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Liverpool to forget about Barry and move for £16 million Spaniard

Football Corner (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Liverpool are today preparing to forget about signing Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry and instead move for Valencia winger David Silva. Reds boss Rafa Benitez has been chasing Barry for months now but he has been priced out of a move for him by Villa boss Martin O'Neill. (The Sun) He has now decided to move for Spanish international David Silva, who has been linked with a whole host of Premier League...

• Liverpool FC News: Liverpool target Gareth Barry to be given Intertoto Cup chance with Aston Villa - Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk
• Villa return will be up to Barry - icWales
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Transfer merry-go round continues ; Spurs, Rovers and Villa all involved

Football Corner (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

The transfer merry-go round has continued today with Aston Villa completing the signing of Blackburn Rovers keeper Brad Friedel whilst Tottenham have sold keeper Paul Robinson to Blackburn. The Brad Friedel deal was put on hold until Rovers boss Paul Ince had completed the signing of Spurs' Paul Robinson. Manchester City made a last ditch attempt to sign Friedel but it was too late with the big American...

• Football: Rovers land £3.5m Robinson - The Guardian
• Robinson is Ince’s first Rovers signing - icWales
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Ballin’: American Olympians Defeat Canadian DNQ’s

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 25 minutes ago

USA 120, Canada 65: With TIME coverboy, LeBron James out with a bum ankle, Team USA needed someone to step u…. Oh who am I kidding? The Cleveland Cavaliers could have beaten Canada sans King James. Dwyane Wade (Pictured here with Charles Barkley on hold.), Carmelo Anthony and Michael Redd all scored 20 points for [...]

I Love The Smell Of Wordzzle In The Morning ...

Cynical_Bastard (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Yup, it’s Wordzzle time again. As you already know Raven is our gracious host. This week all I did was the next part in the Vader series. The regular Wordzzle words are: Follow up, buffalo wings, silversmith, furniture, as the crow flies, little red roadster, photograph, pencil pusher, argument, streaking. The mini-Wordzzle words are: Ireland , mashed potatoes, bookworm, fog horn, T. S. Eliot. How...

How to buy a used bike

CycleDog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

(Image from Moosterbroek on Flickr) (As usual, I may have missed some points. Feel free to add them in comments....Ed) More people are turning to bicycles for basic transportation every day. New machines aren't necessary for commuting or utility transportation. A serviceable used bike will do nicely. Today, I want to talk about buying a used bike. One topic I will not cover in this post is proper bike...

Shaughnessy: Sox fed up

Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

The Red Sox have had it with Manny Ramirez, Dan Shaughnessy writes in the pages of today's Boston Globe. Ramirez sat out last night's game against the Yankees after telling Sox management he had a sore knee. The admission by Ramirez came after manager Terry Francona had already penciled the slugger's name into the lineup. The Sox were forced to juggle the lineup, and despite the return of David Ortiz,...

• Ramirez out of lineup against Yankees - Miami Herald
• Ramirez out of lineup against Yankees - kansascity.com
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MLB Trade Rumors: Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte traded to Yankees

Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Last night the New York Yankees dealt 4 prospects to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte. The 4 prospects the Yankees dealt are AAA pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, AA outfielder Jose Tabata, and AA pitcher Phil Coke and George Kontos. Nady gives the Yankees the right handed bat they so desperately need with the injuries to Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada. Marte fills the left handed releiver...

Surprise Ending

Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 23 minutes ago

Conventional wisdom had it that Cadel Evans would win this Tour. He'd finished a close second last year behind Alberto Contador. With Contador at home this year, there appeared little reason to doubt the chances of Evans. The course, with its long final crono and relatively few mountain-top finishes, looked made to order for the Australian all-arounder. Though hardly a slouch in the mountains, by...

Murray Bought Out As Expected

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 28 minutes ago

via TSN, The Boston Bruins announced on Saturday that they have bought out the final year of right winger Glen Murray’s contract. Following the buyout, Murray becomes an unrestricted free agent and can sign with any other NHL team. I say his asking price is $2M for the year.

Bronx Banter: Trade Update

Bronx Banter (Free subscription) | 31 minutes ago

According to Pete Abe, Dan McCutchen and Jeff Karstens, not Phil Coke and George Kontos, are going to the Pirates in the Nady-Marte deal.

Bronx Banter: Manny Being Manny: That's All I Can Stand I Can't Stands No More Edition

Bronx Banter (Free subscription) | 31 minutes ago

Manny being Manny is cute until it's not. It's charming and refreshing when Boston's future Hall of Fame left fielder is putting up Hall of Fame number. Doesn't matter that he's a pain in the ass for the Red Sox to deal with. When he's hitting, high-fiving a fan, taking a leak inside the Green Monster, Manny is being colorful, fun. Ramirez has angered management, his teammates and even the fans at...

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Red Hot Mama (Free subscription) | 41 minutes ago

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TAKATA DOME NSX grabs second pole position this season

Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 43 minutes ago

2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT Round 5 SUGO GT300KM RACE Qualifying On July 26, the qualifying for the (JSUGO GT 300KM RACE," Round 5 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at Sports land SUGO (one lap: 3.704 km) in Miyagi Prefecture. In the GT500 class, the TAKATA DOME NSX driven by Takashi Kogure won pole position as No.1 qualifier and will start from the front position in he race on the 27th.

COLIN BRAUN POSTS SECOND FASTEST TIME IN OPENING NASCAR NATIONWIDE PRACTICE AT ORP

Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 43 minutes ago

COLIN BRAUN – No. 16 CitiFinancial Ford Fusion YOU WERE SECOND TO MIKE SKINNER IN TODAY’S FIRST PRACTICE. IT LOOKS LIKES LAPS YESTERDAY HELPED .

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Fish Chunks (Free subscription) | 49 minutes ago

Anibal may be back next week, and Andrew's feeling better. ( MLB ) Cantu is .313 hitting third. ( MLB ) It's trade rumor time! ( FishBytes ) Someone watched yesterday's game from one of the rooftops near Wrigley. Here's what it was like...( CraigsCyberspaceCorner )