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Mild case of pneumonia puts Ali in hospital

Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, a spokesman said Saturday night.

 
Missing Ohio State player found dead of apparent suicide

An Ohio State football player who disappeared shortly after sending a text message about his concussions was found dead Sunday in a dumpster, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

 
Family: Missing Ohio State player has history of concussions

An Ohio State football player reported missing after he uncharacteristically skipped two practices has a history of sports-related concussions, and his family worries he might have become disoriented, his sister said.

Prosecutors will appeal Pistorius conviction, sentence

South Africa’s state prosecutors will appeal the culpable homicide conviction and five-year jail sentence handed down last week on Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday.

 
Report shows UNC athletes, other students enrolled in fake classes

Hundreds of athletes at the University of North Carolina enrolled in classes they didn’t have to attend and received artificially inflated grades in far-reaching academic fraud over an 18-year period, according to results of an independent investigation.

 
Pistorius gets 5 years in prison for killing girlfriend

Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius started his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, marking the end of a trial that has gripped South Africa and millions around the world.

 
Wash. high school athlete accused of rape still on team

The decision of a Washington state school district to allow a high school student charged with rape to continue to play on the football team has sparked anger from parents.

Canadian bobsledders pumped for gender neutral event

Saying it was a “huge” move for the sport, Meyers Taylor was thrilled with Thursday’s announcement that bobsled’s governing body will consider the 4-man event gender neutral — a major win for top women’s pilots such as Taylor and Canada’s Kaillie Humphries.

 
McCartney concert caps goodbye to Candlestick

San Francisco said goodbye Thursday to Candlestick Park with an evening concert by former Beatle Paul McCartney that finished about midnight. It will be demolished to make way for a housing, retail and entertainment development.

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