California law limits school football practices to cut concussions
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Football practices at which middle- and high-school students tackle each other will be restricted in California under a law signed on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the latest U.S. effort to minimize brain inju…
Kirilenko calls off engagement with Capitals’ Ovechkin
(Reuters) – Russian tennis player Maria Kirilenko has called off her engagement to Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin, R-Sport said on Monday, as another high-profile sporting romance hit the rocks.
Exclusive: Sterling needs $2 bln sale of NBA’s Clippers to pay debt
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – If the disputed $2 billion sale of professional basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers is not completed, it could force team owner Donald Sterling to sell off some of his real estate assets to pay back debt, the executive who manages…
In Clippers court case, octogenarian lawyer relishes the ruckus
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With the $2-billion sale of pro basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers at stake and the team’s irascible owner refusing to bless the record deal his estranged wife brokered, Bert Fields can hardly keep a smile from his face.
Giants four-time Pro Bowl guard Snee retires
(Reuters) – The New York Giants lost a member of the family on Monday when four-time Pro Bowl guard Chris Snee announced his retirement after 10 seasons with the National Football League club.
Wiggins to focus on team pursuit
(Reuters) – Olympic cycling champion Bradley Wiggins plans to concentrate on the team pursuit event in the velodrome and will not ride in any road races at the Commonwealth Games starting in Glasgow on Thursday.
Giants’ Cain and Belt placed on disabled list
(Reuters) – Matt Cain’s injury-plagued season took another downturn on Monday when the San Francisco Giants pitcher was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation, mlb.com reported.
Context means Nibali gets an easy ride on doping
CARCASSONNE France (Reuters) – On the first rest day of the Tour de France, Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford wondered why Vincenzo Nibali was being let off the hook over cycling’s doping problem after last year’s champion Chris Froome was grilled multiple…
Rain creates double trouble for IndyCar
TORONTO (Reuters) – Double-headers have long been part of baseball and it is nothing to see golfers pull double duty, but rarely are drivers forced to take on the challenge of two races in the same day as they did on Sunday at the Toronto Indy.
Nicklaus and Woods hail McIlroy’s Open victory
HOYLAKE England (Reuters) – Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have combined to salute Rory McIlroy’s performance in capturing the British Open title for the first time in his career.
