Legge returns to 24-hour race at Daytona with all-female team
Taking on a 24-hour road race is a gruelling challenge for any elite driver but for British veteran Katherine Legge and her all-female racing team Saturday’s start of the Rolex 24 at Daytona carries deeper meaning.
NBA board to discuss schedule changes in April says Silver
The creation of an NBA in-season tournament will be discussed at the league’s board meeting in April as the game’s stakeholders look to adjust the season’s schedule, commissioner Adam Silver said on Friday.
Through 16 seasons, Manning says he did it ‘my way’
Not one for flash or grandstanding, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday quoting the time-worn wisdom of Frank Sinatra, another New York icon who sang: “I did it my way.”
Edison reinventing PBA as bowling’s new kingpin
In the 1960s and 70s when ten-pin bowling was in its heyday the sport’s best players earned as much or more than top baseball and football players and Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) kingpin Colie Edison believes it can be that way again.
Delaware high school game ends with just three players on court after brawl
A U.S. high school boys’ basketball game in Delaware ended in unusual fashion as a slew of ejections following a bench-clearing brawl and other fouls left just three players on the court to decide the outcome.
ATP to use electronic review at select clay court events in 2020
An electronic review system will be in place on clay courts for the first time on the ATP Tour as part of a trial that will be in place at select events this season, the governing body for men’s tennis said on Friday.
Runaway Iranian athlete wants to compete for Germany in Tokyo
Iran’s only female Olympic medallist, Kimia Alizadeh, wants to compete for Germany as soon as the next Games in Tokyo, but regardless of whether she achieves that ambition, she never expects to return to her home country.
Pepperell leads by one at halfway in Dubai
England’s Eddie Pepperell finally found some form in the new decade to grab a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday.
Federer finds ‘super breaker’ to his liking after escaping defeat
Roger Federer has never struggled for ways to win matches at the Australian Open but in beating John Millman to chalk up his 100th on the Melbourne hardcourts the 38-year-old Swiss found himself in uncharted territory on Friday.
Judge revokes passport, orders eval of Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown was released on $110,000 bond on Friday by a Broward County, Fla., judge who ordered a mental health evaluation, revoked Brown’s passport and required GPS monitoring as terms of his conditional freedom.
