Meb Keflezighi has been hoping 2009 would treat him better than 2008.
He got a good start on his wish Sunday with a win in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon with a personal-best time of 1 hour, 1 minute, 25 seconds.
Last year, Keflezighi was battling a hip injury so painful there were a handful of days [...]
Sidney Crosby returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lineup Sunday, but Marc-André Fleury made sure they did not need him. Fleury stopped 33 shots and Petr Sykora had a goal and an assist to lead the Penguins to a 3-0 victory at home over the Rangers.
Chris Minard and Tyler Kennedy also scored for Pittsburgh, as Fleury [...]
Dwyane Wade had 32 points and 10 assists and the Heat impressed coach Erik Spoelstra with some unexpected poise down the stretch to emerge from a 12-day road trip with a 104-94 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.
“This team is never ceasing to surprise us with their resiliency and toughness,” Spoelstra said. [...]
He was once the can’t-miss jewel of the Cubs’ minor-league system, but outfielder Felix Pie went the way of Corey Patterson and other top prospects before him when he was traded Sunday to the Baltimore Orioles for two young pitchers.
Pie, 23, long touted as a five-tool player as he rose through the Cubs’ system, never [...]
America, are you ready for the Wiz Bowl?
That’s what we’ve got in two weeks, a Super Bowl matchup littered with NFL incest and historical intrigue. The Arizona-Pittsburgh cross-pollination goes back to the winter of ‘06. When Bill Cowher called it a career in Pittsburgh after 16 years as head coach, the media all but assumed [...]
Jazz sharpshooter Kyle Korver has experienced nights when his jump shots seem to drop automatically … when the ball softly settles into the bottom of the basket nearly every time it’s launched.
It happened Monday at EnergySolutions Arena, when Memo Okur made 13 of 19 field-goal attempts and finished with a career-high 43 points during the [...]
