MADRID EAGER TO MOVE ON FROM EXIT (Sporting Life)

All eyes will be on Real Madrid's Primera Division visit to Real Valladolid this weekend to see how the Spanish giants react to yet another Champions League disappointment.


Highly anticipated F1 season begins at Bahrain GP (Stamford Advocate)

"I love this fight," Schumacher said. "It is because of this fight that I came back to Formula One." Two-time Bahrain champion Alonso and Ferrari are the preseason favorites as the Spanish driver looks reinvigorated following his move to the Italian team, which also welcomes Felipe Massa back for the first time since he sustained life-threatening injuries in a crash at the Hungarian GP in July.


Obama's spiritual cabinet (National Catholic Reporter)

WASHINGTON -- Near the end of a bumpy first year in office, President Obama readied for a Christmas vacation in Hawaii, but before he left, he called on a group of five ministers for a spiritual recharge.


Focus turns to the F1 grid (ThatsRacin.com)

MADRID Months of anticipation and speculation finally will come to a close Sunday when the 2010 Formula One season gets under way and Michael Schumacher marks his return to racing at the Bahrain Grand Prix.


Anticipation grows ahead of Schumacher debut (Sportsnet.ca)

Months of anticipation and speculation finally come to a close as the 2010 Formula One season gets under way at the Bahrain Grand Prix, where Michael Schumacher will mark his return to racing.


Malapascua looms as RP's 2nd international hit (Malaya)

White-sand and rustic Malapascua, a 1x3 kilometer island off the northeastern tip of Cebu province, is one of those places that were wrongly named because those who happened to land there first had the most rotten luck.


EuroTrash Thursday! (PezCycling News)

Tirreno-Adriatico What a difference a day makes. Yesterday it was freezing temperatures and snow, today it's, well, freezing, there's snow, but at least the sun is out.


Auto Racing Notebook: Roush OK on penalty for wreck by driver (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Team owner Jack Roush said he is satisfied with the penalty NASCAR levied against driver Carl Edwards for his intentional accident with Brad Keselowski.


Auto Racing Capsules: Economic times forcing teams to seek new sponsors (The Brownsville Herald)

HAMPTON, Ga. — Kevin Conway is a walking billboard for — how can we say this delicately? — better performance in the bedroom.


Learning Tree Preschool helps little ones grow for three decades (Sewickley Herald)

Allison Field had a hard time leaving her mother when she went to Learning Tree Preschool.  read more »