NEW YORK (Reuters) - San Francisco will host the 50th Super Bowl, in early 2016, the National Football League announced on Tuesday.The NFL also awarded the 51st Super Bowl to Houston after team owners voted for the two cities ahead of a South Florida bid.(Reporting by Julian Linden, editing by Gene Cherry)

The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the area.Kevin Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, posted on his Twitter account that he was praying for everyone involved. He added: "Everybody stay safe!...

The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially for the players and coaches with ties to the area.Kevin Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, posted on his Twitter account that he was praying for everyone involved. He added: "Everybody stay safe!"Coverage of the tornado d...

The thing thats strange the thing thats sad is how little excitement there is now when he comes to the plate. Lets go to a moment in Sundays Angels-White Sox game. The count is 3-0, and Albert Pujols has the green light. There should be an electrical charge buzzing the air. Only really there isnt a buzz. There isnt a charge. There isnt anything at all. The thrill-o-meter is at zero....

The old guy still gets up crack-of-dawn early.Not because D. Wayne Lukas has something left to prove, or anything more to gain. He already has it all: Fame, fortune, a bronze plaque in the Hall of Fame and - after lightly regarded Oxbow stunned Orb on Saturday at the Preakness - he has the top spot in the Triple Crown trainer's record book, too, passing "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons with No. 14."It's be...