Teague leads Hawks over Wizards to tie series
(The Sports Xchange) – Atlanta guard Jeff Teague scored 26 points as the Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 106-101 to square their Eastern Conference semi-final playoff series at 2-2 on Monday.
NFL suspends Brady four games for ‘Deflategate,’ fines Patriots
(Reuters) – The National Football League came down hard on the New England Patriots on Monday for their role in Deflategate, suspending star quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of next season and fining the franchise $1 million.
Mexico name Copa squad, save ‘Chicharito’ for Gold Cup
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico named their 23-man squad for next month’s Copa America on Monday, with coach Miguel Herrera leaving out Real Madrid striker Javier Hernandez and several other European-based players with an eye on the CONCACAF Gold Cup in…
Argentina’s ‘Marvellous’ Martinez to quit boxing
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Former world middleweight champion Sergio “Marvellous” Martinez plans to retire from boxing within the next few weeks because his “knee is shattered”.
Analysis: Players win thrusts Fowler into major conversation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rickie Fowler’s stunning victory at the $10 million Players Championship was unquestionably the perfect riposte to any criticism of his perceived inability to close out tournament wins.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez charged in 2013 shooting of witness
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, who was convicted last month of murdering an acquaintance in 2013, was charged on Monday with the non-fatal shooting of a man believed to be a witness to another murder of which Her…
Ex-Duke basketball guard Sulaimon to play for Maryland
(Reuters) – Rasheed Sulaimon, who in January became the first player ever dismissed from the Duke University basketball program by coach Mike Krzyzewski in his 35 years at the school, will play for the University of Maryland, school officials said on M…
Hamilton expects contract announcement in Monaco
LONDON (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s long-awaited new deal with Mercedes could be announced at the showcase race of the Formula One season in Monaco next week.
Dimitrov through in Rome
ROME (Reuters) – Grigor Dimitrov opened his Rome Masters campaign with a 6-3 7-6(4) victory over Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz on Monday.
Coach’s blunder nearly keeps LeBron from saving Cavaliers
(Reuters) – A trio of buzzer-beaters highlighted an intense weekend of NBA playoff action but it was a bizarre sequence of events that led to LeBron James’s game-saving shot that garnered most of the attention.
