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Today's Sports News: Strasburg vows strong return from Tommy John op Woods struggles during second round at Barclays Lidge's balk forces Phillies to go extras for win Free-scoring Chelsea happy to win ugly, says Mikel White Sox awarded waiver claim on Manny Ramirez Diamondbacks beat Giants, Lincecum, 6-0 Busch holds off Bodine, wins Chicagoland trucks Ivory's 76-yard TD helps Saints top Chargers 36-21 Corrected: Lester pitches Red Sox to Rays win Nuggets hire Ujiri as new GM, and priority is Melo Georgia tailback charged with leaving accident Contador absence leaves Tour of Spain wide open Kariya to miss season with postconcussion syndrome Wozniacki rallies to reach New Haven tennis final Nick Price closes strong to lead Boeing Classic Edgar, Penn ready for rematch at UFC 118 Nigerian Nightmare promises sweet dreams for Klitschko Sheltra wins ARCA race at Chicagoland Canada's Wickenheiser: 2014 Olympics will be last Strasburg vows strong return from Tommy John op Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:18 pm PDT AP - Stephen Strasburg had to get through a few hours of anger, confusion and certainly a few more volatile emotions before he was ready to accept the sobering news expressed in three disheartening words. Full Story Top Woods struggles during second round at Barclays Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:12 pm PDT AP - Jason Day can't get a straight answer from doctors on the mysterious health issues sapping away at his energy. He at least knows exactly where he stands after two rounds of The Barclays. Full Story Top Lidge's balk forces Phillies to go extras for win Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:58 pm PDT AP - Jimmy Rollins thought he was all but out as he was racing toward a close play at the plate. Full Story Top Free-scoring Chelsea happy to win ugly, says Mikel Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:25 pm PDT AFP - Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel insists the free-scoring Premier League champions will be happy to win ugly against Stoke on Saturday. Full Story Top White Sox awarded waiver claim on Manny Ramirez Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:44 pm PDT AP - The Manny Watch is on for Chicago's South Side. Full Story Top Diamondbacks beat Giants, Lincecum, 6-0 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:17 pm PDT AP - Tim Lincecum lost his fifth straight start, and Barry Enright and two relievers combined on a seven-hit shutout for the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 6-0 win over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Full Story Top Busch holds off Bodine, wins Chicagoland trucks Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:22 pm PDT AP - Considering just how well his previous weekend went, the last thing Kyle Busch wanted was a week away from racing. Full Story Top Ivory's 76-yard TD helps Saints top Chargers 36-21 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:17 pm PDT AP - The New Orleans Saints may have plucked another exciting young running back from the ranks of the undrafted. Full Story Top Corrected: Lester pitches Red Sox to Rays win Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:18 pm PDT Reuters - Boston pitcher Jon Lester won a pitchers' duel against David Price to lift the Red Sox to a vital 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. Full Story Top Nuggets hire Ujiri as new GM, and priority is Melo Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:00 pm PDT AP - The Denver Nuggets have hired a man with global basketball experience to manage a team that's in a world of hurt: two big men sidelined, a player under police investigation and its superstar's signature missing from a contract extension. Full Story Top Georgia tailback charged with leaving accident Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:26 pm PDT AP - Another Georgia football player has gotten into trouble, and this time it's one of the team's top running backs. Full Story Top Contador absence leaves Tour of Spain wide open Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:16 pm PDT AFP - The third and final Grand Tour of the season is set to begin in Spain, with several leading riders eyeing their chances amid the absence of the world's top road racer Alberto Contador. Full Story Top Kariya to miss season with postconcussion syndrome Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:59 pm PDT AP - Free agent forward Paul Kariya will not play next season after being diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome. Full Story Top Wozniacki rallies to reach New Haven tennis final Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:41 pm PDT AFP - Caroline Wozniacki, the top women's seed at the US Open, has a little more work to do before the last Grand Slam of the year starts on Monday. Full Story Top Nick Price closes strong to lead Boeing Classic Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:15 pm PDT AP - Nick Price spent more than an hour on the practice range Thursday night trying to find the swing that had eluded him last week at the Jeld-Wen Tradition. Full Story Top Edgar, Penn ready for rematch at UFC 118 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:07 pm PDT AP - Frankie Edgar and BJ Penn are ready to do it again, one of them out to prove their first go-around was no fluke and the other in search of a vastly different outcome. Full Story Top Nigerian Nightmare promises sweet dreams for Klitschko Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:32 pm PDT Reuters - Nigeria's Samuel Peter, who floored Vladimir Klitschko three times in a heavyweight title bout five years ago and still lost, said on Friday the bruising Ukrainian will not get up when they meet again in September. Full Story Top Sheltra wins ARCA race at Chicagoland Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:54 pm PDT AP - Patrick Sheltra has won the ARCA race at Chicagoland Speedway, his second straight victory in the stock car racing series. Full Story Top Canada's Wickenheiser: 2014 Olympics will be last Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:28 am PDT AP - Canadian women's hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser says the 2014 Sochi Olympics will be her last on the national team. Full Story Top

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