AP - The New York Jets and Pro Bowl left guard Alan Faneca agreed to terms on a five-year, $40 million contract Saturday, making the former Pittsburgh player the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL.
Rafa Benitez believes he will remain as Liverpool manager for "a long time" as reports suggest he is on the verge of being offered a new deal. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:59 am
Chelsea are likely to appeal against Frank Lampard's red card following Saturday's 4-0 Premier League win over West Ham at Upton Park. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:53 am
Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal's last-gasp 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa could have a "big impact" on the race for the Premier League. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
Sir Alex Ferguson has predicted a "fantastic run-in" to the Premier League title race after his Manchester United side won 3-0 at Fulham. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
Bolton host Liverpool and Portsmouth travel to Everton as the battle for fourth in the Premier League intensifies. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:32 am
A breathtaking century from Sachin Tendulkar leads India to a six-wicket victory over Australia in the first of three CB Series finals in Sydney. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:28 am
Lorena Ochoa completed a runaway victory in her first tournament of the year, closing with a 4-under 68 to leave Annika Sorenstam 11 strokes behind Sunday in the rain-slowed HSBC Women's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:05 am
AP - Lorena Ochoa completed a runaway victory in her first tournament of the year, closing with a 4-under 68 to leave Annika Sorenstam 11 strokes behind Sunday in the rain-slowed HSBC Women's Champions.
Lorena Ochoa has completed a runaway victory in her first tournament of the year, closing with a 4-under 68 to leave Annika Sorenstam 11 strokes behind in the HSBC Women's Champions. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
David Moyes believes Everton will have to get past the best goalkeeper in England if they are to push Portsmouth out of the race for a place in next season's Champions League on Sunday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 10:29 am
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has denied any suggestion that Steven Gerrard is not happy with life at Anfield as he prepares to take his side to Bolton on Sunday. Gerrard... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 10:23 am
Newcastle chairman Chris Mort says the board are 100% behind manager Kevin Keegan despite recent poor results. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 2 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
La Liga Roundup: Substitute Robinho scored twice to lead Real Madrid over Recreativo Huelva 3-2 on Saturday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
Serie A Roundup: Francesco Totti helped Roma to a 4-0 victory over Parma to move within six points of Inter. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
The Brewers are prepared for another backyard scrap with their neighbors to the south and they signaled their serious intentions by the way they pursued a closer. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 10:02 am
After being offered to numerous teams in deals for high profile players, second baseman Robinson Canó is finally a keeper and the Yankees have quickly reaped the benefits. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 9:54 am
Before his first game against a New York team, Joe Torre, who had managed the Yankees to four World Series titles, acknowledged that he was homesick for New York, but he sounded content. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 9:53 am
Unable to match up physically on the inside and outshot from the perimeter, West Virginia could not keep pace with the Huskies. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 9:51 am
AP - Duke faced another deep deficit and was staring at yet another road loss, but these Blue Devils had an even bigger problem: They weren't following the instructions of their Hall of Fame coach.
Yao Ming will have surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot, Houston Rockets officials said Saturday. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 9:16 am
Eduardo da Silva has thanked Arsenal physio Gary Lewin for saving his foot and has accepted an apology from Birmingham defender Martin Taylor. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 2 Mar 2008 | 9:05 am
The Islanders have allowed 13 short-handed goals this season, the most in the N.H.L. This one was stranger than most. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
Alan Faneca agreed to a five-year, $40 million deal with the New York Jets that includes $21 million in guarantees. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:47 am
Bode Miller skied a near-flawless run Saturday to win a World Cup downhill by four-tenths of a second ahead of Didier Cuche of Switzerland in Kvitfjell, Norway. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:31 am
The Ducks, with defenseman Scott Niedermayer and right wing Teemu Selanne back in the fold after trial retirements, were 10-1 in their last 11 games. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:26 am
* We in New York have two very fine baseball teams preparing to begin their respective journeys to October glory, hopefully against one another. Roger Clemens is gone, never to return and does not deserve... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
So the Nets, whose season often has rivaled any Shakespearean tragedy for down moods, finally find something to pump their chests about, a reason to get all warm and fuzzy. They get new players, a new... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
ORLANDO - Magic assistant and Knick legend Patrick Ewing says he's ready to be an NBA head coach. After five years as an assistant, Ewing, selected two weeks ago as a Hall of Fame Finalist, hopes to get... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
Blast from the past! Peter Ferriola, 66, leading trainer in NY in 1987, 1991 and 1992, who retired to Florida in 2001, is back and expected to take over as head trainer of Ernie Paragallo's Paraneck Stable... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
Give the Jets credit for learning from their mistakes. They played it cheap a year ago and paid for their frugality in a big way when their left guard situation turned into a disaster area amid a 4-12... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
MONTREAL - Andrei Kostitsyn's power-play goal late in the third period helped the Montreal Canadiens edge New Jersey 2-1 last night and move past the Devils into first place in the Eastern Conference... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
Mark Porter scored 27 points and had 10 assists and Durrell Vinson added 21 points and 13 boards to lead Wagner (22-7) to a 77-68 victory over Quinnipiac (15-14) last night in Staten Island, clinching... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
So much for rising to the occasion and breathing some life into this snooze of an Islander season. Coach Ted Nolan had said opportunities like yesterday's don't get much better, but there were his Islanders... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
PORT ST. LUCIE - Joe Torre agrees with Hank Steinbrenner: The fiery Joe Girardi was a good choice to manage the Yankees. "Hey, he's got a good manager," Torre said when Hank's comments about his replacement... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
HERE we are, another March, another spring, another few steps removed from the perch and the title that used to define us. It was the great Pete Axthelm who gave basketball its purest moniker: the City... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
O. Bruton Smith has used leverage, power, money and a born salesman’s bulldog drive to build drag strips, racetracks and an assortment of companies that have made him a billionaire. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:17 am
Just thinking out loud here, but is it possible that the younger generations of white men feel familiar with sports stars of African-American heritage, and this carries over to Barack Obama? Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:15 am
Buffalo acquired the Pro Bowl defensive tackle Marcus Stroud in a trade with Jacksonville in Buffalo’s most significant move to revamp its defense. Source: NYT > Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:10 am
The 25-year-old switch-hitter is making the most of the opportunity, showing up early for fielding practice. He also could see time at third.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Sitting at his locker Saturday, Delwyn Young removed the blue tape wrapped around his right leg, revealing an inch-long gash on his shin. Told that he looked like a real second baseman, Young laughed. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Phenom is expected to have an NBA future, but right now he's just having fun.
Only time will tell what will become of Renardo Sidney. With any luck, his future will be full of brightness: lined with more fame and fortune than most of us could handle or hope for. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
A loss Sunday would put Wildcats one step closer to a sub-.500 Pac-10 finish and the possible end of a 23-year streak of NCAA tournament appearances.
TUCSON -- UCLA has won six straight games against Arizona and has taken over as the muscle atop the Pacific 10 Conference after its back-to-back titles and consecutive Final Four appearances. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Again running his team like a well-played poker hand, the owner has Lakers back in the chips after three lean years and one stormy summer.
The best owner in the history of professional sports is strolling through his sprawling hilltop home when he comes upon an ornate wooden door riddled with three gaping holes. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
She listens to her coach and has fun, but that will change soon enough.
THE GRANDDAUGHTER made her athletic debut Saturday, officials still trying to determine the size of the crowd and the economic impact on Arizona. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
For many years, organizers have been trying to raise the profile of the event, but it remains a people's marathon and that's just fine.
The Los Angeles Marathon is not a high-profile race, like its counterparts in Boston, New York, Chicago, Berlin and London. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
With his father and Johnson watching, North Carolina-bound guard leads Toreadors to 65-55 win over Fairfax for City boys' title.
Magic Johnson had a courtside seat for Saturday night's City Championship Division basketball final at the Sports Arena, but the real magic was delivered by Woodland Hills Taft All-American guard Larry Drew Jr. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Accustomed to shooting more free throws than opponents, they are incredulous after Sun Devils are awarded 36 second-half attempts.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- USC had won five of its previous six Pacific 10 Conference road games by putting its opponent in a foul mood. Source: L.A. Times - Sports | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Spain's Nicolas Almagro upset favorite David Nalbandian of Argentina and Italy's top-seeded Flavia Pennetta defeated France's Alize Cornet to take the singles titles at the Mexican Open on Saturday.
A six-year, $45 million deal for Justin Smith? The 49ers are becoming the Redskins, says Don Banks, who offers his Snap Judgments on the early signings.
AP - Manu Ginobili scored 30 points and hit a 17-footer with 13.2 seconds left to give San Antonio a 96-94 victory Saturday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, the Spurs' eighth straight victory.
Free-agent linebacker Lance Briggs re-signed with the Chicago Bears, agreeing to a six-year, $36 million deal Saturday. Agent Drew Rosenhaus said Briggs will earn $21.6 in salary... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 7:15 am
AP - Tyler Hansbrough scored 25 points and No. 3 North Carolina overcame 46 points from Tyrese Rice and an 18-point second-half deficit to beat Boston College 90-80 on Saturday.
AP - Rescued from the minors earlier in the week, Brian Boucher made 24 saves in his first start of the season as the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues for a 2-0 victory Saturday night, their fifth straight win.
Saku Koivu's pre-season prediction that the Montreal Canadiens were playoff worthy doesn't seem so outrageous now. Andrei Kostitsyn's power-play goal late in the third period helped the Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 6:49 am
Jarome Iginla scored twice, giving him his third 40-goal season, and Kristian Huselius added three assists in the Calgary Flames' 3-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 6:46 am
World silver medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami of Qatar put on a late spurt in the last eight kilometres to beat Eritrea's Yared Asmeron in the Lake Biwa marathon on Sunday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 6:41 am
The Sun's blockbuster acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal has yet to pay off for Phoenix. Andre Iguodala scored 32 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Suns in Phoenix... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 6:32 am
John Wooden remained hospitalized in good condition Saturday, having undergone blood transfusions after the 97-year-old UCLA coaching great broke two bones when he fell at home. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 6:18 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Jarome Iginla scored twice, giving him his third 40- goal season, and Kristian Huselius added three assists in the Calgary Flames' 3-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 2 Mar 2008 | 6:17 am
Israel Vazquez dominated the last three rounds to outpoint Rafael Marquez in a split decision Saturday night in their third meeting. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 5:38 am
Mark Martin took Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Victory Lane by winning the Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, then immediately apologized for an accident he started in the closing laps. Source: ESPN.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 4:42 am
Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine won his first ATP title Saturday, defeating top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 7-5, 6-4 and becoming the first 'lucky loser' to capture a tournament in 17 years.
Lindsay Davenport won her 55th career singles title and fourth since giving birth to her son last summer, beating Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-2 6-1 in 60 minutes Saturday night in the Cellular South Cup final.
Britain's Luke Donald recovers from his awful second round to take a share the lead going into Sunday's final round of the Honda Classic. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:46 pm
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks is exploring how to take control of the club by acquiring all of George Gillett Jr.'s 50 percent stake. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:55 pm
Chelsea captain John Terry is confident the club have put a difficult week behind them following their Carling Cup final loss to Spurs. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:12 pm
PL Roundup: Manchester United moved to within a point of Arsenal after the Gunners drew 1-1 with visiting Aston Villa. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:51 pm
Aston Villa defender Curtis Davies will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a ruptured Achilles in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:52 pm
Elena Dementieva comes back from one set down to beat Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in an epic finale to the Dubai Championships. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 5:18 pm
AP - The New York Jets and Pro Bowl left guard Alan Faneca agreed to terms on a five-year, $40 million contract Saturday, making the former Pittsburgh player the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL.
AP - Lorena Ochoa completed a runaway victory in her first tournament of the year, closing with a 4-under 68 to leave Annika Sorenstam 11 strokes behind Sunday in the rain-slowed HSBC Women's Champions.
AP - Duke faced another deep deficit and was staring at yet another road loss, but these Blue Devils had an even bigger problem: They weren't following the instructions of their Hall of Fame coach.
AP - Manu Ginobili scored 30 points and hit a 17-footer with 13.2 seconds left to give San Antonio a 96-94 victory Saturday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, the Spurs' eighth straight victory.
AP - The San Francisco 49ers signed free-agent defensive end Justin Smith on Saturday in a move they hope will bolster their pass rush.
AP - Roy Hibbert and Jonathan Wallace scored 20 points each to lift No. 11 Georgetown to a 70-68 overtime victory over No. 21 Marquette on Saturday.
AP - Free-agent linebacker Lance Briggs re-signed with the Chicago Bears, agreeing to a six-year, $36 million deal Saturday.
AP - Tyler Hansbrough scored 25 points and No. 3 North Carolina overcame 46 points from Tyrese Rice and an 18-point second-half deficit to beat Boston College 90-80 on Saturday.
AP - Alan Voskuil scored 18 points, including six straight free throws down the stretch, and Texas Tech held off No. 5 Texas 83-80 on Saturday.
AP - Rescued from the minors earlier in the week, Brian Boucher made 24 saves in his first start of the season as the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues for a 2-0 victory Saturday night, their fifth straight win.