Philip Hersh – Page 16

U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn holds the crystal globes earned for winning this year's World Cup season titles in downhill and Super-G.

Filling her trophy case, Lindsey Vonn has the skiing globe(s) in her hands

May 22, 2019 at 7:14 a.m.

Every year, alpine skiers who win season titles on the World Cup circuit receive a crystal globe to commemorate the achievement. Lindsey Vonn already had such a collection of that...

Another landmark ski win for Lindsey Vonn

August 19, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.

Lindsey Vonn moved closer to the record of another Alpine skiing legend Wednesday. A victory in the downhill at the World Cup Finals in Meribel, France, gave Vonn the season...

A young boy plays with a ball as his father searches through the ruins of their family home in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila after Cyclone Pam ripped through the island nation.

USOC could make amends for past insensitivity by helping Vanuatu

May 22, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

The United States Olympic Committee has the opportunity to make a humanitarian gesture that also could stand as the formal apology that never was given for its athletes' insultingly boorish...

Northwestern women's basketball players including captains (from left) Karly Roser, Christen Johnson and Maggie Lyon celebrate their first selection to the NCAA Tournament since 1997.

Northwestern, DePaul, Notre Dame into women’s NCAA basketball tourney

June 1, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

For the Northwestern women's basketball team, Monday brought the joy of unusual good news. For Notre Dame and DePaul, it was more of the happy same old, same old. The...

Maryland's Lexie Brown (4) battles for the ball with Northwestern's (25) during the second half of the Terps' 69-48 win Sunday in Evanston.

Future is now for Maryland, Northwestern women’s basketball

June 15, 2018 at 10:57 p.m.

Anyone looking at the Northwestern and Maryland women's basketball rosters might have thought both teams were one year away from their landmark successes in the Big Ten this season. The...

Notre Dame's Jewell Loyd (32) drives to the basket as in the Irish's 89-56 win over Boston College last month.

Notre Dame’s Jewell Loyd named ACC women’s basketball player of year

June 15, 2018 at 10:53 p.m.

Notre Dame junior guard Jewell Loyd of Niles West was named Wednesday as Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year. Loyd, who had been the Big East freshman of the...

Brittany Hrynko (left) guards Triciia Liston during DePaul's upset win over Duke in the second round of the 2014 NCAA tournament.

DePaul’s Brittany Hrynko named Big East women’s player of year

June 1, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

Senior guard Brittany Hrynko has become the first DePaul woman to be named the Big East basketball player of the year. Hrynko, from Philadelphia, was the conference's leading scorer (20.3...

Maryland forward Tierney Pfirman and Northwestern guard Maggie Lyon fight for the ball during the first half.

Perfect Maryland routs Northwestern women 69-48

June 16, 2018 at 6:39 p.m.

The first women's basketball meeting between Northwestern and Maryland became another jewel in the crown of the Big Ten's new court queen. A 69-48 victory Sunday at Welsh-Ryan made No....

Repeat performance: runner-up Heather Richardson of the U.S, winner Brittany Bowe of the U.S, and third placer Karolina Erbanova of the Czech Republic pose after Sunday's 500-meters at the World Sprint Speedskating Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. They would finish in the same order overall.

Brittany Bowe, Heather Richardson 1-2 in World Sprint speedskating

May 22, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

Brittany Bowe of Ocala, Fla., swept all four races to win the gold medal at the World Sprint Speedskating Championships Sunday in Astana, Kazakhstan. Teammate Heather Richardson of High Point,...

The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez works out at the team's minor league facility three days before official full squad workouts begin.

Baseball should wipe records, stop A-Rod’s chase of Barry Bonds’ HR mark in its tracks

August 19, 2019 at 8:06 a.m.

Alex Rodriguez reported Monday to the Yankees' spring training camp, two days before position players were expected. The repeat doping offender must have wanted to get a head start on...

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