Wade returns to fire Heat to Knicks win

Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:11pm EST

(Reuters) – The United States women’s soccer team booked their spot in the London Olympics with a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament on Friday.

(Reuters) – The United States women’s soccer team booked their spot in the London Olympics with a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in the semi-finals of the CONCACAF

LOS ANGELES |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:17pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The group of entrepreneurs and sporting figures bidding for the Los Angeles Dodgers has been narrowed and will be notified soon on whether they made the cut, according to two sources familiar with the process.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The group of entrepreneurs and sporting figures bidding for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:25pm EST

(Reuters) – Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry’s top awards.

In a letter to Recording Academy president Neil Portnow, sent three weeks before the February 12 Grammy Awards show, Jackson said the elimination of awards for Native American and Hawaiian musicians, and

By Larry Fine

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:21pm EST

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Defensive end Justin Tuck said on Friday that this year’s Super Bowl will boil down to whether the New York Giants can get to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, pure and simple.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Defensive end Justin Tuck

LOS ANGELES |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:05pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce joined a list of top music executives, led by Live Nation Entertainment chairman Irving Azoff, on Billboard magazine’s first Power 100 chart on Friday.

Only a handful of artists broke onto the list that sought to name the recording industry’s most influential people and was dominated by businessmen and women.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

SAN DIEGO |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:26pm EST

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Little-known American Kyle Stanley birdied his final hole to grab a one-shot lead in Friday’s second round at the Farmers Insurance Open where fan favorite Phil Mickelson was the biggest name to miss the cut.

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Little-known American Kyle Stanley birdied his final hole

LOS ANGELES |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:00pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson asked on Friday to be released from jail, pending an appeal that could take a year to be heard.

Dr. Conrad Murray said in court papers filed in Los Angeles that he would agree to electronic monitoring or other conditions. But he asked to be set free while

Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:26pm EST

(Reuters) – Super Bowl-bound Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants and Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots are competitive coaches that share a penchant for preparation, according to a former coach who won a title with both on his staff.

(Reuters) – Super Bowl-bound Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants and Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots

By Christine Kearney

PARK CITY, Utah |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:19pm EST

PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) – A tense British thriller about a mother deeply entrenched in the IRA and forced to choose between the organization and the family she loves has earned high praise among the foreign films at this week’s Sundance Film festival.

“Shadow Dancer,” set against a backdrop of a Northen Ireland