May 24, 2013

Skiing Weekend Recap: Ligety wins World Cup giant slalom

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — It’s his fourth GS title after winning in 2008 and 2010-11. He also successfully defended his GS title at the world championships last month. “To win here again is a super cool feeling,” said Ligety, who has won in Kranjska Gora five times and been on the podium every year since [...]

Soccer: EPL crosses this year have ranged from dreadful to Beckhamesque

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(Romelu Lukaku has been the beneficiary of a number of crosses from his West Brom teammates of late. Clive Mason/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Every so often comes a soccer match in which something elementary is done so badly so repetitively that one is forced to abandon any attempt at enjoying it and dive [...]

2013 Australian Open: Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray for Australian Open title

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning his men’s final match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day fourteen of the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 27, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (January 26, 2013 – Source: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images AsiaPac) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic [...]

Track and Field: Bolt, Felix win 2012 athlete of the year awards

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(Reuters) – Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were named male and female athlete of the year respectively by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at a ceremony in Barcelona on Saturday. Jamaican Bolt, who retained his 100 and 200 meters titles in London in August, is the first man to win the [...]

UFC / MMA: Jon Jones Opens as Massive Favorite Over Dan Henderson

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Jon Jones arrives for his light heavyweight title bout against Rashad Evans for UFC 145 at Philips Arena on April 21, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (April 20, 2012 – Source: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / MMA) — Apr 27, 2012 – After beating four consecutive UFC champions, Jon Jones will look to [...]

Tennis: Djokovic edges Nadal to win historic Australian Open final

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia crouches over in his men’s final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain during day fourteen of the 2012 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 29, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. (January 28, 2012 – Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images AsiaPac) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in [...]

Skiing: Hirscher continues mastery with slalom win

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Marcel Hirscher got his third victory in four days after winning Thursday’s night slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, and the classic Adelboden giant slalom on Saturday. (Alessandro Trovati/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Marcel Hirscher of Austria extended his perfect start to 2012 by winning a World Cup slalom Sunday to pad his lead in [...]

Soccer stunned by death of Wales manager

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Tributes to Wales manager Gary Speed are hung on the gates to Everton’s Goodison Park stadium on Friday. (Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Gary Speed was smiling and relaxed, talking on national television about the day’s upcoming soccer matches. A few hours later, the Wales manager and former English Premier League star [...]

Former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier has liver cancer

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care. The 67-year-old boxer was diagnosed four or five weeks ago, Frazier’s personal and business manager said on Saturday. Leslie Wolff told The Associated Press the doctors have not yet told Frazier how long he has to live. “We have [...]