Nadal defeats Federer to win French Open title
Mike Kessinger notes Nadal, 20, now two time French Open champion, has a 6-1 all time edge over Federer and could make Federer look less dominant. The piece weighs Federer's unfulfilled French Open bid, Sampras versus Agassi legacies, and the evolving Nadal rivalry.
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Topeka
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Federer
Pete Sampras
Nadal
Roger
Sampras
Andre Agassi
Agassi
Bandits fall to Woodward Travelers 3-1 at Clint Lightner Stadium
Garden City Bandits pitcher Billy Preston offered a strong complete game, but Woodward Travelers, an Oklahoma panhandle All-Star squad, shaded the district matchup 3-1. Matt Dunlap broke up the no hitter with a seventh inning double, while Preston yielded six hits and six strikeouts. Powers scored Garden City's lone run on a wild pitch sequence, as Woodward clinched a split with a 17-7 nightcap victory.
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Garden City Bandits
Arick Holmes
Woodward, Okla
Clint Lightner
Billy Preston
Woodward
Okla
Travelers
Matt Dunlap
Buddy Evans
Bandits
Brett Mesa
Evans
Dunlap
Brad Powers
Nate Brungardt
Garden City
Preston
Powers
Oklahoma Panhandle
Lance Owens
Winged Foot Greens Challenge U S Open Start
Winged Foot opens with severely sloped greens described as among the toughest. Tiger Woods returns from a layoff noting the demanding surfaces as qualifiers begin with Andrew Svoboda posting a bogey on the opening hole.
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Mamaroneck
N.Y
Winged Foot
Tiger Woods
Woods
Andrew Svoboda
Dortmund World Cup clashes lead to mass arrests
German police released most of 429 soccer hooligans detained after Dortmund disturbances surrounding Germany's 1-0 win over Poland. 278 were German, 119 Polish, 32 others. three remained jailed. Police noted bottles, chairs and fireworks used by fans before arrests.
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Berlin
Dortmund
Germany
Poland
Tral Square
Ulrich Mueller-Rohrberg
Hans Schulz
Schulz
Rockies hammer 18 hits in rout of Nationals
Jamey Carroll hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth as Colorado racked up 18 hits to beat Washington 14 to 8. Garrett Atkins drove in four, Cory Sullivan added four sacrifice bunts, and Todd Helton homered amid a game featuring 22 total runs and seven Rockies players collecting multi hit games.
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Washington
Jamey Carroll
Garrett Atkins
RBI
Colorado Rockies
Washington Nationals
Carroll
Atkins
Rockies
Todd Helton
Matt Holliday
Rfk Stadium
Nationals
Montreal
Colorado
Cory Sullivan
Sullivan
Toronto
Tom Martin
Ryan Zimmerman
Armas
Marlon Byrd
Helton
Holliday
Yorvit Torrealba
Burgos, Royals hold off Angels in Anaheim
In Anaheim, Matt Stairs drove in the go ahead run with an RBI single in the eighth and Mark Grudzielanek homered as the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 4 3. Ambiorix Burgos earned the save while Mark Redman won his third straight start.
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Anaheim
Calif
Matt Stairs
RBI
Mark Grudzielanek
Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Angels
Mark Redman
Ambiorix Burgos
Scot Shields
Angels
Kelvin Escobar
David DeJesus
Grudzielanek
Doug Mientkiewicz
Stairs
DeJesus
Escobar
Robb Quinlan
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Byung-Hyun Kim
Nick Johnson
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