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Reader blog: Everyday Athlete (Training)
· Links for Weight Training Beginners and Exercise Form
· Why I Dislike Cardio
· More Exuberant Animal Links

Reader blog: Flyfishing Northwest
· Sprague Lake
· Salt Water SRC's
· Fly tying Class

Reader blog: Life on the Run
· That's Sick!
· It's the blood that beats my heart
· Marathon Crashers

Reader blog: Ski Junkies (Snow skiing)
· Snow Kiting...looks like a blast.
· Mt Baker Winter Review
· Baker Backcountry

Reader blog: Surfing the Cascades (Snowboarding)
· That's It, That's All Seattle Opening 10/11/08
· 542 just got a little shorter.....
· Gnar Wars-Taking the battle to the snow

Reader blog: Ultimate Fan (Mixed Martial Arts)
· This Week's Best
· Putin Power
· Kimbo KO'd

Reader blog: Velocity (Cycling)
· Furnace Creek 508
· Off Topic
· Rider Profile: Greg Arden

Golf Wire (A)

· In-Kyung Kim leads Longs Drugs Challenge
· Stroud leads Texas Open
· Golf Capsules
· Crenshaw takes lead in Senior Players Championship
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Golf Wire (TSN)

· $1,200,000 Longs Drugs Challenge Leaderboard
· Kim leads Longs Drugs by one; Ochoa lurking two back
· Leishman leads by three in Midland
· $525,000 WNB Golf Classic Leaderboard

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Hockey Wire (AP)

· Brodeur stops penalty shot in Devils' 2-1 win
· Dubinsky has 3 points as 3-0 Rangers top Hawks 4-2
· Tkachuk scores twice on power play for Blues
· Jackets' Nash wins it in overtime, 5-4 over Stars
· Brodeur stops penalty shot as Devils top Islanders
· Sabres spoil Canadiens' start to 100th season
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Hockey Wire (TSN)

· Kotalik, Sabres edge Canadiens in shootout
· Senators' Alfredsson has surgery
· Tkachuk leads Blues to season-opening win over Preds
· Little comes up big for Thrashers in wild season-opener
· National Hockey League Game Capsules
· Nash nets OT winner to lift Columbus over Dallas
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Motor Sports (AP)

· Kyle Busch cruises to 20th NASCAR win of season
· Harvick snarky after dustup with Edwards
· Cindy McCain presiding over NASCAR race
· Witnesses say Edwards, Harvick fight in garage
· Rain gives Johnson pole at Charlotte
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Motor Sports (TSN)

Nascar: Sprint Cup qualifying at Lowe's rained out
Nascar: U.S. Army to sponsor Newman's team at Stewart-Haas in '09
Formula 1: Hamilton beats Raikkonen for Japanese GP pole
Formula 1: F1 schedule revised for 2009
Formula 1: F1 scheduled revised for 2009

Soccer Wire (AP)

· Budding talent chooses US, might play vs Cuba
· Coach: 2 Cuban soccer players missing in DC
· Spain's No. 1 in FIFA rankings; US is No. 24
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Tennis Wire (AP)

· Federer to play Madrid Masters after layoff
· Gonzalez saves 5 match points in Vienna
· Ivanovic, Mauresmo lose in Moscow
· Australian Open announces purse increase
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Other Sports (AP)

· No Bush league: SC softball champs meet president
· Magic Johnson critical of hosts after AIDS remarks
· No drug violation for Big Brown trainer Dutrow
· BALCO perjurer Tammy Thomas gets home confinement
· Tomescu-Dita seeks another prize after taking gold
· Tomescu-Dita seeks another prize after taking gold
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OTHER SPORTS(TSN)

Tennis: Monfils upends Gonzo in Vienna
Tennis: Nalbandian charges into Stockholm semis
Tennis: Safin ousts Davydenko in Moscow
Horse Racing: News and Notes on the Breeders Cup Classic
Soccer: Fire, Crew fight for playoff positioning
Soccer: TFC searching for another road win at Dallas
Soccer: N.E. battling for home field; K.C. battling for playoff life
Soccer: San Jose hopes to take another step towards playoffs
Other: Personal Fool: Let's play fantasy bailout
Tennis: Davis Cup final will be held in Mar del Plata
Other: Montgomery sentenced to five years on heroin charges
Tennis: Jankovic, Safina, Dementieva reach Moscow semis

Everett jumps ahead early, holds on against T-Birds
EVERETT -- The Thunderbirds' sluggish start continued Friday night as the Everett Silvertips defeated Seattle 5-2 in a Western Hockey League game at Comcast Arena.

Vitali Klitschko returns to ring
BERLIN -- After four years away from the ring, Vitali Klitschko wants his title back.

Golf industry not immune to economic crisis
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In just six years, the Wachovia Championship established itself as one of the premier events on the PGA Tour.

Budding talent chooses U.S., might see action vs. Cuba
WASHINGTON -- If Jose Francisco Torres plays for the United States on Saturday in a World Cup qualifier against Cuba, there will be no going back. He'll be committed to the U.S. team for life, having chosen the Americans over Mexico.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008
Sports Media: Reynolds' baseball rap a welcome return
Harold Reynolds made a welcome return to the national baseball landscape with his analysis during the AL Division Series.

Thunderbirds at Silvertips

Night racing in Singapore: Grand Prix tour de force
Last month's Singapore Grand Prix was Formula One racing at its best, with a first-ever difference: The race through the city's streets was at night.

Canucks start strong with new top line
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Alex Burrows scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a season-opening 6-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008
Outdoors Report: Plenty of ducks, not so many bucks
Hunters should find plenty of ducks, but fewer bucks, as deer and waterfowl seasons open this Saturday.

NCAA cuts travel expenses amid crisis
College sports' governing body is cutting travel costs to its championship tournaments because of the economic slowdown, NCAA President Myles Brand said in an interview.

Cycling body clears Armstrong for comeback race in January
GENEVA -- Cycling's governing body is relaxing its rules to allow Lance Armstrong to make his comeback at a road race in Australia in January.

Other Voices: Please don't make 'Bull Durham 2'
SCANNING THE SPORTS world and shooting from the lip.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008
Fired UW softball coach returns to Pac-10
Former Huskies softball coach Teresa Wilson has accepted the pitching coach position at the University of Arizona.

The Beautiful Game: Liverpool off to best start in 12 years
Liverpool supporters are starting to think this could be the year after a comeback win over Manchester City.

Wrestlers, instructor on trial in sumo death
TOKYO -- Three sumo wrestlers and a former instructor went on trial Tuesday for allegedly beating a younger wrestler to death during training last year.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008
Schaaf leads Dawg pack
Led by freshman sensation Kendra Schaaf, the UW women's cross country team could be No. 1 when the rankings are released Tuesday.

FBI investigated Knievel for possible tie to beatings
MIAMI -- Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law -- the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But even he objected to a 1970s FBI investigation into whether he was involved in a string of beatings.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
On Tennis: Federer bows out of tournament to focus on health
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been great for tennis. Not only standouts on the court, both are fine ambassadors who rarely skip events unless truly injured or fatigued. The same can't be said of several top women's pros (who shall remain nameless).

No Shocker: Detroit wins third WNBA crown
YPSILANTI, Mich. -- Winning a gold medal in Beijing, a WNBA championship and the league finals MVP award.

Stewart riding high after first win at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Tony Stewart was the first driver convicted of dipping below NASCAR's out-of-bounds line, learning a valuable lesson in 2001 at Daytona that he's carried since.

NHL Roundup: Homecoming of lifetime
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- This was hardly a routine win for Daniel Alfredsson.

The Couch Slouch: Truths of an ever-wider world of sports TV
THESE ARE 23 (more) facts, tried and true, about the widening world of sports television:

Unbeaten Zarkava dazzles in the Arc
LONGCHAMP, France -- Zarkava won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday with a powerful stretch run and became the first filly in 15 years to win the race.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2008
New UW AD axes top women's official
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Not even three weeks into his tenure, Washington athletic director Scott Woodward has dismissed Marie Tuite from her positions as senior associate athletic director for sports programs and senior women's administrator.

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