May 21, 2013

Skiing Recap: Maze wins race and overall World Cup

Maze of Slovenia celebrates after winning the Women's World Cup Super Combined skiing race in Meribel

(Reuters) – Tina Maze sealed her near-perfect Alpine skiing season with the overall World Cup when she won a women’s super-combined event on Sunday. Fastest in the morning downhill section, the Slovenian secured her position in the afternoon slalom to bag her ninth victory of the season in an aggregate time of one minute 59.54 [...]

NASCAR: Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR’s Daytona 500

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Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, poses with team owner Tony Stewart and crew chief Tony Gibson after winning the Coors Light Pole qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 16, 2013 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty Images North [...]

Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby outlook Rosie for pioneering Napravnik

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Rosie Napravnik celebrated after winning the Juvenile aboard Shanghai Bobby at the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Championships at Santa Anita Park.(Photo: Kelvin Kuo, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Napravnik hopes to become the first female to win the Kentucky Derby this year In 2012, she became the first female to win the Kentucky Oaks She also [...]

Tennis: Serena happy to defend title where comeback started

Serena Williams of the U.S. holds her trophy after defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in their women's final tennis match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London

(Reuters) – Fatigue and a busy schedule was not going to get in the way of Serena Williams returning to the place she says launched her comeback and gave her the confidence to believe she could win another grand slam. Fresh off her fifth Wimbledon triumph, Williams is eager to defend the Stanford Classic title [...]

Horse Racing: Napravnik wins Kentucky Oaks on Believe You Can

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Believe You Can ridden by Rosie Napravnik leads the pack during the 138th running of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky. (May 3, 2012 – Source: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America) (Reuters) – Rosie Napravnik became the first woman jockey to win the Kentucky Oaks when she steered [...]

Golf: Will Augusta National have its first female member?

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The world that exists on the 365 acres of Augusta National Golf Club is one that most of us would not recognize. It’s a place that not only has tolerated discrimination against women for decades, but has actively, aggressively pursued it. The fathers and sons of Augusta know full well [...]

Father, son dueling in Iditarod race, woman in lead

Kinzer of Willow and his team head to Nome during the 40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow

(Reuters) – Champion musher Mitch Seavey and his son, Dallas, each battled for the lead in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, while another competitor was making a push to become the first woman since 1990 to win the roughly 1,000-mile event. Aliy Zirkle, 41, from Two Rivers, Alaska, held the lead on [...]

NASCAR: Danica claims Nationwide pole

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Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, signs an autograph for a fan during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 25, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 24, 2012 – Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images North America) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In about 24 [...]

Skiing: Canada’s Turski wins 3rd straight X-Games slopestyle gold

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Kaya Turski of Montreal, seen here competing in the slopestyle finals on Sunday in Vermont, became the first woman to win X-Games gold in slopestyle three straight years. (Mike Ridewood/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Canada’s Kaya Turski made history at the Winter X-Games on Thursday in Aspen, Colo. The 23-year-old from Montreal won [...]

Serena keeps win streak going in Cincinnati

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Serena Williams serves the ball to Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic during the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 16, 2011 in Mason, Ohio. (August 15, 2011 – Photo by Elsa/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio/ CBC Sports) – Serena Williams is focused on her next match, not her [...]