Sporting
Aerobatics
G‘Mac’ McGregor enjoys life from seat of his plane
In addition to the two Air Tractors he owns for his business, McGregor personally owns a factory-built Pitts sport biplane to do aerobatics. ...
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing-Vonn wins World Cup slalom in Levi
LEVI, Finland (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn won an Alpine skiing World Cup slalom on Saturday. Vonn, the World Cup overall champion last season, ...
American Football
Total 90: American Football News For Nov. 20
Questions related to American football, or football elsewhere in the world are definitely welcome. This week's newsletter includes notes from the latest ...
Archery
Crossbows: Archery or not?
Archers may use a crossbow during the regular archery season only if they have a disability permit signed by a physician. Crossbow users want their season ...
Baseball
Baseball owners to put in rule prohibiting rain-shortened games in ...
Mike Mussina walked away from baseball after his only 20-win season, a month shy of his 40th birthday with a still-potent right arm. ...
Basketball
Jefferson names Dwayne (Pearl) Washington girls basketball coach
BY MARK LELINWALLA Jefferson HS has named Dwayne (Pearl) Washington to coach its girls basketball team just four days before the season-opener, ...
Badminton
Marblehead Youth Badminton hosts another successful New England Open
Charlie Anderson, one of the youngest competitors in the Marblehead Youth Badminton Club at six-years-old, shows off his skills at the annual New England ...
Beach Volleyball
Royal Palm Beach bids for school's first state title in volleyball ...
By Christy Cabrera Chirinos | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Now, for the core group of seniors on the Royal Palm Beach volleyball team, a state championship is ...
BMX Racing
Around the Lompoc Valley
Lompoc's Felicity Shaw brought home a second place finish in her class of BMX racing in a statewide race in Whittier on Saturday. ...
Bocce
Friday, Nov. 21
Bocce Club - Our open bowling is now on the fall and winter schedule with bowling times of Monday-Wednesday-Friday- Saturday at 1:30 pm (only if the air ...
Body Building
Research and Markets: The Ambulance Manufacturing Industry in ...
... and manufacturer profiles shed further light on the overall structure and dynamics of this niche segment of the vehicle body-building industry. ...
Bowling
Founded bowling league for women
By Patricia Trebe | Special to the Tribune In the late 1940s, Sylvia Ablin Adelman watched her husband leave for his bowling league and knew she would enjoy ...
Chess
Armenia takes possession of 1st at Chess Olympiad
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — The Russian team — touted as the strongest ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad — was derailed in Thursday open division play in ...
Cricket
Gilani to request India PM for sending cricket team to Pak
The Prime Minister's assurance came during a meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaz Butt, who apprised Gilani about the situation regarding ...
Croquet
Croquet hit off
Stephens Croquet Club won, despite some close contests, and lost only to Toombul and Wynnum. Three clubs tied for second place with four matches each. ...
Cross Country Skiing
Norwegian royals enjoy early snow cross-country skiing with kids
When it comes to cross-country skiing, Norway's national passion, there's nothing like learning young. So taking advantage of the unusually early start to ...
Curling
Manitoba’s Sean Grassie wins curling championship
Manitoba's Sean Grassie used a pair of steals to beat the Ontario rink of Wayne Tuck 6-4 and claim the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship at the Arnaitok ...
Cycling
Sports Briefing | Cycling Armstrong Seeks a Meeting
By AP The seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is expected to meet with Tour officials before deciding to compete in the 2009 race. ...
Dancesport
Governor Gwen wants dancesport scrapped
Gwendolyn Garcia had the dancesport competition scrapped from the multi-sporting event because she said it would only “confuse” the minds of the young. ...
Darts
TAYLOR POWERS THROUGH
Phil Taylor powered into the second round of the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts with a 5-1 demolition of Vincent van der Voort. ...
Equestrian
Equestrian body sets up anti-doping inquiry
AP BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: The governing body of equestrian sport said Thursday it has set up an anti-doping inquiry to clear up confusion after six horses ...
Field Hockey
Saratoga, Los Gatos enter field hockey final
... St. Francis goalie with 7:14 left in the first half, and host Saratoga beat the Lancers 2-1 in a Central Coast Section field-hockey semifinal Tuesday. ...
Formula One
Formula One Boss Could Have Most Expensive Divorce Ever
The British Formula One boss rules over his sport and its profit like no other sports-league boss in the world (see my 1998 profile of Bernie Ecclestone and ...
Figure Skating
North Atlantic Figure Skating Club's Annual Snowflake Basic Skills ...
Raising Maine This annual event draws local and "away" skaters for a family-friendly ice skating competition. There are not yet any reader comments. ...
Freestyle Skiing
Bear Valley Mountain Recruits Ski Industry Pioneer and Former ...
A freestyle skiing pioneer, he was one of the first professionals to compete on the freestyle skiing circuit as a member of the International Freestyle ...
Gaelic Football
Tipp Gaelic Football Scene
Senior Football: Galtee Rovers have a Munster semi-final clash with Clare champions Kilmurray-Ibrickan on November 23rd. The Tipp champions must travel. ...
Playing Golf
Robinson named to All-Area Golf team
Deandra started playing golf at the age of five with her dad at Hickory Pointe Golf Course on Route 32. She has played several junior tour events finishing ...
Gymnastics
Gymnastics icon Karolyi to run for office in Romania
Trudi Kollar, a gymnastics instructor in Sacramento, Calif., who won a silver medal under the name Emelia Eberle as a member of the 1980 Romanian gymnastics ...
Goalball
Goalball For All
Goalball is a sport that was started after World War II as a way to keep newly-blind veterans physically active. Cole Roberts, a seventh grade student at ...
Handball
... Team Handball News
“President Manoel Luiz Oliveira (BRA) has the thankless task of organizing this region on a shoestring budget. Fortunately for him, the Brazilian federation ...
Horse Racing
Ireland Cuts Horse Racing Prize Fund as Economy Hits Recession
20 (Bloomberg) -- Ireland is cutting its subsidy to horse racing prize money as the economy slides into recession. Horse Racing Ireland, the government ...
Hurling
Pumpkin hurling record smashed
By Brian Bliss, HT Sports Assistant Emily Ames, Geoff Chapel and Trevor Massy (lr) work on their pumpkin launcher as part of the Gaylord High School physics ...
Ice Hockey
Ice Hockey has Three Members Named to AHA Honor Roll
of the American International College men’s ice hockey team were selected to the Atlantic Hockey Weekly Honor Roll. The Yellow Jackets split the weekend ...
Jai Alai
Justice in Miami
But justice there was yesterday at long last for the family of former World Jai-Alai president John Callahan, who was shot to death in Miami in 1982. ...
Korfball
Netherlands Retains World Youth Korfball Champion; Taiwan is On ...
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Nov 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Netherlands held on to the world youth korfball championship for the fifth consecutive time since the ...
Motorcycle Racing
AMA Pro Racing Parts Homologation Program Now Underway
AMA Pro Racing is the premier professional motorcycle racing organization in North America, operating a full schedule of events and championships for a ...
Nascar
Cool, Calm Clint Collects Championship
In fact, now that I think about it, I find it generally odd that for someone who is really passionate about NASCAR, who reads and writes and thinks about it ...
Netball
Blazers 'A, U-13s set for Goodwill netball quarters
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Blazers 'A' and Under-13s could become the first quarter-finalists in the Community Goodwill Open League netball competition this ...
Nordic Skiing
Trail fairies? In Grand County, real men lift their heels
Charles Agar is comfortable with his Nordic-skiing masculinity and will be freeing his heel every chance he gets. Contact him at info@charlesagar.com.
Pickleball
‘Pickleball’ boom
Pickleball — an interesting game with a silly name — remains unknown to many, but it has a devoted and increasing following, especially among 50-and-older ...
Pocket Billiards
Maryland State One-Pocket Billiards Championships
Maryland State One-Pocket Billiards Championships to Be Held November 1-2 at Side Pockets Café in Laurel, Maryland. LAUREL, MD – October 29, ...
Powerboating
Rated: Quantum Of Solace
No quiet seaside cruise in Haiti for the tougher 007; his aggressive powerboating causes more white water mayhem than that shark did across four 'Jaws' ...
Powerlifting
Powerlifting event in York
The International Powerlifting Association's National Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday at York Barbell Co. ...
Rugby
South African Rugby Player Watson Says He'll Play Under Protea
19 (Bloomberg) -- South African rugby player Luke Watson is willing to play for the national team after the sport's governing body in the country said it ...
Shaolin
‘Disciples of Shaolin’ (1975)
Although relatively light on action by kung fu movie standards, DISCIPLES OF SHAOLIN is a highly successful mergence of Chang Cheh’s “heroic bloodshed” ...
Ski Jumping
Women ski jumpers to argue for Olympic spot
The International Olympic Committee voted in 2006 to exclude women's ski jumping from the 2010 games, saying the sport didn't meet the basic criteria for an ...
Speed Skating
Competing with Canada's best suits Shoebridge
Shoebridge took up speed skating at age six following in the footsteps of his English-born father, Paul, who skated with the South African national team and ...
Squash
W. Squash Season Preview | Squash 'sisters' pushing two decades
In fact, Matthias introduced Hebden to squash. Matthias started playing in second grade at the Philadelphia Racquet Club, and Hebden followed her there two ...
Sailing
Sports Short: Sailing weekend cut short due to inclement weather
By Caitlin Beach The Bowdoin Sailing team competed in its final regatta of the fall season last Saturday at the Atlantic Coast Tournament in Cambridge, ...
Soccer
Schelotto's MLS success has even soccer-mad Argentina following
When Guillermo Barros Schelotto made the unconventional switch from Boca Juniors to the Columbus Crew in 2007, most American soccer fans knew little, ...
Swimming
USA Swimming honors Phelps; Bowman repeats as Coach of Year
By Kevin Van Valkenburg NEW YORK - Michael Phelps was named Athlete of the Year last night by USA Swimming at the annual Golden Goggle Awards, ...
Table Tennis
Table tennis: Karina edged out
ORMESBY’S Karina Lefevre had to be satisfied with two semi-final placings in the Five Nations Tees Active Stockton-on-Tees 4 Star Junior Table Tennis ...
Tennis
Obama daughters' tennis instructor becomes a celebrity
Chicago: Uruguay's Valentina de Yeregui, the tennis instructor of US president-elect Barack Obama's daughters, has had her own share of fame as world media ...
Volleyball
Xavier repeats as state 5A-I volleyball champs
4 Phoenix Xavier Prep won its second consecutive Class 5A Division I girls volleyball title, and its third in the past four seasons, with a 25-22, 25-23, ...
Waterpolo
Waterpolo: Final glory for Balmacewen
Jesse Smith (12), of Balmacewen Intermediate School, prepares to move the ball in the final of the South Island intermediate waterpolo championships at ...
Racquetball
Playing Racquetball
goggles, I assessed my understanding of racquetball. From observing numerous matches, I could tell that racquetball is an intense sport, both mentally and ...
Roller Skating
Roller skating champion pursues his sport with little fame or fortune
(Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff) By Emily Sweeney F or the next week, Joseph Farias III will be pursuing his dream of a world championship in roller skating. ...
Trampolining
C’mon, Get Happy ****
Poppy goes clubbing, peruses bookstores, goes trampolining, starts flamenco lessons and is always kind to strangers. Her positive attitude and joy of all ...
Water Skiing
Joel Reichenberger: A different kind of ski snob
But I may be pushing the envelope with the following statement: I like water skiing more than I like snow skiing. I took to water skiing when I was young. ...
Weight Lifting
Worth the weight
His regimen is a departure from the traditional weight-lifting power cleans, squats and bench presses supplemented by weight-gain diets heavy on peanut ...
Wheelchair Basketball