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Barclays Championship – (PGA Tour)

The Barclays Championship was held at Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus - Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday using the following golf clubs: Cleveland HiBore XL driver and Adams a3 Boxer hybrids (16- and 19-degrees) in addition to Cleveland CG1 irons (4-PW) and CG12 wedges. Singh's line-up of golf clubs was completed with a Never Compromise Milled Series Long putter.

Safeway Classic presented by Pepsi – (LPGA Tour)

The Safeway Classic was held at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. Cristie Kerr won the Safeway Classic on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson using the following golf clubs: Ping G10 driver, Callaway Big Bertha fairway woods (15, 18 and 21-degree). Kerr also used Callaway Steelhead X-16 irons (4-PW) and Cleveland 588 wedges (54- and 60-deg). Cristie opted for a Ping G5i Craz-E putter to finish on.

The KLM Open – (European Tour)

The KLM Open was staged at Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort - Darren Clarke hauled himself into The Ryder Cup reckoning with a superb four stroke victory over Paul McGinley with a final round of 16 under par. Clarke selected the following golf clubs to win The KLM Open: TaylorMade Burner driver and TaylorMade Burner TP fairway wood. Darren opted for a set of TaylorMade rac TP irons (3-9). Darren finished using a Yes! Golf Callie putter.

Boeing Classic - Champions Tour

Kite shot a final round score of 66, coming back from a three shot deficit behind Scott Simpson to clinch his second Boeing Classic title. Tom Kite used a TaylorMade Burner driver with 3-wood and Titleist 975F 5-wood in addition to a Titleist 503H hybrid club (21-deg) and Callaway X-Forged irons (4-PW). Kite also selected Titleist Vokey (56 and 61 degrees) wedges and putted using a Rife Long 2 Bar Hybrid Mallet putter.

Pennsylvania Classic - Nationwide Tour

The Northeast Pennsylvania Classic has been won by Scott Piercy at Elmhurst Country Club, Russia. Piercy fired a six-under 64 Sunday to come from behind and win the Classic. Kang. Scott used the following golf clubs: TaylorMade r7 425 driver and TaylorMade Burner 3- and 5-wood; in addition to using a set of Titleist 690MB irons with Titleist Vokey Spin Milled gap, sand and lob wedges - completed with the addition of a Scotty Cameron by Titleist putter.

U.S. Amateur – USGA

Danny Lee has entered golf's record books and looks certain to becoming the next Tiger Woods after producing a historic victory at the Pineshurst Resort and Country Club whilst using the following golf clubs: TaylorMade Tour Burner driver and TaylorMade Tour Burner fairway wood (14.5-deg). Lee selected to use prototype irons from Callaway (2-PW) with Titleist Vokey (52- and 58-deg) wedges and an Odyssey prototype putter.

The Gettysburg Championship - Duramed Futures Tour

Samantha Richdale has earned her first professional win by two strokes with a finish of 1-over-par 73 whilst using a Cleveland Launcher driver and Titleist 3- and 5-woods. Richdale also selected to use a set of Miura MC-102 irons (3-PW) and TaylorMade (52- and 56-deg wedges). Samantha finished perfectly using a Titleist Scotty Cameron Newport 2 golf putter.

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PHILADELPHIA – Derek Jeter almost seems to delight in the way this World Series is playing out. Forget all those power hitters. Pitching is priceless. "I told you," he said with a smile. Without any offense from Alex Rodriguez, Jeter and the New York Yankees totaled four runs in the first two games and still eked out a split at home. Now, the Series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Saturday night, with Cole Hamels set to start for the Phillies against fellow lefty Andy Pettitte. Three wins from a second consecutive championship, Philadelphia could wrap it up at home. Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins and crew can't wait to play before their fervent fans in the second-ever World Series game on Halloween. "We're back in our own ballpark. It's going to be hostile. It's going to be loud," Shane Victorino said. Nothing new, according to the Yankees. "Because of the team we are, we get booed and yelled at everywhere we go," Johnny Damon said. "Even coming off the train." Citizens Bank Park is approximately 108 miles from Yankee Stadium, with all those New Jersey Turnpike tolls in between. Both teams zipped down on the train in a little more than an hour — the Phillies after their 3-1 loss Thursday night, the Yankees on Friday afternoon. During batting practice, as one slugger after another sent balls ricocheting around Philadelphia's cozy ballpark, it was hard to fathom how Cliff Lee and A.J. Burnett looked so dominant on the mound the previous two nights. "I can't say enough about our advanced scouting and our reports. They're right on," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. Sooner or later, though, some of these big bats are bound to break loose. Mark Teixeira's only hit in seven at-bats is a solo homer. Phillies bopper Ryan Howard is hitting .222 with six strikeouts. A monster in the playoffs, Rodriguez is 0 for 8 in his first World Series, also with six strikeouts. "I feel pretty good. I mean, it's only been eight at-bats, but I felt like I've had a lot of good swings," he said. "I fouled a couple of pitches off that I should have put in play." A-Rod was mostly an October bust before this year, but Jeter insisted he's not worried. "No, the guy's been killing the ball for three weeks," Jeter said. "It's kind of hard to sit here and overanalyze things. If pitchers make their pitches, they're going to get you out." Damon said the rest of the Yankees need to pick up the slack for Rodriguez. But with offense at a premium, they'll be missing a dangerous bat during the next three games. Because World Series rules do not allow a designated hitter in the National League park, New York must decide whether to put Hideki Matsui in the outfield or on the bench. "As productive as he's been for us this year, you don't want to lose his bat," manager Joe Girardi said. Matsui hit a go-ahead homer off Pedro Martinez in Game 2 and it might seem tempting to start him in right field in place of slumping Nick Swisher. Slowed by knee surgeries, however, Matsui hasn't played the outfield since June 15, 2008, at Houston. He appeared in right field only three times that year, all in April. Matsui was stationed in right during batting practice and jogged after a few fungos, but it was hardly an intense workout. "I don't see any major issues," he said through a translator. "At this point, the way I feel, I think it should be fine. I mean, again, you really have to try and then see how it feels." Speaking before his team took the field, Girardi didn't disclose his plans. "I'm going to look at some things today, watch a little bit, see how he moves around and see if we think that it's physically possible for him to do it," he said. "If we can't do it, we'll use him in a role to pinch hit when we feel that he can be most valuable to us. It might be a situation where you might think about a double switch at high time, but you don't want to lose his bat." Manuel, who acknowledged that several Phillies are fighting flu symptoms, did announce a decision. He picked Joe Blanton to start Game 4 rather than Lee on short rest or rookie J.A. Happ, who will stay in the bullpen. Lee tossed a six-hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks for a 6-1 victory in the opener at Yankee Stadium, improving to 3-0 with a 0.54 ERA in four starts this postseason. But he's never pitched on three days' rest. First, the Phillies turn to Hamels, last year's World Series MVP against Tampa Bay. A sure thing last October, the 25-year-old Hamels has struggled this season. He went 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in three NL playoff starts. "It's been a growing process," Hamels said. "It's just coming back and delivering, and I still have an opportunity to help this team out and win some big games." Saturday will be a big one, indeed. Nine of the last 10 teams to win Game 3 when the World Series was tied 1-all went on to take the title. Hamels said that when he was growing up he emulated Pettitte, who set a major league record with his 16th postseason win when he beat the Los Angeles Angels to clinch the AL championship series. The 37-year-old Pettitte is 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA this postseason and 3-4 with a 3.82 ERA in 11 World Series starts. "He doesn't seem fazed by anything," Jeter said. "He's pitched in every kind of big game you can think of." Indeed, Pettitte sounded perfectly relaxed one day before his outing, detailing how upset his daughter is that he won't be home for Halloween. "My wife is flying up here to be with me, but my kids, they want to be home for Halloween and go around trick-or-treating and do the things that they normally do," he said. "I'm not going to mess with that with them if that's what they want to do." The Yankees, of course, had some World Series luck on Halloween in 2001, when Jeter's 10th-inning homer capped a Game 4 comeback against Arizona. "I remember that," Pettitte said. "That was special."

Hurricanes Shake Slow Start to Topple Sooners

Yet in a season defined by upsets and injuries to star players, none of the undefeated teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision have established themselves as dominant. So optimism remained for No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 17 Miami entering Saturday night’s game here on a muggy night at Land Shark Stadium.

But with each team already having lost a game, there was still plenty to lose. That is because only one team — Louisiana State in 2007 — has won a B.C.S. title game with two losses. Those Tigers were also the first team to finish atop the Associated Press poll with two defeats.
If the significance of that was forgotten Saturday night, Oklahoma and Miami had to look no further for a clear reminder than the south sideline, where the crystal football awarded to the winner of the B.C.S. title game was on display.
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Wilfork: Losing Seymour like losing family

Wilfork: Losing Seymour like losing family

A sleepy Sunday morning was turned upside down for members of the Patriots defense when they learned that defensive end Richard Seymour had been traded to the Oakland Raiders for a 2011 first-round pick.
Seymour woke up linemates and friends nose tackle Vince Wilfork and defensive end Ty Warren to let them know he had been traded.
"Big Sey", as his teammates affectionately called him, was saying see ya.
A melancholy Wilfork said losing Seymour was like losing family, both on and off the field and that he will be missed. Wilfork lamented the breakup of one of the best defensive lines in the NFL, but said he and the team have no choice but to move on.
"We're all professionals. Change happens all the time. Every year you have change, you have roster change, you have everything changing," said Wilfork. "This is another change and we're going to have to deal with it. I don't care how you feel about it. You got to deal with it and move on. We're getting ready for the most important game of our season, Monday night against a divisional rival, so we have to put everything aside and work."
Warren said that Seymour had confided in him that he thought the writing was on the wall regarding his Patriots career and that something like a trade could happen before the season.
"Sey felt like something was going to happen along these lines," said Warren. "He mentioned that to me months prior to this happening. I didn't put much thought into it."
Warren, who said he was in a hotel room at the Renaissance Boston Hotel & Spa at Patriot Place when he got the news, said that he thought Seymour was joking with him at first.
"I just told him, 'Stop lying. It's Sunday. Man, you serious? It's Sunday. Don't be coming at me like that.' I took a nap and woke up and there were 10 more text messages. I was like alright let me look into this deal and then it was true," said Warren.
"He will definitely be missed. I got his phone number. It won't be hard to talk to him, but as far as a teammate he'll definitely be missed, but again it's the nature of the business. He knew that. It came to fruition and that's what it is."
On the surface it's hard to see how the trade makes the Patriots a better team in the short-term, losing a five-time Pro Bowl defensive end. Warren was asked if you have to trust the organization.
"Absolutely, only they know where we are and where we're going, so you got to trust them to know what they're going to do," said Warren.
Warren said he's not going to change his game to try to compensate for Seymour's loss opposite him at defensive end.
"I blaze my own trails. What one person does doesn't determine what I do. What I do is pretty much in stone," said Warren "They know what they're going to get out of me. I'm not really a rah-rah guy. I don't feel like I'm going to need any extra rah-rah. I'm just going to do what Ty Warren does and that is stick to the plan, work hard. That's kind of my motto."
Warren said there are veteran players who can pick up the leadership slack for Seymour. But young players will be asked to do that too, including second-year linebacker and preseason defensive captain Jerod Mayo.
Mayo admitted the business side of the NFL, as compared to college, has been eye-opening
"I've only been here two years and I'm surprised every day, especially today and yesterday," said Mayo.
Mayo said he is not going to change his leadership approach because of Seymour's absence.
"Not really. I'm just going to come to work every day and keep chipping at the rock, trying to get better and learn my teammates," said Mayo. "They're changing every day, and hopefully we can get some consistency here soon and compete [next] Monday night."
Wilfork, who seemed the most upset by the trade, said the shipping out of Seymour to Oakland is a stark reminder that the business side of the game is never going away.
"It is what it is. Don't get it twisted, it is a business and you have to move on," said Wilfork. "We will. As a defensive lineman, as a friend of his, as an organization and a team, we have to move on from it and we will. This is shocking, but at the same time that's the business side to it. That's nothing but business and you just move on from it. Forget how you feel about it. You have to deal with it."

Walter released

Walter released

The Patriots have released backup quarterback Andrew Walter. The move was confirmed via email by Walter's agent, Jeff Sperbeck.
Walter's release leaves the Patriots with just Tom Brady and rookie Brian Hoyer at quarterback and could be a precursor to the acquisition of a veteran backup QB.
Walter was clearly agitated in the locker room following the Patriots' 38-27 victory over the New York Giants, a game in which he didn't play a snap as Hoyer went the distance.
"I'm ready every week," said a red-faced Walter, following the game. "As far as any other questions I think the guys who played should be the ones to answer the questions."
Walter then tried to end the interview and was asked one more question -- Do you feel with the time you've gotten you would be prepared to play in the regular season?
"It's my job to be a pro, so I'm going to leave it at that," said Walter before walking away.
The Patriots picked up Walter on Aug. 3 after he was released by the Oakland Raiders on July 30.
He played in two preseason games for New England, the opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, and last Friday against the Washington Redskins, when he came on for one series.
Walter was 5 of 9 for 62 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions in exhibition game action for the Patriots.

FOXBOROUGH

FOXBOROUGH - The Patriots had a busy day, besides trading defensive end Richard Seymour.
The team signed veteran guard Kendall Simmons to the active roster and started piecing together its practice squad, adding a potential third quarterback in Isaiah Stanback.
Simmons, 30, spent the last seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who selected him in the first round of the 2002 draft out of Auburn.
Simmons started 81 regular-season games for Pittsburgh and was a starter on their 2005 Super Bowl title team.
The 6-foot-3-inch, 315-pound Simmons started four games at right guard for Pittsburgh last season before he suffered an Achilles’ tendon injury that ended his season.
Terms of his deal were not released.
Stanback, a 2007 fourth-round pick by Dallas, was a quarterback for the University of Washington, but the Cowboys converted him to wide receiver. According to an NFL.com report, the Patriots, who only have Tom Brady and Brian Hoyer at quarterback, want to move Stanback back to QB on the practice squad.
The Patriots brought back a pair of released players - defensive lineman Darryl Richard, a seventh-round draft choice, and wide receiver Terrence Nunn.
They also added rookie defensive back DeAngelo Willingham. According to reports, the team had put a waiver claim on Willingham when he was released by the Buccaneers, but that claim was awarded to the Cowboys. The Cowboys cut the University of Tennessee product Saturday.
Morris lined up Running back Sammy Morris, who suffered an undisclosed injury in the first exhibition game Aug. 13 and didn’t return to practice until Aug 31, said that if Thursday’s exhibition finale against the Giants had been a regular-season game he could have played.
Morris said despite playing in just the one exhibition and having 12 rushes for 45 yards he thinks he’ll be ready for the season-opener against Buffalo next Monday.
“I’ve been doing this a while. My body feels in good shape, so I’ll go from there,’’ said Morris.
O’Connell to Jets Former Patriots quarterback Kevin O’Connell was traded by the Lions to the Jets. O’Connell, waived by the Patriots last Monday, was claimed by the Lions, who used the No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft to take Matthew Stafford. O’Connell might not be long for the Jets, either, since New York has rookie starter Mark Sanchez, Kellen Clemens, and Erik Ainge. It’s possible Jets coach Rex Ryan wants to pump O’Connell for info on the Patriots, their Week 2 foe . . . The Eagles released A.J. Feeley, who has been mentioned as a possibility to be the Patriots’ backup QB . . . The Chiefs were awarded tackle Ryan O’Callaghan off waivers from the Patriots . . . Safety/special teams ace Matthew Slater was seen in the locker room without a cast or brace on his injured left arm, but the arm was hanging limply to his side.

Kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to the sport of combining the grace and style of boxing with kicking. Kickboxing is a standing sport and does not allow continuation of the fight once a combatant has reached the ground.
Kickboxing is often practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a full-contact sport. In the full-contact sport the male boxers are bare-chested wearing shorts and protective gear including: mouth-guard, hand-wraps, 10-oz. boxing gloves, groin-guard, shin-pads, kick-boots, and optional protective helmet (usually for those under 16). The female boxers will wear a tank top and chest protection in addition to the male clothing/protective gear. In European kickboxing, where kicks to the thigh are allowed using special low-kick rules, use of boxing shorts instead of long trousers is possible.
In addition, amateur rules often allow less experienced competitors to use light or semi-contact rules, where the intention is to score points by executing successful strikes past the opponent's guard, and use of force is regulated. The equipment for semi-contact is similar to full-contact matches, usually with addition of head gear. Competitors usually dress in a t-shirt for semi-contact matches, to separate them from the bare-chested full-contact participants.
Kickboxing is often confused with Muay Thai, also known as Thai Boxing. The two sports are similar; however, in Thai Boxing, kicks below the belt are allowed, as are strikes with knees and elbows.
There are many arts labelled kickboxing including Japanese kickboxing, American kickboxing, Indian, Burmese boxing, as well as French savate. The term kickboxing is disputed and has become more associated with the Japanese and American variants. Many of the other styles do not consider themselves to be 'kickboxing', although the public often uses the term generically to refer to all these martial arts.
The term kickboxing was created by the Japanese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi for a variant of Muay Thai and Karate that he created in the 1950s. The term was later used by the American variant. When used by the practitioners of those two styles, it usually refers to those styles specifically.