Kobe Bryant to retire at end of season
(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, arguably the best player of his generation, announced on Sunday he will retire after the 2015-16 National Basketball Association season.
Canadiens’ Price out at least six weeks with injury
(Reuters) – Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price will miss at least six weeks with a lower-body injury that will not require surgery, the National Hockey League’s leading team said on Monday.
Royals players get $370,000 bonus for World Series win
(Reuters) – The World Series champion Kansas City Royals generously split up their Fall Classic players’ pool haul of more than $25 million into 55 full shares worth $370,069 apiece, Major League baseball said on Monday.
Manor’s Booth bows out after six hard years
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – John Booth summed up his time as a Formula One team principal with typical Yorkshire bluntness after bowing out in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
IAAF ethics commission suspend Kenyan officials
LONDON (Reuters) – Three leading Kenyan athletics officials have been suspended by the ethics commission of athletics’ governing body, the IAAF, over corruption allegations and the “potential subversion of the anti-doping control process” in the Africa…
Russian modern pentathlete Kukarin dies of heart attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The 2015 World Championship modern pentathlon silver medalist Alexander Kukarin has died after suffering a heart attack.
Broncos spoil Patriots’ perfect record with OT win
(The Sports Xchange) – Recognizing the run play that was called likely would go nowhere against the New England Patriots’ defensive alignment, Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler audibled to a different one. The result was electric.
Baku thinks big and small for F1 debut
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Azerbaijan’s big debut on the Formula One calendar next June looks sure to be sold out because local organizers are planning on selling only 28,000 tickets for the race in Baku.
Stewart hopes Rosberg can take title off Hamilton
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Jackie Stewart, Britain’s first and until this season only triple Formula One world champion, would like to see Germany’s Nico Rosberg take the title off Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in 2016.
Demons banished, Schwartzel back on track
MALELANE, South Africa (Reuters) – Charl Schwartzel’s victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship marked the end of a two-year drought for the former U.S. Masters champion, and with some radical adjustments to his game starting to pay off, he hopes his …
