Source: Padres hire Hoyer as GM
CNN Sports Illustrated
Towers was known more as a seat-of-the-pants GM who built four NL West winners during his 14 seasons as GM, and had his 1998 club reach the World Series, where it was swept by the Yankees. Hoyer inherits a young team that floundered for muc...
Mark Winterbottom, Garth Tander both winners at Surfers SuperGP
News.com.au
HOLDEN'S Garth Tander claimed the honours in a spectacular opening day's racing by claiming a win and a second at the Gold Coast SuperGP yesterday. Tander backed up his second-place finish in the day's first 150km race to win the afternoon'...
Architect events begin Nov. 1
Miami Herald
The contest kicks off three weeks of architecture and design-related events, including lectures, receptions, exhibits, tours and competitions, and culminates in a gala at which design award winners will be announced. All events are open to ...
Stars skate for good cause
Houston Chronicle
As the crowd of photographers and awestruck fans gathered around the winners of the second annual Rock the Cradle for Johnny Romano Memorial Contest, each member undoubtedly still had images of Pedro Barros' flawless 540s still running thro...
Oklahoma art guild winners on view
Daily Oklahoman
A straightforward but well-handled oil painting of a "Tonkawa Sunset” by Lance Kelly won the top cash prize in the Oklahoma Art Guild’s Members’ Show at 50 Penn Place. A yellow-white evening sun, getting lower in the sky, shines through a b...
'Flashpoint,' 'Passchendaele' big winners at Directors Guild bash
News1130.com
TORONTO - The slick CTV series "Flashpoint" and last year's epic war film "Passchendaele" were the big winners at the Directors Guild of Canada Awards. "Flashpoint" earned the title of best TV drama, also picking up awards for direction and...
Detroit 3 headlines: Ford, U-M work on new hybrid
Detroit Free Press
Three winners will be flown to the Los Angeles Auto Show in December to compete for a chance to be among the first to test-drive a preproduction Volt. Suggestions are being accepted at www.chevroletvoltage.comv until Nov. 4. Coming up: This...
Erstwhile singer never was at a loss for words -- or music
Chicago Tribune
Various shades of nostalgia and longing course through "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses" (both Oscar winners written with Henry Mancini), suggesting that Mercer could transform his perspective to suit the occasion. "He had a great s...
Kansas City Wizards Announce 2009 Team Award Winners
OurSports Central
The Kansas City Wizards announced their 2009 Team Award winners Saturday night, recognizing the players on the field prior to their match against D.C. United. Striker Josh Wolff was voted the Team MVP and won the team Golden Boot award, lea...
Steeplechase winners have luck of Irish
Aiken Standard
The luck of the Irish - and their talents - prevailed for trainer Edward Mulligan and jockey Jeff Murphy Saturday at the 18th Aiken Fall Steeplechase. The duo won three races, including the first two, at Ford Conger Field at the Aiken Horse...
India not nominating right movies for Oscar: Pookutty
Hindustan Times
Pookutty,who also will be a part of the elite 6,000 member organisation (Academy of Motion Pictures) that chooses the winners of Oscars, said media plays an important role in making people aware of movie making. "Media is giving so much att...
Prize winners in a TV show want their money
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Nkechi Runsewe thought it too good to be true when she won ₦150,000 at the Zain-sponsored television show, Don’t Forget The Lyrics, in April. “Before then I had never played anything like that, and have never won anything,” she said. “I ...
College rewind: Oregon on a tear
AZCentral.com
But just days before Halloween, here march the No. 11 Ducks, winners of six in a row after Saturday's 43-19 win at Washington, controllers of their Rose Bowl destiny and masters of resilience. Chip Kelly's team could have folded after losin...
