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Reader blog: Everyday Athlete (Training)
· No Excuses for Not Doing It... Improvise!
· Been Away Playing
· Cleaner Air Speeds Recovery

Reader blog: Flyfishing Northwest
· Yeah, I know it's not fly fishing but it's still fishing
· It's close to home if you live there
· Local Lakes

Reader blog: Life on the Run
· Mom's against drunk running
· Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side
· Running Sick?

Reader blog: Ski Junkies (Snow skiing)
· Mt Baker Winter Review
· Baker Backcountry
· Skiing in March

Reader blog: Surfing the Cascades (Snowboarding)
· Patagonia DAS Parka Review
· A Winter of Plenty Continues to Roll Over Us....
· Diary of a Mad Man?

Reader blog: Ultimate Fan (Mixed Martial Arts)
· UFC 86 Winning Picks
· The Teacher Becomes the Student
· Here Here Amir!

Reader blog: Velocity (Cycling)
· The RAOd Warriors
· Oh Well: Colorado Stage Race Cancelled
· Cascade 1200: Cumberland Control

Golf Wire (A)

- Steve Marino takes 1-shot lead at Congressional
- Howell, Love among first in PGA to have drug tests
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Golf Wire (TSN)

- Fisher leads European Open by two
- Golf Tidbits: Youth is served on the LPGA Tour
- Medalists Overton, Goydos, will make first Open appearances
- This Week in Golf - July 3rd through July 6th

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Hockey Wire (AP)

- Rangers sign Naslund, Kalinin; say goodbye to Jagr
- Sharks sign veteran defenseman Rob Blake
- Penguins sign goalie Fleury for 7 years, $35M
- Evgeni Malkin re-signs with Penguins for 5 years
- Marian Hossa signs with champion Detroit Red Wings
- 'Canes sign Melichar, give Pitkanen $12M contract
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Hockey Wire (TSN)

- Montreal inks Denis to two-way deal
- Sharks sign D Blake
- Coyotes sign Lessard
- Blues re-sign Stastny
- Phoenix signs D Jones
- Laraque leaves Penguins for Montreal
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Motor Sports (AP)

- Moss buys 50 percent of truck team
- NHRA changing priorities in wake of tragedy
- Formula One urges changes to cut costs
- Coulthard announces retirement
- NHRA shortens top division races
- Chip Ganassi shuts down Franchitti's team
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Motor Sports (TSN)

Nascar: Franchitti and No.40 to cease Cup operations
Nascar: This Week in Auto Racing July 4 - July 6
CART/IRL: Kanaan dominates caution-filled race in Richmond
Formula 1: Red Bull extends Webber through 2009
Formula 1: Coulthard to call it quits after '08

Soccer Wire (AP)

Tennis Wire (AP)

- All-Williams final at Wimbledon; 1st since 2003
- All-Williams final at Wimbledon; 1st since 2003
- Serena in Wimbledon final with big sis Venus
- Schuettler advances to Wimbledon semifinals
- Venus reaches seventh Wimbledon final
- Nadal beats Murray to reach Wimbledon semifinals
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Other Sports (AP)

- Pokers biggest tournament gets under way in Vegas
- South Carolina reports 9 NCAA violations
- Judge transfers Curlin ownership
- Former track star pleads guilty to heroin charge
- Stars bring poker faces to Sin City for charity
- Derby, Preakness winner Big Brown works at Big A
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OTHER SPORTS(TSN)

Soccer: Red Bulls, Rapids hoping for fireworks at DSG Park
Horse Racing: Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" race at Monmouth Park
Tennis: Bryans fall in Wimbledon semis
Tennis: Serena, Venus setup another all-sister final at Wimbledon
Tennis: Schuettler completes men's final four at Big W
Soccer: Euro winner Aragones set to take over Fenerbahce
Soccer: Real Salt Lake waives Argentine midfielder Cordoba
Soccer: Ecuador's LDU Quito wins Copa Libertadores
Horse Racing: Ellis Park forced to close

Sounders vs. Carolina

Outdoors Report: Solid chinook run across state promises a satisfying summer
Anglers in the ocean off Westport have been finding close to limits of chinook for several days. The Strait of Juan de Fuca and San Juan Islands opened to fishing for chinook Tuesday, and encouraging numbers of kings were taken.

PGA Tour begins new era with drug tests; reaction mixed
BETHESDA, Md. -- Golf enters the modern age of sports with a short walk through history.

Hossa bolts Pens for Wings
Marian Hossa could have gotten a multiyear deal for big money and a smaller chance at a Stanley Cup ring.

Federer showing no pain after thumping at French
WIMBLEDON, England -- Lest anyone forget that Roger Federer has, indeed, lost at Wimbledon, the BBC filled time during a rain delay Wednesday by rolling tape of his 2002 first-round exit against Mario Ancic.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2008
Sounders shock Chivas
TUKWILA -- The Sounders got their first test against a Major League Soccer opponent, facing Chivas USA in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Starfire Sports Complex on Tuesday.

The Beautiful Game: Aragones made all the right moves
HE STILL MIGHT have detractors, but Spain coach Luis Aragones didn't put a foot wrong at Euro 2008. Well, actually, he probably made his best decision before the tournament.

Seattle Amateur tees off to defend his Seattle Amateur title
Richard Lee is back this week to defend his Seattle Amateur title, headlining the 159-player field.

Campbell lands with Blackhawks as NHL teams begin spending spree
NEW YORK -- The spending on NHL free agents started Tuesday morning and hadn't stopped well into the evening.

Curlin takes to the turf
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jockey Robby Albarado admits he was a little nervous as he guided reigning horse of the year Curlin out to the turf course at Churchill Downs on Tuesday morning for arguably the most important training session of the 4-year-old colt's career.

Williams sisters are on collision course for final
WIMBLEDON, England -- One prematch glance Tuesday at the data displayed on those fancy, new digital scoreboards at staid, old Wimbledon provided a pretty persuasive case for why Venus Williams might be considered the woman to beat.

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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2008
Benefactors unite to lift former NBA player from streets
Joe Pace's world, NBA player turned homeless man, has taken a turn for the better since the P-I profiled him. He's moved into a low-income house and has all sorts of people looking out for him.

Sounders won't sneak up on Chivas USA this time
The Sounders have a lot to prove Tuesday when they face Chivas USA in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Woods starts recovery on crutches, not sure of return
BETHESDA, Md. -- Tiger Woods does not know when he can play golf again, but he said Monday that his rebuilt left knee has been sore his entire PGA Tour career and he looks forward to playing on two good legs.

Nguyen wins $2 million at World Series of Poker
LAS VEGAS -- Poker professional Scotty Nguyen won nearly $2 million at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Monday, topping a field of 148 players and emerging from a marathon final table with his fifth gold bracelet.

Tyson sullied by gang account
NEW YORK -- Mike Tyson's taking a beating. This time, it's not in the ring or the tabloids.

CAS panel affirms Landis doping test
Floyd Landis used the arbitration process as public theater to try to prove a point and regain his reputation.

Williams sisters in quarterfinals, defying court hex
WIMBLEDON, England -- While Roger Federer glided to another victory on Centre Court, and Rafael Nadal won despite a scary stumble on Court 1, the Williams sisters found themselves playing back to back Monday on cozy, clattery Court 2, known as the "Graveyard of Champions."

MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008
Former UW pole vaulter struggles in windy conditions
Art Thiel: EUGENE, Ore. -- Since most of us don't making a living being launched upside down on a stick, we have to take the word of those who do that even a modest zephyr can spell doomsday.

Hoff sets world mark in 400 IM
OMAHA, Neb. -- In the city where the College World Series concluded less than a week earlier, King Aquatic Club coach Sean Hutchison figured Ariana Kukors would either hit a home run or take a big swing-and-a-miss in her first event at the Olympic swimming trials. When the 400-meter individual medley concluded at the Qwest Center on Sunday night, Kukors had swung and missed.

Gallon takes Tacoma Handicap
AUBURN -- The intense battle for 3-year-old supremacy at Emerald Downs continued on Sunday when Gallon, Fear No Evil and Margo's Gift finished 1-2-3 in the $50,000 Tacoma Handicap.

Pacquiao could now be boxing's pound-for-pound king
LAS VEGAS -- The WBC lightweight title belt looked perfectly natural hanging off Manny Pacquiao's shoulder after he battered David Diaz.

The Couch Slouch: Olympics take silver compared with poker
THIS SUMMER, A fractured world is gathering in two distinct locales -- Beijing and Las Vegas -- for one-of-a-kind global competition. The Summer Olympics begin Aug. 8; the World Series of Poker Main Event begins Thursday. Let me count the ways the WSOP is better than the Olympiad:

On Tennis: It's time for Wimbledon midterm grades
ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST extravaganza of the tennis year unfolds Monday, as all 16 players remaining in the singles draw take to the courts at Wimbledon.

Park, 19, wins U.S. Open for the ages
EDINA, Minn. -- Inbee Park woke up in the middle of the night 10 years ago when she heard cheering from the living room of her tiny apartment outside Seoul.

Strategy pays off for Kurt Busch at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
LOUDON, N.H. -- Kurt Busch had strategy and luck on his side. Tony Stewart had neither.

Other Voices: Ballack settles for second best again
VIENNA, Austria -- Michael Ballack shed blood for Germany and still couldn't deliver a title.

Spain ends drought -- Euro title is first major soccer win in 44 years
VIENNA, Austria -- A championship 44 years in the waiting is worth a special celebration.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2008
Sounders vs. Montreal

Dutrow fed up with 'negative stuff'
NEW YORK -- Rick Dutrow is still wondering what went wrong with Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes. He's also wondering why everyone seems to be ganging up on him.

Trainer Asmussen faces suspension
AUSTIN, Texas -- Top trainer Steve Asmussen faces what could be a long suspension after being notified that one of his winning horses tested positive for an illegal race-day drug.

Park beats storm, leads at halfway point
EDINA, Minn. -- Halfway across the country, this U.S. Women's Open must look familiar to Angela Park. She was in the lead after 36 holes of a tournament again delayed by storms, and Cristie Kerr was moving quickly up the leaderboard.

Top-ranked Ivanovic knocked out
WIMBLEDON, England -- They're still counting casualties back home, and so when Zheng Jie completed the biggest victory of her career Friday at Wimbledon, she resisted any temptation to leap or squeal or pump her fist or collapse to the grass in glee.

Hooker turns in historic 100 at trials
EUGENE, Ore. -- With one brilliant burst, Marshevet Hooker put her name alongside those of Florence Griffith-Joyner, Marion Jones and Evelyn Ashford.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2008
Golf course closure opposed
North Shore Golf Course isn't going away if SaveNETacoma, a formidable group, has its way.

Late birdie lifts Hurst
EDINA, Minn. -- Gathering clouds gave way to sunshine, the first of many surprises Thursday in a U.S. Women's Open that didn't go the way anyone expected, least of all Pat Hurst.

Spain shuts out Russia, reaches first European final in 24 years
VIENNA, Austria -- Please don't tell Spain it has been made an odds-on choice to win the European Championship.

Danica defends driving style some view as aggressive
RICHMOND, Va. -- Danica Patrick is the best known driver in the IndyCar Series, and she erased any doubt that she belongs in April when she became the first woman in history to win a major open-wheel race.

Sharapova, Roddick ousted
WIMBLEDON, England -- Moments after Maria Sharapova walked off the court in defeat, her father stomped away from the stadium down a Wimbledon walkway, spitting out words in Russian as he gestured to a companion.

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