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Andy Roddick vs. Roger Federer in a serving speed contest? How about Rafael Nadal vs. Andy Murray in a timed race to chase down drop shots?
The rosters featured NBA All-Stars and players who helped North Carolina win national championships. Yet the crowd that filled the Smith Center for the charity game featuring Tar Heel alumni playing professionally saved the biggest cheer for two people who weren't even playing.
Diana Taurasi will be playing in the WNBA All-Star game after being chosen as a reserve by the league.
The WNBA says Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings has received the most votes for next week's All-Star game.
Tim Lincecum and Roy Halladay were selected Monday as the starting pitchers for the All-Star game.
Back in 2003, Bud Selig added a twist to baseball’s All-Star Game. The league that won the game, the commissioner decreed, would earn home-field advantage for its representative in the World Series.
Major League Baseball and St. Louis organizers are working on plenty of events to be enjoyed by those who don't have tickets to Tuesday's All-Star Game. Here are a few highlights:
Baseball's All-Star Game on Tuesday will bring more than 200,000 visitors to St. Louis, which has worked hard in recent years to make its streets safer and re-energize its downtown.
Dana DeMuth has been picked as the umpire crew chief for the All-Star game in St. Louis on July 14,
Boston's Kevin Youkilis has moved back in front of the Yankees' Mark Teixeira with two days left in AL balloting for starters for the All-Star game in St. Louis on July 14.
Sheryl Crow will headline a fundraising concert during All-Star game weekend in St. Louis as part of Major League Baseball's commitment to participate in President Barack Obama's United We Serve initiative.
The Houston Dynamo's Dominic Kinnear was picked to coach the MLS against Premier League team Everton in the All-Star game in July.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa will join Dodgers manager Joe Torre as an NL coach for next month's All-Star game in St. Louis.
Kevin Youkilis has taken a slim lead over Mark Teixeira in a back-and-forth race to be elected the starting American League first baseman for the All-Star game.
Albert Pujols has edged past Chase Utley for the race to be the National League's top All-Star vote-getter.
The Yankees and Red Sox were already going head-to-head before their much-anticipated third series of the season Tuesday night.
Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez has dropped to sixth among NL outfielders in latest fan voting for starting spots in the All-Star game.
Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria leads all AL players in fan voting for All-Star spots, more than doubling the total of perennial starter Alex Rodriguez.
Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez has dropped in the latest round of fan voting for the All-Star game, falling to fifth among NL outfielders.
If Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez is voted into the starting lineup for the All-Star game by the fans of Major League Baseball and allowed to be on the roster there should be a congressional investigation.
The crowds have been thinner, television ratings are down and top manufacturers and sponsors face serious financial problems.
Jimmie Johnson has a history of dominance at Lowe's Motor Speedway, but had never started from the pole in the All-Star race.
Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder who made his own mark on the major leagues despite playing in the shadow of Hall of Fame brother Joe and teammate Ted Williams, died early Friday at his Massachusetts home. He was 92.
Amare Stoudemire's performance should draw great reviews, whether it was a farewell performance to his Phoenix fans or an audition for the teams considering trading for him.
Isiah Thomas blasts Magic Johnson over criticisms in new book - Ian Thomsen - SI.comSome drama from the basketball world. When he heard the criticisms from his former friend Magic Johnson in a soon-to-be-released book, Isiah Thomas said he'd had enough. And so he began to fight back.
President Obama is going to throw out the first pitch of the All-Star Game tomorrow night, and unlike every fifth pitch in Major League Baseball these days, it won't be caught by a Molina:
And now, the moment only the masochistic among you have been waiting for, the Home Run Derby:
Baseball has taken to staging charity concerts during the All-Star break. This year it's Sheryl Crow:
Herb Score, 75, Indians Pitcher Derailed by Line Drive, Dies - Back when his infamous injury occurred, baseball was still America's favorite pastime. I was eleven years old when Herb Score was felled by a Gil McDougald line drive.
NBA Player ViolatedThe NBA Players Association is investigating charges that a former certified player agent stole several hundred thousand dollars from Detroit Pistons star Richard Hamilton and the union says it will turn potential findings over to legal authorities for possible prosecution, Yahoo …
All-Star Superman: A RetrospectiveCC2K's Danny Lewis takes a look back at Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's already-classic All-Star Superman run!
Watching the Major League Baseball All-Star game laboriously drag into the early morning hours and the benches become so depleted that the managers were 2 seconds away from putting the bat boys in the field, the possibility of another embarrassing tie was slowing inching towards …
Can Obama do more than Do the economic policies of Barack Obama represent a "Third Way" between the militant free market ideology of Milton Friedman and the Chicago School, on the one hand, and the much more interventionist approach favoured by the followers of John Maynard Keynes, on the other? Writin …
Vikings Draft JD Booty The Minnesota Vikings may have gotten the steal of the 2008 NFL draft when they picked up standout USC quarterback John David Booty in the fifth round.
All $tar - $tarlito's Way II - Street Ball: Waiting (and Waiting) for a Big Rap MomentNASHVILLE — He calls himself All $tar, and he has what most rappers dream of: a devoted fan base, a strong regional reputation and a big-time record deal.
I watched the first half of the first period of today's NHL all-star hockey game. That's all I could take. Anyone who got past my tune-out point might argue that it was a great game. If so, I have no defense. But what I saw of the game was also "No Defense".
NBA All-Star balloting needs fixingvery year, several deserving players are left off the All-Star rosters, and it seems fans, especially those in China, will make sure this year is no different.
Mitchell Report: Investigation Links at least 80 MLB Players to Steroid UseRoger Clemens turned out to be Exhibit A in the long-awaited Mitchell Report, an All-Star roster linked to steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs that put a question mark -- if not an asterisk -- next to some of baseball's biggest moments.
The All-Star break is always a good time to look back at the history of the game, grab a pint or two, and mull over some deep thoughts about baseball. This year, Barry Bonds has just been chosen for his gazillionth All-Star game.
More cash for A-rod.. So A-rod makes the All-Star team, for what the Yanks (and the Rangers) are paying him, I would think that it would be expected. Well, with 200K, his wife can afford some more tank tops with colorful language..
Matt Kenseth post-qualifying audioListen to Matt Kenseth talk about winning the pole for the 2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge.
I am completely and utterly appalled at the gross exaggerations and assignment of stereotypical attributes by this particular journalist. Simply, he should be ashamed. Here's is the article
It's like somebody just played a joke on me. Scratch that one. Not somebody, that implies a wide array of possibilities. No, I know exactly who pulled this one on me. All-Star Weekend just clowned on me.
All-Star games test tolerance of the fansThe money, extreme as it is, long ago became acceptable. The attitude? Tolerable. The posses, the agents, the perks? Background noise.
New NHL jersey has Central Michigan rootsTanya Domina had an added incentive to watch this year's National Hockey League All-Star Game. And it had nothing to do with who won or lost.
Rorygate. The NHL's All-Star voting disaster: a Slate investigation.Finally, something seemed to be going right for the National Hockey League. Despite flagging attendance and abysmal television ratings, the league was headed into next week's midseason break on a wave of positive publicity.
Canucks' Fitzpatrick falls to third in All-Star votingThe Rory Fitzpatrick write-in campaign took a hit Wednesday. Several high-profile hockey personalities have spoken out against the "Vote for Rory" campaign, including Phoenix Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky, who suggested the NHL intervene.
Blake Deserves To Be an All-StarFans around the league are slowly beginning to notice the player that fans on Long Island have fell in love with over the past four seasons, seeing him develop from a speedy fourth line pest, to a bona-fide goal scorer in the NHL.
Fitzpatrick uncomfortable by All-Star votesTrying to vote the journeyman defenceman on to the Western Conference team for the NHL all-star game has become a trend like reality TV. A spark that began with an Internet website has taken hold like wildfire.
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