Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore claims the plan to play overseas matches is crucial to avoid big clubs going it alone. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:19 pm
AP - Phil Mickelson was five shots out of the lead and in dire need of a birdie. Then came an 11 on one hole, a tee shot into the Pacific Ocean on another, and a surprisingly early departure Saturday from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
AP - Darrell Arthur scored 23 points, and Russell Robinson had 22 and helped fuel a 17-6 spurt in the second half that pulled No. 4 Kansas away from stubborn Baylor and carried the Jayhawks to a 100-90 victory Saturday night.
AP - Jason Spezza scored three goals and a career-high six points, and the Ottawa Senators' top line combined for 15 points in a 6-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
AP - Curt Schilling received a cortisone shot in his right shoulder on Friday, beginning a treatment plan the Red Sox hope will bring the right-hander back before the end of the season, The Boston Globe reported.
AP - Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch were ordered to steer clear of each other Saturday in hopes of preventing a repeat of their high-octane confrontation on the first day of Speedweeks.
AP - Freshman Robbie Hummel scored a career-best 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and No. 24 Purdue upset No. 8 Wisconsin 72-67 on Saturday night to extend the Boilermakers' winning streak to nine.
AP - A lawyer for Roger Clemens said Saturday the pitcher can prove he didn't attend a June 1998 party at Jose Canseco's home described by Brian McNamee in the Mitchell Report.
AP - After a suspenseful month of exhaustive interviews involving at least 10 candidates, the Washington Redskins decided their coach would be: none of the above.
Giovanni Trapattoni remains favourite to become the Republic of Ireland boss but Terry Venables remains in the race. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
India's SSP Chowrasia claims his maiden European Tour victory at the inaugural Indian Masters in Delhi. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
AFP - Alex Ferguson has made one final plea to Manchester City supporters to show respect for the Munich victims in Sunday's potentially volatile Manchester derby meeting at Old Trafford.
AFP - Defending champions America and France, two of the most successful countries in Davis Cup history, will clash in this year's quarter-finals after cruising through their World Group first round ties.
Kevin Keegan admits Newcastle's continuing struggles could see them dragged into the relegation dogfight. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
Manchester United host local rivals City in the early Sunday kick-off ahead of Chelsea's match with Liverpool. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:06 am
Pace bowlers Ishant Sharma and Sree Santh lead India to a five-wicket win over Australia in Melbourne. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
England will unleash Tonga-born powerhouse Lesley Vainikolo on Italy in their Six Nations encounter at Rome's Stadio Flaminio on Sunday. Vainkolo was a rugby league player... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:52 am
Alex Ferguson has made one final plea to Manchester City supporters to show respect for the Munich victims in Sunday's potentially volatile Manchester derby meeting at Old Trafford. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:36 am
Indian teenager Ishant Sharma reinforced his status as one of the most exciting young talents in world cricket with another brilliant display with the ball to help dismiss Australia cheaply Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:51 am
Cameroon defender Alexandre Song is set to give his side a welcome boost by securing a starting place in Sunday's African Nations Cup final against holders Egypt. Song was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:43 am
Sam Allardyce believes his spell at Newcastle was unsuccessful because the club was not "big enough" for him and failed to match his ambitions. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:34 am
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez believes he has "the perfect excuse" for his side's lackluster performance in the Premier League this season. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:32 am
Sir Alex Ferguson has blasted the decision to schedule the Manchester derby in the week of the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
La Liga Roundup: Xavi Hernandez cleaned up Barcelona's mess with a late goal for a 1-1 draw against Sevilla. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:25 am
The Devils' Goal of the Year, Johnny Orr-duya's magnificent coast-to-coast scamper, was as huge as it was spectacular. Confidence was fragile and waning among the Devils, losers of two straight and 5-of-7.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
In a field of five fillies and mares going six furlongs in $75,000 Correction Handicap, Mulligatawny, a former claimer making her first stakes appearance for Steve Asmussen, was favored at 6-5 coming off... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
PHILADELPHIA - Scott Gomez is 28, he's in the first season of a sev en-year, $51.5 million contract, and he's been the Rangers' best player in 2007-08. Jaromir Jagr will be 36 on Friday, he's in what... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
MILWAUKEE - Isiah Thomas had to leave Milwaukee yesterday to attend to a medical matter regarding his mother in Chicago, and arrived an hour before tip-off of last night's win over Milwaukee. Chicago... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Brent Burns scored 2:34 into overtime to lift the Wild to a 4-3 victory last night, handing the Islanders their seventh straight defeat. Brian Rolston had two goals for the Wild, who... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
THE ball was in the air for what felt like a lifetime, and David Tyree was perfectly willing to wait it out that long if that's what it took. All around him, the Super Bowl had come to a complete standstill.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
WASHINGTON - The Redskins hired Jim Zorn as their coach last night, a surprise ending to a month-long search for a replacement for Joe Gibbs. "I've always dreamed of being a head coach with a franchise... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
THEY own the town again, and you would like to believe they will enjoy the ride every bit as much as their spiritual antecedents did. You would like to believe that this collection of Giants will permit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
PHILADELPHIA - As the reward for recording his second shutout here against the Flyers in 10 days, Steve Valiquette will get to face 46-goal-scorer Alexander Ovechkin and the Caps in Washington this afternoon.Or... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
* Dear Boston: "The Curse" is back! Love, New York. MONTE ABRAMSON Manhattan * Since the 2004 ALCS it seemed the earth was knocked off its axis. Last Sunday night, the Giants put it back on track, thanks... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
Jeff Novitzky, who has led a five-and-a-half-year investigation into steroids in professional sports, is expected to attend a hearing on Wednesday at which Roger Clemens is expected to testify. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:02 am
In a couple of weeks, I will embark on an annual rite of passage scented with hope, tinted in promise, an enduring fabric as lovely as all spring. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The new Laker's Barcelona roots reveal a man who knew early in life where he wanted to go (the NBA) and would let nothing stand in his way.
BARCELONA, Spain -- Not that we tread in some sort of fable with Pau Gasol's life story here, but you really should see the hospital where he joined the world on July 6, 1980, just seven weeks after Magic scored 42 at Philadelphia. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Defending champion misses the cut after making an 11 at Pebble Beach. Singh is tied with Hart after a 67 at Spyglass Hill.
PEBBLE BEACH -- It was a busy Saturday at the AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where Phil Mickelson missed the cut by taking way too many shots to play the 14th hole at Pebble Beach and Vijay Singh moved into a tie for the lead by using a small amount of shots to maneuver his way around Spyglass Hill. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
AEG president helped bring Beckham and L.A. Live to town but missed with NFL and can't seem to make Kings competitive. Call it a split decision.
T IM LEIWEKE is sitting in his AEG third-floor office atop the Palm Restaurant, looking across at the pre-Grammy excitement that fits so well with L.A. Live, passionately talking about dying sports like hockey, boxing, soccer and a lost NFL opportunity. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Playoff goal against Red Wings is still fresh in his mind.
DEARBORN, Mich. -- If the NHL-leading Detroit Red Wings could help it, they would have gladly seen Teemu Selanne follow through with retirement. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Their nearly season-long pattern of failing to win consecutive games continues with blowout loss to 76ers.
PHILADELPHIA -- Playing back-to-back games is not a strong suit for the Clippers, a team that has revealed few strong suits in any kind of game this season. Particularly those played away from home. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
LEON, Mexico - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. stopped Jose Celaya by technical knockout in the eight round Saturday night to win the World Boxing Council continental super welterweight title. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:38 am
South Korean golfer Shin Hyun-Ju missed an easy putt at the final hole to hand English veteran Lisa Hall the Australian Ladies Masters golf title at Royal Pines here on Sunday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:30 am
Paul Martin scored two goals in an N.H.L. game for the first time and the host Devils routed the Carolina Hurricanes, 6-1, on Saturday night. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:24 am
Rangers goalie Steve Valiquette made 31 saves to record his second consecutive shutout against the Flyers as the Rangers continued their success in Philadelphia. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:21 am
Many of the N.H.L.’s Sun Belt teams are enduring attendance problems, plummeting local television ratings and talk of franchise shifts. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:21 am
David Padgett scored 18 points, Jerry Smith added 16 and host Louisville beat No. 6 Georgetown, 59-51, Saturday night. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:19 am
Baseball’s mass migration to Arizona for spring training is a development that would have been someone’s spring fantasy a couple of decades ago. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:17 am
The Marreros can only try to understand the whole crazy system of athletes and local suppliers who provided their son Efrain with steroids, before he obediently went off the stuff and killed himself at 19. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:16 am
The value of evidence is not measured by the weight of a report; in fact, when examined carefully, the Roger Clemens report does not make a convincing case for his innocence. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:15 am
Charlie Sobel received a rather unusual bar mitzvah gift in 1971: 14 drawings that had once decorated the set of “Kiner’s Korner,” a long-running postgame interview show hosted by Ralph Kiner. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:14 am
The junior Dwayne Anderson, making the first start of his career, hit a 3-pointer from the left corner with 12 seconds remaining Saturday to give Villanova a 72-70 victory against visiting Seton Hall. Source: NYT > Sports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:12 am
Chris Paul couldn't get the ball to drop, so he happily dished off to a couple of teammates who could. Peja Stojakovic's sixth three-pointer of the game, on an assist from Paul, capped Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:03 am
Paul Martin scored two goals in an NHL game for the first time and the New Jersey Devils routed the Carolina Hurricanes 6-1 on Saturday night. The offensive outburst was triggered by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 6:53 am
Michael Beasley had 23 points and 13 rebounds for his school-record 19th double-double, helping No. 20 Kansas State beat Oklahoma State for the first time in five years with an 82-61... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 6:51 am
Olli Jokinen and David Booth scored 14 seconds apart in the second period, Richard Zednik had two goals, and the Florida Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Saturday night. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 10 Feb 2008 | 6:50 am
After undergoing ankle surgery that turned out to be more complicated that initially thought, New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury will miss the rest of the season according to a published report. Source: ESPN.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 5:33 am
Dudley Hart faced his greatest fears last summer when doctors found a softball-sized lump on his wife's lung, which kept him off tour the last half of the season to care for his triplets while she recovered. Source: ESPN.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 5:18 am
In his first public comments, former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski says he believes Brian McNamee is telling the truth about injecting Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, writes ESPN.com's Mike Fish. Source: ESPN.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 3:51 am
Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco beat Peru's top two players, Luis Horna and Ivan Miranda, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) for Spain to reach the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday.
UEFA president Michel Platini has described Premier League proposals to play an additional round of matches overseas as 'comical'. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:40 am
Lleyton Hewitt and Paul Hanley came from two sets down to win their doubles match Saturday and Australia clinched a victory over Taiwan in the first round of the Davis Cup's Asia/Oceania Zone Group.
Ghana captured third place at the African Cup of Nations Saturday by rallying to beat Ivory Coast 4-2. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Feb 2008 | 9:31 pm
Team news ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations final as Egypt aim to defend their title against Cameroon in Accra. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 7:51 pm
PL Roundup: Everton earned a 1-0 win over Reading on Saturday that strengthened its hold on fourth place. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
Argentina advanced to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup after David Nalbandian and Jose Acasuso won the doubles to clinch an unassailable 3-0 lead over Britain on Saturday.
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek beat Olivier Rochus and Kristof Vliegen in five sets Saturday to give the Czech Republic an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Belgium in the World Group first round of the Davis Cup.
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic returned from illness to help reduce Russia's lead over Serbia to 2-1 Saturday in the first-round series of the Davis Cup World Group.
Philipp Kohlschreiber and Philipp Petzschner won the doubles match Saturday to give Germany a 2-1 lead over South Korea in the first round of the Davis Cup.
Bob and Mike Bryan beat Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to give defending champion United States an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Austria in the first round of the Davis Cup.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has conceded that sometimes he "gambles too much" with his rotation policy at Anfield. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Feb 2008 | 2:55 pm
Israel took a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup World Group first-round tie against Sweden after Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich defeated Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 on Saturday.
Teenager Agnieszka Radwanska will meet American veteran Jill Craybas in the final of the Pattaya Open after both won their semifinals convincingly Saturday.
AP - Phil Mickelson was five shots out of the lead and in dire need of a birdie. Then came an 11 on one hole, a tee shot into the Pacific Ocean on another, and a surprisingly early departure Saturday from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
AP - Darrell Arthur scored 23 points, and Russell Robinson had 22 and helped fuel a 17-6 spurt in the second half that pulled No. 4 Kansas away from stubborn Baylor and carried the Jayhawks to a 100-90 victory Saturday night.
AP - Jason Spezza scored three goals and a career-high six points, and the Ottawa Senators' top line combined for 15 points in a 6-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
AP - Curt Schilling received a cortisone shot in his right shoulder on Friday, beginning a treatment plan the Red Sox hope will bring the right-hander back before the end of the season, The Boston Globe reported.
AP - Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch were ordered to steer clear of each other Saturday in hopes of preventing a repeat of their high-octane confrontation on the first day of Speedweeks.
AP - Freshman Robbie Hummel scored a career-best 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and No. 24 Purdue upset No. 8 Wisconsin 72-67 on Saturday night to extend the Boilermakers' winning streak to nine.
AP - A lawyer for Roger Clemens said Saturday the pitcher can prove he didn't attend a June 1998 party at Jose Canseco's home described by Brian McNamee in the Mitchell Report.
AP - After a suspenseful month of exhaustive interviews involving at least 10 candidates, the Washington Redskins decided their coach would be: none of the above.
AFP - Alex Ferguson has made one final plea to Manchester City supporters to show respect for the Munich victims in Sunday's potentially volatile Manchester derby meeting at Old Trafford.
AFP - Defending champions America and France, two of the most successful countries in Davis Cup history, will clash in this year's quarter-finals after cruising through their World Group first round ties.