USA now going for the gold: Junior World Championship

March 16, 2010
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USA now going for the gold: Junior World Championship

CANTON — The schmoozing is over. So, too, are the cakewalks. It's time for football. Gold-medal football. Serious football. After a little more than two weeks of fostering international relations and discovering and celebrating cultural differences — and then figuratively…

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Focus on . . . Chris Henderson: Junior World Championship

March 16, 2010
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Focus on . . . Chris Henderson: Junior World Championship

Each day through the inaugural Junior World Championship football tournament, Plain Dealer sportswriter Tim Rogers will introduce you to one of the participants. Name: Chris Henderson. Team: USA. Hometown: Dallas, Texas. High school: Carter. College: Texas A&M. Height: 6-1. Weight:…

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Finals preview USA vs. Canada: Junior World Championship

March 16, 2010
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USA vs. Canada What: Gold-medal game of the inaugural event held in the United States. When: Today, 1 p.m. Where: Fawcett Stadium, 1835 Harrison Ave., Canton, adjacent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Notable: You can see real-time statistics,…

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Germans take fifth with 14-0 win over Swedes in rematch of European championship

March 16, 2010
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CANTON: The statistics were a bit lopsided for most of the IFAF Junior World Championship fifth place playoff game here today in Fawcett Stadium. Team Sweden led most of the offensive statistics. Germany controlled the only one that mattered. …

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France takes seventh place in local football tourney with win over New Zealand

March 16, 2010
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CANTON France used a "same-day ground" offense to deliver a 34-6 victory against New Zealand to earn a seventh-place finish in the eight-country International Federation of American Football (Junior World Championship in Canton, today here in Fawcett Stadium. Behind a…

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Football official to serve in Iraq again

March 16, 2010
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CANTON — Stripes or stars and stripes? Fenton Moore knows about both. Moore, who grew up in Lakewood and now lives in Columbus, is one of 32 officials — and one of nine Americans — officiating football games during the…

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Team USA defensive tackle to miss game with injury: Junior World Football notebook

March 16, 2010
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North Canton — The first injury to Team USA surfaced Friday when defensive tackle Tyler Dippel was held out of practice after suffering an injury to his right knee during Wednesday's 55-0 victory over Mexico. As a precaution against a…

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Tiger Woods says he will return to golf at the Masters on April 8

March 16, 2010
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Tiger Woods says he will return to golf at the Masters on April 8

"I think Augusta is where I need to be, even though it's been a while since I last played," he says in a statement.

tigermg.jpgMorry Gash / Associated PressTiger Woods

Updated with quotes, background, Woods’ statement, 12:01 EDT.

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After years of closed doors, there's a lot to admire about Mike Holmgren's fresh air with Browns: Bud Shaw's Sunday Sports Spin

March 16, 2010
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After years of closed doors, there's a lot to admire about Mike Holmgren's fresh air with Browns: Bud Shaw's Sunday Sports Spin

Mike Holmgren's approach in Berea is refreshing as long as you're not Brady Quinn. But now he has to be right, Bud Shaw says in his Sunday Spin.

holmgrenpt.jpgPeggy Turbett / The Plain DealerAfter years of couched responses, hidden

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Tiger Woods' return is all that matters in golf — no matter when

March 16, 2010
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By Israel Gutierrez McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI — You remember the scene, Scottie Pippen sitting on the Chicago Bulls' bench, looking dead into the camera, pointing to the unmistakable silhouette on his Air Jordans and then giving the "come here" motion…

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Arnold Palmer's grandson looking to make own name in golf

March 16, 2010
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By Tim Reynolds Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sam Saunders is stepping out of his grandfather's shadow. A difficult task, considering that grandfather is none other than Arnold Palmer.

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United Kingdom golf world spitting mad about American golfers' expectoration habits

March 16, 2010
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United Kingdom golf world spitting mad about American golfers' expectoration habits

Says a U.K. golf show presenter about spitting U.S. golfers: "Let's start a campaign to stamp it out…If enough letters were written to the PGA Tour maybe it would bring enough attention to it and something could get done because…

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DUESSELDORF, Germany — Wladimir Klitschko knocked out Eddie Chambers in the 12th and final round to retain his WBO and IBF heavyweight belts Saturday...

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