(NECN: Leslie Gaydos, Boston, Mass.) - New England native Caitlin Cahow is an Olympic veteran. She will take part in her second Olympics as a member of the USA Women's Ice Hockey team next month in Vancouver.
Cahow grew up in Connecticut and has ties to Maine. She is a Harvard graduate, and she is ready to hit the ice.
Caitlin won a bronze medal in the 2006 Olympic games in Turino. She says she's headed to Canada next month more prepared as a player.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Defending champion Rafael Nadal is out of the Australian Open after retiring with an injured knee during his quarterfinal against Andy Murray.
No. 5-seeded Murray became the first British man in 25 years to reach the semifinals in Australia. Murray was leading No. 2-ranked Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (2), 3-0 on Tuesday night when the Spaniard said he could not continue.
Nadal needed a medical timeout during the second game of the third set for treatment on his right knee.
Nadal struggled with knee tendinitis and was unable to defend
BOSTON (AP) - Paul Pierce scored 22 points and Rajon Rondo had 16 points and 12 assists, leading the Boston Celtics to a 95-89 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night in a game played on a TD Garden floor that had to be continually wiped because of condensation.
It was the Celtics' second straight win after they lost four of five games.
Boston F Kevin Garnett played his second straight after missing 10 consecutive games with a hyperextended right knee. He finished with 17 points in 30 minutes.
(NECN: Washington) - President Barack Obama this afternoon welcomed the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers to the White House.
Obama says no team exemplified excellence on the court more than the Lakers did last year in winning their 15th league championship.
Obama was especially excited to meet Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who has won 10 championships, though he didn't hesitate to remind the team that six of those victories were with Obama's hometown Chicago Bulls.
Obama commended the players not only for their athletic
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Roger Federer improved his six-year winning streak to 15 matches against Lleyton Hewitt with an overpowering 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 victory in the fourth round at the Australian Open on Monday.
The top-ranked Federer, beaten in last year's final at Melbourne Park by Rafael Nadal, hasn't lost to Hewitt since the Australian beat him in a Davis Cup match in the same Rod Laver Arena in late 2003.
The Swiss star has reached the semifinals or better here every year since winning the 2004 title, his first of three in Australia.
LONDON (AP) - The NFL has scrapped plans to play a second regular-season NFL game in Britain next season.
Last week, the league announced that the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos would play at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 31. That will mark the fourth straight season in which the NFL has played a regular-season game in the British capital.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said last year that the league was considering adding a second game. But the NFL says on its Web site that uncertainty related to collective bargaining talks and
(NECN: New Orleans, La.) - Revelers swarmed the streets of New Orleans following the Saints' 31-28 overtime victory in the NFC Championship, which secured the team's spot in Super Bowl XLIV.
New Orleans fans were put on edge at the end of regulation when Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, with the game tied 28-28, threw an interception in Saints territory with only seconds left. Had the pass gone incomplete, kicker Ryan Longwell would have had a crack at a game-winning 55-yard field goal.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Cam Ward broke the franchise victory record, and Jussi Jokinen had a goal and two assists in the Carolina Hurricanes' 5-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday night.
Ward, who entered tied with Arturs Irbe atop the Hartford/Carolina's victory list, made 27 saves for his 131st victory with the Hurricanes and helped them snap a six-game regular-season losing streak against Boston.
Ray Whitney and Brandon Sutter each had a goal and an assist, Eric Staal and Chad LaRose also scored and Joni Pitkanen had two
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Four-time MVP Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes and the Indianapolis Colts rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to beat the New York Jets 30-17 Sunday in the AFC championship game.
The Colts (15-2) are now headed back to Miami for the second time in four years and their fourth Super Bowl in franchise history.
"We talked about being patient against these guys," Manning said. "We knew it would be a four-quarter game. They have an excellent defense."
For the Colts, it was a measure of redemption.
(NECN) - The University of Connecticut Huskies overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to topple No. 1 Texas 88-74 on Saturday.
The Huskies were led by Jerome Dyson's career-high 32 points. UConn improved to 13-6 with the win, which came in the absence of head coach Jim Calhoun, who is on leave.
It was Texas' second straight loss after starting the season 17-0.
BC loses in final seconds
With 22.8 seconds remaining, the Boston College's Biko Paris was not granted a timeout -- instead a jump ball was called and possession awarded to Virginia Tech.
