MIAMI (Reuters) - Two-times British Open winner Padraig Harrington will be a guest of U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House St Patrick's Day party next week, the Irish golfer told reporters on Wednesday.
"I got an invite to go to the St Patrick's Day celebrations at the White House, ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one.
The websites of the Golf Channel and Golf Digest have both reported that Woods was seen working with Haney on a driving ...
Bryant netted 32 points and made a fade-away 17-foot jump shot along the baseline with 1.9 seconds remaining to give the defending NBA champions a much-needed win.
"We put a lot of points on the board and our offense looked fine but you don't' win championships by your offense winning ...
The Canucks trailed 3-0 in the second before Samuelsson tallied three times in 12 minutes to pull the visitors to within 4-3 by the start of the final period after Peter Mueller had added a fourth goal for the Avalanche.
Alexandre Burrows scored from a wrist shot at 8:04 in the third to tie the ...
The 35-year-old pitcher will rest and then do rehab work before making a decision on whether the injury requires surgery, said a report on the team's official website (http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com).
The former All Star faced one batter in the Spring training game against the Boston Red Sox on ...
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medalist Maria Riesch handed Lindsey Vonn a rare downhill defeat on Wednesday and also forced her American friend to put her third successive overall World Cup title on hold.
Vonn, who has already clinched the World Cup downhill ...
DALLAS (Reuters) - Filipino ring king Manny Pacquiao said his lightning fast speed will be enough to nullify Joshua Clottey's size advantage when the two meet in Dallas on Saturday.
"My quickness will be the key, my speed," the seven-time world champion told Reuters as he prepared for a ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese company ordered to stop making soccer World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions in their factory hit back at the accusations on Wednesday, saying they were victims of South African politicking.
FIFA's branding company Global Brands Group (GBG) said on ...
"The organization has determined that the goal of building a winning team is best served by making this decision at this time," the Clippers said in a statement on their website (www.nba.com/clippers).
"The team has simply not made sufficient progress during Dunleavy's seven-year ...
"We are looking forward to working with Verizon Wireless to deliver our fans the most extensive experience on mobile phones," said NFL senior vice president of media strategy Brian Rolapp in a statement.
"Our fans have an insatiable appetite for football and we will be able to keep ...
