Noel, Ukrainian Len among candidates for Cavs’ top pick
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With no consensus sure-fire star as an obvious target, Thursday’s NBA Draft has a sense of suspense about it with numerous candidates for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who own the number one pick.
Giantkiller Stakhovsky brings down ‘the legend and his ego’
LONDON (Reuters) – No matter where Sergiy Stakhovsky looks when he walks around the leafy grounds of the All England Club, he cannot escape the image of a beaming Roger Federer holding aloft the pineapple-topped gold Challenge Cup.
NY GM regrets language, not message to A-Rod
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman regrets the language but not the message he delivered to injured third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who violated club policy and contradicted him in a comment about his return from injury.
Pettersen expects ‘the worst’ at U.S. Women’s Open
(Reuters) – Suzann Pettersen has long relished the grueling challenge at the U.S. Women’s Open and once again she is using the psychological ploy of expecting “the worst” in this week’s edition at Southampton in New York.
Teixeira needs wrist surgery, out for season
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Yankees slugging first baseman Mark Teixeira, who has played just 15 games this season due to a wrist injury, will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the year, the injury-hit team said on Wednesday.
Suit up! I’m here to win says new Clippers coach Rivers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Newly-appointed Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers arrived at his team’s practice facility on Wednesday in casual attire that showed just how surprised he was to be there.
GM Cashman regrets language, not message to NY’s A-Rod
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman regrets his language but not the message he delivered to injured third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who violated club policy and contradicted him in a comment about his return from injury.
Dazed Federer sent spinning out of Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) – Roger Federer and “his ego” took an unbelievable battering at the hands of a little-known Ukrainian as the Swiss champion and holder of a record 17 grand slam titles was sent spinning out of Wimbledon on a day dubbed as ‘Whacky Wedne…
PREVIEW-Golf-Congressional, and Maryland, suit Scott’s eye
(Reuters) – Simply being back at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland for this week’s AT&T National gives Masters champion Adam Scott reason to smile as he continues his build-up to next month’s British Open.
Federer and Sharapova exit in Wednesday Wipeout
LONDON (Reuters) – Wimbledon king Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova endured jolting second-round losses to opponents outside the world top 100 in a freakishly dramatic ‘Wednesday Wipeout’ that saw seven players withdraw injured and the draw shredded.
