National Hockey League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand will sit out the remainder of the regular season after being suspended two games by the NHL on Thursday for spearing Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Jake Dotchin.
National Football League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Free agent running back Adrian Peterson has set up a visit with the New Orleans Saints, the NFL Network reported.
Major League Baseball roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – The Atlanta Braves signed former Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard to a minor league contract, the team announced Thursday.
Exclusive: Rio Olympic marathon champion Sumgong fails drugs test – IAAF
LONDON (Reuters) – Jemima Sumgong, who last year became the first Kenyan woman to win Olympic gold in the marathon, has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO in an out-of-competition test carried out by the IAAF, the sport’s governing body s…
Mickelson a distraction in insider trading case: gambler’s lawyer
(Reuters) – An attorney defending Las Vegas sports gambler William “Billy” Walters against insider trading charges told jurors on Thursday that prosecutors introduced testimony about star golfer Phil Mickelson to cover up the weakness of their case.
Green Jacket pours greenbacks into Augusta economy
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – It is anyone’s guess which player will wear the Green Jacket on Sunday night, but one certain winner of the Masters is the city of Augusta.
Super-sub Giovinazzi keen to make his point
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Sauber super-sub Antonio Giovinazzi, impressively up to speed on his Formula One debut in the season-opening race in Australia, is wasting no time as he sets his sights on the points in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.
World number one Johnson pulls out of U.S. Masters
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – World number one Dustin Johnson pulled out of the U.S. Masters on Thursday after sustaining a back injury in a freak fall, leaving the year’s first major without the red hot favorite.
Soccer: Lingard signs new long-term Man United contract
(Reuters) – Manchester United winger Jesse Lingard has signed a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford until 2021, the Premier League club said in a statement on Thursday.
Alonso denies he will walk out on McLaren
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso is not ready to swap his recalcitrant McLaren for a supermarket trolley just yet, despite the Formula One team’s troubled start to the season prompting speculation about whether the Spaniard will see out the year.
