Video captures skier's 1,600-foot fall down Alaska mountain (The Associated Press) Video of Canadian skier Ian McIntosh cartwheeling down a near vertical mountain has gone viral this week. The fall happened last April in the Neacola Mountains, about 125 miles southwest of Anchorage. McIntosh was being filmed for the Teton Gravity Research movie ''Paradise Waits,'' which opens this week. … [Read more...]
IndyCar tabs Jay Frye president of competition (The Associated Press)
IndyCar tabs Jay Frye president of competition (The Associated Press) IndyCar named Jay Frye president of competition and operations on Thursday, bringing in a NASCAR veteran and revenue expert to succeed Derrick Walker after a season filled with safety concerns. Frye had served as chief revenue officer for Hulman Motorsports after decades of experience leading successful NASCAR racing … [Read more...]
Steve Williams defends using ‘slave’ to describe his time caddying for Tiger Woods
Steve Williams defends using 'slave' to describe his time caddying for Tiger Woods Steve Williams had no clue using the word "slave" to describe some aspects of his time caddying for Tiger Woods would set off such a backlash. In a new book called "Out of the Rough," Williams used the word to describe how Woods made the Kiwi caddie sometimes feel with his on-course temper tantrums and how the … [Read more...]
Jeff Carter on dogs, Mike Richards and being under-the-radar elite for Kings
Jeff Carter on dogs, Mike Richards and being under-the-radar elite for Kings Jeff and Megan Carter started receiving local support almost immediately after her tweet hit cyberspace. A Maltese foster dog the couple was housing named CeCe was lost. This was an almost tragic event in the Carter household. Megan works for the local charity Wags and Walks and her love of dogs has pulled Jeff … [Read more...]
Preview: Pitino's Gophers eager to defy preseason predictions – FOXSports.com
Preview: Pitino's Gophers eager to defy preseason predictions - FOXSports.com [unable to retrieve full-text content]Preview: Pitino's Gophers eager to defy preseason predictionsFOXSports.comPreview: Pitino's Gophers eager to defy preseason predictions. FOX Sports North breaks down the burning questions surrounding the Gophers basketball squad heading into the 2015-16 campaign. … [Read more...]
Liverpool’s best starting XI of all-time
Liverpool’s best starting XI of all-time As their fans never fail to remind us, Liverpool are the most successful club in English soccer, if you add up league and European titles (the European caveat would be completely unnecessary if not for a certain Scot and American capitalism, but that’s another story). So it stands to reason […] As their fans never fail to remind us, Liverpool are the … [Read more...]
Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 10 winners against the spread – Las Vegas Sun (blog)
Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 10 winners against the spread - Las Vegas Sun (blog) [unable to retrieve full-text content]Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 10 winners against the spreadLas Vegas Sun (blog)Talking Points' win totals are in decent position, but the blog is more focused on another positive week picking every game against the spread. Last week was up and down with a 7-6 record to bring … [Read more...]
USA TODAY Sports college football staff picks for Week 11 – USA TODAY
USA TODAY Sports college football staff picks for Week 11 - USA TODAY SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER TWEET SHARE ON SMS SHARE ON WHATSAPP (Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports) This is what we call a top-heavy lineup. Just two matchups of ranked opponents, but both involve teams deep in the College Football Playoff race. No. 3 Baylor remains outside of the top four teams, but … [Read more...]
You know you want to listen to a clip of Ray Lewis singing his new song
You know you want to listen to a clip of Ray Lewis singing his new song There aren't many instances of athletes making the successful transition to the music industry. Some have done OK. Bronson Arroyo has some skills. Shaquille O'Neal wasn't making Nas nervous, but he wasn't the worst rapper ever. But for every one that can, there are a few dozen that can't. If you've heard Deion Sanders' … [Read more...]
Russia’s Olympic Committee recommends Balakhnichev steps down as member (Reuters)
Russia's Olympic Committee recommends Balakhnichev steps down as member (Reuters) MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic Committee said on Thursday it had recommended that former Russian Athletics Federation head Valentin Balakhnichev resign as a member of the committee executive. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Jack Stubbs) … [Read more...]