National Basketball Association roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin missed Sunday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a staph infection in his right elbow and will have surgery Monday in Los Angeles.
National Football League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Michael Sam, who made headlines last year as the first openly gay NFL player, has applied for a spot in the league’s first-ever veteran combine.
Clippers’ Griffin set for surgery, out indefinitely
(Reuters) – Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin will undergo surgery for a staph infection on his right elbow and will be sidelined indefinitely, the National Basketball Association team announced on Sunday.
Slalom run earns Hirscher combined gold
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) – Technical specialist Marcel Hirscher pulled off a pulsating and unexpected win in the men’s super combined on Sunday to tighten Austria’s grip atop the medal table at the alpine ski world championships.
Influential IOC member Vazquez-Rana dies at 82
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Mario Vazquez-Rana, one of the most influential powerbrokers in world sport for decades, has died at the age of 82, officials said.
Williams sisters see U.S. through in Fed Cup promotion bid
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A persistent, nagging cough bothering world number one Serena Williams since her Australian Open victory gave Argentina a chink of light in their one-sided Fed Cup tie against the United States on Sunday.
Medal hungry Maze targets women’s combined
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) – Slovenia’s in-form Tina Maze will continue her bid for a record equaling five-medal haul from the alpine ski world championships as one of the favorites for the women’s super combined title on Monday.
North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith dead at 83
(Reuters) – Dean Smith, the legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach who won two national titles, led the U.S. team to an Olympic gold in 1976 and helped develop NBA great Michael Jordan, has died at the age of 83.
Jansrud leads combined after crash delayed downhill
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) – Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud posted the fastest time in the downhill portion of the alpine ski world championship men’s combined that was interrupted by a spectacular crash by Czech Ondrej Bank on Sunday.
India’s Lahiri wins maiden European Tour title in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Indian Anirban Lahiri secured his breakthrough European Tour title by overhauling Austrian Bernd Wiesberger in a dramatic final round of the Malaysian Open on Sunday.
