It's not all downhill for Bode
American Bode Miller said yesterday he might not defend his downhill skiing title at the upcoming world championships so he can avoid injury and win a slalom world title. The downhill features demanding jumps on which he injured his left knee last year.
American
Bode Miller
said yesterday he might not defend his downhill skiing title at the upcoming world championships so he can avoid injury and win a slalom world title. The downhill features demanding jumps on which he injured his left knee last year.
"I've been considering whether I'll race all the races and where my goals are," he said before qualifying for the slalom championships by finishing 25th last night in Schladming, Austria. "I might have to think about skipping the downhill. The downhill there last year was what beat up my knee pretty bad."
Boxing
* Oscar De La Hoya has chosen Freddie Roach as his trainer for a May 5 super welterweight title fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
* Welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will fight two-time world champion Miguel Cotto on June 9 at Madison Square Garden.
* Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson checked into the Wonderland Center in Los Angeles, the same drug and alcohol rehab facility Lindsay Lohan recently entered. According to online reports, Tyson checked into the center this past weekend.
Soccer
* The U.S. women's soccer team defeated China, 2-0, in Guangzhou, China, and won a record fifth Four Nations tournament title.
* American defender Oguchi Onyewu joined Newcastle on loan in a move that will keep him in the English Premier League for at least the rest of the season.
Sport Stops
* Minnesota high school wrestling programs were suspended because of a widespread herpes outbreak. The Minnesota State High School League banned competitions and direct contact between wrestlers in practice until Feb. 6 after 24 cases of herpes gladiatorum were reported by 10 teams.
* China's Luo Xuejuan, who won the 100-meter breastroke in 2004, is retiring with what officials called heart problems.
Philly File
* Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education in Philadelphia has been selected as Public Facility/Organization of the Year by the Professional Tennis Registry and its national and international affiliates, the United States Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation.
* Curtis Bray, who spent seven seasons as an assistant at Pitt, including the past four directing the linebackers, has been named linebackers coach at Temple. *