"Today's the sharpest he's been"
Joba Chamberlain was told Wednesday he would start the season in the bullpen. One day later the right-hander showed why he was dominant as a rookie setup man last season. via YESNetwork
It started with patience.
The patience led to walks. The walks led to hits. The hits led to runs. The runs led to a school record.
The Texas Longhorns' offense put on a clinic Thursday, setting a school record for runs scored in a Big 12 game as they clobbered Texas Tech 22-6 at Dan Law Field.
- Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic have advanced to their first doubles final of the year.
They defeated France's Richard Gasquet and Swede Robert Lindstedt 7-5, 6-2 at the Pacific Life Open on Thursday.
The third-seeded pair will play for the title against the winner from fourth-seeded Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram and Britain's Jamie Murray and Max Mirnyi of Belarus.
Nestor, 35, and Zimonjic went down a break in the fifth game of the opening set, with the pair clawing it back for 5-all. Read more
"People are different when they're surrounded by water. They just go with the flow a lot more than when they're surrounded by concrete and structures."
By PETE IACOBELLI Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico - ' Bo Van Pelt never has much planned for World Golf Championship weeks. via Golfweek
Europe Thursday, 20 March 2008, 17:53 GMT Lyon fined for Ronaldo laser beam Uefa has fined Lyon 2,520 after Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo was targeted with a laser pen during their Champions League tie ... via BBC News
"It was good (to finish fourth and ahead of Heikki Kovalainen), but obviously we were lucky with that situation. If it was not for the Safety Car, Heikki was one minute in front of us - so it was not a real situation"
DOUBLE world champion Fernando Alonso admitted that a challenge for a third world title following his return this season to Renault is beyond him. via NEWS.com.au
"Most of those we saw, interestingly, were left-arm finger spinners. There were very few off-spinners and leg-spinners"
New Delhi, Mar 19: The rapidly changing dynamics of cricket was bringing about some alterations in the way the game is played with various inherent intricacies getting rarer these days, former India coach Greg ... via Sahara Samay National
John Patterson was released by the Washington Nationals on Thursday, a little more than a week before the team's opening game. via TSN.ca
"I honestly believe that I'm not a meddling type of a manager, whether it be in basketball or whether it was in food stores or department stores or as a senator."
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Isiah Thomas finished running practice Wednesday, then stopped for a briefing with a media relations official about the news surrounding his team. via Daily Record
"It is one of those golf courses where anything can happen. I was lucky today -- I had a few good bounces, but that is the way that golf goes and you have to take advantage"
Germany's Sven Struver leads South African Hennie Otto by one shot after a six-under-par opening round of 66 in the Madeira Islands Open at Santo da Serra. via CNN
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