Last hurrah for baseball, softball / Americans hope USA-style sports will return to Games again (San Francisco Chronicle)
After Beijing, it's bye-bye, baseball and so long, softball. The International Olympic Committee booted both iconic American sports out of the Games for the 2012 Olympics in London following a final fling in Beijing. Advocates of both sports are campaigning...

Sports on TV (USA Today)
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WCCO-TV sports reporter Rainey dies at 46 (Pioneer Press)
Bob Rainey, sports reporter and weekend anchor for WCCO-TV, has died after a battle with colon cancer, the station is reporting. He was 46.

Lacrosse rivals stick together to save Wantagh sports (Newsday)
Nearly 300 fierce lacrosse competitors picked up their sticks Saturday with a shared goal: to bring sports and activities back to the Wantagh school district.

WCCO-TV sports reporter Bob Rainey dead at 46 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MINNEAPOLIS - WCCO-TV sports reporter and weekend anchor Bob Rainey died Saturday after a battle with colon cancer. He was 46.

Youth and Sports General Director Atalay: Turkey aiming to be top medal winner in Olympics by 2020 (Zaman Online)
Youth and Sports General Director Mehmet Atalay notes that Turkey is passing through an exciting period in the run-up to the Beijing 2008 Olympics, to be held Aug. 8-24, adding that Turkey will fulfill its goal of being one of the top five medal-winning nations in the Olympic Games by 2020.

NYC Adds Double Dutch to School Sports Calendar (ABC News)
Fast-paced double dutch rope jumping added to New York City school sports calendar

Cal sports complex delayed again (The Fresno Bee)
The University of California, Berkeley has to wait a little longer to start building the campus sports center that spurred an 18-month-long tree-sitting protest and several lawsuits delaying the project.

NYC adds double dutch to school sports calendar (WBAY Green Bay)
Associated Press - July 26, 2008 3:53 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Double dutch is moving out of the New York schoolyard and into the competitive sports schedule.

WCCO Sports Reporter, Bob Rainey, Dies at 46 (FOX 9 News Twin Cities)
WCCO-TV sports reporter and weekend anchor Bob Rainey died Saturday after a battle with colon cancer. He was 46.