Give Pakistan cricket team a chance of redemption | Stephen Moss | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.

Venus lone woman star to carry Stripes at U.S. Open - Tennis - CBSSports.com.

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens pose Hall of Fame dilemma - Ann Killion - SI.com.

Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart questions reasons for demotion.

Yesterday WASHINGTON POST columnist Mike Wise Tweeted that a source had told him that Ben Roethlisberger had been suspended for five games by the NFL in response to the Pittsburgh quarterback’s off-field issues.

SPORTSbyBROOKS » Washington Post Columnist Suspended For Hoax.

Back in Football, Maurice Clarett Showing Burst in Wrong Direction — FanHouse.

It is true that typical professional tennis players are bigger, stronger and taller than in previous generations. But the ideal height for a men’s champion hasn’t changed much over the last 90 years, and throughout history champions have come in varying sizes.

RealClearSports - Height of Little Value for Top Tennis Pros.

Opinion: U.S. Open is do or die for Roddick, Clijsters - Tennis- nbcsports.msnbc.com.

Miller currently ranks as the 14th leading scorer of all time with 25,279 points. There are 15 NBA players who’ve scored 25,000 points or more, and every one — with the exception of Miller and current players Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant– is in the Hall of Fame.

Reggie Miller in the Hall of Fame? Of course | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star.

The mental toughness that was as much a part of the Woods’ personality, learned by repetition from a driven father, is still there. Maybe under a layer of doubt or the patina of uncertainty, but it’s there. As was verified in the first round of the Barclays.

RealClearSports - Tiger Woods Is Anything But Finished.

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It’s finally here, the race to determine which SEC team will become the fifth consecutive national champion to emerge from the conference.

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At 14, Rubio became the youngest player in Spain’s prestigious ACB League. At 17, he started for Spain against the United States in the Olympic gold medal game. In 2009, he became the first player born in the 1990s selected in the N.B.A. draft.

The indictment of Roger Clemens last week returned to the foreground a flurry of images that baseball has spent the past half-decade trying to forget:

• Bud Selig sitting next to Stan Musial the night of Mark McGwire’s 62nd home run in 1998, whispering to Musial that the legend was witnessing “a renaissance.”

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When translated into tennis language, it goes something like this: “The greatest trick tennis fans ever pulled was convincing themselves that women’s tennis is as compelling as men’s.”

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The often-injured junior was at the bottom of the depth chart at start of training camp, and admits he considered leaving. At the urging of his father, former NFL running back Wendell Tyler, he stuck it out, and now he’s been chosen to start the season opener.

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