The Team Sky rider's triumph ahead of Alexandre Kristoff of Norway and Australian Mark Renshaw, a former team mate, was his 33rd Grand Tour win.

In his two previous Giros, in 2009 and 2011, Cavendish pulled out after roughly two weeks of racing but said he would carry on this

Archie Peck, one of the most celebrated players in a sport of cutthroat gentility — croquet — died on Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 76.

His death, of cancer, was announced on the Web site of the United States Croquet Association.

A champion player in the 1970s,

Instead, Dufner had the lead to himself Friday. He finished by chipping in from 37 feet, his fourth birdie in five holes, after driving wide right and having his approach roll over the green.

"No, that wasn't in the thought process," Dufner said. "Pretty lucky for it to go in,

Lewis has been the best American on the LPGA Tour all season.

On Friday, Lewis won the first four holes and rolled to a 4-and-3 decision over Sandra Gal in the second round at Hamilton Farm Golf Club.

The tournament has become a minefield for the tour's marque players. Defending

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May 18, 2012 - Team Cruz's Vinc Pichel and Team Faber's Al Iaquinta have reached the semifinals for this season of TUF: Live.

In the two quarterfinal bouts tonight, Vinc Pichel managed to overcome a game but counterfighting

The 44-year drought that Manchester City finally put to an end by winning the English Premier League last weekend is a trifle by comparison. Even the Chicago Cubs’ 103 years of failure and misery falls shy of the wait that Hibernian Football Club has had to endure in its quest

He was in the middle of making a point about Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, the power hitters occupying the third and fourth spot in the Toronto Blue Jays’ lineup. The pair’s prowess was well documented in those pages, he said, and though he said they would be approached with