GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – He’s too good, and that’s too bad.
In the finale of the 20th season of CBS’s “The Amazing Race” on Sunday, married Army couple Rachel and Dave Brown had to arrive at the finish line twice – an “Amazing Race” first – but still took the $1 million prize.
It was a Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight to remember, and so was his entrance.
WASHINGTON – Other than an audacious steal of home, Cole Hamels had no problem shutting down the Washington Nationals.
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Albert Pujols circled the bases without showing much emotion after hitting his long-awaited first home run for the Angels – same as he did 445 times with the St. Louis Cardinals.
DENVER – Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum put up their usual big numbers. Their supporting cast came up even bigger, sealing the Los Angeles Lakers’ 92-88 victory over Denver on Sunday night that put the Nuggets on the brink of elimination.
SEATTLE – The voyeurism and child pornography charges Steve Powell is facing as his trial begins today in Tacoma have nothing to do with the horrific murder-suicide of his son, Josh, and Josh’s two young boys. Nor are they about the bizarre disappearance of Josh’s wife, Susan, from their Utah home in 2009.
After four years of grass-roots organizing in Nevada, GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul swept almost all of the state’s delegates to the national convention Sunday as his supporters swamped Mitt Romney backers at the state Republican convention.
Before he stepped into the ring Saturday night to face WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr. had intentions to fight again in 2012.
NASCAR and Las Vegas have gotten serious. The powerhouse sports organization and the tourist playground will take their relationship to another level today with the announcement of a three-year deal to keep NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series Awards and Champions Week in Las Vegas for three more years.
California Rep. Tom Lantos died in 2008, but his family just now is in the process of closing down the hefty campaign fund that financed his 14 terms representing a San Francisco Bay Area district in Congress.