Who would you say is the highest-paid athlete in the world? Someone in the NFL? No? Perhaps a baseball player then, right? Wrong again. It may surprised you to learn that the highest paid athlete in the world in 2011 was boxer Manny Pacquiao who took in an astounding $50 million. Well, then a baseball [...]

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It was a grab reminiscent of that famous Jeffrey Maier incident, except this time the ballgame wasn’t on the line. As Novak Djokovic was changing his clothes for the awards ceremony after his record-breaking Australian Open victory over Rafael Nadal, he walked over toward the crowd and threw his shirt to 14-year-old Melissa Cook. His [...]

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It was the longest Grand Slam singles final in history, and when it was all over, Novak Djokovic emerged victorious, defeating Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes to land his third Australian Open title. Djokovic now becomes the fifth man since the Open Era began in 1968 to [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Sunday, January 29, 2012: – Republican race heats up in Florida – IMF appeals for more cash – Another body found in cruise ship – Victoria Azarenka wins Australian open

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If you’re going to choke, you might as well choke big. Maria Sharapova did just that on Saturday as she lost the 2012 Australian Open to Victoria Azarenka in 82 catastrophic minutes. Fourth seed Sharapova’s crushing 6-3 6-0 defeat at the hands of the 22-year-old Belarusian followed her straight-sets trouncing Petra Kvitova in last year’s final [...]

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Serena Williams is now a distant memory at the 2012 Australian Open after suffering a shocking last-16 defeat at the hands of unseeded Ekaterina Makarova. The 13-time major champion made 37 unforced errors as 56th-ranked Makarova won 6-2 6-3 in 82 minutes. “I don’t know what to say. It’s an amazing feeling,” said Makarova. In [...]

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Novak Djokovic managed to hold on and beat defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 tonight in a final filled with exciting, exhausting points to win his first U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam trophy of the year. Djokovic improved to 64-2 with 10 tournament titles, one of the greatest seasons in the history of [...]

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It was a monstrous upset today in New York as Samantha Stosur shocked Serena Williams in the 2011 U.S. Open final for her first Grand Slam title. Stosur defeated Williams 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday. “I think I had one of my best days,” Stosur said. “I’m very fortunate to do it on this stage.” Looking [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Friday, September 9, 2011: – Flooding from Tropical Storm Lee causes evacuations – Supercommittee meets – Palestinians rally for statehood – Roddick & Isner advance at 2011 U.S. Open

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Here are your top stories for Sunday, August 4, 2011: – Tropical Storm Lee drenches New Orleans – Libyan rebels surrounding cities – Neo Nazi rally in Germany ends in scuffle with police – Top seeded Caroline Wozniacki advances at 2011 U.S. Open

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Novak Djokovic has just won his very first Wimbledon title, as the 24-year-old defeated Rafael Nadal, in four sets, winning, 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. This is Djokovic’s third grand slam title and his second this year. He emerged victorious at the Australian Open to begin the season, but lost in the semi-finals of the French [...]

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Petra Kvitova beat former champ Maria Sharapova in the women’s Wimbledon final to win her first major tennis title. Kvitova defeated Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 at the All England Club in southwest London. Kvitova, 21, dropped to her knees after the victory. She now becomes the first Czech female to win Wimbledon since 1998, when Jana [...]

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