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Report: Dallas staffers hurt in storm
May 02, 2009Four staff members of the Dallas Cowboys were injured Saturday when an intense storm hit the team's training facility, team officials said.Emergency medical personnel were called to the site of the team's indoor facility in Arlington, which collapsed...
MLB: Colorado 5, San Francisco 1
May 02, 2009Jason Marquis came within three outs of a complete-game shutout Saturday when Colorado recorded a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants.Marquis (4-1) pitched a five-hitter with one walk and four strikeouts among his 113 pitches.Ryan Spilborghs hit a leadoff...
Mine That Bird wins Kentucky Derby
May 02, 2009Long shot Mine That Bird won the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs.Calvin Borel was the winning jockey.The unofficial time for the 1 1/4 mile race was 2 minutes, 2 seconds.Pioneer of the Nile was second and Musket Man third...
MLB: Toronto 5, Baltimore 4 (11 innings)
May 02, 2009Aaron Hill tied the game in the 10th with a homer and drove in the winning run in the 11th Saturday to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-4 win over Baltimore.Rod Barajas singled to right field to lead off the home half of the 11th inning. Barajas moved into...
MLB: LA Angels 8, New York Yankees 4
May 02, 2009Torii Hunter highlighted a four-run seventh with a two-run double Saturday to spark the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-4 victory over the New York Yankees.Howie Kendrick drove in the go-ahead run in the inning and Kendry Morales had a home run and two RBI...
Medina Garrigues wins Moroccan Grand Prix
May 02, 2009Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues blasted Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-1 Saturday to capture the Moroccan Grand Prix at Fes for her ninth career title.Medina Garrigues, a native of Valencia, Spain, was the runner-up to Argentina's Gisela Dulko in last year...
Safina, Kuznetsova win Stuttgart semis
May 02, 2009Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova were the semifinal winners Saturday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.Safina, the Russian who is the world's top-ranked women's player and the tournament's top seed, rallied from a set down to...
MLB: Chicago Cubs 6, Florida 1
May 02, 2009Ted Lilly held Florida to one run and fanned 10 Marlins batters in eight innings Saturday, helping the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 victory.His lone mistake pitch was hit for a one-out, fifth-inning homer by Cody Ross. Lilly (3-2) did not walk any batters among...
MLB: Washington 6, St. Louis 1
May 02, 2009Shairon Martis hurled a complete-game five-hitter Saturday, leading Washington to a 6-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals.The contest was a battle between teams with the best (St. Louis) and worst (Washington) records to date.Martis (3-0) did not...
NHL: Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2
May 02, 2009A third-period goal from Tomas Fleischmann Saturday lifted Washington to a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal.Fleischmann's second goal this post-season snapped a 2-2 tie at 1:46 of the third following assists by Nicklas...