Sports News of the Day (6/29)

Tennis: The Ladies' final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is set after the semi-finals were played at the All-England Club today in London England.
Match Results: Maria Sharapova (5) defeats Sabine Lisicki (6-4, 6-3), Petra Kvitova (8) defeats Victoria Azarenka (4) (6-1, 3-6, 6-2)
Men's semi final action will be played tomorrow.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12) vs Novak Djokovic (2)
Rafael Nadal (1) vs Andy Murray (4)
MLB News:  The New York Yankees shut-out the Milwaukee Brewers; 5-0.
Mark Teixeira (1-4) hit his 25th home-run of the year.
CC Sabathia (11-4) took the win; pitching 7.2 innings, giving up six hits, while striking out 13.
    The Detroit Tigers took a win against the New York Mets; 5-2.
    Even though the Mets' Carlos Beltran (1-4, 12) and Daniel Murphy (2-4, 5) both homered, and Jose Reyes (2-3) doubled; Tigers' pitcher Justin Verlander (11-3) was able to earn the win. He pitched 7 innings, giving up one run off seven hits, while striking out six.
   The Cincinnati Reds (42-40) begin its last inter-league series of the year hosting the Cleveland Indians (42-37) in a three game series starting at 7:10 PM Friday at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
  The pitching matchup is expected to be Bronson Arroyo (7-6, CIN) vs Justin Masterson (5-6, CLE).
   NBA News: Starting at midnight, the NBA Lockout officially beings as the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the owners and players will expire. No one knows when they will come to terms on the CBA and its been rumored that the disagreements between the two sides are so bad that 1. Only a 50 game season could be played next year or 2. A season might not even happen. Lets hope neither does, because I need my full 82 game season of NBA Basketball next year!
  MMA News: Strikeforce has offically released heavyweight fighter Brett Rogers (MMA 11-3, SF 2-3). Rogers was arrested on Wednesday for alleged assault of his wife. A great stand-up fighter will killer knock-out power, Rogers is most known for being knocked out by Fedor Emelianenko in November of 2009 on CBS.