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Kim Kwang-hyun to try for MLB next season

BaseballOct 27, 2014

South Korean left-handed pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun will try to reach Major League Baseball this offseason, his current domestic club announced Monday.The SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization said Kim will hold a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday to formally announce his attempt to make it to the big leagues via posting.The 26-year-old completed his equivalent of seven KBO seasons in 2014 to earn conditional free agency, a status that allows players to test overseas markets with their
Man United gets last-gasp equalizer to thwart Chelsea

SoccerOct 27, 2014

Robin van Persie rescued a point for Manchester United to keep Chelsea from moving eight points clear of defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League.Chelsea looked to have sealed the win thanks to veteran striker Didier Drogba’s header, but van Perise leveled in the fourth minute of injury time to secure a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.In Italy, league leader Juventus beat Palermo and in France Marseille missed the chance to notch a club record ninth straight win when it lost at Lyon, wh
Giants rally from three-run deficit to even World Series

BaseballOct 26, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Hunter Pence and Pablo Sandoval charged up a pulsating crowd with their shouts and swings, and the San Francisco Giants surged past the Kansas City Royals 11-4 Saturday to tie the World Series at two games apiece.Down by three runs in the early going and in danger of dropping into a huge hole, the Giants and their fans rallied.The win ensured the Series will go back to Kansas City to decide the championship. In the meantime, there’s Game 5 on Sunday when postseason ace Madis
Real beats Barca in Suarez’s debut

SoccerOct 26, 2014

Real Madrid’s Pepe (third from left) celebrates his goal against Barcelona on Saturday. (AP-Yonhap)Luis Suarez set up Neymar’s fourth-minute goal in the Uruguayan forward’s first competitive debut for Barcelona following a four-month biting ban, but Real Madrid rallied to beat Barcelona 3-1 Saturday night in the first “clasico” of the season.On a subdued night for Barca star Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo started Real’s comeback in the 35th minute when he converted a penalty kick for his 21st g
LG carrying scorching bats into next round

BaseballOct 26, 2014

The way the LG Twins swung their bats against the NC Dinos in the opening playoff round in the Korea Baseball Organization over the past week, it was difficult to believe this was the same club that had, statistically, the league’s worst offense in the regular season.The Twins hammered the Dinos 11-3 on Saturday to clinch the best-of-five first round series in four games. In those four games, the Twins scored 31 runs on a whopping 55 hits. They could easily have scored more runs had they been mo
A change of scenery

BaseballOct 24, 2014

At 1-all, WS moves to quirky Giants park
Compton among early leaders

GolfOct 24, 2014

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Georgia (AP) ― Erik Compton is happy with where he is in golf, and he’s not referring to his 5-under 65 on Thursday for a share of the lead in the McGladrey Classic.A return to Sea Island provides an occasion to take stock of how far he has come in the last 13 years, and what Compton refers to as the “hurdles” he didn’t anticipate.There’s a medical term for these hurdles. It’s called a second heart transplant.“I’m almost 35 years old. I’ve had a good career in golf, really,” h
Belgium breaks into top four

SoccerOct 24, 2014

ZURICH (AP) ― Belgium has moved into the top four of the FIFA monthly rankings for the first time and former World Cup winner Spain has dropped to 10th following a loss to Slovakia in a European Championship qualifier.The top three positions remained the same. Despite a tough start to its Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, World Cup winner Germany was first ahead of runner-up Argentina, then Colombia. Two-time defending European champion Spain slipped two places. Belgium’s rise coincided with the Ne
Would soccer be richer without small clubs?

SoccerOct 24, 2014

FREIBURG, Germany (AP) ― From a corner office of Freiburg’s homely stadium, club chairman Fritz Keller gazes over one of the loveliest views in football. Autumn’s reds, browns and golds streak the surrounding Black Forest. Buzzards wheel in the air above.But from a football business perspective, this beauty is sterile desert. Black Forest boars make for fine stews, but they don’t buy tickets to games. Thick woods aren’t good places to find young players who could become football’s next superstar
Ronaldo scores 70th as Real win

SoccerOct 23, 2014

PARIS (AP) ― Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 70th Champions League goal and Mario Balotelli again failed to deliver as Real Madrid cruised to a 3-0 win at Liverpool on Wednesday to take complete control of Group B with a third straight win.While Tuesday night’s 40-goal bonanza never looked like being matched, there was still drama elsewhere as Arsenal scraped a 2-1 win at Anderlecht with late goals from defender Kieran Gibbs and forward Lukas Podolski ― a peripheral player this season.German sides
K.C. Royals respond

BaseballOct 23, 2014

Royals clobber Giants, tie up World Series
Twins make most of breaks

BaseballOct 23, 2014

Sometimes in sports, you have to be good to be lucky, or lucky to be good.The LG Twins have had their share of luck to be on the cusp of reaching the next playoff round in the Korea Baseball Organization.The Twins entered the ongoing first round series against the NC Dinos as the underdog on paper. The Dinos, in just their second year of existence, finished with the third-best regular season record, at 70-57-1. The Twins finished 7 1/2 games behind in fourth place and qualified for the playoffs
Champs League resumes with flurry of goals

More sportsOct 22, 2014

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ― The Champions League returned on Tuesday with a 40-goal bonanza as Bayern Munich thrashed Roma 7-1 for its biggest victory on the road and Luiz Adriano scored five as Shakhtar put seven goals past BATE Borisov.On a record-busting night, Chelsea wasn’t far behind in a 6-0 win over Maribor, but Manchester City remained without a victory in three matches after wasting a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at CSKA Moscow.Schalke also squandered a two-goal lead before scoring a contro
Wozniacki beats Sharapova at WTA Finals

More sportsOct 22, 2014

SINGAPORE (AP) ― Caroline Wozniacki credited her training for next month’s New York Marathon as a key factor in her victory over Maria Sharapova in a grueling three-set match in the WTA Finals on Tuesday.Wozniacki won 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-2 to beat Sharapova for the second-straight time, having also won in the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Tuesday’s result in the round-robin match dealt a major blow to Sharapova’s hopes of claiming the year-end No. 1 ranking.Maria Sharapova reacts during the WTA
Giants stomp Royals

More sportsOct 22, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants put a sudden stop to the Kansas City Royals’ perfect postseason roll.Bumgarner pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, Hunter Pence homered early and the Giants showed off their October poise, shutting down the Royals 7-1 Tuesday night in the World Series opener.“Our team is concentrating on what we’re doing, not what the Royals are doing,” Bumgarner said.From the get-go, the Giants simply did everything right to w