A tale of two Super Bowl-bound cities
(Reuters) – New England has the Boston Tea Party and cream pie, Seattle has Starbucks and marijuana but only one will be crowned Super Bowl champions after an East Coast versus West Cost clash of teams as different as the cities they represent.
Seahawks hope key defensive pair recover for Super Bowl
(Reuters) – The Seattle Seahawks face an anxious wait to find out how well two key components of their outstanding defense recover from injuries ahead of their Super Bowl clash with the New England Patriots.
Three Russian Olympic walk champions get doping bans
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Olympic walk champions Valery Borchin, Sergei Kirdyapkin and Olga Kaniskina are among five athletes banned for doping, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said on Tuesday.
Boxing champ Taylor pleads not guilty to Arkansas assault charges
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Boxing champion Jermain Taylor pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to multiple criminal charges related to allegations of threatening a family at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Little Rock, and was ordered held pending $…
Vettel a good fit for Ferrari, says Surtees
LONDON (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel could be just the man to revive Ferrari’s Formula One fortunes because both need to recover their lost luster after a dismal year, the team’s 1964 world champion John Surtees said on Tuesday.
Clippers’ father-son duo not distracted by family reunion
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Less than a week after Austin Rivers joined the Los Angeles Clippers to play for Doc Rivers and form the NBA’s first father-son, player-coach combination, the duo remain focused solely on basketball.
Allenby withdraws from PGA Tour event after Hawaii attack
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Australian golfer Robert Allenby has pulled out of the Humana Challenge in California as he continues his recovery after being kidnapped, beaten and dumped in a Hawaiian park.
Bostonians want a vote on city’s bid to host 2024 Olympics: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – Three-quarters of Boston-area residents say that they should get a chance to vote on a planned bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
NBC woos online viewers with 11-hour stream on Super Bowl Sunday
(Reuters) – U.S. TV network NBC will stream 11 consecutive hours of live content on Super Bowl Sunday free of charge, including the game and halftime show, to raise awareness of its online viewing platforms among the event’s traditionally record audien…
Stenson looking to become the Tour’s Sultan of Swings
(Reuters) – World number two Henrik Stenson is hoping to add the European Tour’s unofficial ‘Sultan of Swings’ crown to his growing portfolio at the Qatar Masters this week.
