Spurs edge Mavs in San Antonio to open title defense
(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs raised their championship banner then elevated their game when it mattered to edge the Dallas Mavericks 101-100 in a season-opening win on Tuesday.
Evans plays down hopes of winning send-off in Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Cadel Evans’ final race as a professional cyclist bears his name, runs through his home-town and has his finger-prints on the design, but the former Tour de France winner is not giving himself much hope of winning it.
National Football League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Champ Bailey’s long and distinguished NFL career came to an end Tuesday.
Giants’ digital ballpark gears up for busy offseason
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ten years ago, when San Francisco’s AT&T Park became the first sport’s stadium to offer free Wi-Fi to fans, it was considered a novelty.
National Hockey League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was placed on injured reserve with a fractured finger by the Columbus Blue Jackets, who added goalie Anton Forsberg to the roster on emergency recall from the American Hockey League’s Springfield Falco…
Champion Djokovic breezes through at Paris Masters
PARIS (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic began his Paris Masters title defense with a routine 6-3 6-4 win over German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round on Tuesday.
National Basketball Association roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Two days before the Cleveland Cavaliers open the season against the New York Knicks, they received a scare when forward Kevin Love took a shot to the ribs during Tuesday’s practice and was held out for the rest of the day.
The day Taveras showed the Cards what might have been
ST LOUIS Missouri (Reuters) – It was a magical night as the St. Louis Cardinals rediscovered some of the mighty mojo that carried the team to a World Series championship in 2011. A night when it seemed another prolific home run hitter had been born.
Germany will bid to host 2024 Games
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is to bid to host the 2024 Summer Games in Berlin or Hamburg, the country’s Olympic sports confederation (DOSB) said on Tuesday.
Russia, Ukraine might be kept apart in 2018: FIFA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine might be put into different groups at the 2018 World Cup finals if the Ukrainians qualify and relations between the two countries do not improve, FIFA said on Tuesday.
