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Mar 21 2013, 08:40 AM
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WIMBLEDON, England - Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina won the London 2012 Olympic Games bronze medal on Sunday following a 7-5, 6-4 victory over second-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Beats by Dre Sale . Del Potro has some hardware to show for all his hours on the grass at Wimbledon, and for waiting through a rain delay Sunday. On Friday, the Argentine lost 3-6, 7-6 (5), 19-17 in the Olympic semifinals to Roger Federer in the longest three-set mens match of the Open era — it went 4 hours, 26 minutes. After Sundays straight-sets win at the All England Club, del Potro fell to the grass, hands over his eyes, and wept. Beats by Dre uk . Pittsburgh optioned Gorkys Hernandez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Hernandez was called up on May 18 and batted .200 in nine games. Presley was sent to Indianapolis on May 16 after batting . Beats by Dre Oulet . On Thursday night, former NHL player Georges Laraque announced he is stepping down as executive director or the group and also also told press agency QMI that Derek Clarke is stepping down as spokesperson. http://www.officialbeatsbydreshop.co.uk/ . -- The Tampa Bay Rays have granted Hideki Matsui his release. Beats by Dre . In case the kid needs a quick history lesson, left-hander David Wells won a game for Baltimore, Cecil Fielder and Darryl Strawberry homered for the Yankees, and a youngster named Jeffrey Maier stuck his glove in the middle of the whole thing. Beats Sale . Team doctors say the former Bayern Munich forward will undergo medical checkups Monday in Germany that will determine whether he will travel with the team to the tournament.NEW ORLEANS -- Drew Brees snapped out of his recent rut, New Orleans defence transformed into a turnover-producing machine, and the Saints proved how good they could be this season, even if its probably too late to matter. Brees passed for 307 yards and four touchdowns, and the Saints recorded their first shutout in 17 years in a 41-0 rout of Tampa Bay on Sunday, extending the Buccaneers losing streak to four games and ending their playoff hopes. "Even though maybe that Super Bowl trophy cant be ours this year, we still have a lot to play for," Brees said. "We have a very prideful group of guys, but also we have a group of guys that understand the big picture, and that is that were going to be together for a long time and we can start building the foundation of something now that will carry over for years to come." Brees avoided an interception for the first time in three games and connected on his scoring passes with tight end David Thomas, running back Darren Sproles and receivers Lance Moore and Joe Morgan. Mark Ingram added an 11-yard touchdown run. Josh Freeman endured one of his worst outings of the season for Tampa Bay (6-8), throwing four interceptions and losing a fumble. Jabari Greer made two interceptions, Rafael Bush and Isa Abdul-Quddus the others. Cameron Jordan forced Freemans fumble on a sack and recovered it. "Its my job to make sure everybody is educated as to what the play is. Ive got to do a better job," Freeman said. "Some of those turnovers were really odd. Chalk it up to miscommunication." New Orleans (6-8) also bottled up standout rookie running back Doug Martin, holding him to 16 yards on nine carries as the Buccaneers lost for the fourth straight time and suffered by far their most lopsided drubbing this season. "We got our butts whipped, and thats it," Bucs guard Donald Penn said . "You cant sugarcoat it. We didnt perform today, and its really tough and frustrating because we have so much talent." The Saints will still be alive for a playoff berth when they kick off at Dallas next Sunday, but will have to finish in a multi-team tie at 8-8, which would require several other teams to lose their last two games. While the Bucs could finish 8-8, their conference record would be 5-7, dooming them to lose all possible tiebreakers. "I didnt get this team ready to go today for whatever that reason is," Bucs coach Greg Schiano said. "They fought their guts out. Its just that I didnt do a good job of getting ready and we didnt play well." Although many fans emptied out of the Superdome by the fourth quarter, those remaining howled as the Saints stopped Tampa Bay aat the New Orleans 10, preserving the clubs first shutout since a 12-0 win in the 1995 season finale against the Jets in New York.dddddddddddd The shutout meant a lot to a unit that came in ranked last in the league, in large part because of high yardage totals allowed early in the season while adjusting to the scheme of new defensive co-ordinator Steve Spagnuolo. "Weve come a long way. Our defence the first four or five games was on pace to be one of the worst defences ever," Saints linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. "Its just good to finally get a game to where we can be like, All right, defence. This is us. This is what were really all about." Brees had been intercepted nine times during New Orleans recent three-game skid. That he would rebound well against Tampa Bay made sense; the Bucs came in giving up a league-worst 311.6 yards per game. Brees eclipsed 200 yards by halftime but eased off after his 34-yard touchdown to Morgan in the second half. Ingram finished with 90 yards rushing and the Saints had their third-best total on the ground this season with 149 yards against a Tampa Bay rushing defence that came in first in the league, allowing 78.2 yards per game. "We all, earlier in the week, I know offensively just kind of decided that, you know what? We havent really put one together that we really want to hang our hat on," Brees said. "We just wanted to put our best out there." Brees finished with more than 300 yards passing and four TDs for the 17th time in his career, more than any quarterback in NFL history. Dan Marino had done so 16 times. Trailing 10-0, the Bucs squandered a chance to close the gap when Freeman missed badly on two straight passes, the first to an open Mike Williams in the end zone. The next was his second interception of the first half. Bush grabbed the errant pass at the 9 and returned it 40 yards, and that led to Brees second TD toss, a 2-yarder to Sproles. Brees put one more scoring drive together in the half after Sproles returned a punt 37 yards to the Tampa Bay 38 with 1:04 left. Moores 8-yard TD grab made it 24-0 at halftime. NOTES: The Saints had a halftime presentation for former left tackle Willie Roaf, who last summer became only the second Saints player inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Roaf was given the customary Hall of Fame ring as he stood behind his bronze bust, which will be returned to Canton. The only other Saints Hall of Famer is linebacker Rickey Jackson, inducted in 2010. ... Saints LT William Robinson made his first-career start with Zach Strief sidelined by a right ankle injury. ... The Saints last home shutout was Dec. 16, 1991, against the Los Angeles Raiders, 27-0. ' ' '
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