Australia captain Ricky Ponting inspires his side to their latest Commonwealth Bank one-day series victory over India. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:06 pm
Juande Ramos has described football as a "war" - insisting there is no room for emotion as he tries to guide Tottenham to Carling Cup glory. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
Michael Ballack is determined to prove why he shunned the good life at Bayern Munich for the challenge of English football. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:47 am
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has retracted comments calling for Birmingham's Martin Taylor to be banned for life following his tackle on Eduardo. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
Croatia captain Niko Kovac has blasted Martin Taylor for the "brutality" of the horror tackle that left Eduardo da Silva with a broken leg. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
AP - Memphis wanted to prove it really was the best team in the country, maybe even make a run at perfection. Turns out, the Tigers aren't even best in their own state.
0224s_Memph_Tenn Memphis wanted to prove it really was the best team in the country, maybe even make a run at perfection. Turns out, the Tigers aren't even best in their own state. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
Olympic bronze medallist Reiko Nakamura continued her record-breaking form at the Japan Open short course swimming championships Sunday by setting a new national best in the 100-metre... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
Avram Grant will never hog the headlines like Jose Mourinho, but the Chelsea manager is developing a ruthless streak to match his predecessor and it could prove the decisive factor in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:52 am
AFP - Avram Grant will never hog the headlines like Jose Mourinho, but the Chelsea manager is developing a ruthless streak to match his predecessor and it could prove the decisive factor in Sunday's League Cup final against Tottenham.
China's women steamrolled over Russia 3-0 in less than an hour, signalling their intentions to take a stranglehold on the world team table tennis championships which kicked off Sunday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
Petty Enterprises has moved from Level Cross, N.C., to just north of Charlotte in Mooresville, a town that bills itself as Race City USA and is a hub for the Nascar racing community. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
The largest crowd to ever watch a women’s game at the Lloyd Noble Center saw Courtney Paris, the Sooners’ center, surpass 2,000 career points while leading her team to victory. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:59 am
The Pittsburgh Pirates have spent the past 15 years handing out horrific contracts, squandering draft choices and watching top pitching prospects’ arms explode. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:57 am
Reuters - The San Antonio Spurs scored a 98-89
home win over New Orleans on Saturday to record their fifth win
in a row and join the Hornets at the top of the Southwest
Division.
The Knicks have not really existed for several seasons, not the Knicks that New York knew and loved, the Knicks of Red Holzman and Willis Reed. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:55 am
Alex Ferguson is preparing for Manchester United's title tussle with Arsenal to be settled on goal difference. That's not causing him too much concern with Cristiano Ronaldo virtually unstoppable. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:41 am
Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov have a lot to prove if they are going to be remembered as all-time great heavyweights. But they shared a place in history last night at Madison Square Garden. Klitschko... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
If the box scores don't tell the tale clearly enough, it can be read between the lines in Isiah Thomas' words. As the NBA goes smaller and smaller, as the league shrinks, so has behemoth Eddy Curry's playing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
BUFFALO - He weaved out of his own end, beat a pair of forecheckers, navigated through the neutral zone, dangled across the line and then, when Jaromir Jagr ripped one top shelf against Ryan Miller, No.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
BUFFALO -They are the NHL's Stepchild Franchise, third and least visible in their three-team hockey market, ninth and least visible in their nine-team pro sports market. To suggest that the Islanders... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
Marcus Williams watched tape of Friday night's Net loss to the Pacers, talked to coaches, talked to teammates. His conclusion: He lacked the intensity he had in Wednesday's win over the Bulls. Whether... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
All eyes will be on Gulfstream Park late this afternoon. Ninth race is the Grade 2, $350,000 Fountain of Youth at a mile-and-eighth, year's first major prep for Ky. Derby hopefuls. In 10th race, Nick Zito's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
* As a very pas sionate Knicks fan, like many others in the Tri-State Area, Wednesday's blowout loss at Philadelphia makes me sick to my stomach. I've been patient the previous three seasons, but to no... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
The Devils who must score, did. Now their New York, New York hex is half-foiled. The failing common to the Devils' 10 losses to the Islanders and Rangers this season was their inability to manage more... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
Jerry Reese is trying to play hard-to-get at the NFL Scouting Combine but is having little success. Everywhere he goes, someone is bearing down on him offering up a healthy dose of congratulations. "A... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
NFL: Thomas signing with Cowboys LB Zach Thomas has reached an agreement on a one-year deal to play for the Cowboys, heading back to the state where he was a high school and college standout before spending... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
Zach Thomas has reached a contract agreement in principle with the Dallas Cowboys, team and league sources told ESPN.com on Saturday morning. Source: ESPN.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:38 am
David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy beat Sydney FC 2-1 in the Pan-Pacific Championship's third-place match. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:32 am
Michael Phelps, one of the most famous Olympians in the world, is turning his biorhythms upside down because he will be swimming finals in the middle of the morning in August. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:10 am
Memphis' run at perfection ended with 66-62 loss to the Vols. Now you have to question the Tigers' credentials as a national title contender, says Luke Winn.
They demonstrate anew the huge gap between Staples Center's two NBA tenants, blowing past Pacific Division's last-place team to tie for best record in West.
Take 2, and, again, more revelry than rivalry. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Closer now has a Japanese teammate in Kuroda, a situation that might help both players.
In the days leading up to his departure for spring training , Takashi Saito dropped by a Japanese market in Torrance . Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Drivers' angry confrontations are a regular part of the circuit.
Racing at 150 mph last fall in Dover, Del., NASCAR driver Kyle Petty suddenly felt the back of his 3,400-pound stock car lift off the pavement. An eye-blink later, he slammed into the track's retaining wall. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
It's a struggle, but the Bruins turn up the defensive pressure late and Collison leads the way with 17 points.
In a matter of 40 minutes, UCLA's defense was turned around and inside out, damaged by back-door cuts and confident jump shooters, and then it was so fiercely resistant that 6-foot-8 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute wouldn't be drawn out of his stance by quick-footed, 5-6 Oregon guard Tajuan Porter. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Woods faces off against surprising Cink in today's 36-hole final of the $8-million Accenture Match Play Championship.
MARANA, Ariz. -- He may lose to someone, sometime, somewhere, but no one's beaten Tiger Woods any time, anywhere for quite a spell. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Starters, who've been playing major minutes, finally get to relax while reserves do some work in rout of last-place Oregon State.
It was an unusual situation for USC Coach Tim Floyd, deciding whom he could play instead of whom he had to play. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Scioscia is not ruling out the possibility that the two could share the position though the manager would prefer to have a definitive starter.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- As much as Mike Scioscia would prefer to have one player -- Erick Aybar or Maicer Izturis -- emerge as his starting shortstop, the manager has not ruled out a possible time-share at the position. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
NBA All-Star weekend was fine, but the ratings don't reflect that. The playoffs lean on Lakers-Celtics expectations, and there may be an explanation for the state of the league.
Having learned to wait a week, which is how long it took the horror stories to surface after last season's Battle of Las Vegas All-Star game, I think it's safe to say: Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Ned Hirsch, a 54-year-old college basketball fan, has seen 222 N.C.A.A. Division I men’s teams, a run that began with a 1970 National Invitation Tournament game at Madison Square Garden. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 7:45 am
Former Michigan State running back Jehuu Caulcrick lost count of the number of people he saw shot, stabbed, left for dead when he was in Liberia, the nation of his birth. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 7:45 am
General Manager Jerry Reese’s Giants team is molded in his scrappy image with a roster that is young and filled mostly with players who were drafted, not assembled through free agency. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 7:44 am
The Rangers won a critical game Saturday against a team who they are competing with for one of the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spots. Source: NYT > Sports | 24 Feb 2008 | 7:44 am
AP - Al Fisher scored 28 points and Kent State held No. 23 Saint Mary's without a basket for more than 6 minutes down the stretch to bolster its credentials for a possible at-large bid to the NCAA tournament with a 65-57 victory over the Gaels on Saturday night.
Al Fisher scored 28 points and Kent State held No. 23 Saint Mary's without a basket for more than 6 minutes down the stretch to bolster its credentials for a possible at-large bid to the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 7:20 am
Batsman Jesse Ryder is ruled out of New Zealand's Test series against England after injuring his right hand in a drink-related incident. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 7:07 am
Phillies closer Brad Lidge caught a spike in the mound on his first pitch of batting practice Saturday and hurt the same knee he had surgery on in October. Source: ESPN.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:57 am
Pau Gasol scored 23 points, five teammates finished in double figures, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 113-95 Saturday night for their seventh... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:54 am
International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko seized the World Boxing Organization belt Saturday with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Sultan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:34 am
VANCOUVER - The University of Calgary Dinos ended 10 years of University of British Columbia domination by claiming the men's title at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport swimming... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:31 am
At risk of falling out of the conference lead for the first time, the Ottawa Senators pulled together and came up with the comeback win of a season. Daniel Alfredsson scored on a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:29 am
Wladimir Klitschko becomes the first unified heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis as he outpoints Sultan Ibragimov Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:23 am
The New Jersey Nets knew replacing Jason Kidd would be a tough task. So far, Marcus Williams has risen to the challenge. Inheriting the role of point guard following the trade of Kidd... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:22 am
AP - Ryan Kesler scored twice on individual rushes in the third period and Roberto Luongo stopped 28 shots, lifting the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-1 win over the injury-ravaged Detroit Red Wings Saturday night.
AP - Armon Bassett had difficulty finding the right words. It was about the only time he struggled. While some Indiana fans were glad to see coach Kelvin Sampson go, his players certainly weren't.
AP - Down two strokes with three holes to play, Paula Creamer knew it was time to get going. And she did. The 21-year-old Creamer rallied to win the Fields Open for her fifth LPGA Tour title and second in her last four starts, birdieing four of the final five holes for a one-stroke victory over South Korea's Jeong Jang on Saturday.
AP - Linebacker Zach Thomas is headed home to Texas to play for the Dallas Cowboys in the state where he was a high school and college standout before 12 seasons with the Miami Dolphins.
AP - Chicago Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa was released from a hospital Saturday evening after being taken there by ambulance for an irregular heartbeat he experienced during spring training drills. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 24 Feb 2008 | 1:59 am
PL Roundup: James McFadden converted an injury-time penalty to help ten-man Birmingham draw 2-2 with Arsenal. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:18 am
Top-seeded Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the SAP Open on Saturday night, beating Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 in a drama-free match.
England coach Brian Ashton praises the response of his players after beating France in Paris for the first time since 2000. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:24 pm
Argentina's Maria Emilia Salerni overcame Spanish qualifier Carla Suarez Navarro 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 to reach her first WTA Tour final at the Copa Colsanitas on Saturday.
Serie A Roundup: Reggina beat injury-ridden Juventus 2-1 Saturday with a controversial penalty in the 90th minute. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:18 pm
INDIANAPOLIS -- Citing a desire to play for the team he grew up rooting for, ex-Dolphins inside linebacker Zach Thomas has agreed to terms with the Dallas Cowboys, his agent Drew Rosenhaus announced Saturday afternoon at the NFL Scouting Combine.
Geordan Murphy is pleased by his display in Ireland's Six Nations win over Scotland but sidesteps whether he will stay in the side. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:13 pm
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to extend her unbeaten run to 13 matches and set up an all-Russian final at the Qatar Open against Vera Zvonareva.
Chelsea manager Avram Grant says he is facing one of the toughest decisions of his career ahead of the Carling Cup final. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 23 Feb 2008 | 3:46 pm
AFP - Indian Davis Cup players have called for the ouster of captain Leander Paes for hurting team morale and confidence, a report said on Sunday.
AP - Memphis wanted to prove it really was the best team in the country, maybe even make a run at perfection. Turns out, the Tigers aren't even best in their own state.
AFP - Avram Grant will never hog the headlines like Jose Mourinho, but the Chelsea manager is developing a ruthless streak to match his predecessor and it could prove the decisive factor in Sunday's League Cup final against Tottenham.
Reuters - The San Antonio Spurs scored a 98-89
home win over New Orleans on Saturday to record their fifth win
in a row and join the Hornets at the top of the Southwest
Division.
AP - Al Fisher scored 28 points and Kent State held No. 23 Saint Mary's without a basket for more than 6 minutes down the stretch to bolster its credentials for a possible at-large bid to the NCAA tournament with a 65-57 victory over the Gaels on Saturday night.
AP - Ryan Kesler scored twice on individual rushes in the third period and Roberto Luongo stopped 28 shots, lifting the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-1 win over the injury-ravaged Detroit Red Wings Saturday night.
AP - Armon Bassett had difficulty finding the right words. It was about the only time he struggled. While some Indiana fans were glad to see coach Kelvin Sampson go, his players certainly weren't.
AP - Down two strokes with three holes to play, Paula Creamer knew it was time to get going. And she did. The 21-year-old Creamer rallied to win the Fields Open for her fifth LPGA Tour title and second in her last four starts, birdieing four of the final five holes for a one-stroke victory over South Korea's Jeong Jang on Saturday.
AP - Linebacker Zach Thomas is headed home to Texas to play for the Dallas Cowboys in the state where he was a high school and college standout before 12 seasons with the Miami Dolphins.