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.
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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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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)
I knew someone was going to make the suggestion sooner or later and earlier this morning, Fanhouse’s Terence Moore obnoxiously made it official with a click-attracting controversy of a column. Yes, Moore is the first media man to say that he wants Mark McGwire to show up at his old St. Louis stomping grounds for next week’s All-Star Game. Though Moore admits there’s a greater chance of the …
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Bad Idea Jeans: Mark McGwire making an All-Star return (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
He walked through the back hallways of the Volusia Mall, accompanied by a security detail and a horde of publicists on cell phones. He was shorter than you’d expect, wearing jeans — Wranglers, I’m sure, though I didn’t check — and an adidas warmup jacket over a gleaming white t-shirt. And when Dale Earnhardt Jr. stepped out in front of the Champs Sporting Goods, a thousand members of …
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