June 19, 2013

French Open: Sharapova crowned queen of Roland Garros

Sharapova of Russia holds the trophy as she poses during the ceremony after defeating Errani of Italy during their women's singles final match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris

(Reuters) – Maria Sharapova kept her poise to outwit and outpower diminutive Italian Sara Errani and win her first French Open crown with a 6-3 6-2 victory on Saturday. Despite the one-sided scoreline, Italian Errani troubled Sharapova with some cute volleys, sliced forehands, daring dropshots but found the Russian to be an insurmountable obstacle. With [...]

March Madness 2012: Theme of unfinished business drives Notre Dame, Baylor

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Notre Dame guard Brittany Mallory (22) celebrates victory after an NCAA women’s Final Four semifinal college basketball game against Connecticut in Denver, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Notre Dame won 83-75. (Eric Gay/AP Photo) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — DENVER – The teams that have run the gantlet to reach Tuesday night’s NCAA women’s basketball championship [...]