Irish Supreme Court rules Dublin golf club can keep barring women from membership

Irish Supreme Court upholds men-only golf club

Nicole Hosp of Austria out for season after crash in season opener

SOELDEN, Austria — Former overall World Cup winner Nicole Hosp will miss the rest of the season after crashing and injuring her right knee in the opening race.

Race officials say 3 runners died while competing in Detroit marathon, half-marathon

DETROIT — A half-marathoner and two other runners died during the Detroit marathon on Sunday, organizers said.

McCain, congressman press Obama for posthumous pardon of first black heavyweight boxing champ

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain on Friday pressed President Barack Obama to give a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.

Today in History - Oct. 15

Today is Thursday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2009. There are 77 days left in the year.

Renewed calls for South African track officials to quit over handling of gender dispute

JOHANNESBURG — Three South African track associations want the country’s top officials in the sport to resign over the gender dispute involving world 800-meters champion Caster Semenya.

Obama invites lawmakers, Cabinet officials to play basketball at White House

WASHINGTON — You could call it the Obama All-Stars vs. the Capitol Hills.

Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie make pitch for Olympic golf ahead of IOC vote in Copenhagen

Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie are making a pitch for golf to enter the program for the 2016 Rid de Janeiro Olympics.

Trip to visit wounded soldiers helps Augustus put injury rehab in perspective

WASHINGTON — Seimone Augustus hasn’t been able to play at the U.S. women’s basketball training camp while she rehabilitates her injured left knee.

On the Money: How to get to the Olympics, and what you’ll pay at home or abroad

NEW YORK — Even if Chicago isn’t selected to host the 2016 Summer Games later this week, Olympic fever might have you itching to see the games in person.

US skier Tim Jitloff participates in Race for the Cure with his mom, a breast cancer survivor

Tim Jitloff was scheduled to jet over to Europe in the next few days for some training ahead of the World Cup ski season.

Henin says she is ready to look for an 8th Grand Slam title as of next year

BRUSSELS — Former world No. 1 Justine Henin is returning to competitive tennis, making the announcement barely a week after Kim Clijsters capped her comeback from retirement with a second U.S. Open title.

Police seize car from Conn. motel where Yale killing suspect was arrested

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police investigating the murder of a Yale graduate student are still collecting evidence, including a car they towed from the motel where the suspected killer was arrested.

Police chief tells AP motive for Yale graduate student’s killing may never be known

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Without a confession from a Yale University technician charged with killing a graduate student and bride-to-be in the medical school lab where they worked, authorities may never know the motive, the police chief said.

On day Yale student’s body was found, suspect was playing shortstop in softball game

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The lab tech suspected of killing a Yale student was playing softball the day the victim’s body was found.

Bumps and bruises of economy taking toll on competitors in resurgent roller derby leagues

RALEIGH, N.C. — There are some pretty horrific images in the Carolina Rollergirls’ online injury archive: The purple-black bruise on Kristi Kreme’s thigh; the nasty case of “rink rash” on Shirley Temper’s backside; the X-ray of the shattered shoulder — and cobalt chrome implant — that ended Harlot O’Scara’s roller derby career.

Tokyo Olympic bid organizers urge new prime minister to visit Copenhagen for IOC vote

TOKYO — Tokyo’s Olympic bid organizers have urged new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to join them in Copenhagen for the International Olympic Committee’s vote on the host city for the 2016 Summer Games.

Let’s try that one again, shall we: These days, celebrity apologies come in multiple stages

NEW YORK — A congressman flouts decorum and heckles a president in the House chamber. A tennis player profanely offers to shove a tennis ball down the throat of a line judge. A singer shakes up an awards show by boorishly dissing a young country star.

Obama drums up support for Chicago Olympic bid, says city would ‘make the world proud’

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama staged a homecoming-style Olympic rally at the White House Wednesday, saying the whole country is rooting for his hometown of Chicago in its efforts to host the 2016 Summer Games.

Boxer Mayweather sued over loan for luxury Mercedes Maybach, bank seeks more than $167K

LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sued by a bank in Las Vegas for more than $167,000 unpaid on a loan for a half-million-dollar luxury car.

Sports save schools: Colleges are adding sports to boost revenue and increase enrollment

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — Money killed Pacific University’s football program and money is bringing it back.

A persistent question keeps Justine Henin pinned to baseline: Is she coming back to tennis?

BRUSSELS — Justine Henin is now a UNICEF goodwill ambassador and says there are more important things to discuss than tennis.