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Sports Calendar for Thursday, Oct. 21 (All times Eastern) Baseball American League Championship Series (best of 7) No Game Scheduled National League Championship Series (best of 7) Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:57 p.m., Game 5 NCAA Football UCLA at (1) Oregon, 9 p.m. Hockey...

Starace, Troicki take Kremlin Cup matches MOSCOW, -- Potito Starace and Viktor Troicki each defeated Russian players in three sets Monday, the first day of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow. Starace rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 triumph over Moscow's Teymuraz Gabashvili. Starace...

Rain forces Rogers Cup postponement MONTREAL, A steady rain throughout the day and Saturday evening forced the postponement of the Rogers Cup women's tennis semifinal matches. Both matches were rescheduled to Sunday. Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was leading 11th-seeded...

Woods says will defend FedEx Cup title ORLANDO, Fla., Tiger Woods said on his Web site Thursday he will play in The Barclays next week, the start of his defense of his FedEx Cup title. The FedEx Cup playoffs are open to the Top 125 players on the PGA Tour points list. Woods is ranked No. 1 in...

Kentucky added to Sprint Cup schedule DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., NASCAR officials announced Wednesday a new track will be added to the Sprint Cup schedule for the first time in a decade. In addition, the 2011 schedule calls for the championship chase to begin in Chicago rather than Loudon, N.H...

Peer falls in Rogers Cup 1st-round upset MONTREAL, Kaia Kanepi of Estonia bounced 14th-ranked Israeli Shahar Peer from the Rogers Cup Monday. Kanepi, who reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals this year, upended Peer 6-3, 6-3 in the first round on the hard courts of Montreal's Uniprix Stadium...

Biffle ends drought with Pocono victory LONG POND, Pa., Greg Biffle won for the first time in nearly two years Sunday, taking the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. Biffle laid back for most of the race but made a move in the late going, grabbing the lead from Sam Hornish Jr...

Sports Calendar for Sunday, Aug. 1 (All times Eastern) American League Cleveland at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 1:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m. Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Texas at LA...

Tunnel BBQ Sauce 1 1/2 cup Ketchup 1 cup mustard 1/2 vinegar (regular vinegar) 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon pepper 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 3/4 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder This is excellent on ribs-always cook my ribs first then marinate in this for a couple of hours, enjoy...

Monfils, Montanes to vie for Mercedes Cup STUTTGART, Germany, Gael Monfils of France and Spain's Albert Montanes will face off for the Mercedes Cup title after each won semifinal matches Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany. Monfils, the third seed, was forced into a third set by Spaniard Daniel...

Reutimann wins second Sprint Cup race JOLIET, Ill., (UPI) -- David Reutimann passed Jeff Gordon for the lead with 54 laps remaining Saturday and held on to win the Sprint Cup LifeLock.com 400. It was the second victory in Reutimann's Sprint Cup series career. His only other triumph came at the...

France up 2-0 over Spain in Davis Cup CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, (UPI) -- Wins Friday by Gael Monfils and Michael Llodra put France on the verge of eliminating two-time defending champion Spain from this year's Davis Cup tournament. Monfils battled to a 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4 victory...

Czechs wins twice vs. Chile in Davis Cup COQUIMBO, Chile, (UPI) -- Ivo Minar and Jan Hajek each won in straight sets Friday, giving the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead over Chile in a best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal series. Minar raced by Nicolas Massu 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 and Hajek routed Paul...

I absolutely love this recipe .... ;) Easy Lasagna Pie 1/3 cup ricotta or creamed cottage cheese 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 1 pound ground beef 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (4 ounces) 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup Bisquick 1 cup milk 2 eggs Additional...

WORLD CUP: Ghana 2, United States 1 (OT) RUSTENBURG , South Africa, (UPI) -- Asamoah Gyan's goal early in overtime Saturday boosted Ghana to a 2-1 victory over the United States in a World Cup round of 16 match. Gyan collected a long pass from Andre Ayew, battled U.S. defender Carlos...

WORLD CUP: Uruguay 2, South Korea 1 PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (UPI) -- Luis Suarez scored late in the second half Saturday to give Uruguay a 2-1 victory over South Korea and a berth in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals. With the pretty goal -- his second of the game -- Suarez secured...

Oxtail Stew In this Spanish oxtail stew, the oxtails are first marinated with a blend of olive oil and red wine to increase the flavor and to tenderize the meat. The meat should be marinated for a minimum of 4-5 hours and would be better if marinated overnight. 3 pounds of oxtails ¼ cup...

Controversial ref left off World Cup list PRETORIA, South Africa, (UPI) -- World Cup referee Koman Coulibaly, whose controversial call denied a potential game-winning goal for the U.S. team, has been benched for the next round. The Malian official was left off a list of referees assigned by...

Interest growing for noisy soccer horns? CAPE TOWN, South Africa, (UPI) -- South African companies making vuvuzela horns said the World Cup is expected to lead to international demand for the noisy instrument. Neil van Schalkwyk, who first began mass-producing vuvuzelas in South Africa, said...

World Cup party pauses for Mandela family funeral JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Nelson Mandela is expected to attend the funeral Thursday of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela, who was killed in a car accident coming home from a concert on the eve of the World Cup. South Africa paused from its...