Women

The No. 1 nationally rated Lady Commodores overcame a lackluster first half to pull away from Daytona State 89-54 during the first day of the Gateway Grande Classic on Tuesday. Read More

Kelowna Rockets players Tyler Myers and Jamie Benn win gold medals as members of Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Calgary. • Read More

Monique Floyd hit the go-ahead layup with 2:20 to play and forced a crucial jump ball with 30.6 seconds left as UNC Greensboro rallied past Georgia Southern on Tuesday, 45-42 for its second Southern Conference win of the season. Read More

The University of Dayton women's basketball team mounted a 10-point first-half lead and didn't allow Vermont to score for the opening 5:27 of the game, but the Catamounts rallied to stun the Flyers 74-65 in first-round play of the Blue Sky Classic at Dartmouth on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Read More

The Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team overcame cold shooting with a smothering defense Tuesday night and posted a 54-40 victory over La Verne College. Read More

Canada has won five of the last six meetings, but results between the teams have mattered little in the past three Olympics. Read More

The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Godhra court has ordered an inquiry into the allegations by some minority community women that they were physically and sexually assaulted by policemen while in custody. Read More

In a major twist to the sex scandal involving former Andhra Pradesh Governor ND Tiwari, his Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Aryendra Sharma is now under scanner for his role in getting the women featuring in the sex tape inside the Raj Bhawan, claimed reports on Wednesday. Read More

Central graduate Brittany Brown is the area's top-scoring NCAA Division 1 women's basketball player this season. Read More

Grand Blanc graduate Geena Gall was fourth in the Letsrun.com's United States women's 800-meter run 2009 rankings. Read More