel 25. Last meeting: Eagles won, 15-10, in 2004. Of note: Ravens coach John Harbaugh spent nine years as the Eagles' special teams coach prior to taking the job in Baltimore . . . Eagles QB Donovan McNabb has thrown five interceptions in his last three games ...
13 SLU games on tv, but not for everyone (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
St. Louis University plays third string to area basketball competitors Missouri and Illinois in terms of wide television exposure in the St. Louis market, in large part because the Atlantic 10 Conference places many of the league's games on the CBS College Sports network (formerly CSTV). That outlet is not carried on Charter cable and isn't in all satellite TV packages.
Chief medical officer named for 2010 Paralympic Games (TSN)
VANCOUVER - Dr. Bruce Davidson, a Kamloops, B.C., physician who has 18 years experience in sports medicine, has been named chief medical officer for the Canadian team at the 2010 Paralympic Games.
Five area high school football games to watch (The Sacramento Bee)
TODAY Granite Bay Grizzlies (9-1) vs. Grant Pacers (10-0) When: 7 p.m. Where: Grant High School. Last meeting: Grant won 14-7 in 2005. Grizzlies update: Defending Division II Section champion Granite Bay has won two games in a row since its heartbreaking 35-34 loss to Roseville on Oct. 31. The Grizzlies like to attack with a running game led by Clark Partridge (610 yards, 12 ...
Selig: Weather can't shorten postseason games (AP via Yahoo! News)
There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.
NHL Roundup: Penguins win seventh of last eight games (Arizona Daily Sun)
ATLANTA (AP) -- Petr Sykora redirected Sidney Crosby's slap shot on a power play with 2:40 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night, the Penguins' seventh win in their last eight games.
Deeper look at Week 13's key games (Fox Sports)
BYU opened the season as a BCS hopeful. Now the Cougars can dash Utah's BCS hopes with a win. Go inside Week 13's top games.
IOC 'technical merit keeping women's ski jumping out of games' (TSN)
VANCOUVER - Women ski jumpers are being prevented from competing at the 2010 Winter Games because they didn't meet Olympic criteria, not because of gender discrimination, an International Olympic Committee spokesperson said Wednesday.
