INDIANAPOLIS - David Ragan, in the midst of a career breakthrough, added the pole for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to his suddenly improved resume.
SANTA CLARA, Calif (AP) - Chase Beeler walked into the San Francisco 49ers' locker room for the first time and felt right at home. Everything from the motivational signs plastered along the walls to the coaching staff to the playbook was familiar.
Former Fallon and Nevada offensive lineman Harvey Dahl has agreed to a four-year contract with the St. Louis Rams.
CLEVELAND (AP) - In the middle of a surprising season, the Cleveland Indians are getting an ace rather than trading one away.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W Va (AP) - Golf is fun again for Anthony Kim. The Greenbrier Classic is helping solidify that.
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) - Caroline Masson of Germany shot a 4-under 68 to double her lead to two strokes after the third round at the Women's British Open on Saturday.
Irwin shoots his age, shoots up scoreboard
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's on to the next step for the NFL and its players, who are getting closer to a full-fledged collective bargaining agreement.
It's Tyler Lantrip's job to lose.
CLERMONT, Ind. (AP) - Everything had to go right for Brad Keselowski to chase down Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - World champion Spain was drawn on Saturday with 1998 winner France, Georgia, Belarus and Finland in a qualifying group for the 2014 tournament - the first World Cup in Brazil in 64 years.
CINCINNATI (AP) - Madison Bumgarner thought he had put his first-inning problems behind him.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Scott Sizemore hit a three-run double in the fifth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 on Saturday night.
If you hang out anywhere near the Mills Court tennis courts these days, you'll see a little-known game being played.
The Northern California team pushed ahead to a 16-stroke win in the Girls Junior Americas Cup golf tournament at the Genoa Lakes Golf Club on Thursday.
Assuming that a deal is reached last minute on the debt ceiling, the U.S. economy still will have a great deal of headwind before we see any meaningful recovery.
Carson City resident Tiffany O'Day recently won $500 in gas cards as the first-place winner of Greater Nevada Credit Union's Laughing Gas Photo Facebook contest. The contest ran May 1 to June 12, and all U.S. residents age 18 and older were eligible to enter.
Rivera joins Carson AAA insurance team Dawn Rivera has joined the Carson City AAA insurance team after spending more than four years as a travel agent with AAA. Rivera is an active member of Women Entrepreneurs of Northern Nevada and the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce, as well as being involved in youth sports in the Dayton area for more than 10 years.
Supporters of a system that will allow hospitals, physicians and others in Nevada to share patient information in real time across digital networks are confident they've found the right technology to get the job done. Now they need to get often-competitive, often strongly opinionated hospital executives, physicians and others in the health care industry to break down the walls that have kept them from sharing information in the past.
OLYMPIC VALLEY - Nearly a year to the date after his official hiring as CEO at Squaw Valley USA, Andy Wirth revealed plans last week for numerous transformative projects at the North Shore ski resort. In what he is dubbing "The Renaissance," Wirth said the comprehensive capital improvement plan will "address deficiencies while enhancing our strengths in a manner that is consistent with the legendary history and culture of Squaw."
Heading into Thursday's final round of the Girls Junior Americas Cup at Genoa Lakes, Northern California had a eight-stroke lead over second-place Oregon.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The San Francisco Giants may not need much offense from Carlos Beltran if they play the Phillies again in the postseason.
There goes Albert Haynesworth, heading from Mike Shanahan's Redskins to Bill Belichick's Patriots - where he'll be joined by New England's other big pickup Thursday: Chad Ochocinco.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Olin Browne has circled the globe playing professional golf for the past 27 years. He knows it takes a lot more than 18 holes and a lucky shot to win a major championship.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla (AP) - Tiger Woods finally gets back to golf next week at the Bridgestone Invitational, ending an 11-week break to heal injuries to his left leg.
(AP) - For U.S. soccer fans, the scene was tough to watch: Archrival Mexico celebrating a Gold Cup victory on American soil, cheered on by a largely pro-Mexico crowd at the Rose Bowl.
SHANGHAI (AP) - Michael Phelps vs. Milorad Cavic Part III is off.
The NFL is back in business and so are a couple of Fallon grads.
Even after nine years, Carson Valley resident Matt Buyten has to take a step back every August to brace himself.
SHANGHAI (AP) - Britta Steffen of Germany dropped out of the world championships after swimming the slowest qualifying time in the 100-meter freestyle on Thursday.
DENVER (AP) - Like so many sports fans, Dan and Kitty Ellison have noticed the changes, however slight.
(AP) - Butch Davis had seemingly survived the most dangerous days of the NCAA investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct within his North Carolina program.
Nate White's dream is to umpire in Major League Baseball, and right now he is ahead of schedule.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Patrick Willis set three alarm clocks just so he could be at the San Francisco 49ers headquarters exactly when the NFL lockout lifted. He even set the ringer on his cell phone to full blast.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Another sweltering day at Yankee Stadium. Only this time, the Oakland Athletics finally sweated out a win against New York.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Ryan Vogelsong labored through five innings to regain the National League's best ERA, five relievers finished with four scoreless innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Saturday night.
NEW YORK (AP) - Though a vote to end the four-month lockout isn't a certainty, the players association's executive committee will meet in Washington on Monday.
GRENOBLE, France (AP) - Silencing his doubters once and for all, Cadel Evans will now be wearing the prized Tour de France leader's yellow jersey on the Champs-Elysees.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Amir Khan got another big win, even if he would have liked to do it in a bit more spectacular fashion.
GLADEVILLE, Tenn (AP) - Carl Edwards dominated the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday night at Nashville Superspeedway.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Bo Van Pelt held his finish after a perfect iron shot into the 18th green, lowering the club in time to acknowledge the generous applause after his ball stopped five feet below the hole.
JINSHAN CITY, China (AP) - When Alex Meyer pulled out before the start of the 25-kilometer race at the world championships Saturday, the U.S. swimmer did so with good reason: Teammate Fran Crippen died in a race in similarly warm water last year.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger got the privacy he wanted for his wedding Saturday, with police providing tight security around the church in affluent Ohio Township where he and Ashley Harlan were married and tinted windows on expensive cars leaving much of the guest list a mystery.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - There were the record number of first-time WNBA All-Stars, and a halftime ceremony honoring the best players in WNBA history. Indiana Fever guard Katie Douglas didn't fit into either category.
The Carson High Football Boosters Club is gearing up for its annual Senator Football Kickoff Dinner on Aug. 13.
LONDON - The London Olympics will open just over a year from now, amid the stunning and historic backdrops of the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace - all the monuments that make this city one of the world's most popular destinations.
Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart parlayed a 1-2 qualifying performance into a 1-2 finish at New Hampshire last Sunday, improving both drivers' chances of making the Chase this season.
WALTON ON THE HILL, England (AP) - Mark Calcavecchia and Lee Rinker headed an American charge in the second round of the Senior British Open on Friday.
ALPE D'HUEZ, France (AP) - If Andy Schleck is to finally win the Tour de France, he's going to have to overcome one final obstacle on his own.
NEW YORK (AP) - Trevor Cahill blew his game plan in the second inning.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Nyjer Morgan pointed his finger at the crowd, crossed his arms and taunted a sea of Giants fans he was once among many times.
Deciding whom to designate as a beneficiary for your IRA might seem like an easy decision - you probably want your money to go to someone near and dear to you. But is the person (or people) you're thinking of actually named as the beneficiary on the particular IRA you opened all those years ago? All too often I've witnessed where the desired beneficiary is not listed.
The Northern Nevada Development Authority will have it's monthly breakfast meeting July 27 at Dayton Valley Country Club, 101 Palmer Drive, Dayton. Topic of the meeting is Mining - Then and Now. Discover why mining is important not only to the state of Nevada but also the Sierra Region.
LAKE TAHOE - The market for vacation rentals at Lake Tahoe is strengthening and consumers aren't demanding deep price discounts as they did in recent years, property managers say. However, shorter stays are still the norm.
As the leader of a Northern Nevada-based financial institution and its subsidiary mortgage company, industries rife with challenges the past several years, I finally went "Over the Edge." Significant financial losses, necessary downsizing, unprecedented regulatory pressures ... it seemed daunting for many as we all wondered when the local economy would improve again. At times it could feel like being in a freefall.
MIAMI (AP) - Alonzo Mourning never thought he would spend 15 years crusading for thousands of South Florida's impoverished youth.
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - The country's most popular sport is in limbo for at least another day.
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - The NFL canceled its Hall of Fame game between St. Louis and Chicago on Thursday despite owners voting in favor of a tentative deal to end the lockout, pending player approval.
Used to be few things in sports made you feel more foolish than second-guessing Tiger Woods. So maybe throwing longtime caddie and close pal Steve Williams overboard after a dozen years and six times that many wins around the world together will pay dividends in the long run.
- NFL says it will opt out of collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association after the 2010-11 season, saying its costs are too high and it needs givebacks from the players. 2010 season will have no salary cap.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . .
Jim Irsay isn't worried about Peyton Manning's health yet.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - In an effort to reduce the number of concussions and subconcussive hits, Ivy League football teams will be allowed to have just two full-contact practices a week, three less than the NCAA allows.
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - Auburn coach Gene Chizik fielded a steady barrage of questions about an NCAA investigation and a reportedly testy exchange with the governing body's enforcement director.
DETROIT (AP) - A person familiar with the situation says the Detroit Pistons will offer Lawrence Frank their coaching position within two days.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - After a year that couldn't end soon enough, one rocked by a sex scandal and divorce, a major swing change on the golf course and the loss of four major corporate sponsors off it, Tiger Woods was asked about the one constant in his career - his caddie, Steve Williams.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) - Former British Open champion Karen Stupples of England shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the first-round lead with Sweden's Maria Hjorth and South Korea's Ahn Shin-ae at the Evian Masters on Thursday.
WALTON ON THE HILL, England (AP) - Mark Calcavecchia defied the afternoon rain to shoot a bogey-free 68 and take a three-way share of the first-round lead at the Senior British Open on Thursday.
LE MONETIER-LES-BAINS, France (AP) - Andy Schleck led a daring attack in the Alps to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, putting him within seconds of the yellow jersey and quashing Alberto Contador's hopes of a fourth title.
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon has been released from a Nevada hospital after he was injured in a crash in a limousine on the way from Lake Tahoe to the airport.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis is ready to cancel its plans for a backup Super Bowl date.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kerry Collins thought about calling it quits at the end of last season only to give himself plenty of time before finally announcing his unexpected retirement earlier this month.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning was sued Wednesday over a weekend traffic crash in Florida that raised questions about whether he improperly left the scene.
The Carson High Football Boosters Club is gearing up for its annual Senator Football Kickoff Dinner on August 13th.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods and Steve Williams were together for 12 years and some 250 tournaments, a player-caddie relationship that produced 72 wins, 13 majors and a friendship so strong that each served in the other's wedding.
PINEROLO, Italy (AP) - Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway won the 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, the first of three days in the Alps, while Thomas Voeckler retained the yellow jersey but lost time after riding off course on the final descent.
WASHINGTON (AP) - NFL players didn't vote Wednesday on a full proposal to settle the league's labor dispute, citing several outstanding issues, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball squared off in a Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday as the team sought court approval of a $150 million financing arrangement that MLB is challenging with a financing offer of its own.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tim Lincecum and Clayton Kershaw matched each other pitch for pitch, knowing the smallest mistake could cost their team the game.
Silverada Little League of Dayton makes its state 10-11 state debut Friday at 6 p.m. when it faces North Summerlin at the Silverado Ranch Little League Complex.
DETROIT (AP) - Hideki Matsui doesn't think of himself as a member of the 500-homer club.
The traditional spinach salad with crumbled bacon is delicious, but it's also loaded with fat, sodium and extra calories.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Brandon Belt hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh inning in his first game back in the majors and the San Francisco Giants finally gave Madison Bumgarner some run support at home while beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Tuesday night.
For the first time since 1992, a Carson City Little League all-star team will play for the right to make the trip to San Bernardino for the Western Regionals.
DETROIT (AP) - Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Guillen each hit a two-run homer in Detroit's six-run fifth inning, and the Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3 on Tuesday night.
Over the weekend the Capital City Hot Shots took first place for JV squads in the
GAP, France (AP) - Alberto Contador has finally put the hammer down at the Tour de France - and now, the race is really on.
HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Astros traded second baseman Jeff Keppinger to the San Francisco Giants for two Double-A pitchers on Tuesday.
Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller thinks a deal to end the NFL lockout will be reached this week - and says retired players won't stand in the way of an agreement.
The NFL told club executives they could be schooled in the ins and outs of the new labor contract as early as Thursday, and the players' association summoned its leadership for a potential vote - the strongest signs yet the lockout might be nearing an end.
SANDWICH, England - Darren Clarke had every reason to lose hope.
PIOULENC, France - Mark Cavendish will be cautious heading into the final week of the Tour de France, and with good reason. Twice before he narrowly missed the green jersey, given to the top sprinter.
NEW YORK (AP) - There will be no storybook ending for Borders. The 40-year-old book seller could start liquidating its 399 remaining stores as early as Friday. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based chain, which helped pioneer the big-box bookseller concept, is seeking court approval to liquidate its stores after it failed to receive any bids that would keep it in business. The move adds Borders to the list of retailers that have failed to survive the economic downturn.
NEW YORK - One by one, tired and disappointed members of the U.S Women's World Cup team trudged off the bus and were greeted with cheers and waves from appreciative fans who didn't seem to mind a bit that they came up short of a championship.
Silverada Little League of Dayton captured the 10-11 District 3 all-star tournament in Elko on Thursday night.
It's no coincidence that Donovan Osborne's baseball clinic is scheduled for this Friday. It's National Autism Awareness Day.
Donovan Osborne was 8 years old when he saw his first live baseball game at Candlestick Park.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Scott Sizemore saved Oakland from another disappointing loss. He also saved himself some frustration.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Barry Zito appeared to be on the right path after returning from a near-season long injury nearly three weeks ago.
I'm an avid golfer, though not a very good one. I can count my rounds of under 90 on two hands. I'm usually between 90 and 94, and I hit enough good shots to keep me wanting to play the game.
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks hope to reclaim the Stanley Cup in 2011-12 by adding a splash of physical and experienced players to a core of younger and highly skilled stars.
Oregon has hired a high-profile law firm and stayed mum as questions mount about the Ducks' $25,000 payment to a Texas-based recruiting service.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Desmond Howard shook his head and smiled. It's been 20 years since he won the Heisman Trophy at Michigan as an electrifying pass catcher and kick returner.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Trevor Cahill settled down and the Oakland hitters opened up. The timing was off, though, and it led to another frustrating defeat.
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) - Tiger Woods' ex-swing coach believes the former No. 1 player can win the five majors he needs to pass Jack Nicklaus' record of 18. Hank Haney says it's just a matter of Woods getting healthy.
PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France (AP) - Alberto Contador is clinging to his Tour de France title hopes.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The bumpy, windy road got the Americans right where they wanted to go all along.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The NBA lockout isn't really posing any challenges for Brian Grant's big fundraiser to fight Parkinson's disease, contrary to widespread reports and Internet buzz.
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) - Kyle Busch has sped into auto racing history, becoming the third NASCAR driver to win 100 races.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - After squandering two chances to win a major championship last year, Dustin Johnson never envisioned getting another shot at this British Open.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - About the only predictable part of this British Open is the weather.
Last weekend provided some very interesting racing, from the IndyCar demolition derby at Toronto to the Red Bull "team orders" controversy at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone to Kyle Busch narrowly missing his second triple win at Kentucky.
As the leader of a Northern Nevada-based financial institution and its subsidiary mortgage company, industries rife with challenges the past several years, I finally went "Over the Edge." Significant financial losses, necessary downsizing, unprecedented regulatory pressures ... it seemed daunting for many as we all wondered when the local economy would improve again. At times it could feel like being in a freefall.
Pay increases for Northern Nevada workers are creeping back toward pre-recession levels, and raises for management and professional workers are leading the way. A survey conducted by the Nevada Association of Employers finds that raises ran slightly above 3 percent last year among the approximately 60 employers who participated in the study.
Click Bond, Inc., a Carson City company, recently announced the promotions of Doug Carlton, former manager of standards engineering promoted to vice president of standards; Chester 'Lee' Parsley, former quality assurance manager now vice president of quality assurance; and new addition Paul Downey, former CFO at Ensign Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company, now chief financial officer
How many readers are familiar with the normalcy bias? The normalcy bias refers to a mental state people enter in the face of disaster that causes them to underestimate the possibility of a disaster occurring or it's possible effects. People make an assumption that since certain disasters have never occurred, they never can occur. This results in people not being prepared, and on a larger scale, the failure of government to include the populace in it's disaster preparation.
USDA announces new e-newsletter A new electronic newsletter is available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Nevada. The USDA "e-News Roundup" will contain notices of funding opportunities, information on Farm Bill program deadlines, energy grants, crop insurance, agricultural statistics, as well as a calendar of partner events.
Food manufacturers and processors who operate on tight margins increasingly look to low-cost Northern Nevada as the site for new operations. The sector already is a growing part of the manufacturing landscape in Northern Nevada, and food company executives and business development officials say the region is poised for a boom in food-related companies which bring manufacturing operations to the region.
With the feds locked in battle over what to do with our surmounting budget crisis, one word that seems to be creeping into vogue again is inflation. For gold and silver, it appears that new and greater prices will most likely soon be achieved. So what does that mean for the precious metals arena?
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . .Don't know what to expect out of this year's Nevada Wolf Pack football team? You're not alone.
An NCAA official told Auburn coach Gene Chizik that it is not done investigating the Tigers' football program and the recruitment of Cam Newton, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA has laid off about 114 people over the last two days, planned cost-cutting moves that a league spokesman says are "not a direct result of the lockout."
The calls came as soon as Shaquille O'Neal decided to retire, all wanting to hire one of the NBA's greatest entertainers.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - Thomas Bjorn and Tom Lewis have nothing in common except for the unlikely position they shared Thursday atop the leaderboard at the British Open.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - He was always destined to be remembered around here as the guy who threw it away when it mattered most. Nothing Thomas Bjorn could do about that, especially when it looked as if he wouldn't even play this year at Royal St. George's.
NEW YORK (AP) - With time running short to keep the NFL's preseason intact, owners and players got into another long round of labor talks Thursday, trying to break the impasse that has kept the league shut down for four months.
LUZ-ARDIDEN, France (AP) - Spain's Samuel Sanchez thrilled fans of his Basque-based team with the stage win Thursday and France's Thomas Voeckler surprised himself by keeping the yellow jersey on Bastille Day as the Tour de France finally hit the mountains.
LAVAUR, France (AP) - Mark Cavendish nearly lost a shoe in the final stretch but kept his cool to win a rainy 11th stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint Wednesday, easily beating Andre Greipel of Germany at the line to seize the leading sprinter's green jersey.
MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) - The U.S. kept its fans breathless again. And just like last time, Abby Wambach - who else - came up big.
There is a new top dog in District 1 11-12 all-stars.
CHICAGO (AP) - The way Mike Martz sees it, the Chicago Bears could play in the Hall of Fame game on a day's notice if necessary.
NEW YORK (AP) - Calling the players' offer "fair for both sides," star quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees - plaintiffs in an antitrust suit against the NFL - said Wednesday "it is time" to wrap up negotiations on a deal to end the league's lockout.
NEW YORK (AP) - When it comes to playing overseas during the NBA lockout, Billy Hunter has a simple message for the league's players: Enjoy your trip, we'll call you when it's time to come home.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - By now, he should have won a few of these, maybe more. When Sergio Garcia first teed it up in the British Open as a teenager there seemed no way his name wouldn't someday be inscribed on the claret jug.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - The last time the British Open was held outside Britain was 60 years ago, when Max Faulkner won at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The Royal & Ancient has been asked over the years if it would ever go back.
Donovan Osborne, former Carson High graduate and St. Louis Cardinal star in the 90s, is putting on a baseball clinic July 22 at 9 a.m. at Carson High School.
The Nevada Bullets scored three runs in the first inning, but were blanked the rest of the way in a 7-3 Far West League loss to the Redding Colt 45s Wednesday night at Western Nevada College.
NEW YORK (AP) - Think back four months to that disappointing day in March when the NFL lockout began. The general opinion was the owners and players would reach a new labor agreement long before training camps opened.
BOSTON (AP) - Boston's City Hall Plaza has been chosen as the site for a proposed statue of Celtics basketball legend Bill Russell, Boston Mayor Tom Menino and other officials announced Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) - Locked-out NBA players will have their escrow money returned to them for the first time because salaries fell below 57 percent of league revenues last season, two people with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - Ben Curtis is no fluke.
SANDWICH, England (AP) - Let's all welcome a newcomer to the British Open ... Mr. Phil Mickelson of the United States.
PHOENIX (AP) - Prince Fielder's three-run homer sailed over the left-field wall at Chase Field, and the conveyor belt from the National League bullpen began.
PHOENIX (AP) - If Heath Bell is leaving the National League, he slid right out in style.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Milwaukee Brewers got a quick start on the second half, picking up a big-time closer.
Nobody said it was going to be easy.
The Maison T Ortiz Youth Outdoor Skills Camp will be held Friday- Sunday at Winnemucca Ranch.
C.J. Maldanado and Colby Blueberg homered, and Connor Eppard drove in three runs to lead the Nevada Bullets to an 11-7 win over the Redding Colt 45s in a Far West League baseball game Tuesday at Western Nevada College.
Time to celebrate this summers farmers' markets and Carson City Greenhouse Project. If you know me it's this time of year that I really glow.
NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.
THIEZAC, France - Defending champion Alberto Contador and main rival Andy Schleck have yet to properly test each other in this year's Tour de France - they have been too busy avoiding serious injury in nine days of manic racing, which came to a temporary halt with Monday's rest day.
SANDWICH, England - Ben Curtis never gets too worked up about anything.
The Builders Association of Western Nevada Professional Women in Building offers the opportunity to receive a Helping Hand with your Handy(wo)man project. Projects must fall within these parameters:
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) - Any time she caught a teammate's eye, Abby Wambach held up one finger. It had nothing to do with the shrinking numbers on the clock.
One thing sticks out about Carson Little League's three wins in the District 1 11-12 all-star tournament - fast starts.
NEW YORK (AP) - This was so Derek Jeter.
NEW YORK (AP) - Christian Lopez was at the bottom of several piles during his days playing football at small St. Lawrence University.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Oakland relievers Joey Devine and Grant Balfour pitched two shutout innings, handing normally reliable closer Andrew Bailey a ninth-inning lead.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tim Lincecum made sure he won't have to be asked about being an All-Star with a losing record.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Mika Miyazato and Ai Miyazato, unrelated but from the same city in Japan, finished 1-2 after the second round of the U.S. Women's Open before play was suspended Saturday because of thunderstorms.
No other links course in England has hosted the British Open more often than Royal St. George's. No other course on the rotation can claim the first Open champion to not break 80 over four rounds and the first Open champion to shoot in the 60s all four rounds.
WOLFSBURG Germany (AP) - Japan knocked two-time defending champion Germany out of the Women's World Cup on Saturday, advancing to the semifinals with a 1-0 win when substitute Karina Maruyama outran the defense and scored on an angled shot in extra time.
SUPER-BESSE, France - The attacks never came on the first mountain trek of the Tour de France, as defending champion Alberto Contador and his main rival Andy Schleck both held fire and let others contest victory during the eighth stage.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Bryan brothers have given the Americans a fighting chance against Spain.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The federal magistrate judge who is mediating the labor dispute between NFL owners and players has scheduled another session for July 19 in Minneapolis.
MERIDIAN, Idaho - The Carson Blue Jays closed out their summer season with a 12-2 win over the Seattle Broncos Saturday in the Idaho Wood Bat Tournament.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - When the rain stopped, Stacy Lewis got off a school bus wondering if she was in the U.S. Open or the twilight zone.
RENO - Colin Kaepernick has one word of advice for the next Nevada Wolf Pack quarterback.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - There was no rain to wash away this bad outing in Texas for Gio Gonzalez, Oakland's only All-Star.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Ryan Vogelsong has been enjoying an All-Star season. Lately, though, he doesn't feel much like one.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have fired Steve Garvey for his attempts to buy the team that he helped to the 1981 World Series title, according to a person familiar with the situation.
MERIDIAN, ID. - The Carson Blue Jays suffered two straight shutouts at the Idaho Wood Bat Tournament Friday at Rocky Mountain High School.
Retailers in Virginia City hope the start of summer brings about an increase in business, which for many has plummeted in recent years. Many of the small gift and antiques shops in Virginia City live and die on tourism generated by popular Virginia City events such as the Mountain Oyster Festival and International Camel Races.
Tom Donovan walks a tightrope as he tries to decide if a commercial composting operation makes financial sense in northern Nevada. Trucks filled with grass clippings and tree trimmings empty their loads into bins at the family-owned RT Donovan Co. Inc. at the north side of Spanish Springs.
Economic development is topic of breakfast meeting The public is invited to the monthly Nevada Business Connections breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. July 20. The breakfast will features presentations by Greg Mosier, dean of the College of Business from the University of Nevada, Reno, and Jeff Hardcastle, Nevada state demographer. Both will discuss their roles in economic development for Northern Nevada.
Almost everybody seems to talk about inflation of the U.S. dollar as a "bad thing." In fact, it may not be as bad as we all think. Problem: Average home price has dropped over 50 percent, but the mortgages on those homes remain the same. This has created several rippling effects. One out of every four homes are now worth less than the mortgage on them.
Because your retirement planning is so important to your future well-being, you should ask questions about the retirement plans available to you and how they work, as well as how to best use your retirement dollars. Below are answers to several commonly asked questions about 401(k) plans.
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) - The swift decision to submit the entire North Korea squad to anti-doping controls at the women's World Cup showed soccer's commitment to the fight against drugs, FIFA's medical chief said Friday.
CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) - Finally, the mountains.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) - When Chambers Bay was awarded the 2015 U.S. Open just months after opening there was no blueprint for how the course would react to championship conditions.
INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) - Graeme McDowell feels he is ready to renew his bid for major glory at next week's British Open.
NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Rodriguez's sore right knee will keep him out of the All-Star game and the Yankees' lineup.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Josh Hamilton could hear 6-year-old Cooper Stone screaming for his dad after the man tumbled over an outfield railing and fell 20 feet onto the concrete below.
NEW YORK (AP) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out a judge's order lifting the NFL lockout, handing the league a victory as players and owners returned to negotiations.
NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - Dwyane Wade could see himself and other NBA stars eyeing an overseas contract if the lockout drags on, just like New Jersey's Deron Williams.
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - The power and accuracy with which Peyton Manning's passes bowl over bad guys in a recent "Football Cops" TV spoof was nowhere to be seen at the Manning family's annual football camp.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish team Besiktas says it is close to reaching a deal with locked out NBA All-Star guard Deron Williams.
HOUSTON (AP) - Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is retiring, according to a report by Yahoo! Sports.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Armen Gilliam, who was part of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team that made a run to the Final Four in 1987 and played for several NBA teams, has died. He was 47.
District 1 Little League 9-10: North Tahoe 5, Truckee 4
It turned out that Carson Little League manager Kinkade DeJoseph is a bit of a prophet.
LISIEUX, France (AP) - Tour de France riders might have reservations about the way organizers have shaken up the format of the early stages. For fans, the start has been one of the most exciting in recent memory.
NEW YORK (AP) - NFL owners and players' association leaders met for more than 12 hours Thursday, failing to reach a deal to end the league's months-long lockout but returning to try again in the morning.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Barry Zito won his third straight start since coming off the disabled list, Eli Whiteside homered and the San Francisco Giants edged the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Thursday night.
NEW YORK (AP) - Hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Derek Jeter didn't think he would get a single hit in the big leagues.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Derek Holland rebounded from his shortest outing ever with a four-hitter for his third career shutout and Josh Hamilton had four RBIs for the Texas Rangers in a 6-0 victory Thursday night over the Oakland Athletics - a game marred by the death of a fan who fell out of the stands while trying to catch a ball.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A man attending a Texas Rangers game with his young son died after falling out of the stands and about 20 feet to the ground while trying to catch a baseball tossed his way Thursday night, the Rangers and Arlington fire officials said.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Prospective jurors screened Thursday for the Roger Clemens perjury trial were more critical of Congress for spending time investigating drugs in baseball than they were of the star pitcher on trial for lying to lawmakers about ever using them.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Instead of teeing it up when she comes back to the Broadmoor, Cristie Kerr's next shot at the U.S. Women's Open will be a blast out of the bunker on the front, right side of the seventh green.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . .
SILVIS, Ill. (AP) - On just about any other day, Steve Stricker's 60 in the opening round of last year's John Deere Classic would have left him comfortably ahead and soaking in the adulation.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - One is a 13-year-old, getting ready for eighth grade, spending the start of her U.S. Open week wondering if she should be asking these players for autographs or playing beside them.
Sparks National fired the first salvo, but Carson City won the battle.
It was more like a scrimmage for the Nevada Bullets.
Blue Jays drop opener in Idaho
NEW YORK (AP) - NFL owners and players may find themselves shifting to hurry-up mode as time gets tight to reach labor peace.
CAP FREHEL, France (AP) - Crashes, crashes everywhere: Alberto Contador and some other top Tour de France riders tumbled to the asphalt Wednesday in a nervous ride on Brittany's narrow, wind-swept roads.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Roger Clemens' perjury trial opened Wednesday with both sides raising the prospect of calling a roster of former baseball stars as witnesses and the judge angrily criticizing Congress for withholding an audiotape of Clemens' deposition at the heart of the case.
INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) - Thomas Levet's exuberant celebration of jumping into a lake after winning his home tournament in France last weekend has cost him a place in the British Open.
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) - The Americans can't do things the easy way.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Nate Schierholtz hit his second home run of the game leading off the bottom of the 14th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Everything was going according to plan. The Athletics finally got All-Star Felix Hernandez out of the game after eight brilliant innings and managed to tie the game against Seattle's closer.
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA is disputing a report questioning its financial losses, saying the estimates used as the basis of the article "do not reflect reality."
NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith will conduct NFL labor talks later this week after letting the lawyers handle paperwork for two days.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Roger Clemens, one of the most imposing and accomplished pitchers in baseball history, is going on trial Wednesday to fight allegations that he used drugs to enhance his power on the mound.
Some of the key figures expected at Roger Clemens' trial, scheduled to begin today, on charges he lied about using steroids and human growth hormone:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Bubba Watson's big adventure to Paris wasn't a complete disaster.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Those "minor" injuries to his left leg now have kept Tiger Woods from playing in two majors.
MUR-DE-BRETAGNE, France (AP) - Make no mistake, Alberto Contador is back on the prowl.
Andres Torres getting tagged out at home trying to score on a wild pitch. The usually reliable Matt Cain giving up a costly hit. Or another ninth-inning rally cut short.
If Carson City Little League's 10-11 all-star team could play Reno Continental every game it would win the District 1 title.
Western Nevada College's baseball team has been named one of the top academic teams in the country, earning All-Academic Team honors by the National Junior College Athletic Association.
This pasta gets so much flavor from the bacon and sweet onion that it doesn't need much else. You could add freshly ground black pepper for contrast.
130 YEARS AGO Postponed partnership: A spirited and fastidious girl residing on King Street declined to be married, even though her guests and bridegroom were assembled for the event. The postponement was because the train of her dress did not hang properly.
Yesterday I had a barbecue for my long-time neighbors who are moving from the neighborhood they have called home for many years. The Malleys, Bill and Joan, lived on Minnesota Street when we bought our house in 1974. Bill built the duplexes across the street from us in 1968.
The Nevada Bullets fell just short of capturing the Sertoma Collegiate Classic over the weekend.
What's wrong with the number three?
OAKLAND, Calif. - Josh Bard got his first chance to catch Michael Pineda since spring training and saw what the rest of baseball has been seeing from Seattle's overpowering rookie the first half of the year.
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Diego Padres returned to the place where last season's collapse was completed. This time, they found a way to avoid another meltdown.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - One might reasonably have expected Petra Kvitova, not Maria Sharapova, to be betrayed by nerves in the Wimbledon final.
RENO - Scott Greene picked an opportune time to throw his best game of the summer.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - From 1983 to 2003, the world's top two players never met each other in the Wimbledon men's final.
DETROIT (AP) - Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Crawford homered in a five-run first inning, Miguel Tejada had a grand slam in a five-run third after a long rain delay and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 15-3 Sunday morning.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - Before he even teed off, Rickie Fowler knew this was going to be a different day at the AT&T National. The course record already had been matched, with several other low rounds in progress at suddenly soft Aronimink Golf Club.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla (AP) - The Daytona 500 was one big could've, would've, should've for David Ragan.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Dominick Cruz retained the bantamweight title and avenged his only career loss, unanimously outpointing Urijah Faber in a five-round bout in UFC 132 on Saturday night.
LONDON - Send the Winter Olympics to a new frontier in Asia, or go back to the roots of winter sports in the heart of Europe?
HAMBURG, Germany - Wladimir Klitschko wanted to punish David Haye for all the trash talking he did leading up to their title fight. He settled for merely making Haye another statistic in his dominating heavyweight run.
MONT DES ALOUETTES, France - Two-time runner-up Andy Schleck and his Leopard-Trek teammates have made a near-perfect start to the Tour de France, putting themselves in an ideal position to claim the yellow jersey in Sunday's team time trial.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Joey Logano needed a boost to turn around his slumping season. It started last weekend on the road course at Sonoma and continued on the high banks of Daytona.
DETROIT (AP) - Brian Wilson stepped into the dugout, picked up a water cooler and heaved it against the bench. Then he grabbed a bat, trotted back over and gave the cooler a hefty slug.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Having ensured his first trip to a Wimbledon final and first turn at No. 1 in the rankings with a thrill-a-minute victory, Novak Djokovic dropped to his back at the baseline, limbs spread wide, chest heaving.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The NFL commissioner and the boss of the league's locked-out players stood together this week and addressed the league's rookies, a picture of cooperation that raised hopes pro football would soon be back in business.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Camp Alex II is officially over.
NEW YORK (AP) - No free agency now, maybe no games later.
LA-ROCHE-SUR-YON, France (AP) - Police seized the Quick Step cycling team's bus for checks on the eve of the Tour de France for several hours before letting it leave.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - If seeing the putts drop for birdie were not enough, K.J. Choi noticed his gallery growing and getting more excited for him Friday at Aronimink in the AT&T National.
Due to a lack of entries in Carson City's 3-on-3 Street Heat Basketball Tournament, the event has been cancelled. The organizers are exploring the possibility of hosting the event at a later date.
After being no-hit by Washoe on Thursday night, Carson City's 9-10 all-star team came out swinging Friday night.
RENO - When Nevada Bullets manager Jim Blueberg sent assistant coach Jeremiah Libke out to start Friday's Sertoma Baseball Classic opener against RBI Baseball, he had an ulterior motive.
Kurt Busch's string of poles was broken at Infineon last weekend, but I'm pretty sure Kurt didn't mind when he saw the checkered flag on Sunday.
NEW YORK (AP) - So much for that soft patch. A rebound in U.S. manufacturing surprised investors Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 170 points. The Dow ended up 648 points, or 5.4 percent, for the week. It was the index's best week in two years.
WASHINGTON - New test results show that a proposed nationwide wireless broadband network would produce significant interference with GPS systems used for everything from aviation to high-precision timing networks to consumer navigation devices. Changes to the proposal could reduce interference, but wouldn't eliminate it.
Primary Children's Medical Center Foundation has received a $1 million donation from Smith's Food & Drug Stores. The contribution is a result of fundraising efforts with customers in 56 stores in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada. Proceeds also came from the annual Smith's vendor golf tournament and employee-hosted special events. The donation brings Smith's to a total contribution level of $8.6 million given to the hospital since 1992.
Agricultural producers and manufacturers of food products in Northern Nevada looking to expand export sales will learn next month about free marketing assistance that's available through a federally funded program. The Western United States Agricultural Trade Association will detail the marketing assistance it can provide during a half-day seminar in Carson City on July 26. The event also will be available via videoconference to Carson City and Reno.
You can be right or you can be ready. I am talking about those still in denial about the current condition of the Social Security trust funds. Fighting about this issue rages on, but no matter what you believe, is it better to be correct or prepared just in case you are not?
Networking event planned for job seekers, employers On July 11, ProNet will host its semi-annual professional networking breakfast from 7:30-11 a.m. at the Atlantis Casino in Reno. The event is an opportunity for ProNet members to practice their networking skills face-to-face with employers and agencies in an informal and professional environment. It is free to all attendees.
The Capital City Center, a strip mall on East William Street, is shining a little brighter this week after having just undergone an exterior remodel. Property manager Vicki Hone, president of the Hone Company, said she is pleased with the results
Rob Hooper is absolutely convinced that some of the manufacturing jobs that left the United States in the past decade are headed back home. And Hooper, the executive director of Northern Nevada Development Authority, is working closely with local and federal officials to make sure the region is well-positioned to catch some of those jobs as they land.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith met again Thursday, expanding talks on a pro football labor deal for the first time this week to include owners and players.
