Eri Yoshida is like many girls her age. She has an affinity for torn blue jeans, loves music and giggles uncontrollably, sometimes for no reason at all. The 18-year-old Japanese teen also throws a pretty mean knuckleball, which she hopes to parlay into a professional baseball career. Yoshida was introduced on Friday as a member of the Chico Outlaws, a minor league team that plays in the …
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The pounding beat of “Eye of the Tiger” from “Rocky III” blasted from speakers as Manny Pacquiao’s black Hummer pulled up at an open-air basketball court on a recent humid evening. The world welterweight boxing champion, seeking a seat in the Philippine Congress, waved to hundreds of cheering fans as he emerged from the vehicle in jeans and a blue vest bearing the name of…
The man is described as five feet, five inches tall with a thin build. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a Dallas Cowboys cap, a white t-shirt and blue jeans.
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Authorities looking for suspect who robbed bank Wednesday morning (ABC 7 El Paso)
Shortly after wiping a pair of moist palms on his jeans, Robert Morris freshman guard Velton Jones turned around in his chair. “Am I the only nervous one here?”
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Robert Morris: Colonials ecstatic with a 15 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Willie Warren, Oklahoma’s leading scorer, was not in uniform for the Sooners’ game against No. 7 Kansas State on Saturday night. Warren, who had missed three of the previous seven games due to illness and injury, was on the bench in a polo shirt and jeans. Warren missed two games late last month with a sprained right ankle and then was held out of the game against Oklahoma State last weekend…
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The man poised to become the first new leader of baseball’s powerful union in more than a quarter-century is a ballplayer’s lawyer. Michael Weiner speaks plainly, wears jeans and sneakers to work — and after more than 20 years with the Major League Baseball Players Association, knows his stuff.
Continue here: Weiner likely to succeed Fehr on Wednesday (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Video Body Wilmington Police are on the look-out for the man who robbed yet another bank in Wilmington. Police said a white man with a blue hat, jeans and a grey jacket handed a note to a teller at the RBC Centura Bank on South College Road Wednesday afternoon. The teller gave him cash, and the suspect left on foot. A man matching a similar description is wanted for robberies at a nearby Bank of …
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Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman stood a few feet from each other on the red carpet near the World Series trophy, wearing blue jeans and sports jackets without ties. They were dressed for success, if not for a gala. While an elegantly attired crowd assembled across the street on a similar carpet for the International Emmy Awards, the Yankees manager and general manager attended Monday night’s…
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No horror film: Yankees like this Series movie (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Italian fashion designer Armani says soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo will model underwear and jeans in a new worldwide advertising campaign. Milan-based Giorgio Armani SpA says Friday the Ronaldo ads will start in spring 2010. Ronaldo signed with Real Madrid over the summer after leaving Manchester United.
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Las Vegas is abuzz as UFC 100 hits town.
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Vegas abuzz with UFC 100 anticipation (Yahoo! Sports)