Exclusive: Bud Selig: the baseball commissioner’s exit interview
(Reuters) – Bud Selig, the ninth commissioner of Major League Baseball, retires later this month. He’s had many hits in his 22-year tenure: record revenues (nearly $9 billion this past season, up from $1.2 billion when he assumed office), record attendance at a score of new ballparks; and no strikes or lockouts in two decades. He’s had a few misses as well: the Steroids Era; the cancellation of the 1994 World Series, a tie in the 2002 All-Star Game; and an overall image that, however unfair, typ
Del Potro to play in Sydney despite wrist worries
LONDON (Reuters) – Juan Martin del Potro says he will play through the pain to return to action at the Australian Open warm-up event in Sydney next week after nearly a year out with a wrist injury.
Injured Tsonga pulls out of Australian Open
(Reuters) – Former finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has withdrawn from this month’s Australian Open with an arm injury.
German broadcaster ARD to resume live Tour coverage
BERLIN (Reuters) – German public broadcaster ARD will resume live coverage of cycling’s biggest race the Tour de France in 2015 after four years, saying doping issues now seem a thing of the past and Germans were again successful.
McGinley hopes Woods can go head-to-head with McIlroy
LONDON (Reuters) – The world of golf is looking for a player to step up to the plate and challenge Rory McIlroy for supremacy this year and that certain someone could be Tiger Woods, said Europe’s 2014 Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley.
Dimitrov launches new season with eye on next level
BRISBANE (Reuters) – Big things are expected of Grigor Dimitrov this year. If the experts are right, the Bulgarian could be a major player in 2015.
Radwanska, Murray continue winning run in Perth
(Reuters) – Agnieszka Radwanska and Andy Murray picked up morale-boosting victories in the Hopman Cup on Wednesday to keep their Australian Open preparations on track.
Wozniacki, Williams advance to Auckland quarters
(Reuters) – Top seed Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams advanced to the Auckland Classic quarter-finals and kept alive the hopes of an anticipated final between the pair in dramatically contrasting circumstances on Wednesday.
Smoltz forges Braves trio reunion in Cooperstown
(Reuters) – John Smoltz booked a permanent place for the Atlanta Braves’ golden pitching trio with his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday that reunited him with former teammates Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine.
Ex-NFLer Hernandez’s girlfriend may attend murder trial: judge
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez’s girlfriend and mother will be allowed to attend his upcoming murder trial, at which jurors may view items including a trophy case at his Massachusetts home, a judge rule…
