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Marion Jones to play in WNBA Posted 26 minutes ago

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones signed a contract Wednesday to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock in a bid to revive her athletic career. The WNBA marks a second chance for Jones, who was stripped of five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs and sent to ...More

Garciaparra ends career by retiring in Boston Posted 42 minutes ago

Former Red Sox left fielder and Hall of Famer Jim Rice gets a hug from Athletics first baseman Garci

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Six-times All-Star Nomar Garciaparra retired Wednesday after signing a one-day contract with the Boston Red Sox so he could end his career with the team he made his mark with. The 36-year-old Garciaparra, one of baseball's best shortstops during his prime, played nine of his 14 ...More

Germany's Gerdemann snatches Tirreno first stage Posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

MILAN (Reuters) - Germany's Linus Gerdemann grabbed victory in the first stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday, the first big stage race of the Italian season. The Milram rider beat off second-placed Spaniard Pablo Lastras of Caisse d'Epargne while Denmark's Matti Breschel was third for Saxo Bank. The ...More

Williams tests positive for marijuana Posted 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

Ivory Williams of the U.S. crosses the finish line

DOHA (Reuters) - American world indoor sprint favorite Ivory Williams has withdrawn from this weekend's IAAF championships because of a positive test for marijuana, his manager said on Wednesday. "He had a marijuana positive," Ray Flynn told Reuters in a telephone call from the United States. "To the best of ...More

Classy Sagan takes stage as Contador regains confidence Posted 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

Sagan celebrates winning the third stage of Paris-Nice cycling race

AURILLAC, France (Reuters) - Slovakian prodigy Peter Sagan claimed a shortened third stage of the Paris-Nice race Wednesday while Alberto Contador showed in a nervy finale he had regained confidence two days after crashing. The twice Tour de France champion lost balance in the final sprint after 153 km from St ...More

Harrington to celebrate St Patrick's Day with Obama Posted 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

Harrington tips his hat to the crowd around the 18th green after completing the final round of the C

MIAMI (Reuters) - Two-times British Open winner Padraig Harrington will be a guest of U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House St Patrick's Day party next week, the Irish golfer told reporters on Wednesday. "I got an invite to go to the St Patrick's Day celebrations at ...More

Riesch wins to put Vonn title on hold Posted 7 hours, 30 minutes ago

Riesch of Germany takes a curve during a training run for the women's Alpine Skiing World Cup Downhi

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medalist Maria Riesch handed Lindsey Vonn a rare downhill defeat on Wednesday and also forced her American friend to put her third successive overall World Cup title on hold. Vonn, who has already clinched the World Cup downhill title, finished second, only the second ...More

Janka wins downhill to lead World Cup Posted 8 hours, 22 minutes ago

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

Janka wins downhill to lead World Cup standings Posted 9 hours, 15 minutes ago

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

High School Girls Basketball Tournament Begins Posted 9 hours, 45 minutes ago

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