Olympic flame handed to China despite protests
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece handed the Olympic flame to China, the hosts of the 2008 Games, on Sunday despite attempts by pro-Tibet protesters to disrupt the ceremony.
Record crowd watches Dodgers v Red Sox exhibition
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Baseball fans came out in record numbers to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers play the Boston Red Sox in an exhibition game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday.
BoSox, Dodgers in front of 100K-plus fans at Coliseum
As he walked down the Los Angeles Coliseum tunnel and glanced toward the left-field screen, Boston catcher Jason Varitek smiled and said sarcastically: “Wakie’s a fly ball pitcher. That’s great.” Then, in his best broadcast voice, he intoned: “Dodgers 85, Red Sox 81.” Esteban Loaiza, the Dodgers’ starter who opposed knuckleballer Tim Wakefield in Saturday night’s exhibition game, followed a few minutes later, took a look and shook his head. “It’s short, man.
