Local sports digest: Stanford's Nicole Gibbs, Mallory Burdette advance to NCAA women's tennis final - San Jose Mercury News
27 May 2012, 8:34 pm
Stanford is assured it will have its 15th collegiate women's singles tennis champion after Cardinal teammates Nicole Gibbs and Mallory Burdette won their NCAA tournament semifinals matches Sunday in Athens, Ga. The third-seeded Gibbs knocked off ...

Tsonga, Del Potro advance after struggles - SBS
27 May 2012, 8:34 pm
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin Del Potro have both advance to the second round of the French Open after surviving tough opening matches. Home hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga struggled under the weight of expectations while dangerman Juan Martin Del Potro ...

6 major champions advance to 2nd round at French Open, 1 other loses on Day 1 - 680 News
27 May 2012, 2:00 pm
PARIS - Six major champions successfully made their way through the first round of the French Open on Sunday's opening day. One didn't. Venus Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, recovered from a slow start to beat 19-year-old Paula Ormaechea of ...

5 major champions advance to 2nd round at French Open, 1 more to come on Day 1 - 680 News
27 May 2012, 12:41 pm
PARIS - Five major champions successfully made their way through the first round of the French Open on Sunday's opening day. One didn't. Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova were first up on the main two courts, and both won in straight sets. Juan Carlos ...

Celtics advance to face the Heat - The Boston Globe
27 May 2012, 5:32 am
Surviving the 76ers was a strenuous, energy-sapping struggle. But the Celtics endured, serenaded off the TD Garden court by “Beat the Heat’’ chants after an 85-75 win over Philadelphia in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals ...

Rajon Rondo, Celtics oust 76ers, advance to Eastern Conference finals - ESPN
26 May 2012, 9:54 pm
BOSTON -- To Doug Collins, Boston's Big Three is already a memory. "I don't look at them as the Big Three. I look at them as the Championship Four," the Philadelphia coach said. "Because if you're going to leave Rondo out, you're making a huge mistake.

Wolfpack will advance to title game with win - WRAL
26 May 2012, 1:40 pm
Greensboro, N.C. — The University of North Carolina is no longer in the running at the 2012 ACC Baseball Tournament thanks to Miami’s 6-3 win over Wake Forest Friday night, but the Tar Heels can still play spoiler when they meet North Carolina State ...

Shabaab abandons Afgoye as Somali, African Union troops advance - The Long War Journal
26 May 2012, 12:50 pm
Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, has lost control of another major stronghold as African Union and Somali troops press their offensive against the terror group. Today Shabaab abandoned Afgoye, a city just 20 miles west of Mogadishu that ...

New Jersey Devils Beat NY Rangers In Overtime, advance To 2012 Stanley Cup Finals - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 10:02 pm
NEWARK, N.J. — A year after missing the playoffs for the first time since 1996, the New Jersey Devils are going back to the Stanley Cup finals, thanks to a rookie, a 40-year-old goaltender and a coach who'd never been to the postseason in the NHL.

Devils advance to Cup finals with win over Rangers - NHL - Yahoo! Sports - Worldnews.com
25 May 2012, 9:55 pm
The area was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast. In the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. The British later seized ...