BRISBANE, Australia -- Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Brisbane International because of her continuing recovery from a left ankle injury first suffered at the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo in September. Chauncey Billups Jersey . Sharapova told Brisbane tournament officials in a statement released Saturday that "unfortunately my ankle is not 100 per cent and I wont be able to make it this year." It would have been her first appearance at the Brisbane event, which begins Jan. ...
If the New York Rangers are going to make a successful, last-ditch run at a playoff spot, this is the Marian Gaborik they will need in the final nine games. Manu Ginobili Jersey . He looked healthy, inspired, and he skated at an all-star level. Gaborik had a goal and an assist during a three-goal first period, then scored again in the final frame in the Rangers 5-0 win over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night. After losing three straight, including a devastating 2-1 loss Sunday at Boston, ...
The 2009 season will be remembered as a year of extremes in Canadian baseball, one marked by the national teams shocking elimination from the World Baseball Classic, its subsequent elation from a podium finish at the World Cup, and the near total unravelling of the Toronto Blue Jays. Calvin Johnson Nike Jersey . There were many who experienced rapid climbs and steep drops between the peaks of success and valleys of failure, often both in a short time span. It was an eventful, and at times dizzying, ...
Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - Milton Bradley finished 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, as the Texas Rangers downed the Cleveland Indians, 9-4, in the finale of a four-game series. Andrew Bynum Jersey . Kevin Millwood (4-3) gave up four runs on nine hits in six-plus innings of work for Texas, which had lost three of four entering play. Four pitchers combined to toss three scoreless innings of relief. Michael Young homered, doubled and knocked in two runs for the Rangers, extending his hitting ...
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Steelers signed punter Paul Ernster and released punter Mitch Berger on Wednesday. Thaddeus Young Jersey . Ernster had been claimed by the Steelers off waivers in late July, but the club released him on August 30. The Northern Arizona product has played in a total of 19 NFL games over his three-year NFL career: one game with the Broncos in 2005, a full 16-game slate with Denver in 2006, then one game each with the Broncos and Browns in 2007. To make ...