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Saturday, July 7, 2012
Nine Bar Bets You'll Never Lose [Video]
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Microsoft takes $6.2 billion charge, slows Internet hopes
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Fox announces premiere dates for "X Factor," "Glee"
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Haas, 34, stuns Federer to win Halle title
Germany's Tommy Haas returns a ball during his match against Swiss Roger Federer at the Gerry Weber Open ATP tennis tournament final in Halle, western Germany, Sunday June 17, 2012. Wild card Tommy Haas of Germany defeated five-time winner Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time on Sunday. The 87th-ranked Haas, the oldest player in the singles draw at 34, recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the first set on a tiebreaker and then getting the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set. (AP Photo/dapd/Joerg Sarbach)
Germany's Tommy Haas returns a ball during his match against Swiss Roger Federer at the Gerry Weber Open ATP tennis tournament final in Halle, western Germany, Sunday June 17, 2012. Wild card Tommy Haas of Germany defeated five-time winner Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time on Sunday. The 87th-ranked Haas, the oldest player in the singles draw at 34, recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the first set on a tiebreaker and then getting the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set. (AP Photo/dapd/Joerg Sarbach)
Swiss Roger Federer returns a ball to Germany's Tommy Haas during the final match of the Gerry Weber Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, Sunday June 17, 2012. Wild card Tommy Haas of Germany defeated five-time winner Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time on Sunday. The 87th-ranked Haas, the oldest player in the singles draw at 34, recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the first set on a tiebreaker and then getting the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set. (AP Photo/dapd/Joerg Sarbach)
Germany's Tommy Haas , left, hugs Swiss Roger Federer after the final match of the Gerry Weber Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, Sunday June 17, 2012. Wild card Tommy Haas of Germany defeated five-time winner Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time on Sunday. The 87th-ranked Haas, the oldest player in the singles draw at 34, recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the first set on a tiebreaker and then getting the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set. (AP Photo/dapd/Joerg Sarbach)
Swiss Roger Federer tumbles during his match against Germany's Tommy Haas at the Gerry Weber Open ATP tennis tournament final in Halle, western Germany, Sunday June 17, 2012. Wild card Tommy Haas of Germany defeated five-time winner Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time on Sunday. The 87th-ranked Haas, the oldest player in the singles draw at 34, recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the first set on a tiebreaker and then getting the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set. (AP Photo/dapd/Joerg Sarbach)
Germany's Tommy Haas returns a ball during his match against Swiss Roger Federer at the Gerry Weber Open ATP tennis tournament final in Halle, western Germany, Sunday June 17, 2012. Wild card Tommy Haas of Germany defeated five-time winner Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time on Sunday. The 87th-ranked Haas, the oldest player in the singles draw at 34, recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the first set on a tiebreaker and then getting the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set. (AP Photo/dapd/Joerg Sarbach)
HALLE, Germany (AP) ? Wild card Tommy Haas defeated five-time champion Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time Sunday.
"If someone had told me beforehand that I'd win the title here against probably the greatest player of all time, I would not have believed it," said Haas, who has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the world but struggled with injuries.
The 87th-ranked Haas, the oldest player in the singles draw at 34, recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the opening set in a tiebreaker and then getting the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set.
"I'm very impressed with how he played today," Federer said of his good friend. "Tommy deserved to win."
Haas beat Federer in two of their first three meetings early in their careers but hadn't defeated the Swiss great in more than a decade, losing their last nine matchups.
"It was a long time coming since I had the chance to get to that point," said Haas, who started the season outside the top 200.
"It's my 13th title. ... It's probably up there (as the best), if not the sweetest one, especially considering the injuries."
Haas got the break to earn a 5-4 lead after a lengthy rally featuring lobs, chips and a drop shot. That followed two unforced errors in succession from Federer that allowed him to force deuce.
Haas last won the grass-court tournament in 2009, when he beat Novak Djokovic in the final. He hadn't appeared in a final since then, so perhaps nerves played a role in his loss of serve in the first game. Both players had been broken only once this week.
"If I thought about it, this would be the perfect way to say goodbye to tennis. Beating Roger, my 13th title. It would be perfect. But I'm not ready mentally," Haas said. "I hope the body holds up for many years to go. I love to play."
Federer missed another break point in the fifth game to leave the score 3-2, and Haas pulled even by breaking him in the next game, when Federer uncharacteristically netted a simple return.
"I should never have lost the first set, so that hurt. He got momentum after that," the 30-year-old Federer said.
With Haas leading 4-3 in the tiebreaker, a fan called for him to fire an ace, and there was a huge roar from the crowd when he duly obliged with his third.
"I'm just really happy for him ... happy that he's been able to fight off so many injuries and come back and still believe in himself, still want to travel, still want to sacrifice his family (life) too," Federer said of Haas.
It was the first final in the tournament's 20 years to feature two players 30 or older.
The second-seeded Federer was bidding for his fifth tour title of the season and his 75th overall. His only previous final loss in Halle was in 2010, when he lost to Lleyton Hewitt.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Middleton grad Brianne Baty honors fallen coach at College National Finals Rodeo
Brianne Baty was the first to reach her coach?s side after he had been bucked off a horse during rough stock practice last fall.
Sonny Hansen was motionless and unresponsive after landing head first, and died two days later from traumatic head injuries.
The Treasure Valley Community College coach was 43. His Oct. 4 funeral on the Ontario, Ore., campus was attended by nearly 2,500 people.
?I?m never going to be OK with what happened, but I realized that I had to keep going,? said Baty, now a junior at TVCC.
?More than anything, I have dedicated my entire year toward Sonny. I want to do good for him because he is the only reason why I came back to school and came back to rodeo. He believed in me and wanted me to do good.?
The weight of her grief is still difficult to bear, but Baty hasn?t let her former coach down. She finished the regular season No. 1 in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo all-around standings and has qualified for the 64th annual College National Finals Rodeo, which started Sunday and continues through Saturday at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyo.
Eleven Treasure Valley CC athletes ? seven men and four women ? qualified for the CNFR, where Hansen?s widow and sons will be presented with the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association?s Coach of the Year award Wednesday.
?This award, though given posthumously, is proof that Sonny?s spirit and legacy lives on in college rodeo,? NIRA Commissioner Roger Walters said. ?We are lucky to have such an outstanding individual to be named NIRA Coach of the Year.?
Baty ? a 2009 Middleton High graduate and former Idaho high school all-around champion ? is competing this week in breakaway roping and goat tying with her 9-year-old quarter horse Hickory. She hopes to emerge with the all-around title by the time champions are crowned Saturday night.
?Normally I?ve done pretty good, but this year has just been out of this world. I?ve never done this well,? Baty said. ?I just can?t help but think that it?s because he is with me the whole entire time helping me.?
This is Baty?s third consecutive appearance at the CNFR, where she has finished as high as ninth in goat tying.
But it?s her first without Hansen. And as she has done all season, Baty plans to wear a belt buckle engraved with Hansen?s name during competition.
?I feel like if I wear that buckle he?s there, he?s watching,? she said. ?... We all know how hard this is going to be. Some of us who have been to the college finals before with Sonny are going to have a hard time.
?He was always there for us. He was always the pickup man, so it will be hard not seeing him in the arena.?
Athletes from the University of Idaho, Idaho State and the College of Southern Idaho also are represented at the national finals. More than 400 cowboys and cowgirls, and more than 100 teams are competing.
Rachel Roberts: 377-6422, Twitter: @IDS_VarsityX
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