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Selig: Weather can't shorten postseason games (AP via Yahoo! News) There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather. us.rd.yahoo.com
Low share price threatens Midway Games with delisting from NYSE (Chicago Tribune) Video game publisher Midway Games is in danger of being de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange because of its low share price, the company said Thursday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Nine innings in playoff games ensured (Major League Baseball) Nine innings in playoff games ensured us.rd.yahoo.com
Wisconsin Lottery says illegal pull-tab games cost state millions in revenue (Canadian Business) Ryan J. Foley November 20, 2008 - 3:56 p.m. MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Illegal pull-tab games are costing the Wisconsin Lottery millions in revenue, but prosecutors rarely go after their operators, according to an audit released Thursday. us.rd.yahoo.com
A2M buys Chilean Developer Wanako Games, terms not released. (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) MONTREAL - Game developer A2M said Thursday it has acquired Wanako Games, a video game studio in Chile, from Activision Blizzard. us.rd.yahoo.com
New Orleans Hornets guard Morris Peterson is expected to miss next two games because of sore knee (New Orleans Times-Picayune) New Orleans Hornets starting shooting guard Morris Peterson is expected to miss the next two games because of soreness in his right knee, Coach Byron Scott said after Thursday's practice at the Alario Center. Peterson missed Wednesday's game against the... us.rd.yahoo.com
IOC 'technical merit keeping women's ski jumping out of games' (TSN) VANCOUVER - Women ski jumpers are being prevented from competing at the 2010 Winter Games because they didn't meet Olympic criteria, not because of gender discrimination, an International Olympic Committee spokesperson said Wednesday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Ovechkin extends goal streak to five games in win (CBS Sportsline) Alexander Ovechkin extended his goal streak to five games and added three assists, sending the Washington Capitals to a 6-4 victory against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Chief medical officer named for 2010 Paralympic Games (TSN) VANCOUVER - Dr. Bruce Davidson, a Kamloops, B.C., physician who has 18 years experience in sports medicine, has been named chief medical officer for the Canadian team at the 2010 Paralympic Games. us.rd.yahoo.com
We would not have bid for Olympic games during recession, says Tessa Jowell (Guardian Unlimited) The government would probably not have bid to stage the Olympic games if the decision had come in the midst of the current economic downturn, Tessa Jowell, the Olympics minister, has acknowledged. She insisted her remarks were not an admission that staging the games was a mistake, but said a recession would have made the politics of a bid more difficult. "Had we known what we know now, ... us.rd.yahoo.com
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