Reigning Tour de France champion Cadel Evans says the two-year doping ban for Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador shows the sport is at the forefront in the battle against drugs.
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ANDREW STRAUSS - The captain was not the worst of England's misfiring batsmen. But his terrible shot against Saeed Ajmal to kickstart the first Test collapse set the tone for further troubles.
Both Super Bowl kickers have taken uncommon paths to this Sunday's NFL decider, essentially stumbling into a job that often decides titles and legacies for better or worse. Scotland-raised Lawrence Tynes of the New York Giants and New England's Stephen Gostkowski know one of them could be the first player celebrating -- or hunched in anguish -- in the final seconds at Lucas Oil Stadium.
There's finally a full-time nameplate in Major League Baseball for Nick Capra. It isn't over a player's locker in a clubhouse as Capra sought.
Non-stop rugby may briefly have blunted his brilliance of New Zealand but he says he is back to his best to face Ireland It is easy to forget that George North is still a teenager. He will win his 17th cap when Wales face Ireland in Dublin on Sunday, the same number as another wing, Nigel Walker, whose international career spanned six seasons in the 1990s. If he avoids injury in the next couple ...
CHILTERN Football Club’s two favourite sons — Brisbane Lions triple premiership player Nigel Lappin and former Carlton star Matthew Lappin — believe last year’s Tallangatta Lea
Returning punts is not for everybody. The job takes a certain je ne sais quoi that makes the people who excel at the art among the most admired in the sport.
Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.
This hit from James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers on Colt McCoy of the Cleveland Browns prompted a rule shift. / Justin K. Aller, Getty Images INDIANAPOLIS (USA TODAY) — Super Bowls have turned on a John Riggins run, a Joe Montana pass and a Santonio Holmes catch.
As I told my 14 year old son as he proudly wore Dave Diehl's Pro Bowl signed jersey to school, Football is a great sport because of the lessons it teaches us about life. Diehl's outstanding play confirmed what I believe ... protect your investments' blind side and you too could be champions.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.
While the players who comprise the last-place teams in all four major sports each make an excellent living, those players' counterparts get well rewarded for winning.
Which bus was Stuart Lancaster waiting for? Exciting news about a car park; Gabby Logan is fur-lined in France MAN OF THE DAY Stuart Lancaster , who had done so much right after taking the England job, had it all to lose on Saturday. He got his win – but may need to work on his etiquette in the coaches' box during games. Whereas Martin Johnson was like a caged tiger, Lancaster looked more like a ...
# stickjockey In past years I've used the Saturday before the Super Bowl to handicap the field for the next cover of Madden NFL . Since the last time I did that, EA Sports put the honors up to a fan-voted, 32-player tournament in 2011, and on Thursday announced it was doubling that field to 64 for 2012. More »
INDIANAPOLIS - Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.
REGINA -- Dan Farthing looks like he could still play for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.Instead, he'll be working for them.The former Roughriders slotback, who currently works as the director of sport performance training at Regina's Level 10 Fitness, was named the CFL team's strength and conditioning co-ordinator Thursday.The job officially brings the 42-year-old product of Saskatoon back to the ...
Kevin Arsenault, 25, is starting the countdown to his final game as a Western hockey player.
Stan Van Gundy is one of the most refreshing coaching personalities in the game, in any sport. One thing I’ve always admired about Stan is that he’s willing to take the blame, accept the responsibility and say that, yes, it was he who cut down the cherry tree. Most coaches won’t put their tender egos on [...]
Alberto Contador was yesterday stripped of his 2010 Tour de France victory and handed a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following his positive test for clenbuterol.
