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PGA Tour purses likely to flatten in next few years because of economy
AP Sports WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ In golf terms, prize money on the PGA Tour could be going from a birdie to even par — at best. "I think over the course of the next several years, you'll see a flattening of purses," tour spokesman Ty Votaw said Wednesday. "We're...Tags: U.S. Open Golf, Multi-Sport Events, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, International Olympic Committee, Dining and Drinking
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Sports on TV
TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || Men's col. bask. || Wisconsin@Virginia Tech || ESPN2 7 || || || George Mason@Liberty || MASN 7 || || || Kent State@Kansas || ESPNU 9 || || || Mount St. Mary's@American || MASN 9 || || Wom....Tags: National Football League, ESPN, Football, Soccer, Multi-Sport Events
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Banged-up Steelers re-sign Davenport
.The Steelers re-signed running back Najeh Davenport and released rookie cornerback Roy Lewis on Thursday. Davenport spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons with Pittsburgh but was released in June. He was re-signed in October after Willie Parker injured a knee,...Tags: Beijing Games, Injuries, International Olympic Committee, Major League Baseball, Najeh Davenport
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Utley has hip surgery, out 4-6 months
Phillies second baseman Chase Utley has had arthroscopic hip surgery and is expected to need four to six months to recover. The three-time All Star had surgery Monday to trim the labrum and a bony lesion in his right hip at the Hospital for Special...Tags: Roger Clemens, Major League Baseball, Corporate Crime, Brian McNamee, Philadelphia Phillies
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Today's TV highlights
++++++++++++++++++++ || 10 a.m. || LSC 48 || Football: 2005 Division 5 state final: Stone Bridge vs. Hampton. || || 12:30 p.m. || LSC 48 || Basketball: Jan. 1997 — Phoebus girls vs. Bethel. || || 12:30 p.m. || MASN || College highlights:...Tags: ESPN, Football, Multi-Sport Events, World Cup, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Double dutch as an Olympic sport?
Associated Press WriterDouble dutch, once a pastime of American black teenage girls, has gone global. It's become such a hot jump-rope sport around the world that a team from Japan keeps winning an annual competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Now, the New York-based...Tags: New York City Police Department, Lincoln Center, International Olympic Committee, Culture
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LPGA: 3 fewer events in '09
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The LPGA Tour has become the latest pro sports organization to feel the crunch of the global economic downturn. Even while insisting next year will be "solidly profitable," the LPGA Tour announced yesterday that it will offer...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Open Golf, Awards and Prizes, Motor Racing, Golf
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Race to 2016
FEB. 12 "Bid book" due—a detailed presentation of how Chicago will stage the Games and pay for them. APRIL 4-7 IOC evaluation commission inspection visit to Chicago. JUNE 15-17 Bid cities present to entire IOC membership in Lausanne. Emphasis... -
Obama boosts Chicago's Olympic chances
Chicago Tribune reporterWhile Barack Obama transitions from Chicago to Washington, his presence will be felt thousands of miles away, where finalists for the 2016 Olympics will put on their best show Friday for Europe's Olympic voting delegates. That means Chicago's...Tags: National Government, Multi-Sport Events, Barack Obama, John McCain, International Olympic Committee
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Obama lends voice to Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid
It didn't take long for Barack Obama to start playing a significant role in promoting Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
About 15 minutes into Chicago's presentation of its bid plans to the general assembly of the European Olympic Committees...Tags: Barack Obama, Local Elections, International Olympic Committee, Government, Regional Authority
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Obama makes video pitch for Chicago Olympics
Of The Associated PressPresident-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago. Obama appeared in a 90-second taped video message played by Chicago bid leaders to the general assembly of European Olympic...Tags: Barack Obama, Grant Park, International Olympic Committee, Government, Olympics Chicago 2016
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Obama: 'Long supported hosting the Olympics'
Chicago Tribune reporterIt didn't take long for Barack Obama to start playing a significant role in promoting Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. About 15 minutes into Friday's presentation of the city's bid plans to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees,...Tags: Barack Obama, Local Elections, International Olympic Committee, Regional Authority, Government
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