sports mania: July 2008

Yao will Resume His Workout

Posted by Rye Labels: Basketball, Famous, NBA, Star

Chinese newspapers say Yao Ming is likely to resume working out with China’s national basketball team later this week.

The Houston Rockets’ center has a “very high” chance of playing in China’s three games at the Stankovic Cup Olympic warmup tournament in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Hu Jiashi, deputy director of the Chinese Basketball Association was quoted as saying by newspapers.
China’s first game is against Serbia on Thursday.

Yao’s health for the Beijing Olympics has been of great concern to organizers since he suffered a stress fracture to his left foot in February, ending his NBA season.

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Tied 3-3 in 10th

Posted by Rye Labels: Baseball, Famous, Field Game, Star

NEW YORK - Evan Longoria hit an RBI double off Billy Wagner with two outs in the eighth inning, pulling the American League into a 3-all tie with the NL and sending the All-Star game into extra innings Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

J.D. Drew hit a two-run homer for the Americans off Edinson Volquez in the seventh, tying the score at 2.

Matt Holliday homered in the fifth for the NL, which took a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth when Miguel Tejada helped manufacture a run.

Tejada singled off Boston reliever Jonathan Papelbon, who was booed lustily by the sellout crowd. Tejada stole second and went to third on catcher Dioner Navarro’s throwing error before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Adrian Gonzalez.

San Francisco closer Brian Wilson retired the first two batters in the eighth before giving way to Wagner. He gave up a single to Grady Sizemore, who stole second without a throw and scored when Longoria golfed a 2-2 delivery down the left-field line for a ground-rule double.