VENUS BATTLES BACK FOR VICTORY

Venus Williams defeated Vera Dushevina at the U.S Open in Queens, New York monday night. It was the first round females match of the U.S Open.

GIANTS FORCE WILD CARD TIE WITH ROCKIES

Returning the favor to their western division competition, Freddy Sanchez and the San Francisco Giants won three consecutive games at home against the Colorado Rockies, putting them in a tie for first place. The National League Wild Card race has come down to the Rockies and Giants over the last couple of weeks, and the two teams are putting together some passionate battles for the ages.

MARK SANCHEZ THE NEW BOSS IN THE BIG CITY

Mark Sanchez shined Saturday as the New York Jets defeated the New York Gaints in a classic city showdown with a 27-25 victory. All eyes were on Sanchez in his first game since being selected as the New York Jets' starting quarterback. Sanchez completed a spectacular 31-yard touchdown pass play to Chansi Stuckey and put 20 points on the board in 2 1/2 quarters as the Jets took the annual New York match-up.

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PHILLIES ROCKETING TOWARDS POSTSEASON

For the second time in 10 days, Jamie Moyer relieved Pedro Martinez after a rain delay and got the win, tossing 4 1/3 sharp innings. Ryan Howard continued his homer barrage, hitting his 10th and 11th blasts in August and 36th and 37th overall, and Brad Lidge tossed a perfect ninth as the Phillies defeated the Braves at Citizens Bank Park 4-2 for their 74th win of the season. With an exception to the St. Louis Cardinals, there is no team more poised to make the post-season right now than the Phillies.

BREWERS GOING NOWHERE

The Milwaukee Brewers lost 8-5 to the Cincinnati Reds again Thursday and fell to a dismal fourth place in the National League Central, 12 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. Despite holding first many times during the first half of the 09 season, Milwaukee has fallen into irrelevance in the playoff chase. They have lost 9 of 12 games and are destined to fall very short of the Wild Card as well.

MARINERS COMPLETE SWEEP

Luke French pitched well over 5 2/3 frames and David Aardsma held on for his 30th save as the Seattle Mariners swept the A's in Wednesday's 5-3 win. Jack Hannahan scored three times and the Mariners homerd twice. They are now just seven games out of the Wild Card in the American Leauge and could make things very interesting with their recently victorious ways. They have won 8 of their last 11 games.

WALK-OFF ROX MILE-HIGH HAPPY, HOTTEST TEAM IN BASEBALL

The Rockies defeated the Dodgers for another huge extra-innings win in Colorado, but lets look back on the Rockies day. Down by three runs in the bottom of the 14th inning, Ryan Spilborghs rescued his team with the first walk-off grand slam in Rockies history Tuesday morning and the story has only grown, not only the Colorado area but the baseball world, since the sensational finish to a 5 hour game at Coors Field. Facing the Dodgers Tuesday night could not come at a better time. The Rockies became serious contenders for another Western Division Championship, just three games behind the Dodgers going into their crucial sell-out matchup against LA Tuesday night. And low and behold, they found themselves in another extra-innings affair, with more heroics in the 10th from Troy Tulowitiski. His walk-off single gave them their 9th win in 11 games and put them two games out of the division. The Dodgers have a sub-.500 record in the month of August. For photos of the Rox crazy Tuesday click here.

14TH INNING SLAM PROVIDES MONUMENTAL WIN

The Colorado Rockies extended their lead in the National League Wild Card with a insanely dramatic extra innings victory over the second place San Francisco Giants. Ryan Spilborghs's walk-off Grand Slam gave the Rockies perhaps their biggest win of the season, 6-4 at Coors Field Monday night and Tuesday morning. The victory gave Colorado its biggest lead of the season in the Wild Card standings, four games ahead. The Rockies took 3 out of 4 from the Giants with the series concluding at 1:48am Denver time.

FEDERER UNSTOPPABLE, CRUISES TO TITLE

Roger Federer added to his historic resume Sunday with a straight sets triumph of fourth seeded Novak Djokovic to claim the 16th Masters Series title of his career in Cincinnati, Ohio.

TAMPA BAY BACK IN THE HUNT

Carlos Pena homered twice and hit a walk-off single in the 10th, giving the Rays a 5-4 win over the Rangers. Tampa Bay now trails Texas by a game and Boston by three for the Wild Card. The defending American League champion Rays currently hold the best home record in all of baseball. For a video of Saturday's dramatic finish and the Rays latest walk-off moment, click here.

YANKEES DESTROY RED SOX IN BOSTON

Reliving their 20+ run game on June 19th, 2000, the Yankees shelled the Red Sox 20-11, for their 5th consecutive win over Boston since dropping the first 8 match-ups between the two teams. Their first win at Fenway this season was in large-part an offensive explosion due to the bat of Hedeki Matsui who hit two three-run home runs and recorded a career-high seven RBIs.

DETROIT DOMINATING DIVISION

The Tigers extended their division lead to 2 1/2 games on Thursday in dramatic fashion as Clete Thomas' ninth-inning walk-off single gave the Tigers a 7-6 win over the Seattle Mariners, putting them 20 games above .500 in Detroit.

RED SOX BACK ON TOP OF AL WILD CARD

Backed by home runs from David Ortiz, Jason Bay and Victor Martinez (pictured) right-hander Clay Buchholz outpitched Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay in the Red Sox's 6-1 win Wednesday. The Red Sox now have a lead in the American Leauge Wild Card.

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A LEGENDARY SUMMER UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Derek Jeter, who passed Luis Aparicio Sunday for the most hits ever for a shortstop, guided the New York Yankees to their 14th win in 17 games with 3 hits Tuesday night. The win over the Oakland Athletics was played at the Coliseum 7-2. Since the All-Star break the Yankees have won 24 of 32 games- the best post-all star record in New York Yankees history. They currently hold the best winning percentage in baseball, 30 games above .500. They are also better poised to make the postseason than any other team in the Majors.

USAIN BOLTS INTO A HISTORIC LEAGUE OF HIS OWN

Just one day after breaking the 100 meeter dash world record again, Usain Bolt said he thinks he can "go even faster". His time of 9.58 seconds may be forver held as the best time ever, unless of course, he breaks it.

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A NEW CHAMPION RISES FROM KOREA

Y.E Yang is the PGA Champion. With Tiger Woods misreading putts all day, Yang seized the moment with an eagle on the 14th to take a 1-shot lead Sunday winning his first ever PGA Championship.

DOWN AND OUT

In a season marred by a historically large and relentless pile of major injuries, the New York Mets were dealt yet another brutal blow Saturday afternoon at Citi Field in a 5-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants. Third baseman David Wright was drilled by a 94 mph fastball, directly into his head, in the fourth inning of the extra-innings affiar and lied motionless on the field for several minutes before walking into an ambulance moments later. While Wright may return in under a week, the fourth place Mets currently have an unprecedented 14 other players out for very long periods of time. Excellent Article.

VICK RETURNS TO FOOTBALL

Vick is Back. Micheal Vick, who has lost every shread of public support due to his grossly cruel and inhumane dog-fighting ring, has been signed by the Philadephia Eagles in a move that brings controversey back down on the National Football Leauge. Vick spoke to the media Friday after Thursday night's news.

WOODS IN CONTROL

Capping off weekday baseball ejections in Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco, the sports world refocused on a more gentle field of grass Thursday as Tiger Woods led the pack in the P.G.A Championship of golf. Woods led the tournament after the first day. The tour concludes Sunday.

ST. LOUIS & PUJOS ARE ON FIRE

Albert Pujos, debatably the greatest baseball player of all-time, holds a sensational .688 batting average and .446 on base percentage. He upped his home run total to a major-league leading 38 as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Red 5-2 at Bushe Stadium . The Giants also beat the Dodgers in San Francisco, in a benches-clearing, walk-off game, for a wild baseball Wednesday: Article.

PHILLIES DOMINATE THE ROAD

The first place Philadelphia Phillies won at Wrigley Field in Chicago 4-3 over the Cubs off Ben Francisco's 12th inning home run. The Phillies currently hold the best road record in Major Leauge baseball.

TULOWITSKI HITS FOR THE CYCLE

The Colorado Rockies did not just win to stay atop the National League Wild Card Monday night. They won 11-5...again. For the second straight night, capping off a 3-out-of-4 series victory, the Rockies won a ballgame over the Chicago Cubs 11-5. That is the second time in major leauge baseball history, and the first time since 1933. Troy Tulowitski hit for the cycle in his first ever 5-for-5 game. Colorado has scored 44 runs in its last 4 games combined.

SWEEPING SENSATION

On Sunday night in Major League Baseball, New York swept the Boston Red Sox in style, getting the lead in the 8th inning on back-to-back home runs at Yankee Stadium from Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira. The stadium came alive and the brooms went a-sweepin'. Earlier in the day, The Phillies were swept by the Marlins, the Braves swept the Dodgers, the Pirates got swept by the Cardinals, and even the team with the worst record in baseball, the Washington Nationals swept the Arizona Diamondbacks to wrap up a loss-less homestead and make it 8 consecutive wins.

PITTSBURGH CRASHING DOWN

The Pirates lost their 8th straight game Saturday and fell 20 games under .500 for the first time in 2009. Manager John Russell's job security is diminishing quickly in Pittsburgh. Trading away nearly every piece of talent they had at the beginning of the season has led the Pirates down a path of demise with no hope at the end of the tunnel. Their latest loss, 3-5 to the St. Louis Cardinals put them 15 games out of contention in the National Leauge Central.

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A ROD HEROIC IN 15TH

Alex Rodriguez two-run, two-out, bottom of the 15th home run over the wall in left field set Yankee Stadium into celebration, as New York beat the Boston Red Sox for the second straight night giving them a 4.5 game lead in the American League East.

THE DODGERS CAN'T LOSE

Entering the bottom of the ninth inning, trailing 4-2, baseballs best team needed to score three runs to win their 67th game of the season. And who better than Andre Either to deliver? Either smacked a 2-0 pitch and turned it into a walk-off 3 run home run, giving Los Angeles a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.

RECORD BREAKING CONTRACT

The Giants are poised to make quarterback Eli Manning the highest-paid player in the National Football League, agreeing to a six-year contract extension worth $97.5 million, $35 million of it guaranteed.

PODSEDNIK WINS IT ON SOUTH SIDE

Chicago White Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik, center, is congratulated by teammates after hitting a game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning in a 5-4 victory over the Angels Tuesday night on the south side. The red-hot Sox are just 1 game out in the ALC.

UNSTOPPABLE TIGERS WALK OFF WINNERS

Clete Thomas gave the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 walk off victory at Comerica Park Monday night over the Baltimore Orioles, to remain in first place in the American Leauge Central division.

ANAHEIM RED HOT

Kendry Morales and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim won their fifth straight game Sunday in Minnesotta, putting them 4.5 games ahead of the Texas Rangers for first place in the AL West. Just one day later, Morales was named AL Player of the week after topping the Majors with five home runs, 13 RBIs and an unprecedented 1.077 slugging percentage.

PEGAN DELIVERS IN BIG APPLE

When Angel Pegan stepped up to the plate in a tie game with the bases loaded in bottom of the eighth inning, the last thing the sell-out crowd standing and cheering at Citi Field expected to see was a grand slam. Not just because they had already seen a tie-breaking 8th inning grand slam this week, but because it had been nearly 750 days since Angel Pegan had hit a home run. But this unforgettable game in Queens saturday night was anything but predictible. Pegan belted a towering homer into the left field bleachers, breaking the 5-5 score and lifting the crowd into wild celebration. The 9-6 victory was the 6th win in 8 games for the red-hot New York Mets, and with a Phillies loss, brought them closer to contention in the National Leauge East. [Slideshow, Article]