Today's Reuters Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | Spurs go top in West with 10th consecutive win Fri,6 Apr 2012 09:44 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs blew past the New Orleans Hornets 128-103 to claim the Western Conference lead with their 10th consecutive victory on Friday. The win moved the Spurs (39-14) percentage points ahead of Oklahoma City (40-15) after the Thunder lost their third in a row, a 103-98 setback to the Indiana Pacers. Tim Duncan, making eight of nine field goal attempts, led the Spurs with 19 points in 20 minutes while Eric Gordon top-scored with 31 for New Orleans, who at 14-41 have the worst record in the Western Conference. ... Full Story | Top | Pressure builds for Augusta golf club to bend ban on women Fri,6 Apr 2012 08:30 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Ga (Reuters) - Political pressure mounted on Friday for Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the Masters tournament, to bend its ban on women members to allow the female chief executive of tournament sponsor IBM to join the exclusive club. President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger in the race for the White House, Mitt Romney, both said on Thursday the conservative, all-male club should admit women. ... Full Story | Top | Pena strokes Rays to win over Yankees Fri,6 Apr 2012 07:21 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena savored a dream homecoming by crushing a grand slam and then driving in the winning run as the Rays rallied to beat the New York Yankees 7-6 in the American League East rivals' season opener on Friday. Full Story | Top | Former Masters winners meet the guillotine Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:14 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - South African Trevor Immelman, the Masters winner four years ago, made three birdies on the last six holes to narrowly avoid the cut at Augusta National on Friday but nine former winners of the tournament failed to survive. Veterans Bernhard Langer, Larry Mize, Sandy Lyle, Ben Crenshaw, Ian Woosnam, Craig Stadler and Tom Watson all failed to make it to the weekend. "It's disappointing. It's very disappointing because I knew what I had to do and I didn't do it," said the 62-year-old Watson who finished second in the 2009 British Open. ... Full Story | Top | Golf-Former Masters winners meet the guillotine Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:05 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 6 (Reuters) - South African TrevorImmelman, the Masters winner four years ago, made three birdieson the last six holes to narrowly avoid the cut at AugustaNational on Friday but nine former winners of the tournamentfailed to survive. Veterans Bernhard Langer, Larry Mize, Sandy Lyle, BenCrenshaw, Ian Woosnam, Craig Stadler and Tom Watson all failedto make it to the weekend. "It's disappointing. It's very disappointing because I knewwhat I had to do and I didn't do it," said the 62-year-oldWatson who finished second in the 2009 British Open. ... Full Story | Top | Frustrated Donald hopes luck with change at Masters Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Luke Donald was left clinging to the hope that his luck will take a turn for the better after a frustrating second round at the Masters on Friday. The world number one shot a one-over-par 73 to reach the halfway stage at four-over, nine behind the leaders. The Englishman will need a dramatic turnaround over the weekend to have any chance of winning his first major but said he had not given up hope. "I'm going to have to go low tomorrow. I'm nine shots back, which is a long way, but I'm out early and will hopefully get some good fresh greens," he told reporters. ... Full Story | Top | Golf-Frustrated Donald hopes luck with change at Masters Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:01 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 6 (Reuters) - Luke Donald was leftclinging to the hope that his luck will take a turn for thebetter after a frustrating second round at the Masters onFriday. The world number one shot a one-over-par 73 to reach thehalfway stage at four-over, nine behind the leaders. The Englishman will need a dramatic turnaround over theweekend to have any chance of winning his first major but saidhe had not given up hope. "I'm going to have to go low tomorrow. I'm nine shots back,which is a long way, but I'm out early and will hopefully getsome good fresh greens," he told reporters. ... Full Story | Top | Tiger tantrum sums up Woods' Masters woes Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:01 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Tiger Woods' body language said it all on Friday as he huffed and puffed and almost blew his Masters chances with his worst score at the tournament in eight years. The former world number one came into the week riding a wave of momentum after ending a two-and-a-half-year title drought on the PGA Tour but labored to a three-over-par 75 in the second round at Augusta National. ... Full Story | Top | Golf-Tiger tantrum sums up Woods' Masters woes Fri,6 Apr 2012 05:56 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 6 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods' bodylanguage said it all on Friday as he huffed and puffed andalmost blew his Masters chances with his worst score at thetournament in eight years. The former world number one came into the week riding a waveof momentum after ending a two-and-a-half-year title drought onthe PGA Tour but laboured to a three-over-par 75 in the secondround at Augusta National. ... Full Story | Top | Connecticut lawmakers seek review after NCAA bans UConn Fri,6 Apr 2012 05:53 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Two members of Congress said Friday they would seek a review of the National Collegiate Athletic Association after its decision to ban the University of Connecticut from the 2013 "March Madness" post-season basketball tournament due to low academic grades by players. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Representative John Larson, both Connecticut Democrats, called the NCAA's enforcement of its academic standards - against UConn as well as some other schools in recent years - as being "arbitrary and unfair. ... Full Story | Top | McIlroy moves, Tiger fumes as Couples shines Fri,6 Apr 2012 05:31 PM PDT Reuters - AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy moved in for the kill and Tiger Woods was left kicking his club in frustration during a Masters second round that ended with Americans Jason Dufner and Fred Couples sharing the lead. Full Story | Top | Golf-Masters second round scores Fri,6 Apr 2012 05:25 PM PDT Reuters - April 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Masters second round scores fromAugusta, Georgia on Friday. The cut was set at 149. 139 Jason Dufner (U.S.) 69 70 Fred Couples (U.S.) 72 67 140 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 68 72 Lee Westwood (Britain) 67 73 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 72 68 Rory McIlroy (Britain) 71 69 Bubba Watson (U.S.) 69 71 141 Paul Lawrie (Britain) 69 72 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 71 70 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 69 72 142 Ben Crane (U.S.) 69 73 Charles Howell III (U.S.) 72 70 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70 72 Peter Hanson (Sweden) 68 74 Phil Mickelson (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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