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Hockey

• Plymouth Whalers hope imports have immediate impact
  Sept. 04--The Plymouth Whalers began training camp Wednesday and begin exhibition play today with two players ...
• Frustrated former Red Wing Andreas Lilja skates and waits
  Sept. 04--Former Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja skated at Joe Louis Arena on Friday and admitted it has be...
• Boys' Soccer: Stags open with a victory over the Rams
  Sept. 04--GORHAM -- Elliot Maker scored two goals to lead Cheverus to a 3-2 victory over Gorham in an SMAA boy...
• Penguins sign Comrie for 1 year, $500,000
  Sept. 04--Third-line center, if Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal play on the same line. The list of where Mike ...
• Penguins add veteran center Comrie
  Sept. 04--General manager Ray Shero is doing something right in convincing players Pittsburgh is the spot for ...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• Earl headed to Maine, Canada coasts
  The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia, expecti...
• EDITORIAL: Both sides must sacrifice to achieve Mideast peace
  Sept. 04--An Israeli-Palestinian peace accord has to be just that, a deal between the two parties most involve...
• Thousands without power as hurricane lashes coast
  A WEAKENED Hurricane Earl was heading up the east coast of the US today after causing flooding in outlying isl...
• Senate panel investigates Blackwater
  Blackwater Worldwide had a large network of subsidiaries vying for military contracts, a U.S. Senate committee...
• Harrison puts up a tough fight against Stakhovsky of the Ukraine before falling
  NEW YORK _ The more familiar names were playing on the two stadium courts early Friday afternoon, but the pla...

Basketball

• Elon draws on big-game experience against Duke
  Sept. 04--ELON -- Brandon Ward figures a few meaningful pre-game chats with his football teammates could help ...
• Injuries a concern for Cal Poly football team
  Sept. 04--Ryan Taylor might not be playing tonight. Unable to practice because of a back injury, the Mustangs...
• BRIEF: Hot topics for today's Michigan State game
  Sept. 04--The 3-4 defense: The Spartans are staying tight-lipped about how often they will veer from the base...
• Ex-NBA star Barkley dishes out an assist at C.C. of Scranton
  Sept. 04--CLARKS SUMMIT -- His NBA career earned him induction in to the Naismith Hall of Fame. Charles Barkl...
• It's stop-the-rush week at UNH: 'Cats open today with Central Connecticut
  Sept. 04--DURHAM -- For a defense committed to stopping the run, there's no better challenge than facing an op...

YellowBrix Top Health

• Indiana settles with Botox maker for $636K
  Sept. 03--The pharmaceutical company that manufactures Botox will pay Indiana a civil settlement of nearly $63...
• New test detects TB fast
  The test could revolutionize TB care and replace the 125-year- old process used now, which is slow and misses ...
• Study finds diet drug can raise heart, stroke risks
  Acompany-sponsored study found that the weight-loss drug Meridia raised heart attack and stroke risk in patien...
• Flu shot clinics kick off next week
  Sept. 03--As flu season approaches, area providers are getting prepared. "It is recommended that everyone ove...
• It's flu shot season
  Sept. 02--The scare of H1N1 last flu season was pandemic -- literally. But this year, the season is looking u...

Golf

• Stars shine in dresses to kick off celebrity golf tournament
  Sept. 04--Friday was a dream come true for Hilton Head Island resident and Cincinnati Bengals fan Jerry Bowman...
• Time to tee off: Pairings announced for Handa Cup
  Sept. 04--RYE -- While the 24 participants in this weekend's Handa Cup are fierce competitors on the golf cour...
• Mylan Classic: Greensburg native trails by four shots in Nationwide event
  Sept. 04--Not many five-time winners on the PGA Tour elect to step down and play in a Nationwide Tour event, b...
• Tiger has to rally to keep playing
  NORTON, Mass. - Tiger Woods was expecting the worst at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and that's what he got....
• Bartram Trail's Thomas Stewart is one shot off lead at Junior Players Championship
  Sept. 04--Thomas Stewart estimates he has played the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course a dozen times. Frida...

Baseball

• Baseball's other Hall of Fame
  Sept. 04--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals were thrilled this year when the team's popular ...
• San Francisco Giants figuring how to get Edgar Renteria ready
  Sept. 04--Getting Renteria ready a tricky assignment LOS ANGELES -- The Giants have Edgar Renteria on the act...
• Pitcher says he's good to go
  Sept. 04--When Ryan Rowland-Smith was sent on a rehabilitation assignment in late July, his manager in Tacoma ...
• Farewell to the Portland Beavers: All-decade team for final decade of Beavers baseball
  Sept. 04--The Portland Beavers produced only one PCL Pacific North Division title since their return to Portla...
• BRIEF: 'Cats fall out of first
  Sept. 04--The Tri-City ValleyCats fell into second place in the NY-Penn League's Stedler Division after a 5-4 ...

NCAA Football

• Dragons not overlooking Independence
  Sept. 04--Hutchinson Community College football coach Rion Rhoades has seen enough strange things in the Jayha...
• Fischer fuels Buhler to win over Rockets
  Sept. 04--BUHLER -- Things might have been different for Rose Hill had two plays gone its way Friday night in ...
• Trojans trounce bumbling Owls
  Sept. 04--Soddy-Daisy offensive coordinator Josh Roberts may coach football several more years, but he also ma...
• Physical Trion trips Ramblers
  Sept. 04--LAFAYETTE, Ga. -- After a sluggish opening-week loss, Trion football coach David Humphreys went Oliv...
• Cougars follow Maxey's lead
  Sept. 04--THURMONT -- There are certain qualities Catoctin's Kellam Maxey has always admired about the way his...

Football

• Illini look to run on Mizzou
  Sept. 04--ST. LOUIS -- There's truly a difference between the Illinois and Missouri football programs, Illini ...
• Week 2 Football Roundup
  Sept. 04--Granite City 14, Jersey 6 JERSEYVILLE -- Granite City gave coach Carl Luehmann his first victory wi...
• Finally, Cavaliers can celebrate 1-0
  Sept. 04--CARLINVILLE -- After a season-opening loss at Carlinville, the Marquette Catholic Explorers expect a...
• Fantasy Forecast: Some sleepers to keep your eye on
  Sept. 04--Fantasy Forecast As the 2010 NFL season rapidly approaches, everyone is out to prove they're smarter...
• Gifted Gulls; Endicott football team looks promising
  Sept. 04--Talent without leadership usually spells disaster for a football team. After a season in which it w...

NCAA Basketball

• GWU notches men's soccer win
  Sept. 04--BOILING SPRINGS -- Gardner-Webb scored three goals, including two in the second half, for a 3-0 win ...
• UH ready to use summer school lessons
  Sept. 04--On the first play of his first game as a Houston Cougar, Phillip Steward ran downfield to cover a ki...
• KU's Opurum seizing opportunity of move to linebacker
  Sept. 04--LAWRENCE -- Newly positioned Kansas sophomore Toben Opurum made one thing clear going into today's s...
• NCBL League Combines High-Level Basketball, Life-Skills Lessons
  Sept. 04--HARTFORD -- Shawn "Smooth" Bell, executive director of Northeast Community Brotherhood Leadership, i...
• Sports Briefs
  Eugene Pate powered past Madison 10-1 in the American League state baseball tournament in Plymouth, Ind. on Th...