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| Bigger court, four-point shot just talk: league Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 07:57 PM PST  (Reuters) - The NBA moved quickly to play down an ESPN report that the league was exploring the possibility of introducing a four-point shot and increasing the dimensions of the court to accommodate the increased athleticism of players. "No one at the NBA, nor the competition committee, has had any serious conversations about increasing the size of the floor or adding a four-point line," league spokesman Tim Frank said in a statement on Tuesday. In an interview with ESPN.com during the All-Star break, NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn and vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe acknowledged that the league office had informally weighed the possibility of making such changes. They spoke of the concepts mostly from a hypothetical standpoint but conceded that both ideas have been presented for discussion at a league level, ESPN said. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Acapulco International men's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 07:36 PM PST Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 4-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 7-5 6-1 Donald Young (U.S.) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-3 6-3 6-Gilles Simon (France) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 6-2 6-3 7-Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 6-1 6-1 Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat 8-Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 6-2 6-2 Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat 3-John Isner (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Acapulco International women's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 07:24 PM PST Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 2-Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-2 6-2 Victoria Duval (U.S.) beat Iveta Melzer (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-4 Sharon Fichman (Canada) beat 5-Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) 6-1 6-3 Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) beat Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 7-6(5) 5-7 6-2 3-Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) 6-1 3-6 6-2 Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 7-6(4) 6-4 8-Zhang Shuai (China) beat Madison Keys (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Brazil Open men's singles round 1 results Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:24 PM PST Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brazil Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Gastao Elias (Portugal) 6-3 3-6 6-2 Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) beat 8-Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 4-6 7-5 6-3 Potito Starace (Italy) beat Alejandro Gonzalez (Colombia) 4-6 6-2 6-3 Martin Klizan (Slovakia) beat Guilherme Clezar (Brazil) 6-4 6-3 Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) beat Pere Riba (Spain) 7-5 6-3 Rogerio Dutra Silva (Brazil) beat 6-Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 1-6 7-5 6-3 Andreas Haider-Maurer (Austria) beat Julian Reister (Germany) 6-2 4-6 6-1 Albert Montanes (Spain) ... Full Story | Top |
| Hackett heads to U.S. to treat drug addiction: manager Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:43 PM PST  Australian swimming great Grant Hackett has flown to the United States to have treatment for an addiction to a sleeping medication, his manager told local media. Hackett, who won 1,500 meters freestyle gold at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, created headlines Down Under this week after being found topless and disoriented at Melbourne's Crown Casino early on Saturday morning. "Grant is currently in transit to seek treatment for a dependency to Stilnox medication," his manager Chris White told News Ltd media. "His family and friends are enormously proud of his courage in pursuing this course of action." Hackett publicly admitted to a dependency to Stilnox in the leadup to the 2012 London Games, prompting the Australian Olympic Committee to ban athletes from using it. Full Story | Top |
| Adidas pulls raunchy World Cup T-shirts at Brazil's request Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:27 PM PST Adidas agreed on Tuesday to stop selling two raunchy T-shirts months ahead of the World Cup in Brazil after the government complained that they associated the country with sexual tourism. One shirt shows a bikini-clad woman with open arms on a sunny Rio de Janeiro beach under the word-play "Looking to Score." The other has an "I love Brazil" heart resembling the upside-down buttocks of a woman wearing a thong bikini bottom. Adidas, the world's second-largest sportswear maker, said the shirts would not be sold anymore, adding in a statement that they were from a limited edition that was only on sale in the United States. The shirt designs touched a nerve in Brazil, where people often complain about foreign stereotypes of Brazilian sensuality. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Moyes sees red after limp United show in Athens Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:56 PM PST * Olympiakos defeat Man United 2-0 in last-16 first leg * Our worst performance in Europe, says manager Moyes (Writes through, adds Michel quotes) By Graham Wood ATHENS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Manchester United's dwindling hopes of lifting a trophy this season are dangling by a thread after they produced an abject display to lose 2-0 at Olympiakos Piraeus in a Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. Alejandro Dominguez opened the scoring with a clever first-half flick and Arsenal loanee Joel Campbell added a sublime second goal to leave United facing a huge task to overturn the deficit in the return match at Old Trafford on March 19. Full Story | Top |
| New York Knicks guard Felton faces weapons charges Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:53 PM PST  New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton was arrested on gun possession charges on Tuesday after his wife's divorce attorney took a weapon that was allegedly his to a local police station, authorities said. Felton, 29, was not registered to have the gun in New York City and was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and with criminal possession of a firearm, authorities said. The professional basketball player turned himself in to face the charges early on Tuesday and appeared at a late-afternoon hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court before Judge Diane Boyar, who set bail at $25,000. Wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, Felton left the courthouse in downtown Manhattan after the hearing without making any comment. Full Story | Top |
| League officials consider enlarging basketball court Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:17 PM PST (Reuters) - The NBA is exploring the possibility of expanding the dimensions of the basketball court to accommodate the growing size and increased athleticism of players, ESPN reported on Tuesday. NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn and vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe also acknowledged in an interview with ESPN.com that the league office had informally weighed the possibility of introducing a four-point shot. The NBA has employed a 94-by-50-foot court since the 1940s. "Making the court bigger - it's an interesting idea and we've actually looked at it," said VanDeWeghe, a former NBA All-Star player and head coach. Full Story | Top |
| Tennis-Brasil Cup women's singles results Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:40 PM PST Feb 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 22-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 6-2 6-1 Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) beat Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Czech Republic) 6-2 7-5 6-Alexandra Cadantu (Romania) beat Dinah Pfizenmaier (Germany) 6-2 6-3 Round 1Alize Lim (France) beat Johanna Larsson (Sweden) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4 Teliana Pereira (Brazil) beat 7-Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) 6-4 6-3 Alexandra Dulgheru (Romania) beat Mariana Duque (Colombia) 6-1 7-6(5) 3-Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) beat Donna Vekic ... Full Story | Top |
| Ovechkin, Backstrom ready to forget Olympic experience Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:10 PM PST By Steve Ginsburg ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom returned to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday determined to forget their bitter Olympic experiences and help their National Hockey League club secure a spot in the playoffs. Ovechkin scored just one goal in five games for Russia and never reached the podium in Sochi, while Backstrom was denied a chance to play in Sweden's gold-medal game after he failed a drug test. "I feel sorry for my country people," Ovechkin told reporters after practice at the Capitals' training facility in suburban Washington. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Greek misery for United as Olympiakos win 2-0 Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:51 PM PST By Graham Wood ATHENS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Olympiakos Piraeus made it fifth time lucky on Tuesday, beating an abject Manchester United team 2-0 in their Champions League last-16 first leg. Alejandro Dominguez opened the scoring with a clever first-half flick and Arsenal loanee Joel Campbell added a sublime second to leave United facing a huge task to overturn the deficit in the return match at Old Trafford next month. Defeat represented another body blow in an inconsistent season for David Moyes's men. The Champions League is United's last chance of a trophy and they looked disjointed and sluggish against an inexperienced Olympiakos side who are bidding to reach the quarter-finals for only the second time in their history. Full Story | Top |
| Earnhardt feels vindicated by Daytona 500 triumph Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:40 PM PST  After enduring 55 races without a win and doubts from critics about his competitive fire, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was still bubbling with excitement from his Daytona 500 triumph, a victory he said had vindicated him. "If you look at how happy I was Sunday after winning that race, you'll know how bad I want to win," Earnhardt told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday. "You'll know how much winning means to me, and you'll know from now on that there's no questioning my killer instinct or drive, whatever term you want to use." NASCAR's most popular driver for 11 years running, Earnhardt made good on his promise to finally join the social media world should he win Daytona, and his selfie, posed in front of a statue depicting his late father holding his own Daytona 500 trophy, went to more than 400,000 followers. Dad's Happy!" tweeted a beaming Earnhardt to his legion of fans. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Sloppy Zenit made to pay by four-goal Dortmund Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:38 PM PST (Fixes typo in first para) * Lewandowski double wraps up 4-2 victory for Dortmund * Reus and Mkhitaryan put visitors ahead in first five minutes * Shatov and Hulk pull back second-half goals for Zenit Feb 25 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski scored twice in a clinical 4-2 win at Zenit St Petersburg who were made to pay for some dreadful defending in their Champions League last 16, first-leg tie on Tuesday. Zenit offered free tea and pies to the visiting fans at the Petrovsky stadium and their players were equally generous as they repeatedly gifted possession to their Bundesliga opponents. Dortmund grabbed two goals in the first five minutes through Marco Reus and Henrikh Mkhitaryan after Zenit, looking rusty as they started their first match after a two-month winter break, twice lost possession on the halfway line. Full Story | Top |
| Motor racing-Earnhardt feels vindicated by Daytona 500 triumph Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:37 PM PST By Larry Fine Feb 25 (Reuters) - After enduring 55 races without a win and doubts from critics about his competitive fire, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was still bubbling with excitement from his Daytona 500 triumph, a victory he said had vindicated him. "If you look at how happy I was Sunday after winning that race, you'll know how bad I want to win," Earnhardt told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday. "You'll know how much winning means to me, and you'll know from now on that there's no questioning my killer instinct or drive, whatever term you want to use." NASCAR's most popular driver for 11 years running, Earnhardt made good on his promise to finally join the social media world should he win Daytona, and his selfie, posed in front of a statue depicting his late father holding his own Daytona 500 trophy, went to more than 400,000 followers. Dad's Happy!" tweeted a beaming Earnhardt to his legion of fans. Full Story | Top |
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