(The Sports Xchange) – Forward DeMarre Carroll led five double-figure scorers with 22 points as the Atlanta Hawks used an 11-2 run midway through the final quarter to pull away for 106-90 Game Two victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. After wilting late in Game One, the Eastern Conference top seeds remained solid all the way to the final buzzer to ensure their best-of-seven second-round playoff series will head
(The Sports Xchange) – Forward DeMarre Carroll led five double-figure scorers with 22 points as the Atlanta Hawks used an 11-2 run midway through the final quarter to pull away for 106-90 Game Two victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. After wilting late in Game One, the Eastern Conference top seeds remained solid all the way to the final buzzer to ensure their best-of-seven second-round playoff series will head
By Ben Everill PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Tiger Woods admitted on Tuesday to sleepless nights in the lead-up to this week’s Players Championship as he wrestles with the anniversary of his father’s death and recent breakup with Lindsey Vonn. Returning to golf for the first time since his comeback at the Masters last month and since announcing on Sunday that his near three-year relationship with U.S. Olympic skier
By Ben Everill PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Tiger Woods admitted on Tuesday to sleepless nights in the lead-up to this week’s Players Championship as he wrestles with the anniversary of his father’s death and recent breakup with Lindsey Vonn. Returning to golf for the first time since his comeback at the Masters last month and since announcing on Sunday that his near three-year relationship with U.S. Olympic skier
By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) – The 2015 NFL Draft class has now been welcomed into the league, one that could grow safer as their careers unfold through new-age research into identifying concussions. Following a final settlement of a lawsuit brought by former players over concussions that could cost the league $1 billion, and a stunning retirement by a young player concerned about brain injury risks, there is high-tech
By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) – The 2015 NFL Draft class has now been welcomed into the league, one that could grow safer as their careers unfold through new-age research into identifying concussions. Following a final settlement of a lawsuit brought by former players over concussions that could cost the league $1 billion, and a stunning retirement by a young player concerned about brain injury risks, there is high-tech
– The most amusing thing you may read all day is this: You can now spend $40,000 on a Volkswagen Golf—a Golf! That which was once known as the Rabbit, which has a flat roof, five portals, and is the closest thing to a perfectly cubic car, seemingly engineered by those perfectionist Germans to conjoin with other cubes into an exact grid of dense traffic for the purpose of maximum
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– Volkswagen has released official images and info covering some of the vehicles it will display at RETTmobil, a European show for rescue and emergency vehicles, including one based on the new Golf Alltrack and a special Amarok pickup. – The all-wheel-drive Golf Alltrack rescue command car, which will be shown alongside a similar version of the Passat wagon, has the requisite lights and livery, and is fitted with fire extinguishers, a light-based signaling
– The R8 has always been a bargain among mid-engined supercars, but it’s never had competitive power. That’s no longer the case, although its naturally aspirated torque curve peaks well below those of the turbocharged Ferrari and McLaren. – – – – – – Audi-R8 V-10 Plus – – Ferrari-488GTB – – Lamborghini-Huracán – – McLaren-650S – – – Base Price: – – $190,000 – – $250,000 – – $240,000