Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia points classification after stage 1 (Reuters) May 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Points Classification Giro d'Italia after Stage 1 on Friday 1. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands / Giant) 15 2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia / LottoNL) 12 3. Andrey Amador (Costa Rica / Movistar) 9 4. Tobias Ludvigsson (Sweden / Giant) 7 5. Marcel Kittel (Germany / Etixx - Quick-Step) 6 6. Moreno Moser … [Read more...]
Horse racing-Nyquist trainer O’Neill eyes 2nd Derby win (Reuters)
Horse racing-Nyquist trainer O'Neill eyes 2nd Derby win (Reuters) By Mark Lamport-Stokes May 6 (Reuters) - Four years after celebrating his first Kentucky Derby triumph, trainer Doug O'Neill is in prime position to toast another after his bay colt Nyquist was installed as the pre-race favourite for Saturday's 142nd edition. In 2012, Mario Gutierrez piloted the O'Neill-trained I'll Have … [Read more...]
AP Interview: Rio security head says cuts impact Olympics (Yahoo Sports)
AP Interview: Rio security head says cuts impact Olympics (Yahoo Sports) Rio de Janeiro's state security secretary acknowledges that cuts of $550 million to his budget pose a risk to the Olympics when they open in three months. ''If I said the cuts won't impact anything, I wouldn't be accurate,'' Jose Mariano Beltrame told The Associated Press during a sit-down interview this week. … [Read more...]
Report: TJ for Garrett Richards
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Top clubs ready to pounce as Raphael Varane grows unsettled at Real Madrid
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AL.com All-Access: 5 bold SEC football predictions for 2016 – AL.com
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Cycling-Home victory for Dutchman Dumoulin in Giro opener (Reuters)
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Can rugby tackling help save football? Rod Woodson believes so
Can rugby tackling help save football? Rod Woodson believes so The process of making football safer is a slow trickle. Do you start at the top and try to make NFL players play more safely, and thus give younger players the model of how to tackle more safely? Or do you start with youth football and try to make it safer for the next generation? A great chicken-or-egg debate. Seattle Seahawks … [Read more...]
Byron Scott still rues not playing his Laker veterans more
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