NBA discusses Sterling’s response to forced sale of Clippers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association said Wednesday its finance committee had discussed a response from Donald Sterling about orders to sell his pro basketball team for making racist remarks, and a vote remained scheduled for next w…
Rehabbing Woods rules himself out of U.S. Open
(Reuters) – Three-times champion Tiger Woods has ruled himself out of next month’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina as he recovers from back surgery, the second successive major championship he will miss this year.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez pleads not guilty to 2012 double murder
BOSTON (Reuters) – National Football League star Aaron Hernandez flew into a rage over a spilled drink and gunned down two strangers who he believed were “testing” him, prosecutors said on Wednesday as Hernandez pleaded not guilty to murder in the case…
German firm behind goal-line technology looks beyond World Cup
AACHEN Germany (Reuters) – With two weeks to go to the finals of the soccer World Cup in Brazil, small German start-up company GoalControl has the technology ready make the calls cheered and challenged around the globe: goal or no goal.
Hope burns brightly for Sharapova after Serena exit
(Reuters) – It is not something Maria Sharapova would confess to publicly, but Serena Williams’s early downfall at the French Open means the statuesque Russian can now skip around Paris with an extra spring in her step.
Townsend only one who thought Serena won in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – Taylor Townsend was so wrapped up preparing for her own match at the French Open she did not realize that her fellow American, world No. 1 Serena Williams, had lost.
Guggenheim execs say they joined Geffen bid for NBA’s Clippers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The co-founder of investment bank Guggenheim Partners and its president are helping billionaire media executive David Geffen put together a group to bid on the Los Angeles Clippers professional basketball team.
Serena shocked at French Open, Djokovic and Federer cruise
PARIS (Reuters) – Serena Williams was caught cold at the French Open on Wednesday by a Spanish 20-year-old who trounced the defending champion 6-2 6-2 in the second round to provide the shock of the tournament.
Stanley Cup final to start June 4
(Reuters) – While the competing teams have yet to be determined, the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final will begin on June 4, the National Hockey League said on Wednesday.
California Chrome training well before Belmont
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The connections of California Chrome are growing in confidence about the prospects of their horse winning the elusive Triple Crown.
