Leah Siegel, an ESPN producer and Dallas mother of three whose two-year struggle with breast cancer inspired thousands of area residents, died early Monday, her family said. She was 43. Siegel had been resting peacefully in hospice care in recent days, her husband, Eric Loehr told readers of her blog. She died about 4:30...
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NEW YORK, July 25 – English Premier League club Manchester United suffered the first defeat on their pre-season North America tour when they were upset 2-1 by the 10-man Kansas City Wizards in Kansas City on Sunday. Despite having Jimmy Conrad controversially sent off late in the first half for a harsh tackle, the...
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Kyle Parker looks to be returning as the starting quarterback at Clemson after negotiations with the Colorado Rockies broke down on Tuesday night. Parker, who threw 20 touchdowns as a freshman last season, was a first-round pick in the MLB draft last month and had been in serious discussions with the team. The news...
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Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Mobile, Ala., courtroom to a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Russell was arrested July 5 as part of an undercover investigation after a bottle of codeine syrup was found at his home. He did not have a prescription for it....
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PARIS – French police questioned soccer internationals Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema on Tuesday as part of an investigation into an alleged under-age prostitution ring, a legal source told AFP. The footballers were detained at the request of an investigating magistrate probing allegations that a Champs Elysees nightclub provided clients access to minors working...
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The ESPN reporter is suing several hotel chains for negligence and invasion of privacy in connection with the peeping Tom who secretly videotaped her naked. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Chicago, accuses divorced dad Michael David Barrett—who has since pleaded guilty to stalking the reporter — of deliberate infliction of emotional distress and invasion...
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Cigarette makers aren’t going to enhance their battered public image with this latest bit of news: Tobacco giant Philip Morris International has been using captive child labor in Central Asia to harvest tobacco. The company, which manufactures the popular Marlboro brand, used child labor and forced labor in contractor-run plantations in Kazakhstan, according to...
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Rory McIlroy is just 21, and totally kicked butt at the opening day of the British Open 2010 today. He’s from Northern Ireland, and currently leading the competition — and set the record for the lowest-ever round at a major championship with a 9-under par 63 today. In second place at the end of...
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West pleaded guilty Thursday to weapons and traffic charges. In Prince George’s County Circuit Court, Judge Graydon McKee sentenced West to eight months of electronic monitoring, two years of unsupervised probation, 40 hours of community service and psychological counseling. Accompanied by his mother, girlfriend and uncle...
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The British Open (known locally as “The Open Championship”), celebrates its 150th anniversary at St. Andrews, Scotland, the home of golf. This is a stretch of windswept coastal turf where men have been chasing small balls with crooked sticks for 600 years. This is the 28th time the Royal and Ancient Golf Club has...
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