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Mickelson’s heroics net wild 1-shot win
SHANGHAI - Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions by rallying against a familiar foe. Only it wasn’t Tiger Woods. (Associated Press, 11/9/09)
Duel on tap today
SHANGHAI - Phil Mickelson was unwinding from a day of high energy and quick turnarounds, one that took him from a two-shot deficit against Tiger Woods to a two-shot lead over the final eight holes in the third round of the HSBC Champions yesterday. (Associated Press, 11/8/09)
Woods sets stage at HSBC
The gallery kept growing until it stretched along all 603 yards of the eighth hole at Sheshan International. It took a little longer before Tiger Woods gave them what they came to see yesterday in the HSBC Champions. (Associated Press, 11/7/09)
Watney leads, Woods lurks in China
So much for that notion that American golfers don’t travel well. The first World Golf Championship in Asia opened yesterday to a leaderboard filled with Stars & Stripes, led by wide-eyed Nick Watney and his 8-under 64 that tied the course record at the HSBC Champions and including, as always, Tiger Woods. (Associated Press, 11/6/09)
Woods, Mickelson on top of world at HSBC Champions
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson sat across from each other in a mock game of Chinese checkers against the spectacular backdrop of Shanghai’s trendy Bund district. Later, they posed with the HSBC Champions trophy. (Associated Press, 11/5/09)
Woods, Mickelson face off in Asia for first time
Tiger Woods looked out of a conference room above the Shanghai River that was filled with so many photographers and other media that it felt like he was at a major championship. (Associated Press, 11/4/09)
For the record
Correction: Because of incorrect information supplied by the MIAA, the score for Taylor Hammond of Hopkinton was incorrect in Monday’s Division 3 school golf results. Hammond shot an 80. (Boston Globe, 11/4/09)
Easy sledding for Pyeongchang in bid for ’18 Winter Olympics?
Why are only three cities bidding for the 2018 Winter Games? Probably because other would-be contenders like Harbin, China, figure that Pyeongchang is an obvious selection after near-misses in 2010 and 2014. (Globe Staff, 10/28/09)
Charity chips in $3 million of USOC payment (AP, 11/9/09)
UK to crack down on sex traffickers ahead of 2012 (AP, 11/9/09)
Tokyo governor wants to bid for 2020 Olympics (AP, 11/9/09)
Former Olympic skier Bogner to head Munich bid (AP, 11/6/09)
City hands over athlete's village to Olympics (AP, 11/5/09)
Olympians celebrate 100 days until Vancouver (AP, 11/4/09)
Olympic officials tender $1.1 billion in contracts (AP, 11/4/09)
Organizers struggle to fill Beijing's Bird Nest (AP, 11/4/09)
US hockey roster will be announced Jan. 1 (AP, 11/3/09)
Olympic flame to shine in northern Canada (AP, 11/3/09)
100 days from Vancouver, USOC looks for a leader (AP, 11/3/09)
Final tickets for Vancouver Games to go on sale (AP, 11/3/09)
Queen visits London 2012 Olympic Park site (AP, 11/3/09)
Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating (AP, 11/3/09)
Johnson crashes to earth
FORT WORTH - After Jimmie Johnson’s drive to history took a hard hit against a wall, Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta, leaving Kurt Busch to drive to Victory Lane at the Dickies 500 yesterday. (Associated Press, 11/9/09)
From backflip to backslide
FORT WORTH - Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season. (Associated Press, 11/8/09)
Patrick remains driven
Danica and Dale Jr. What a sponsor’s match made in heaven. It must have left GoDaddy.com feeling like a proud papa this week when reports surfaced that Danica Patrick, whose IndyCar Series ride with Andretti Green Racing is sponsored by GoDaddy, was close to signing a two-year deal to drive a limited Nationwide Series schedule next season for Dale Earnhardt ... (Globe Staff, 11/7/09)
Zenyatta’s schedule not at all ladylike
The Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic is missing its leading lady, with defending champion Zenyatta pitting her 13-0 record against the boys on the second day of the season-ending world championships. (Associated Press, 11/6/09)
McMurray wins, Johnson closes in on 4th title
TALLADEGA, Ala. - NASCAR demanded drivers be on their best behavior yesterday at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting sanitized what’s usually one of the most spectacular races of the season. (Associated Press, 11/2/09)
Bump-and-run is off-limits at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. - Michael Waltrip pulled up to the back of Jimmie Johnson’s car, settled in on his bumper, and shoved him all the way around Talladega Superspeedway as the two drivers worked on a strategy for NASCAR’s fastest racetrack. (Associated Press, 11/1/09)
Martin hoping to gain ground at Talladega
It’s no secret Mark Martin has never been a fan of restrictor-plate races at Daytona and Talladega. And for good reason. Plate racing has not been kind to the 50-year-old driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet fielded by Hendrick Motorsports. (Globe Staff, 10/31/09)
Zenyatta wears Classic crown
ARCADIA, Calif. - What a gal! Zenyatta beat the boys in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic yesterday, running her record to 14-0 in the most impressive effort of her career. (Associated Press, 11/8/09)
Breeders' Cup picks
Juvenile Turf 1. Pounced; 2. Buzzword; 3. Zip Quik. Turf Sprint 1. Cannonball; 2. Lord Shanakill; 3. Gotta Have Her. (Boston Globe, 11/7/09)
Life Is Sweet with Ladies’ Classic win
Life got sweeter for Life Is Sweet without her daunting stablemate Zenyatta in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic yesterday. After fruitlessly chasing the undefeated mare in three previous races, Life Is Sweet found the winner’s circle. (Associated Press, 11/7/09)
Cup trainers not saddled by drug suspensions
In 2007, Kentucky racing officials found cobra venom, a powerful painkiller, in the barn of Patrick Biancone, a horse trainer with prestigious victories from Hong Kong to France. He was barred from the sport for a year. Steve Asmussen, the nation’s leading trainer, served a six-month suspension in 2006 after one of his horses failed a drug ... (The New York Times, 11/5/09)
Perfect Zenyatta to take on boys in Classic
Zenyatta was made the early 5-2 favorite yesterday in a field of 13 for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, where she’ll put her 13-0 record on the line against the boys for the first time. (Associated Press, 11/4/09)
Zenyatta likely in Classic
Zenyatta will put her 13-0 record on the line when she runs in the Breeders’ Cup, most likely against the boys in the $5 million Classic. (Associated Press, 10/29/09)
Fed Cup: Italy routs Williams-less US
Italy clinched its second Fed Cup title in four years when Flavia Pennetta beat Melanie Oudin , 7-5, 6-2, in Reggio Calabria. Pennetta’s victory gave the experienced Italians an insurmountable 3-0 lead over a young US team - missing Venus and Serena Williams , who decided not to play - in the five-match series on an outdoor clay court. ... (Boston Globe, 11/9/09)
Fine, not suspension, likely for Serena
Top-ranked Serena Williams most likely will receive a “significant’’ fine but no suspension for her US Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said. Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock is expected to give his recommendation to the Grand Slam committee, which probably will announce the sanction tomorrow or Tuesday . . . Top-seeded Andy Murray held off ... (Boston Globe, 11/8/09)
Pennetta seeks to even score
Flavia Pennetta can settle her score with American Alexa Glatch in the opening match of the Fed Cup final. (Associated Press, 11/7/09)
Lou Filippo; boxer, referee had role in ‘Rocky’
LOS ANGELES - Lou Filippo, a boxer who became a referee and ring judge, died Monday at Downey Regional Medical Center after suffering a stroke. He was 83. (Los Angeles Times, 11/5/09)
Raymond Brown, 94; lawyer defended Hurricane Carter
Raymond A. Brown, a criminal and civil rights lawyer who deployed a sometimes theatrical manner on behalf of controversial clients like the Black Panthers, a Soviet spy, boxer Rubin “Hurricane’’ Carter, and Dr. X, a New Jersey surgeon accused of murdering patients with an overdose of a muscle relaxant, died Friday at St. Barnabas Medical Center in ... (New York Times, 10/12/09)
WCup champ Svindal still dealing with bruised leg
Defending overall World Cup champion Aksel Lund Svindal is still having problems with his bruised leg and may be forced to skip his next race. (AP, 10/30/09)
World Cup champ Cologna back training after injury
World Cup cross-country skiing champion Dario Cologna of Switzerland has resumed training on snow following a month off because of injury. (AP, 10/27/09)
Vonn and Ligety start ski season strongly
Lindsey Vonn hasn't missed a beat in her risky switch of ski manufacturers entering an Olympic year. Ted Ligety, meanwhile, has picked up right where he left off before injuring his right knee at the end of last season. (AP Sports Writer, 10/25/09)
Indoors European ski championships planned
Organizers in Europe plan to take skiing indoors next month, when Olympic slalom champion Benjamin Raich will face French rival Jean-Baptiste Grange and other challengers in a new European championship. (AP, 10/25/09)
Hosp crashes, out for season with knee injury
Former overall World Cup winner Nicole Hosp will miss the rest of the season after crashing and injuring her right knee in the opening race. (AP, 10/24/09)
Poutiainen wins ski opener; Vonn 9th in GS
Tanja Poutiainen of Finland won the opening race of the ski season Saturday, edging Kathrin Zettel of Austria by 0.01 second in the giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier. (AP Sports Writer, 10/24/09)
Karbon leads opening run of giant slalom
Denise Karbon and fellow Italian Manuela Moelgg were first and second after the opening run of a World Cup giant slalom race to start the ski season Saturday. (AP Sports Writer, 10/24/09)
Bode Miller still aiming for overall title
Bode Miller believes he still has what it takes to win the overall World Cup title, even though he just started skiing again after a seven-month layoff. (AP Sports Writer, 10/22/09)
All-Star eights are great
All of them had rowed in Saturday’s championship singles or doubles. They started in the sixth spot, squeezed between the German and American boats. They busted one rudder before the start, then another early in the race. “We tried to give the other guys a chance,’’ joked Tideway Scullers coach Bill Barry. (Globe Staff, 10/19/09)
Not a bad idea after all
An international team, ASR Nereus, rowed and won its first race yesterday, beating a host of top women’s teams by showing runaway speed in the championship eight at the Head of the Charles regatta. (Globe Staff, 10/19/09)
Next year’s absences likely to make world of difference
With next year’s world regatta in New Zealand coming less than a week after the Head of the Charles regatta, the international presence here will be minimal, which means that the championship races likely will have an old-school feel. (Globe Staff, 10/19/09)
Haydon steers Holy Cross with inspiration
So many of Chris Hayden’s moves have become set pieces over the years, performed for friends - like one of his favorite sight jokes. (Globe Correspondent, 10/18/09)
Speedskater Celski says he'll be back for Olympics
Short track speedskater J.R. Celski is confident he'll recover from a deep gash to his leg in time for February's Vancouver Olympics. (AP, 11/4/09)
Keflezighi ends 27-year US drought at NYC Marathon
Meb Keflezighi wrote a letter to Alberto Salazar 11 years ago explaining how American distance runners could again find success. (AP Sports Writer, 11/2/09)
Radcliffe can't overcome injury at NYC Marathon
Paula Radcliffe knew something was desperately wrong with her left leg at the 11-mile mark of the New York City Marathon when she crossed the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan. (AP Sports Writer, 11/2/09)
Keflezighi ends American drought at NY Marathon
NEW YORK - Thus did it come around for Meb Keflezighi in the town where he ran his first 26-miler in 2002, where he’d come up just short twice, and where he almost wrecked his running career in the Olympic trials two years ago. Yesterday finally belonged to him and to his countrymen, who’d waited 27 years for an American ... (Globe Staff, 11/2/09)
Benoit continues to defy age
NEW YORK - Joan Benoit Samuelson celebrated the 25th anniversary of her Olympic victory in style yesterday, running the fastest marathon (2 hours 49 minutes 9 seconds) by a woman over 50. (Boston Globe, 11/2/09)
2009 Boston Marathon
Look back at the 113th running of the Boston Marathon, including stories on the winners, photo galleries, video, blog updates, and more.