AP - Spygate sure has touched a nerve. If Roger Goodell wasn't acutely aware of that before Friday, he certainly has no doubt now. Not after repeatedly having to defend his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the New England Patriots' cheating scandal.
China won both singles matches on the first day of their Federation Cup World Group tie against France here on Saturday to go 2-0 up and stake a strong claim for a place in the last four of Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:21 pm
AFP - China won both singles matches on the first day of their Federation Cup World Group tie against France here on Saturday to go 2-0 up and stake a strong claim for a place in the last four of the competition.
Alan Shearer claims he turned down the chancve to be Kevin Keegan's assistant at Newcastle for the good of his beloved club. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:16 pm
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ernie Els boosted his hopes of a record fourth Dubai Desert Classic title with a sizzling display early in Saturday's third round. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
Debutants Abdur Rauf and Wahab Riaz shared five wickets between them as Pakistan dismissed Zimbabwe for 181 in the fifth and final one-day international here on Saturday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:13 am
Tottenham new-boys Gilberto and Alan Hutton are both confident of making winning debuts at home to Manchester United on Saturday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:11 am
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has described the return of Paul Scholes to the Red Devils side as "an absolute joy". Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:11 am
Chelsea boss Avram Grant has warned Frank Lampard he will have to work hard to regain his place in the Blues engine room. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
Ernie Els knocked Tiger Woods off the top of the leaderboard early in the third round of the 2.5 million dollars Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday. Woods started the day one... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
The National Football League is the only major sports league whose balls are manufactured in the United States. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:57 am
The eagerly-awaited men's World Cup downhill race on the prestigious Bellevarde piste here on Saturday has been cancelled because of heavy overnight snow, organisers said. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:54 am
Pakistan hand debuts to four players but still thrash Zimbabwe in the final one-day international. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:41 am
Mali's Frederic Kanoute has been named African Player of the Year for 2007, the Sevilla striker beating Chelsea' Michael Essien and Didier Drogba to the title. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
Arsene Wenger admits he thought about bringing in at least one fresh face to Arsenal during January - but maintained "nothing hit me". Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:24 am
The woman who was killed when former World Series star Jim Leyritz crashed his SUV into her car had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
Rich Rodriguez says the actions of West Virginia University, not a better offer, forced him to resign and take the football coaching job at Michigan. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:11 am
sportsminute New ace this year, new ballpark in 2009. Now that Johan Santana is headed to the New York Mets, they have an awful lot to be excited about. Santana and the Mets agreed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:41 am
AP - Once the euphoria over the Pau Gasol trade wore off, reality set in for the Lakers. On the second night of a back-to-back, they had only nine players. Good thing Kobe Bryant was one of them.
Russell Baze loves working sudoku puzzles in between races. The jockey with a mind for numbers hit his biggest one yet. Baze extended his dominance as North America's winningest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:38 am
Ireland will seek to redeem their battered reputation here at Croke Park on Saturday with a Six Nations win over Italy and ruin Nick Mallett's first match in charge of the visitors. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:32 am
Rafael Benitez has reassured Liverpool fans that Javier Mascherano is staying at Anfield, and could even sign a permanent deal next week. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:29 am
If Wales demonstrate as much cut and thrust on the field as their new coach Warren Gatland has off it, they will have no problem ending a 20-year wait for a win at Twickenham when they face Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:29 am
AFP - Michael Carrick admits Paul Scholes's return to the Manchester United midfield is a major boost to Sir Alex Ferguson's side as he prepares for the game against upwardly-mobile Tottenham.
Seven months after leaving, Zach Randolph returned to his original N.B.A. home Friday night and turned in a vintage performance. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:18 am
The Los Angeles Lakers bolstered their banged-up frontline Friday by acquiring 7-footer Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies. The Lakers gave up Kwame Brown, rookie Javaris Crittenton and two first-round draft picks for Gasol. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:51 am
Rent-A-Center, a chain of appliance and furniture rental stores, offers a deal that is much like a subprime mortgage for pull-out sofas and television sets. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:34 am
IT only took 11,188 days for the Mets to finally get their soul back. It doesn't matter that the Mets have won a World Series and appeared in another in the 11,188 days that connected yesterday with June... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The greatest Giant of them all believes Big Blue can sack Tom Brady and the Patriots and deny them history tomorrow night in Super Bowl XLII."I think they gotta play a mistake-free game,"... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
Could Giants fans have a Super Super Tuesday?Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the city is planning for a post-Super Bowl parade on Tuesday - also known as election day, or Super Tuesday.The plans, of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
With two laps to go in the Millrose Games' Wanamaker Mile at the Garden last night, American Bernard Lagat was chasing Craig Mottram. After a blistering final kick and 3:57.51 victory, he's just chasing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
David Wright, the Mets' All-Star third baseman, grew up in Norfolk, Va., a huge football Giants fan. As a little kid, he admired the play of Lawrence Taylor and Phil Simms and today cheers for Big Blue... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
BIG BLUE HIGHWAY - Decided to slow down my life today for many reasons. So I got out of the fast lane, hopped off Interstate 40 and found my way to old Route 66 near Shamrock, Texas.The Super Bowl can... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
It took an extension to get the extension done. But it got done - and now Feb. 1, 2008, will go down as one of the most glorious days in Met history. Because yesterday was the day the Mets overcame the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
PHOENIX - Plaxico Burress wasn't the only Giants starter to sit out yesterday's practice.Defensive end Osi Umenyiora did not work because of a sore thigh. He's listed as probable on the Giants injury report,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - There was a time earlier this season when the marriage between Bill Belichick and Patriot owner Robert Kraft appeared headed for divorce.Had that happened, the two wouldn't be here... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
Five straight for the lower team, that's a whammy. This domination of the Devils is the Rangers' biggest feat this year, and the Devils' darkest failure. "We're keeping them in the playoff race right... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
Center-forward had All-Star credentials with Grizzlies. Brown, Crittenton and two No. 1 picks go to Memphis.
TORONTO -- In a bold, swift move, the Lakers improved their franchise and impressed their franchise player, a two-step process that pushed them closer toward the front of the Western Conference line on a pivotal, perhaps memorable, Friday. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Few can match his record in Formula One, Indy and NASCAR, not to mention as a car designer.
He limps a little now, walks slightly hunched over and needs glasses for those eyes that used to be able to calculate a hairpin turn 300 yards away. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Bryant scores 46 and Vujacic has 22 in victory over Raptors.
TORONTO -- The Lakers actually played a game Friday, as confirmed by a box score and a happy bunch of players on an otherwise frenetic day for the franchise. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Even though USC sophomore Daniel Hackett was relieved to learn that he had not seriously injured his pelvis during a fall Thursday night, Coach Tim Floyd said Friday that he "just can't imagine it at this point" that the point guard would play tonight against Arizona State. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
UCLA has beaten Arizona five times in a row, and a big reason is because Howland's team doesn't take games for granted.
UCLA has defeated Arizona five consecutive times. Those Arizona teams usually have been ranked and considered Pacific 10 Conference championship contenders. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 46 points and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 121-101 on Friday night, hours after acquiring Pau Gasol in a trade with Memphis.
Five days before national signing day, Terrelle Pryor, the most coveted high school football player in the country, remains uncommitted. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:18 am
Playing bitter division rivals on back-to-back nights, the Rangers may have given their up-and-down season a major jolt Friday night with a 3-1 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:17 am
Connecticut guard Doug Wiggins has been reinstated to the team, but the starting guard Jerome Dyson is still suspended indefinitely, Coach Jim Calhoun said Friday. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:16 am
The sense of being an outsider still drives Ted Nolan, the coach of the Islanders, whose mystique includes nine full seasons without a job in the National Hockey League, amid rumors that he was blackballed. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:14 am
Kobe Bryant scored 46 points and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the host Toronto Raptors, 121-101, on Friday night, hours after acquiring the 7-footer Pau Gasol in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:12 am
Richard Jefferson scored 25 points, Josh Boone added 15 and the Nets snapped a seven-game road losing streak Friday night by defeating the Miami Heat, 94-85. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:12 am
The Mets and Johan Santana's agents continued to negotiate furiously Friday, as a 5 p.m. ET deadline to complete terms of a long-term contract came and went with no immediate resolution. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:43 am
SI.com's Jon Heyman has learned Johan Santana and the Mets have agreed to a seven-year, $150.75 million deal to complete the two-time Cy Young winner's trade to New York.
An explosive innings from Luke Wright is the highlight as England secure a 51-run victory in their first match in New Zealand. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:08 am
The voting is complete, the ballots have been counted and Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal's record-tying streak of 14 straight All-Star selections has ended. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 5:09 am
Former major leaguer Chuck Knoblauch carried his toddler son in his arms on his way out after speaking for about 1.5 hours with congressional lawyers investigating drugs in baseball. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 3:29 am
Patriots teammates questioned Laurence Maroney's grit, leaving diapers at his locker. Jim Trotter says the prank fueled the running back's playoff turnaround.
The Fed Cup quarterfinal between the United States and Germany was scheduled by Europeans who apparently don't know the difference between Tom Brady and Marcia Brady.
Sir Alex believes that United may have to go through the rest of the season unbeaten if they are to retain the title. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:11 pm
Bayern Munich beat Hansa Rostock 2-1 with first-half goals to kick off the second half of the Bundesliga season. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:03 pm
The January transfer window is now officially closed so catch up with all the big moves in our exclusive transfer gallery. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:54 pm
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate insists the club will not lose new signing Afonso Alves to a legal challenge. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 6:19 pm
Portsmouth will have to wait until next week before they discover whether the Premier League will sanction Benjani's transfer to Man City. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:59 pm
AP - Spygate sure has touched a nerve. If Roger Goodell wasn't acutely aware of that before Friday, he certainly has no doubt now. Not after repeatedly having to defend his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the New England Patriots' cheating scandal.
AFP - China won both singles matches on the first day of their Federation Cup World Group tie against France here on Saturday to go 2-0 up and stake a strong claim for a place in the last four of the competition.
AP - New ace this year, new ballpark in 2009. Now that Johan Santana is headed to the New York Mets, they have an awful lot to be excited about.
AP - Once the euphoria over the Pau Gasol trade wore off, reality set in for the Lakers. On the second night of a back-to-back, they had only nine players. Good thing Kobe Bryant was one of them.
AP - There's frost on the cactus in north Scottsdale, and it's playing havoc with the FBR Open.
AP - The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils again, and the Dallas Stars extended their winning streak in Edmonton.
AFP - Michael Carrick admits Paul Scholes's return to the Manchester United midfield is a major boost to Sir Alex Ferguson's side as he prepares for the game against upwardly-mobile Tottenham.
AP - The 1972 Miami Dolphins could be enjoying their last few days alone on that so-called mountaintop, as the NFL's only perfect team.
AP - Missouri guard Jason Horton was arrested Friday on an assault charge connected to a weekend brawl that left his teammate with a broken jaw.
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 46 points and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 121-101 on Friday night, hours after acquiring Pau Gasol in a trade with Memphis.