GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Maria Riesch handed Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn only her second downhill defeat of the season when she won the final World Cup race in the discipline on Wednesday.
American Vonn, winner of six of the eight downhills, finished second behind the German and Anja Paerson of Sweden ...More
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Switzerland's Carlo Janka went back to the top of the overall World Cup standings by winning a thrilling downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in which 0.07 seconds separated the top four.
The Olympic giant slalom gold medalist beat Austria's Mario Scheiber by 0.02 seconds to ...More
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Wednesday to go back to the top of the overall World Cup standings.
Janka, the Olympic giant slalom champion, beat Austria's Mario Scheiber by 0.02 seconds to set off a cacophony of cowbells and rattles ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant delivered yet another game-winning shot to help the Los Angeles Lakers snap a three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.
Bryant netted 32 points and made a fade-away 17-foot jump shot along the baseline with 1.9 seconds remaining ...More
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese company ordered to stop making soccer World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions in their factory hit back at the accusations on Wednesday, saying they were victims of South African politicking.
FIFA's branding company Global Brands Group (GBG) said on Tuesday that Shanghai Fashion ...More
DENVER (Reuters) - Mikael Samuelsson's hat-trick inspired a stirring fightback for the Vancouver Canucks in a 6-4 victory over Northwest Division rivals the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.
The Canucks trailed 3-0 in the second before Samuelsson tallied three times in 12 minutes to pull the visitors to within 4-3 by ...More
MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one.
The websites of the Golf Channel and Golf Digest have both reported that Woods was seen working with Haney on ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Clippers fired general manager Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday, a month after he relinquished his head coaching role.
"The organization has determined that the goal of building a winning team is best served by making this decision at this time," the Clippers said in a ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi in a film backed by sports television network ESPN.
The cable TV network's division, ESPN Films ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Willie Davis, the speedy former All-Star center fielder who spent most of his 18-season Major League Baseball career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of 69.
Known as "Three Dog" for his ability to often hit triples and because he wore number three ...More
