The record -- three seconds better than her previous personal best -- falls in the preliminaries of the world championships in Rome and provides consolation for near-misses at the Olympic trials. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;<p><a href="http://dreamleaguefootball.com/node/534385">read more</a></p>

ROME -- Mary Descenza, the symbol of hard luck at the Olympic trials with fourth-place finishes, cast that bitter past aside Wednesday morning at the World Championships, and set a world record in the 200-meter butterfly in the preliminaries.<p><a href="http://dreamleaguefootball.com/node/534392">read more</a></p>

Forget it; Brian Urlacher, Jay Cutler and rest of team will mesh just fine &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;

MINNEAPOLIS -- Mark Buehrle said Wednesday he finally has grasped the magnitude of his achievements, and so have the State of Illinois and the White Sox.

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AP - Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Heath Miller has agreed to a six-year contract that runs through the 2014 season.

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AP - Janet Evans, one of swimming's greatest stars, says she is deeply troubled by the controversy over high-tech suits and believes it threatens to make "a mockery of the sport."

SEATTLE(AP) Remaining in Toronto, perhaps through 2010. Watching Cliff Lee become the ace traded to Philadelphia. Then, allowing a season-high 11 hits in record-setting Seattle heat. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_9coFInw8Yvn9pdOOAX2Dkqhahc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_9coFInw8Yvn9pdOOAX2Dkqhahc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>

AP - The NHL Board of Governors has approved a bid by Jerry Reinsdorf to assume ownership of the financially troubled Phoenix Coyotes, and unanimously rejected an application by Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie to buy the team.

AP - The Los Angeles Dodgers are keeping Jason Schmidt in the rotation for now.