<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://wcco.com/sports</link><description><![CDATA[WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 15:16:43 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><atom:link href="http://wcco.com/sports/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Lakers Hold Off Jazz 108-150, Reach West Finals]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/kobe.bryant.lakers.2.726331.html</link><description><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally
by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers
in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.									]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/kobe.bryant.lakers.2.726331.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackburn Pitches Twins Past Rockies, 4-2]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/twins.rockies.denver.2.726309.html</link><description><![CDATA[Nick Blackburn pitched seven strong innings and Delmon Young doubled twice and scored two runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. ]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/twins.rockies.denver.2.726309.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 04:29:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hernandez, Twins Eager For Him To Hit]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/livan.hernandez.twins.2.726298.html</link><description><![CDATA[When the schedule sends the Minnesota Twins on the road for an interleague series, manager Ron Gardenhire gets nervous. ]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/livan.hernandez.twins.2.726298.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 03:36:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celtics Can't Put Cavs Away; Forced To Play Game 7]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/Boston.Celtics.nba.2.726287.html</link><description><![CDATA[LeBron James scored 32 points -- 19 in the second half -- and the Cleveland Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 win Friday night over the Boston Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to postseason road kill. <br />]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/Boston.Celtics.nba.2.726287.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 03:08:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBS News Exclusive: Belichick Talks About Spygate]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/Bill.belichick.spygate.2.726163.html</link><description><![CDATA[It was one of the biggest sports stories of the year: the New England Patriots, caught video-taping a rival team's coaches as they sent signals to their players. This week, a former employee said the Patriots had been doing it for years. Now, the team's head coach is answering back, in an exclusive interview with CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian. <br />]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/Bill.belichick.spygate.2.726163.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 02:24:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montgomery Gets 46 Months In Jail For Check Fraud]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/Montgomery.prison.sentence.2.725969.html</link><description><![CDATA[Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months in prison Friday for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme. ]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/Montgomery.prison.sentence.2.725969.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:52:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amputee Sprinter Wins Right To Run In Olympics]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/amputee.sprinter.Olympics.2.725618.html</link><description><![CDATA[Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/amputee.sprinter.Olympics.2.725618.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:48:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yankees Slugger May Wear Gold Thong To Break Slump]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/jason.giambi.golden.2.725856.html</link><description><![CDATA[New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi told a publication he wears a gold, tiger-stripe thong under his uniform when he wants to break out of a slump - and he lends it to teammates who are also having trouble at the plate.]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/jason.giambi.golden.2.725856.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:25:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Brown Is 1-2 Favorite At The Preakness]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/Big.Brown.Preakness.2.725667.html</link><description><![CDATA[Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown is 4-0 and has dominated the four fields with his victory totals coming by a combined 33 3/4 lengths. He was installed as the 1-2 early favorite for Saturday's Preakness.<br />]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/Big.Brown.Preakness.2.725667.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:44:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spurs Blow Out Hornets, Force Game 7]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/sports/spurs.hornets.nba.2.725475.html</link><description><![CDATA[The San Antonio Spurs' Big Three came through. Now they have to win one
on the road to keep their title defense alive. Manu Ginobili scored 25
points, Tim Duncan had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Tony Parker added
15 points in the Spurs' 99-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in
Game 6 on Thursday night.<br />]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/sports/spurs.hornets.nba.2.725475.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:29:08 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>