Fox scores with Hispanic TV, online ad sales for Super Bowl
(Reuters) – Twenty First Century Fox, whose Fox network is getting an average of $4 million for a 30-second spot on its sold-out Super Bowl telecast, has almost reached that mark on its Spanish-language channel and online video stream.
Kings, Ducks face off under stars at Dodger Stadium
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “California Dreamin'” brings to mind images of surf and sunshine but on Saturday at Dodger Stadium a very different dream will be realized when the Golden State stages its first ever outdoor National Hockey League game.
Thornton and Marleau sign three-year extensions with Sharks
(Reuters) – The San Jose Sharks locked up two of their top players on Friday when former All-Star forwards Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau signed three-year contract extensions with the National Hockey League (NHL) team.
Bill Gates takes on world chess champ, mated in 9 moves
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Newly crowned Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen took just nine moves to checkmate Bill Gates in a speed game to be aired later on Friday.
Ex-Cowboys player gets 180 days jail for drunk-driving death
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas jury sentenced former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent to 180 days in jail and 10 years probation on Friday for causing a fiery one-car crash that killed his teammate after a night of heavy drinking in 2012.
Hoefl-Riesch ready to step into Vonn’s shoes
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) – With her third downhill victory of the season at Cortina d’Ampezzo on Friday, Maria Hoefl-Riesch has emerged as favorite to take over from injured arch-rival and friend Lindsey Vonn as Olympic champion.
White hungry for more gold in Sochi
(Reuters) – Shaun White is already one of the most successful and recognizable names in Winter sports, a snowboarding rockstar just living the American dream.
Torah has the Bright stuff for Sochi success
(Reuters) – If life was a snow-covered mountain, Australia’s Torah Bright would be the one plunging down the black runs and ploughing through the powder off-piste.
Miami judge says baseball star free to return to Japan
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Miami judge ordered that baseball player Wladimir ‘Coco’ Balentien, a star player in Japan, can leave the United States to rejoin his Tokyo team after pleading not guilty on Friday to domestic violence charges.
McDonald’s Twitter link proves magnet for protesters
LONDON (Reuters) – Protesters have latched on to an online marketing campaign run by McDonald’s to vent their anger over the treatment of gays by Olympic host Russia.
