Russia turns over new leaf after doping scandals says coach
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's new head track coach says the country has put years of doping scandals behind it and now has a clean team ahead of next year's Olympics.
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Russian, American women square off at figure skating worlds
SHANGHAI (AP) — Russian teenager Elizaveta Tuktamysheva is looking to cap a dominant season with a gold medal at the world figure skating championships starting Wednesday in China, while Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner are attempting to bring home a medal for the American women for the first time in a nearly a decade.
James Corden plays nice in bow as 'Late Late Show' host
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Corden is in place as the new host of CBS' "The Late Late Show."
Indian film star Shashi Kapoor named for top cinema honor
NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor is to be given the next Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest honor in Indian cinema.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Nikola Mirotic scored 14 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls clinched a playoff spot with a 98-86 win over the Charlotte Hornets last night. Pau Gasol had 27 points as Chicago moved into a tie with Toronto for third place in the Eastern Conference.
IOC commissioners begin inspections of Beijing's 2022 bid
BEIJING (AP) — IOC evaluators are beginning a five-day inspection tour of Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics in a key test of the city's status as a front-runner in the competition for hosting rights.
Grizzlies wrap up playoff berth...Boston grabs last East playoff berth...Senators pass Bruins
UNDATED (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies became the fourth NBA team to clinch a playoff berth by earning their third straight win. They also retained a 2 1/2-game lead over Houston in the Southwest Division as Zach Randolph scored 23 points and Marc Gasol (gah-SAHL') added 21 in a 103-82 rout of New York. The Rockets kept pace as James Harden poured in 19 of his 44 points in the fourth quarter of Houston's 110-100 win at Indiana.
CHP: Rocker Crosby hits jogger with car on California road
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Crosby hit and injured a jogger with his car in Southern California.
Roz Chast, Atul Gawande get Books for a Better Life Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Two authors of best-selling books about aging are among the winners of the Books for a Better Life Award, a prize handed out by the Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
