Tiger Street Football, the highly anticipated five-a-side football tournament that pits the best local teams against the finest international street teams in a customised oval cage, returns this year with …
McIlroy: Another 1 bites the dust
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) -- The snow is gone from the Match Play Championship, and so are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. UPDATE 1-Golf-Irishman Lowry stuns McIlroy at Match Play
* Lowry chips in twice for birdie to take control * Beats good friend McIlroy to reach second round (Adds detail, quotes) MARANA, Arizona, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Ireland’s Shane Lowry, drawing on self-belief, beat world number one Rory McIlroy one up to pull off a stunning upset in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. Ranked 68th in the world, Lowry chipped in twice for birdie after the turn to take control against his good friend before getting up and down from a greenside bunker to par the 18th and seal victory in fading light at Dove Mountain. …
AP Source: 3 former Miami coaches want case tossed
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Three former Miami assistant coaches filed a motion on Thursday with the NCAA asking that their infractions cases be dismissed because of the mistakes that governing body for college athletics made in their long investigation of the Hurricanes.
Golf-Woods knocked out of first round at Match Play
MARANA, Arizona, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Three-times winner Tiger Woods was knocked out in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday, losing 2&1 to fellow American Charles Howell III. Woods never led but got back to all square with four holes to play before Howell birdied the 15th and 16th to regain control. Howell almost holed out with his approach at the par-15th, his ball settling just inches from the cup, then sank a 24-footer at the par-three 16th to go 2up. …
Lakers owner Jerry Buss remembered at service
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Jerry West were among a host of basketball greats who gathered to remember the life and legacy of Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Golf-Irishman Lowry stuns McIlroy at Match Play
MARANA, Arizona, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Ireland’s Shane Lowry beat world number one Rory McIlroy 1 up to pull off the biggest upset in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. Ranked 68th in the world, Lowry chipped in twice for birdie after the turn to take control before getting up and down from a greenside bunker to par the 18th and seal victory. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
NY Jets quarterback Tebow cancels controversial church appearance
(Reuters) – New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, a devout Christian, has canceled an appearance at a Dallas mega-church led by a prominent pastor who has sparked controversy over remarks he made from the pulpit about gays and other religions. Tebow, 25, who famously kneels in prayer on the football field in a move that has come to be known as "Tebowing," called off his April 28 appearance in a series of Twitter messages on Thursday. … TV-Radio Notebook: 'Nine for IX' series highlights women in sports
What the "30 for 30" series did to put ESPN Films on the map, "Nine for IX" will do for women's sports.
Chicago Fire "definitely want to keep" Cameroonian Atouba
Midfielder Alex may have claimed all the headlines with the stoppage-time game-winner in Tuesday's dramatic Carolina Challenge Cup victory over the Charleston Battery, but the Chicago Fire's most impactful player on the night was diminutive Cameroonian Yazid Atouba, the No. 30 ov erall pick in January's SuperDraft.The 20-year-old left wing livewire, who was subbed in at halftime, brought a surge of energy and unpredictability to a Chicago attack that had a dull edge to it in the first half at Blackbaud Stadium. … 
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