Showing posts with label fourth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fourth. Show all posts

Monday, 10 September 2012

Serena Williams wins fourth US Open crown

Serena Williams lost just three games as she blazed past Italy's Sara Errani in the US Open semifinals. Italy's Sara Errani feels the pain of a crushing semifinal defeat at the hands of Serena Williams. World No 1 Victoria Azarenka dances after her

Serena Williams Grand Slam Finals Results. Share This Story. Tweet. Updated Sep 9, 2012 7:55 PM ET. Won 15, Lost 4. 1999 U.S. Open – def. Martina Hingis, 6-3, 7-6 (4). 2001 U.S. Open – lost to Venus Williams, 6-2, 6-4. 2002 French Open – def. V

Serena Williams showed her champions' mettle to come back from a break down in the third set to beat World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, in the first U.S. Open women's final to go to three sets since 1995.

NEW YORK — What's a U.S. Open without a little Serena Williams drama? This time it was contained to the court. Two points from defeat after pulverizing the field for two weeks, Williams capped a dominating summer and earned player-of-the-year bragging

NEW YORK — When Serena Williams lost in the first round of the French Open, a stunning, three-set collapse against Virginie Razzano who would say afterward that she was not the better player, Williams was emotionally distraught. And her reaction to


Thursday, 9 August 2012

Grant Wahl: U.S. women's fourth gold medal a team effort in the truest sense

Alex Morgan is taking the field today for gold in women's soccer! The 23-year-old is going to be battling against Japan with her teammates in London, and we know Morgan's hot soccer star boyfriend will be cheering her on — along with fans, friends

Alex Morgan is taking the field today for gold in women's soccer! The 23-year-old is going to be battling against Japan with her teammates in London, and we know Morgan's hot soccer star boyfriend will be cheering her on — along with fans, friends

Mike Wise: Hiding under the medal table. Alex Morgan scored three minutes into injury time at end of overtime to give the United States women's soccer team a thrilling 4-3 victory over Canada and seal their spot in the gold medal match against Canada.

Morgan, who lends some comparisons to Ryan Giggs in his prime (so much so that Alex Morgan wore a Manchester United jersey recently), is such an inspiration. Yes, she's a beautiful women, but she (and her teammates)

Behind all this attention is one key player— 23-year-old, scoring machine Alex Morgan. PREVIOUS: Henrik Rummel: Is That A Gun Or Are You Happy To See Me? Morgan is quickly becoming the new face of U.S. Women's Soccer and women's sports for that


Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Missy Franklin finishes fourth in 200 free in London

Like the rest of America — okay, the world — country's own Scotty McCreery is currently entranced by the 2012 Olympic Games. And it seems he's got his eye.

The parents of newly-minted gold medalist Missy Franklin had such bad seats last night, they nearly had to watch her record-breaking swim through…

Already toting gold and bronze medals, Franklin goes by the nickname Missy the Missile. But before she hits the pool again Tuesday for the 200 M freestyle final (and another shot at striking gold), here's five things to know about America's Olympian

Consider the almost 19th century amateurism of 17-year-old swimmer Missy Franklin, who won gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday. She triumphed less than 15 minutes after swimming in another event. To stay with her high school team and longtime

Missy Franklin celebrates winning the women's 100 meter. OK, fess up time. I finally took my first Olympic break, and spent it attending a Kelly Clarkson concert at the Hollywood Bowl. But I promise, I thought about nothing but


Missy Franklin finishes fourth in 200 free in London

Like the rest of America — okay, the world — country's own Scotty McCreery is currently entranced by the 2012 Olympic Games. And it seems he's got his eye.

The parents of newly-minted gold medalist Missy Franklin had such bad seats last night, they nearly had to watch her record-breaking swim through…

Already toting gold and bronze medals, Franklin goes by the nickname Missy the Missile. But before she hits the pool again Tuesday for the 200 M freestyle final (and another shot at striking gold), here's five things to know about America's Olympian

Consider the almost 19th century amateurism of 17-year-old swimmer Missy Franklin, who won gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday. She triumphed less than 15 minutes after swimming in another event. To stay with her high school team and longtime

Missy Franklin celebrates winning the women's 100 meter. OK, fess up time. I finally took my first Olympic break, and spent it attending a Kelly Clarkson concert at the Hollywood Bowl. But I promise, I thought about nothing but


Saturday, 28 July 2012

NOAA scientists: Midwest drought brings fourth smallest Gulf of Mexico 'Dead …

Natural gas prices would need to be relatively high and the cost of adding renewable energy relatively low. Electricity would need to be transferred more easily between regions of the country. The locations of new wind turbines and solar panels would

Nancy Wallace, program director and division chief of NOAA's Marine Debris Program defines marine debris as any solid material that ends up in the marine environment of oceans, lakes and other waterways that shouldn't be there. Wallace says marine

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — As research vessel Oregon II pulls out of its Pascagoula homeport Friday morning, it will celebrate a milestone that not many National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ships attain.

NOAA ship Oregon II will set sail from Pascagoula on Friday for its 300th research cruise. (The Mississippi Press/April Havens). PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — As research vessel Oregon II pulls out of its Pascagoula homeport Friday morning, it will

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NOAA scientists: Midwest drought brings fourth smallest Gulf of Mexico 'Dead …

Natural gas prices would need to be relatively high and the cost of adding renewable energy relatively low. Electricity would need to be transferred more easily between regions of the country. The locations of new wind turbines and solar panels would

Nancy Wallace, program director and division chief of NOAA's Marine Debris Program defines marine debris as any solid material that ends up in the marine environment of oceans, lakes and other waterways that shouldn't be there. Wallace says marine

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — As research vessel Oregon II pulls out of its Pascagoula homeport Friday morning, it will celebrate a milestone that not many National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ships attain.

NOAA ship Oregon II will set sail from Pascagoula on Friday for its 300th research cruise. (The Mississippi Press/April Havens). PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — As research vessel Oregon II pulls out of its Pascagoula homeport Friday morning, it will

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NOAA scientists: Midwest drought brings fourth smallest Gulf of Mexico 'Dead …

Natural gas prices would need to be relatively high and the cost of adding renewable energy relatively low. Electricity would need to be transferred more easily between regions of the country. The locations of new wind turbines and solar panels would

Nancy Wallace, program director and division chief of NOAA's Marine Debris Program defines marine debris as any solid material that ends up in the marine environment of oceans, lakes and other waterways that shouldn't be there. Wallace says marine

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — As research vessel Oregon II pulls out of its Pascagoula homeport Friday morning, it will celebrate a milestone that not many National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ships attain.

NOAA ship Oregon II will set sail from Pascagoula on Friday for its 300th research cruise. (The Mississippi Press/April Havens). PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — As research vessel Oregon II pulls out of its Pascagoula homeport Friday morning, it will

NOAA, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service National Climatic Data Center, U.S. Department of Commerce. DOC > NOAA > NESDIS > NCDC. Search Field: Climate Monitoring · State of the Climate