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Italian cyclist Michele Scarponi will on Thursday receive the 2011 Tour of Italy pink jersey following the disqualification of Alberto Contador.

ROME (AP) The Giro d'Italia will be embarking on a new era in its 103-year history on Saturday when the 2012 edition kicks off with the first of three stages in Denmark.

ROME (AP) The Giro d'Italia will be embarking on a new era in its 103-year history on Saturday when the 2012 edition kicks off with the first of three stages in Denmark.

ROME (AP) The Giro d'Italia will be embarking on a new era in its 103-year history on Saturday when the 2012 edition kicks off with the first of three stages in Denmark.

ROME (AP) The Giro d'Italia will be embarking on a new era in its 103-year history on Saturday when the 2012 edition kicks off with the first of three stages in Denmark.

ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) A 37-foot racing yacht was reduced to debris that looked ''like it had gone through a blender,'' a searcher said Sunday after the boat apparently collided with a larger vessel, killing three sailors and leaving a fourth missing.

Jackson’s five-day trip last week that started in Henagar and ended in Tuscaloosa raised $410,454 for the Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund as of Sunday, according to the Bo Bikes Bama website.

My short-lived career as a triathlete ended last summer when I discovered that I had worn out the cartilage in my knees, and the doctor strongly suggested I stay away from high-impact activities like running.It came at an unfortunate time, as I had finally gotten myself fit enough that running was enjoyable again. The doctor …

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) Bradley Wiggins won the six-day Tour de Romandie on Sunday, after taking the race-ending individual time-trial stage.

Bo Jackson's 300-mile bike ride across Alabama ended Saturday in Tuscaloosa, with the Heisman Trophy winner having raised more than $413,000 so far to help victims of last spring's tornado outbreaks.

Frank Schleck will spearhead the RadioShack challenge in next month's Tour of Italy, replacing the injured Jakob Fuglsang, his team announced on Saturday.

Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson is nearing the end of his 300-mile bike ride across Alabama

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Bicyclist Floyd Landis, stripped of his 2006 Tour de France win after testing positive for testosterone, is the subject of a federal investigation into a $450,000 defense fund he created and later abandoned, a legal source said on Friday.

Though St. Louis wanted Justin Blackmon, the organization was ecstatic about getting the Appalachian State WR in the second round.

RadioShack's woes continued Friday after the American cycling team announced that Dane Jakob Fuglsang, their leader for the Giro d'Italia, would miss the Italian stage race due to injury.

World champion Mark Cavendish says he will be hungry to embellish his impressive victory tally when he lines up with Team Sky at the Giro d'Italia which begins next week.

SAN DIEGO (AP) Cyclist Floyd Landis is being investigated by federal prosecutors for possible wire and mail fraud connected to a defense fund he set up to fight doping charges, according to multiple reports.

Frenchman Jonathan Hivert of the Saur-Sojasun team dominated an uphill sprint at the end of the Tour of Romandie's second stage as Britain's Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead Thursday.

ROME (AP) Giro d'Italia organizers are planning to present Michele Scarponi with the pink jersey as last year's champion after Alberto Contador was stripped of the honor for doping.

ROME (AP) Giro d'Italia organizers are planning to present Michele Scarponi with the pink jersey as last year's champion after Alberto Contador was stripped of the honor for doping.

Britain's 2008 Olympic team pursuit track cycling champion Geraint Thomas won the Tour of Romandie prologue here on Tuesday while last year's winner Australia's Tour de France champion Cadel Evans finished 20 seconds off the pace.

Bo Jackson’s wife, Linda, thought her husband had lost his mind.

Jay Reeves Associated Press retired two-sport star Bo Jackson hopes to raise $1 million for tornado relief and increase awareness of lingering damage across Alabama with a five-day, 300-mile bicycle ride through the state that begins Tuesday.