Grand slam sports

'00 champ Safin bows out of last Open in 1st round - NEW YORK Marat Safin strutted off the Grand Slam stage with little of the sound or fury that accompanied so much of his combustible career. Maria Sharapova beats Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-3, 6-0, in first round - At 22, Sharapova, three-time Grand Slam champion and about a 300-time cover model, didn't just control Pironkova, the pride of Plovdiv, as she did pulverize Weekly Slice: Will the 'real Serena' please step up? - While you can't argue with an operating system that has delivered 11 Grand Slam titles, Serena owes it to tennis to display a little more pride and interest Sports Agent Donald Dell Says Sponsorship Will Recover in 2010 - Maria Sharapova may drop some sponsors in favor of agreements that give the three-time Grand Slam champion a percentage of sales, her agent Max Eisenbud AL Capsules - (AP) - Landon Powell hit his first career grand slam to help Oakland score five runs in the second inning, and Trevor Cahill (8-12) won consecutive starts National League Game Capsules - San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Edgar Renteria belted a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the seven inning, as San Francisco scored seven unanswered YE Yang earns berth in '09 PGA Grand Slam of Golf with win - The PGA Grand Slam of Golf will once again air on TNT, where it is broadcast in prime-time to more than 89 million US homes and an international audience of

Sports of The Times Back on the Baseline, via the Receiving Line - New York Times bloggers are following every serve, volley and replay challenge of the 2009 Grand Slam tournaments. Kim Clijsters's husband, Brian Lynch, '00 champ Safin bows out of last Open in 1st round - NEW YORK Marat Safin strutted off the Grand Slam stage with little of the sound or fury that accompanied so much of his combustible career. Weekly Slice: Will the 'real Serena' please step up? - While you can't argue with an operating system that has delivered 11 Grand Slam titles, Serena owes it to tennis to display a little more pride and interest National League Game Capsules - San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Edgar Renteria belted a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the seven inning, as San Francisco scored seven unanswered Toe-to-Toe with Bud Collins - This year marks the 40th anniversary of Rod Laver's Grand Slam. To commemorate the event, Randy walker is a releasing an updated version of Bud Collins' Ivanovic's free fall continues - She has not advanced past the fourth round of a Grand Slam since. Now ranked No. 11, she stands to fall even farther before she wakes up. 3. All Is Well With Nadal in Return at US Open - More Photos » New York Times bloggers are following every serve, volley and replay challenge of the 2009 Grand Slam tournaments.

Sports Briefs - Professional tennis player Michael Yani, Trinity '03, made his second Grand Slam appearance Tuesday. He put forth an impressive performance, Understanding the Psyche of the Greatest of All Time - that there was always going to be someone out there better than him at tennis, he would not be closing in on an unprecedented 16th Grand Slam title. Vazquez Grand in 9-5 Salem Win - Winston-Salem, NC (September 2, 2009) - Will Vazquez' grand slam was the climax to a seven-run third inning which helped the Red Sox dispatch the Dash 9-5 AL Capsules - (AP) - Landon Powell hit his first career grand slam to help Oakland score five runs in the second inning, and Trevor Cahill (8-12) won consecutive starts Sports Recap - 3 Nadal, whose sore knees kept him out of Wimbledon, returned to Grand Slam play with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over Richard Gasquet, while Safin, another former YE Yang earns berth in '09 PGA Grand Slam of Golf with win - The PGA Grand Slam of Golf will once again air on TNT, where it is broadcast in prime-time to more than 89 million US homes and an international audience of

Sports Briefs - Professional tennis player Michael Yani, Trinity '03, made his second Grand Slam appearance Tuesday. He put forth an impressive performance, Hewitt finds grace as Safin departs - Each would win an additional Grand Slam title. They even both had a kid sister trying to make it on the women's tour. But the similarities only went so far. Martin's slam boosts slumping Dodgers past Cubs - His grand slam snapped a sixth-inning tie and boosted the Dodgers to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night in the series opener. The Main Characters of Tennis, and Style - New York Times bloggers are following every serve, volley and replay challenge of the 2009 Grand Slam tournaments. THE OUTFIT At the Wimbledon final this