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In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2008-08-29T11:02:21 2008-08-29T11:02:21 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/C2C63F24-7528-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will race for the first time since taking the Beijing Games by storm at the Zurich Grand Prix on Friday.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/athletics/7584685.stm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/A415248A-7552-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AFP - Sixth seed Dinara Safina defeated Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the 20.6 million dollar US Open on Thursday.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/sp_wl_afp/tennisusaopen">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/C4784FC4-7528-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Man City beat FC Midtjylland 4-2 on penalties in Denmark to reach the first round of the Uefa Cup.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/europe/7586269.stm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/4D4957F6-75B7-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AFP - Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is confident of getting over her current injury crisis and bouncing back into the top 50 soon with the help of a new trainer.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080829/sp_wl_afp/tennisindmirza">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/F26C30FE-75AE-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ CLOSE YOUR eyes for a minute. (It isn&#39;t hard given the alternative, which is the legalized larceny that the NFL perpetrates on this week of every summer. Then again, the stadium was half-full last night for the Eagles and the Jets and the people who did show up were still home in time to see Obama. Or the Phillies. Or Dr. Phil.)<a href="http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168316&44=27649279&32=3796&7=195227&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fsports%2F20080829_Rich_Hofmann__Demps_adds_zip_to_Eagles__special_teams.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/761F4D04-75A6-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ If you toss out the loss to Pittsburgh, the Eagles&#39; reserves made a decent accounting of themselves in the preseason.<a href="http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168316&44=27642029&32=3796&7=195227&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fsports%2F20080828_Eagles_lose_preseason_finale_to_Jets.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/1339E4C2-759E-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ THE EAGLES&#39; starters looked as if they got some quality stretching in, standing there along the sideline, shifting from foot to foot. Same for the New York Jets&#39; starters, who actually were required to exit the bus and enter the Lincoln Financial Field grounds. Brett Favre watched the proceedings from a prime spot, seated atop a large Gatorade cooler.<a href="http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168316&44=27642299&32=3796&7=195227&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fsports%2F20080828_Despite_loss_to_Jets__Eagles_backup_QB_Kolb_looks_impressive.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/B573CF18-7595-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Rain was falling when USC&#39;s team charter arrived in Virginia, a possible precursor to what the Trojans might have to deal with in their opener Saturday against Virginia. Rain was falling Thursday night when USC&#39;s team charter arrived here, a possible precursor to what the Trojans might have to deal with in their opener Saturday against Virginia.<a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/377785274/la-sp-uscfyi29-2008aug29,0,6682224.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6AFFE604-758D-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ D.C. United&#39;s Jaime Moreno and Ivan Guerrero have been recalled by their respective national teams to play in World Cup qualifiers, forcing them to miss a MLS regular season match but not a tournament championship game. Moreno, the team captain and starting forward, and Guerrero, the starting left-side midfielder, will be available for United&#39;s U.S. Open Cup final against the second-division Charleston Battery on Wednesday at RFK Stadium. They will then rejoin their national teams -- Moreno with Bolivia, Guerrero with Honduras -- for qualifiers on Sept. 6 and ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803269.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803269.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/EE9588C4-7584-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ A list of the three WNBA teams with the largest attendance averages doesn&#39;t elicit surprise. Detroit, New York and Los Angeles have long histories of success, boast some of the premier players in women&#39;s basketball and are regular playoff contenders. More curious, though, is that behind that trio sit the Washington Mystics, who have two winning seasons in their 11-year history and may not make the playoffs, yet are averaging the WNBA&#39;s fourth-largest crowds in 2008. Fifth best is the expansion Atlanta Dream, the worst team in the league, which started its ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803247.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803247.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/8DDE9780-757C-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AP - Gregg Williams showed up the team that let him go, his Jacksonville Jaguars defense stopping cold a Washington Redskins first-string attack that once again looked far from ready for the regular season.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_jaguars_redskins">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/2AD7E5AE-7574-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AP - Brian McCann hit a three-run homer, Charlie Morton finally figured out how to pitch at home and the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping Florida Marlins 4-2 on Thursday night.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_marlins_braves">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/14AE4958-7574-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Wall Street stocks rose after a better-than-expected reading on the gross domestic product and a decline in jobless claims reassured investors. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/business/29stox.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/67EAF5BE-7563-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ The outgoing chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee and former commissioner of Major League Baseball says that the national pastime is no longer baseball. He is the outgoing chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and few can argue with the job that Peter Ueberroth performed, especially in light of the success of the U.S. athletes in Beijing.<a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/377603563/la-sp-briefing29-2008aug29,0,1350869.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/06CBEA20-755B-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ It is only Coin&#39;s second victory on the WTA Tour. NEW YORK -- In the waning moments of the day session, in an Arthur Ashe Stadium depleted to about half-full, the U.S. Open became the site of one of the greatest upsets in tennis history on Friday.<a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/377475710/la-sp-tennis29-2008aug29,0,3143278.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/9AC0FA30-7552-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ A private jet belonging to Daniel Snyder landed at a small airport in Iron County, Wis., on Friday morning, Jan. 25. Greg Blache, sequestered in the retirement home he built with his wife, Lynn, eventually hopped aboard a whirlwind plane ride. His 12-hour journey to the owner&#39;s mansion and back would irrevocably alter the course of the franchise and fracture a deep friendship between two proud, stubborn men -- one of whom returns tonight, with the visiting team. Cue &quot;The Godfather&quot; theme. This is how it went down. Blache, a defensive coach then on the ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703596.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703596.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/51698828-754A-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ AFP - Patrick McEnroe has donned yet another tennis hat during the US Open as he tries to return Andy Roddick to greatness.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/sp_afp/tennisusaopenroddick">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/F0C87FEA-7541-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Heading to a game, the USC team plane is all business, but the return trip is like a party in the sky. The season opener means more than just a football game for USC. Before the Trojans play Virginia on Saturday, they must fly more than 2,500 miles across country on a charter flight.<a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/377357452/la-sp-usc29-2008aug29,0,7265093.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/E96FC708-7541-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ The University of Miami&#39;s 7:30 p.m. football opener against Charleston Southern will not be televised. If you don&#39;t go to the game -- plenty of tickets (starting at $29) are still available at Dolphin Stadium -- then the only way to see it live is on a computer via the website ESPN360.com.<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/662688.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/82AC1CEA-7539-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ The reserved, Santa-Monica-raised Hill won for Ferrari in 1961 and was a three-time winner at both Le Mans and Sebring, among other victories. He never suffered a serious injury. Phil Hill, a reserved Californian who became a gifted race-car driver and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One international auto-racing championship, died today He was 81.<a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/377390281/la-me-hill29-2008aug29,0,5179464.story">[original story]</a>