Sports
John Degenkolb won a three-man sprint to conclude the action-packed cobblestoned Stage 9 of the Tour de France on Sunday, while overall contender Richie Porte crashed out of the race and favorite Chris Froome overcame a tumble.
July 15, 2018
California
A statewide search for five fugitives wanted in connection with a Bay Area slaying Thursday morning ended 13 hours later in Port Hueneme, when police took the five into custody without incident.
July 3, 1992
Books
Why Donald Richie Is America’s Most Acute and Graceful Guide to the Mysteries of Japan : THE DONALD RICHIE READER: 50 Years of Writing on Japan, By Donald Richie, Edited by Arturo Silva, Stone Bridge Press: 288 pp., $19.95 paper
Sept. 16, 2001
CHAMROUSSE, France -- If Vincenzo Nibali was looking happier Friday after the Tour de France rode into the Alps, here’s why: His top rival fell out of contention, he gained nearly a minute on his next-biggest challenger and, oh, he won Stage 13 to boot.
July 18, 2014
Chris Froome was allowed to keep the yellow jersey after the Tour de France race jury ruled he lost his bike in unfair circumstances during a wacky conclusion to the 12th stage on Thursday.
July 14, 2016
Daniel Martin of Ireland won an uphill finish to claim Stage 6 of the Tour de France on Thursday, while Greg Van Avermaet kept the overall lead for a third consecutive day.
July 12, 2018
Chris Froome’s Team Sky came up four seconds short of winning the team time trial in the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday, as Greg Van Avermaet of victorious BMC claimed the yellow jersey.
July 9, 2018
With defending champion Chris Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador out of the race, the path is wide open for Vincenzo Nibali to become the first Italian to win the Tour de France since the late Marco Pantani in 1998.
July 15, 2014
Dylan Groenewegen won a second consecutive stage at the Tour de France when he sprinted to the finish on Saturday, and Greg Van Avermaet kept the overall lead for a fifth consecutive day.
July 14, 2018
Zack Padilla, the Azusa-based junior-welterweight finally beginning to taste the financial rewards of championship-level boxing, has been told he has a small blood clot near his brain and apparently is ready to retire from the ring.
Sept. 2, 1994