Aging bikers at greater risk of injury, death Riders 40 and over nearly twice as likely to be killed, study says As the number of baby boomers taking to the road on motorbikes has risen, so has the average age of motorcyclists involved in crashes with riders aged 40 plus more likely to be injured or killed, a U.S. study says. A University of Rochester Medical Center study of 61,689 motorcyclists aged 17 to 89 found that aging road warriors were nearly twice ...

New Tiger Woods Nike Commercial Debuts Today Tiger Woods isn't just making his return to the PGA Tour this week. The scandal-plagued golf champion also is making a major comeback in the advertising world. The newest Tiger Woods Nike commercial features his late father Earl. More Photos ESPN and The Golf Channel are airing a new Nike commercial starring Woods this evening. The commercial will air until late Thursday afternoon, shortly after Woods is scheduled to make a return to the green at the ...

Sparks in market for shooting guard in WNBA draft NCAA champion UConn’s center is a cinch to be chosen by Connecticut Sun as the first pick. Then the surprises will begin, L.A. Sparks coach Jennifer Gillom says. Life is tightfisted with certainties. It gave us death and taxes, not much else. But women's basketball-wise, it bequeathed Connecticut, a sledgehammer squad whose national championship win Tuesday was as "no duh" as a gridlocked 405 Freeway come 5 p.m. In the same category, it bestows ...

Michael Schumacher has called off his eagerly-anticipated Formula One comeback with Ferrari because he has not recovered from a neck injury he sustained in a motorcycling accident earlier this year. Schumacher was due to replace the injured Felipe Massa for the Italian team at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on August 23, but announced on his personal Web site that these plans have now been scrapped. "Unfortunately I'm not able to step in for Felipe," the statement read. ...

As the French team leading the investigation into the Air France Flight 447 crash works through the multitude of likely and less likely disaster scenarios — from the repercussions of stormy conditions to an act of terrorism — perhaps among the most difficult to assess will be possible flight computer malfunctions. Air France CEO Pierre-Henry Gourgeon noted on Monday that immediately preceding AF447's disappearance, automatic messages sent by the plane indicated "multiple technical failures." As details emerge regarding these messages, ...

Former manager of English football club Chelsea and current boss at Italian side Juventus, Claudio Ranieri, is at the center of a race row after comments he made following his side's Coppa Italia defeat to Lazio. Ranieri told media after the loss on Tuesday: "I did not like the entire direction of the match. I found the official was tough with us, on the field it seemed as if he was Chinese, as it was always yellow cards with us," ...

The Philadelphia International Auto Show is excited to welcome a variety of new components to its 2009 event including a special display from DUB Magazine, a classic race car museum and an expanded vintage vehicle display. Tons of the hottest modified celebrity vehicles will be featured at the display, including cars owned by boxing champ Bernard Hopkins and pro-surfer Matt Keenan. DUB Live! will also feature Rockstar Games’ newest racing blockbuster Midnight Club: Los Angeles inside its onsite gaming arena ...

Gretchen Bleiler (born on April 10, 1981 in Toledo, Ohio ) is a professional halfpipe snowboarder and pioneer. She is said to be one of the most accomplished female snowboarders in the world.She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is 5’5”. Career Gretchen aspired to compete in the Olympic Games from a very young age, and found her passion in snowboarding at age 11 (1992).[4] She has been riding ever since, became professional in 1996 and is currently recognized as a role ...

Roger Federer and Marat Safin rolled to easy victories Wednesday against main-time opponents to reach the Australian Open's third round, where the familiarity aspect will be much complex: They'll be  each other. "I'm happy to be Marat; we have some battles," Federer said after ousting mistake-face down Evgeny Korolev of Russia 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in just 86 transcription. "We had the epic in 2005." That was a semifinal adventure movie here that Safin won in a 9-7 fifth set en course to ...

Spurred on by a pumped up capacity crowd, Jelena Dokic continued her fairytale run through the Australian Open on Friday with her second successive victory over a seeded player. Dokic, riding high on the wave of public sympathy and support, upset Denmark's 11th seed Caroline Wozniacki 3-6 6-1 6-2 to advance to the fourth round of the year's first grand slam. The Australian's victory came hot on the heels of her second round win over Russian 17th seed Anna Chakvetadze, which was ...