Usain Bolt won the 100 meters while goofing around. He won the 200 on Wednesday while running dead serious. And as a result, Beijing got its second real star of the Games.
Rams running back Steven Jackson will end his holdout and report to the team Thursday, according to a source familiar with discussions between the team, Jackson and Jackson's agent, Eugene Parker.
AP - Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the Olympic 200 meters was a given, his second gold medal of the Beijing Games assured. This was now about a world record. About racing against history.
AP - Baseball umpires and management signed an agreement Wednesday that will allow the sport to start using instant replay to help determine calls on the field. Major League Baseball still hasn't determined when the use of replays will start.
AP - Don't doubt this U.S. men's basketball team and sure don't challenge them, either. Especially if it's going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica celebrated Usain "Lightning" Bolt's double sprint Olympic victory and set their sights on yet more track glory in China on Thursday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - The latest round of Jamaica's sprint battle with the United States in the women's 200 meters and Jeremy Wariner's 400m clash with fellow American LaShawn Merrit are the highlights of Thursday's athletics program.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago White Sox slugger Ken Griffey Jr struck his 609th home run against the Seattle Mariners Wednesday to tie Sammy Sosa for fifth place in the all-time list.
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