Morning Roundup: Coming Up Short - Lefty, US Women, Nats

Whats News

• Nationals
  • Nationals' defeat proves doubly painful as Gorzelanny hurt [www.washingtontimes.com stories: Washington Nationals]
  • Wire Taps: Washington Nationals' Catcher Pudge Rodriguez's Name Comes Up Again In San Francisco Chatter. [Federal Baseball]
  • Washington Nationals Lose 9-8 To The Atlanta Braves On Freddie Freeman Walk-Off Single. [Federal Baseball]
  • Chien-Ming Wang Inches Closer To Big League Return, Will Start For Triple-A Syracuse [SB Nation DC - All Posts]
  • Washington Nationals' Doug Harris On Minors And Majors Talking Bryce Harper With Grant Paulsen. [Federal Baseball]
  • Starting pitcher Tom Gorzelanny sprains ankle [Nationals Journal]
  • Chien Ming-Wang looks sharp in rehab starts, hopes to join Nationals soon [The Nats Blog- Your Place For Washington Nationals News]
  • Are The Nationals Actively "Selling" Tyler Clippard? [The Nats Blog- Your Place For Washington Nationals News]
• Orioles
  • Orioles 8, Indians 3: and maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me [Camden Chat]
  • Showalter speaks after 8-3 win (Atkins optioned) - School of Roch [MASNsports.com]
  • O's have roster decisions to make [Krem's Sports]
• Capitals
  • After busy July, time for Capitals to chill [www.washingtontimes.com stories: Washington Capitals]
  • The Importance of the Off-Season [Capitals Outsider]
• Wizards
  • 2010/11 Washington Wizards Player Evaluation: Yi Jianlian [Bullets Forever]
  • Nick Young - Selfish black hole? or Efficient scorer? [Bullets Forever]
• Terps Basketball
  • Nik Caner-Medley Signs with Valencia [Maryland Basketball: Where Are They Now?]
  • First Summer Evaluation Period Wraps Up: Final Links and Terps' Takeaways [Testudo Times]
• Women's World Cup
• Women's World Cup -- U.S. will rue missed opportunities -- Jeff Carlisle - ESPN [espn.go.com]
• Japan wins Women's World Cup, beating US on penalty kicks [Examiner Sports RSS]
• Looking Beyond the World Cup Final - NYTimes.com [goal.blogs.nytimes.com]
• Worth Noting
  • Lefty's loss ultimately measured by three strokes ... and 30 inches [Golf News : CBSSports.com]
  • Perseverance pays off: Clarke takes British Open on 20th try in latest major win for NIreland - The Washington Post [www.washingtonpost.com]
  • UFC on Versus 6, which the promotion announced earlier today as going down sometime in October,... [MMAmania.com]
  • HBO chief Greenburg leaving after 33 years [Examiner Sports RSS]
  • Former NHL star Sakic sinks $1M ace [FOXSports.com News for NHL]
  • Bellator turns down Marquardt [MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA]