National Basketball Association roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – The Indiana Pacers will be without guard George Hill for at least three weeks and guard C.J. Watson for at least two weeks, the team revealed Monday.
National Football League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – Michael Vick will replace Geno Smith as the New York Jets starting quarterback when the Jets face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Jets coach Rex Ryan announced Monday.
South Africa shocked by murder of national soccer captain
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s national soccer goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa has been shot dead by burglars during a break-in, a killing that shocked the country and turned the spotlight once again on gun violence here.
Formula One’s chickens come home to roost
LONDON (Reuters) – Talk of financial crisis in Formula One is nothing new but the absence of back-markers Caterham and Marussia from this week’s U.S. Grand Prix after they went into administration has concentrated minds.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Taveras killed in car crash
(Reuters) – St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, considered one of baseball’s brightest prospects, was killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, the team said in a statement.
Former NBA star Mookie Blaylock gets seven years for vehicular homicide
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Former National Basketball Association star Mookie Blaylock was sentenced on Monday to seven years in a Georgia prison followed by eight years of probation for killing a woman in a head-on traffic crash last year, court records show…
Police investigating death of Cardinals prospect Taveras
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny on Monday called the death of Oscar Taveras, a top prospect killed in a car accident, “a horrible loss of a life.”
Pistorius verdict, sentence facing appeal
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African prosecutors will appeal against the culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence passed on Oscar Pistorius last week after public and legal criticism of the judge’s decision to absolve the track star of m…
Royals return home for last shot at fairytale ending
KANSAS CITY Missouri (Reuters) – The World Series heads back to Kansas City for another helping of baseball American League style and the Royals hope that familiarity will revive their Cinderella story.
Struggling Chivas USA suspends operations
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As part of a fresh strategy mapped out by Major League Soccer (MLS) for the Los Angeles market, struggling Chivas USA formally ceased operations on Monday and will be replaced by a new club later this week.
