Cousins rips Kings, calls trade to New Orleans ‘coward move’
(The Sports Xchange) – All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins lashed out at Sacramento Kings management, terming Sunday’s trade to the New Orleans Pelicans as “a coward move.”
Shiffrin and Vonn withdraw from World Cup event over conditions
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (Reuters) – Leading U.S. skiers Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn withdrew from a women’s World Cup Alpine combined event on Friday because of safety fears about poor course conditions in Crans-Montana.
Injured Aussie Simmons ruled out for season by 76ers
(The Sports Xchange) – The Philadelphia 76ers officially ruled out forward Ben Simmons for the remainder of his rookie season after tests revealed his broken right foot was not fully healed.
Little fanfare as Ferrari present new F1 car
(Reuters) – Ferrari unveiled their new Formula One car, the SF70-H, on Friday with the minimum of fanfare after a disappointing 2016 season but plenty of hope among fans that the Italian team will return to winning ways.
‘Let the games begin’ at MLB’s Spring Training
(Reuters) – Cries of “Play Ball” warmed the hearts of Major League Baseball fans on Friday as big league teams squared off for the first time in 2017 on Spring Training diamonds in Arizona and Florida.
Waring top of leaderboard but still to complete round
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – England’s Paul Waring was top of the Joburg Open leader board at 12 under par on Friday but will have to complete his second round on Saturday at the rain-hampered event.
IOC pledges changes to bid process after Budapest exit
BERLIN (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) pledged on Friday to make changes to the bidding process following the withdrawal of Budapest from the race to host the 2024 Games, leaving just two candidates.
Cleared Russians to miss European championships
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Defending pole vault champion Anzhelika Sidorova and sprinter Kristina Sivkova will miss next week’s European indoor athletics championships despite being cleared to compete by the IAAF, Russian news agency TASS reported on Friday.
Italian Giovinazzi replaces Wehrlein for F1 test
LONDON (Reuters) – Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi will replace Sauber’s injured German Pascal Wehrlein at the first pre-season test in Barcelona next week, the Swiss-based Formula One team said on Friday.
Cycling: Kittel claims Abu Dhabi Tour stage as Cavendish retains lead
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – German Marcel Kittel showed he had perfectly recovered from a crash this week to claim the second stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour on Friday.
