Gordon content to leave behind stress of Daytona
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Navigating the high-stress, white-knuckle test of the Daytona 500 will not be missed by Jeff Gordon, who nonetheless relishes the chance to launch his farewell NASCAR season with another Speedway triumph.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez’s attorneys question handling of evidence
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez questioned on Wednesday whether police followed their own rules when they gathered evidence being presented at the first of two murder trials he will face this year.
Be your own man, McGinley tells new Europe captain Clarke
LONDON (Reuters) – Paul McGinley has urged his Ryder Cup successor Darren Clarke to ‘be your own man’ when he captains Europe at Hazeltine, Minnesota next year.
‘Exceptional candidate’ Clarke gets top Ryder Cup job
LONDON (Reuters) – Excellent communication skills and a wealth of experience were two of the reasons Darren Clarke was named Europe’s 2016 Ryder Cup captain on Wednesday, said selection panel member Colin Montgomerie.
Kazakhs hope IOC impressed with Almaty winter feel
(Reuters) – Almaty 2022 winter Olympics bid officials said they were confident on Wednesday they had done enough to impress the International Olympic Committee, surprising them with the Kazakh city’s long winter sports tradition.
McGinley’s class act is tough for Clarke to follow
LONDON (Reuters) – Darren Clarke could be forgiven for thinking “How do I follow THAT?” after being appointed Europe’s 2016 Ryder Cup captain on Wednesday.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez dismantled phone in police lot: witness
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez dismantled his cellphone and used another one to make calls inside a car outside a police station the day after the bullet-riddled body of an associate was found, according …
Formula One’s rules revolution will have to wait
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One’s next rules revolution will have to wait until at least 2017 after a meeting in Geneva on Tuesday voted against significant technical change before then.
Clarke set to be named Europe’s Ryder Cup captain
LONDON (Reuters) – It would be a major surprise if anyone but former British Open champion Darren Clarke was appointed Europe’s new Ryder Cup captain on Wednesday.
Former Florida clinic owner gets four years prison in baseball doping case
MIAMI (Reuters) – The owner of a Florida clinic that supplied steroids to professional baseball players, putting it at the center of a scandal that led to Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez’s suspension, was sentenced to four years in prison on …
