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Week 2 High School Football Posted September 3, 2010

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Friday scores:     Stratford 52 - Pittsville 0D.C. Everest 31 - Superior 12Menomonee 27 - Wausau-West 21Wausau-East 41 - Sparta 6More

Williams puts on stylish show as Serena looks on Posted September 3, 2010

Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Minella of Luxembourg during the U.S. Open in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stylish Venus Williams gave a commanding performance with little sister Serena looking on as she trounced qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday. Third-seeded Williams needed two service games to find her bearings and then raced ...More

Murray breezes on and Hurricane Earl a no-show Posted September 3, 2010

Andy Murray of Britain is congratulated by Dustin Brown after their match during the U.S. Open tenni

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray need not have worried. The forecasters got it wrong on both fronts at the U.S. Open on Friday. While the wind picked up and there were a few fleeting drops of rain that caused a stoppage in play, Hurricane Earl never quite made an ...More

Day and Johnson lead as wayward Woods struggles Posted September 3, 2010

Johnson at the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament in Norton

NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Australia's Jason Day and American Zach Johnson shot eight-under 63s to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday, but Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to stay in the tournament. The world number one recovered ...More

Schiavone wants copy of her "Federer" shot Posted September 3, 2010

Schiavone of Italy hits a return to Bondarenko of Ukraine during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in

NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone said she wants a DVD copy of the Roger Federer-like trick shot she produced on her way to the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday. The Italian sixth seed replicated Federer's stunning between-the-legs shot in the second set ...More

Big-hitting Brown hopes to hit it big in Jamaica Posted September 3, 2010

Dustin Brown of Jamaica follows through on a serve to Andy Murray of Britain during the U.S. Open te

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dustin Brown likes to hit it big on the tennis court, and the rangy Jamaican hopes his U.S. Open showing enables him to hit it big back home. The 6-foot, 5-inch (1.96 meter) Brown notched his first grand slam match win in the opening round ...More

Murray outshines Jamaican to reach third round Posted September 3, 2010

Andy Murray of Britain comes to the net on a return to Dustin Brown of Jamaica during the U.S. Open

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dodged some rain drops and some sizzling serves before quickly reaching the third round by outshining Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-5 6-3 6-0 at the U.S. Open Friday. Murray ended a briefly rain-delayed opening set against the 123rd-ranked Brown with the first ...More

Sam Stosur beginning to feel like she belongs Posted September 3, 2010

Stosur of Australia serves to Sara Errani of Italy during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New Yor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Sam Stosur extended her best-ever run at the U.S. Open by reaching the fourth round on Friday and then said she now feels like she belongs among the game's elite. The fifth seed had never been beyond round two in New York but turned ...More

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