DAY 17: Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 a.m. — Denver Nuggets coach George Karl pops in his mouthpiece and puts on his helmet and braces himself for a brutal 15 minutes, but this isn’t football. This is cancer radiation. We’re at Denver’s Swedish Medical Center. The helmet is actually a white, hard-mesh mask that fits to [...]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., February 17, 2010 — The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe announced today that John Isner, Sam Querrey and the world’s top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas first round match against Serbia, March 5-7, on [...]
The Coach of the Hoops for St. Jude team is battling cancer once again. If anyone can fight this, we'll bet on Coach Karl coming out a winner.  Coach Karl is passionate about our youth and fighting cancer. To make a donation to Hoops For St. Jude in his name, please visit www.hoopsforstjude.org.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their fourth Australian Open doubles title, defeating Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Saturday. The top-seeded Bryans picked up their eighth Grand Slam title in doubles. They faced two break points in the ninth game before winning [...]
All Nine Rookies Competed in 2009 NBA Summer League By Art Garcia, NBA.com The Sophomores own the Rookie Challenge. Seven consecutive wins and an 8-2 overall records suggests that one year of NBA seasoning makes plenty of a difference when the league’s brightest youngsters clash each All-Star weekend. This rookie class, though, isn’t about to [...]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – American John Isner defeated Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2) Saturday to win the Heineken Open for his first ATP Tour singles title. The 6-foot-9 Isner had 22 aces and only two double-faults. Isner got good news about his Australian Open draw. With the withdrawal of No. 15 seed Gilles [...]
USA Basketball, Nike and the NBA Portland Trail Blazers today announced that the 13th annual Nike Hoop Summit will, for a third consecutive year, be held at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. The Nike Hoop Summit, the country’s premier annual basketball game for high-school age boys, features America’s elite, young athletes playing against a [...]
What Wozniacki wants: A top-three spot in 2010 By Dean Irvine, CNN January 8, 2010 — Updated 1206 GMT (2006 HKT) Hong Kong, China (CNN) — In Doha last October Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki provided one of the most harrowing moments ever seen on a tennis court. Battling through cramps in the third set [...]
Findlay Prep proves to be too much for Gorman By Case Keefer Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 | 2:01 a.m. Bishop Gorman faced several disadvantages entering its game against Findlay Prep on Saturday at the Orleans Arena. The Gaels had practiced as a team for less than a week and had no games to tune up [...]
