Exclusive: Dodgers bidders list narrowed

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

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

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 Larry Fine

NEW YORK |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:41pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Giants are one win away from becoming the only National Football League (NFL) team with four Super Bowl wins in the last 25 years, a stunning turnaround for a franchise that always seemed to come up short in its early years.

NEW YORK (Reuters)

Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:14pm EST

(Reuters) – The Toronto Raptors will be without leading scorer Andrea Bargnani indefinitely after the Italian centre reinjured his strained left calf, the National Basketball Association team said on Friday.

(Reuters) – The Toronto Raptors will be without leading scorer Andrea Bargnani indefinitely after the Italian centre reinjured his strained left calf, the National Basketball Association team said on Friday.

Bargnani,

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:25am EST

LONDON (Reuters) – London marked a mere six months to the start of its Olympic Games Friday by focusing on the minutiae of putting on the show now that the monumental stage has been built.

LONDON (Reuters) – London marked a mere six months to the start of its Olympic Games Friday

By Greg Stutchbury

MELBOURNE |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:38am EST

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number four Andy Murray is convinced he is a better tennis player than last year and on an upward curve despite losing an epic five-set Australian Open semi-final to world number one Novak Djokovic in the early hours of Saturday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number four Andy Murray

ABU DHABI |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:52am EST

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Golf fans poured through the gates on the Abu Dhabi sabbath on Friday to get a glimpse of the world’s top-ranked player, the former number one and the pretender to the throne and the galleries were not disappointed.

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Golf fans poured through the gates on the Abu Dhabi

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE |
Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:52am EST

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Having waited for years to shake up the tennis establishment, Novak Djokovic clung jealously to his throne as he marshaled his forces to put down an attempted coup by Andy Murray at the Australian Open on Friday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Having waited for years to shake up the tennis