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Baseball starts instant replay on Thursday

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

By The Associated Press - Ronald Blum

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday.

The start date comes nearly 10 months after general managers voted 25-5 to use the technology, and following MLB agreements with the unions for umpires and for players.
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Umpires from left to right, Jeff Kellogg, Sam Holbrook, Mark Wegner, and Chad Fairchild, confer as Arizona Diamondbacks' Stephen Drew, top, looks on. Major League Baseball reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday.

Giants contact Michael Strahan about a comeback

8/27/2008

By The Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Mathias Kiwanuka is back at defensive end for the New York Giants.

The more pressing question for the Super Bowl champions is whether seven-time Pro Bowler Michael Strahan wants back in after a very brief retirement.
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TE Davis expects bigger role on 49ers offense

8/27/2008

By The Associated Press

SANTA CLARA - In the past, Vernon Davis might have been worried by this point in the preseason about his opportunities once the season opener rolled around. But the San Francisco 49ers tight end was smiling on Monday.

"My role is going to be major in this offense, major," Davis said after the 49ers' morning walkthrough practice.
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Tiger Woods Dubai course 'on track'

8/26/2008

By The Associated Press - Adam Schreck

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Tiger Woods is already the world's top-ranked golfer and highest paid athlete. And if all goes according to plan, he'll soon be sporting his biggest trophy yet: a luxury golf course hewn from the sands of the Arabian desert.

The ambitious project, touted as the first course in the world designed by the 2008 U.S. Open champion, remains a work in progress on the outskirts of this Middle Eastern boomtown - much like the rapidly growing city itself.
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