Sport: United States of America

LA Times sports journalist Helene Elliott has a penchant for fast games with pucks and sticks on ice. The National Football League has agreed to pay a group of former players about $US750 million to compensate for head injuries that have affected their lives; and sprinter Ben Johnson, who lost his 1988 Olympic medal after it was proved that he used banned drugs and is now working with anti-doping authorities to get rid of cheaters.