PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) – After months of mourning, IndyCar drivers returned to work on Sunday but the series-opener brought little closure as Dan Wheldon’s death continued to weigh heavily on the sport.

Normally a time of excitement, the buildup to the 2012 campaign was a somber one as drivers and fans struggled to come to grips with the passing of the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner.

PETERSBURG, Florida, March 25 (Reuters) – After months
of mourning, IndyCar drivers returned to work on Sunday but the
series-opener brought little closure as Dan Wheldon’s death
continued to weigh heavily on the sport.

Normally a time of excitement, the buildup to the 2012
campaign was a sombre one as drivers and fans struggled to come
to grips with the passing of the two-time Indianapolis 500
winner.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – At first glance Alicia Sacramone, America’s most decorated gymnast, looks a picture of perfection posing with her back arched and muscles taut in ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue.

There are no noticeable flaws in the revealing black-and-white photo but, in a sport where there are no longer perfect 10s, look closely and the scars are there from four years ago when Sacramone was exposed in a much more personal way at the Beijing Olympics.

March 22 (Reuters) – At first glance Alicia Sacramone,
America’s most decorated gymnast, looks a picture of perfection
posing with her back arched and muscles taut in ESPN Magazine’s
Body Issue.

There are no noticeable flaws in the revealing
black-and-white photo but, in a sport where there are no longer
perfect 10s, look closely and the scars are there from four
years ago when Sacramone was exposed in a much more personal way
at the Beijing Olympics.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – The New Orleans Saints were handed the bill for their pay-for-pain bounty scheme on Wednesday and it was a hefty one as the National Football League (NFL) administered its own hurt with massive fines and suspensions.

The few thousands of dollars New Orleans coaches paid out as reward for ‘big hits’ and plays which took opponents out of the game proved a costly investment the team and their stunned fans are likely to pay for years to come.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – Not long ago Gwen Jorgensen was more focused on climbing the corporate ladder than scaling an Olympic podium.

A college graduate and chartered accountant, it was 2009 and time to get on with a promising business career. Time to start pounding the pavement in search of work and stop chasing sporting dreams.

By Steve Keating

(Reuters) – Not long ago Gwen Jorgensen was more focused on climbing the corporate ladder than scaling an Olympic podium.

A college graduate and chartered accountant, it was 2009 and time to get on with a promising business career. Time to start pounding the pavement in search of work and stop chasing sporting dreams.

March 15 (Reuters) – Not long ago Gwen Jorgensen was
more focused on climbing the corporate ladder than scaling an
Olympic podium.

A college graduate and chartered accountant, it was 2009 and
time to get on with a promising business career. Time to start
pounding the pavement in search of work and stop chasing
sporting dreams.

March 13 (Reuters) – Having scored a medal hat-trick
at the Beijing Olympics, the Lopez family will have to settle
for a possible double in London after one sibling failed to make
the American taekwondo squad for the 2012 Summer Games.

While Steven and Diana punched their tickets to London with
wins at the U.S. Olympic trials on the weekend, the celebrations
were muted for the Lopez clan as younger brother Mark fell short
in his bid to qualify.

TORONTO (Reuters) – When you are seven-feet tall and a National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star it seems inconceivable Memphis Grizzlies big man Marc Gasol would live in anyone’s shadow.

But when you’re older brother is Pau Gasol, an NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, you tend to get overlooked.