Pete Rose came home for the All-Star Game and made a rare on-field appearance in the place where he’s still treated like a king. The hits king was voted one of Cincinnati’s Franchise Four players as part of a Major League Baseball promotion. Rose and Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Barry Larkin and Joe Morgan were introduced on the field at Great American Ball Park before the All-Star Game on
Mike Trout became the first player in 38 years to lead off the All-Star Game with a home run, and the American League beat the National League 6-3 Tuesday night to secure home-field advantage in the World Series for the third straight year. Prince Fielder singled in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning off loser Clayton Kershaw, joining Trout in completing career All-Star cycles. Fielder added a sacrifice fly,
By Tony Jimenez ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July 15 (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth will draw on the memory of back-to-back wins at the end of last season when he begins his quest to become the first player in 63 years to capture the first three majors of the campaign. The American said it would be a simpler task to cope with jet-lag at this week’s British Open than it was in
By Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – After six years waiting for his first major championship, go-kart loving Australian Scott Arnold’s career picks up speed on Thursday when he tees it up in the British Open at St Andrews. “It’s funny, the last five years I tried to qualify for The Open I never got in and now it’s at St Andrews and I qualify, it’s quite surreal,” the
By Tom Esslemont LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the business of international aid booms, rival charities are locked in a race to attract donors with some spending close to a fifth of their resources on fundraising, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found. The competition for funding is driving NGOs such as World Vision, Save The Children and Oxfam to invest more on attracting cash. The survey found that
By Martyn Herman ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July 15 (Reuters) – After six years waiting for his first major championship, go-kart loving Australian Scott Arnold’s career picks up speed on Thursday when he tees it up in the British Open at St Andrews. “It’s funny, the last five years I tried to qualify for The Open I never got in and now it’s at St Andrews and I qualify, it’s quite
Tom Watson says he is ready to play his last Open Championship at St Andrews this week, comparing it to “death”, but still leaving open the door for another crack at the tournament that has defined his career. The 65-year-old American needed a special exemption just to get into this year’s 144th Open to make his 38th appearance and walk a last time over the Swilcan Bridge in the footsteps
– The new, second-generation Audi R8 is launching with a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V-10 as its sole engine offering, the previous entry-level 4.2-liter V-8 having been jettisoned from the lineup. Now Motoring is quoting two senior Audi executives as saying that the car will get a second engine offering, one that features turbocharged power. – The ten-cylinder in the 2016 R8 comes in two strengths: The standard version makes 540
– Barely trailing its General Motors platform-mate, the Chevrolet Silverado, the GMC Sierra also receives a midcycle refresh for 2016. Compared with the 2016 Silverado, which was more or less given an all-new face, the GMC’s changes are more subtle, although because GMC is so far releasing only photos, we don’t know the full extent of the Sierra’s updates. – – We do know that GMC went a little LED-crazy on
-Overview: The 2015 VW Passat is Volkswagen’s premier North American passenger car, designed for the U.S. market and assembled in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It differs from the European version of the same name in size (Volkswagen calls it “the largest Passat ever”), styling, suspension tuning, and, most important, in price, making it more competitive in the American mid-size sedan market. There are three engines, all of which drive the front wheels
