Daisuke Matsuzaka stood at the edge of the Tokyo Dome dugout after Friday's workout as photographers clicked away, a national treasure coming back as a World Series champion. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:43 pm
A Serbian swimmer has been suspended for the remainder of the European swimming championships for wearing a T-shirt proclaiming "Kosovo is Serbia" at a medal ceremony. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:32 pm
AP - A co-defendant of suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick has been released from federal prison after completing a two-month sentence in the dogfighting conspiracy. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:29 pm
Lewis Hamilton is fastest in Friday practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix as David Coulthard suffers a worrying car failure. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:29 pm
Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole is sure the club can make up the five-point gap on Manchester United in the remaining eight Premier League games. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:27 pm
The Sporting News - It's starting to look a lot like the regular season. You know, players/coaches bickering with MLB about money (see: Red Sox), Rickie Weeks battling nagging injuries and our SP rankings and RP rankings returning to their normal length. Yes, we're 150 deep on starting pitchers and 90 deep on relievers. And we've even plugged in the DNP beside the names of players we're fairly certain will begin the season on the DL. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:25 pm
Manchester United's goalscoring sensation Cristiano Ronaldo wants to write his name in the Old Trafford history books. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 12:23 pm
Brian McNamee, the former personal trainer who has said he injected former New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone, fainted while driving and crashed his car head-on into a city bus, according to published reports. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
West Virginia's prowess from long range made Arizona's 24th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament another one-and-done performance. Alex Ruoff scored 21 points, Da'Sean Butler had... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 11:19 am
AP - Tony Parker scored 23 points and Tim Duncan had 22 to go with 10 rebounds Thursday night as the San Antonio Spurs ended a four-game losing streak with a 102-80 rout of the Chicago Bulls.
AP - Geoff Ogilvy left Bay Hill on a positive note last week after closing with a 66 to salvage a finish in the top 20, and he got back to his room in time to flip on the TV and watch the final hole of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
AP - Mississippi Valley State probably wishes the ball had stayed stuck behind the backboard. Freshman Kevin Love scored 20 points and dislodged the trapped ball as top-seeded UCLA cruised to 70-29 victory against the overmatched Delta Devils in the NCAA tournament on Thursday night.
Mississippi Valley State probably wishes the ball had stayed stuck behind the backboard. Freshman Kevin Love scored 20 points and dislodged the trapped ball as top-seeded UCLA cruised to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 11:15 am
AP - Ray Allen returned from a three-game injury absence and a long time on the bench in the fourth quarter to nail a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31.7 seconds left, lifting the Boston Celtics past the Dallas Mavericks 94-90 Thursday night.
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, Lamar Odom had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers ended Utah's 19-game home winning streak with a 106-95 victory over the Jazz on Thursday night.
Power conferences carried the day at the Honda Center. Marquette from the Big East and Stanford of the Pac-10 advanced in the South Region of the NCAA tournament while the Big 12's Texas... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
Michael Beasley vs. O.J. Mayo? Hardly. The expected showdown between the two super freshmen was a mere sideshow in Kansas State's upset of USC to start the NCAA tournament. Sure,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 11:02 am
AP - The Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins took direct aim at New Jersey on a night the pacesetting Devils had no defense against either challenger. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 21 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Geoff Ogilvy left Bay Hill on a positive note last week after closing with a 66 to salvage a finish in the top 20, and he got back to his room in time to flip on the TV and watch the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 10:57 am
Didier Drogba reportedly had a dressing room row with Chelsea assistant Henk ten Cate after their 4-4 draw with Spurs on Wednesday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 10:56 am
Two dozen cameramen raced for position. Four boom mikes loomed overhead. One country was back in the throes of Dice-K mania. Daisuke Matsuzaka stood at the edge of the Tokyo Dome dugout Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola has admitted he expects to return to the club "sooner or later" in a coaching or managerial capacity. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 10:20 am
Two dozen cameramen raced for position. Four boom mikes loomed overhead. One country was back in the throes of Dice-K mania. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 10:20 am
Doc Rivers played for San Antonio and has a son named Austin, so he has some ties to the Lone Star State. Now he has a Texas-sized accomplishment, too. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:56 am
The Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins took direct aim at New Jersey on a night the pacesetting Devils had no defense against either challenger. With the Devils enjoying a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:49 am
Every Friday Side Kicks are here to help. We know everything about soccer ... except for the stuff we make up. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:38 am
Nicklas Bendtner admits Arsenal "cannot allow any more points to be dropped now" if they want to be crowned Premier League champions. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:35 am
Ted Purdy's looking for his old form in an unfamiliar place. After earning more than $5 million from 2004-2006, a stretch that included his lone PGA Tour win at the Byron Nelson in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:29 am
Belmont came tantalizingly close to stunning second-seeded Duke, carving out a place in N.C.A.A. tournament history as “the team that almost did it.” Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
The Bulldogs led by as many as 11 points in the second half, but a 12-0 run flipped the game and led to the Musketeers surviving a physical first-round test. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
O.J. Mayo and Michael Beasley showed why they are among the best freshmen in the country, but Beasley had more help in a 80 — 67 Kansas State victory. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
The U.S. caught a break in Music City, playing the one opponent not too likely to draw hordes of horn-honking, bell-ringing fans as the Olympic soccer team tries to earn a spot in Beijing this summer. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
Freddy Adu's double earned the U.S. Under-23 team an Olympic berth by beating Canada 3-0 in CONCACAF qualifying. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 8:49 am
Rafael Benitez has accused Sir Alex Ferguson of attempting to manipulate referee Steve Bennett ahead of Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Mar 2008 | 8:21 am
England coach Fabio Capello will order his players to respect referees after Chelsea's bust-up at Spurs. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 21 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
MIAMI - If you observed Tiger Woods' face and body language and listened to the tone of his voice following yesterday's opening round of the WGC-CA Championship at Doral you would have thought he'd just... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
This game is precisely the sort the Devils must win if they're hoping to claim the Eastern Conference title. Failure would be another calamity. Still rocked by losing their sixth of six (0-3-3) this season... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
CONTRARY to reports pertaining to the prospective hiring of Kiki Vandeweghe, no matter who replaces Isiah Thomas as Knicks president, there is no way, not a fleck of a fragment of a dust particle, he will... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
PORT ST. LUCIE - Don't be fooled by the big-market status or the NL's richest payroll. The Mets are just as willing as the Pirates and Royals of the world to work baseball's nooks and crannies for pitching... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Chris Lofton corralled a loose ball, streaked down the wing and zinged a crosscourt pass that led to a rim-shaking, reverse dunk. Tennessee's star guard was in full flight yesterday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
Knicks owner James Dolan made a rare visit to the team's practice facility yesterday to partake in team pictures. In his talk with Thomas, Dolan must have said something to the lame-duck coach/president... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
One of the goals of the new Knick administration likely will be to get under the salary cap after 2009-2010 to have a crack at LeBron James. And the only way that would be possible is if they can deal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
Danny Green Sr. talked of a perfect ending to this season. He would be sitting in the stands at the Alamodome on April 7, watching his son, Danny Jr., play for North Carolina in the national championship... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
The Mets' road to the 2000 World Series started with two games in Japan against the Cubs. The Red Sox will open in the same place as those Mets, but hope to go one step further for the second straight... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
GRID: Steelers release Wilson The Steelers have released veteran wide receiver Cedrick Wilson, who was charged yesterday with assaulting his former girlfriend. "We're extremely disappointed with this incident,"... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
Struggling setup man says things will be fine once he starts throwing strikes.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Scot Shields is perfect in one respect this spring. In three exhibition games, two big league and one minor league, he walked his first batter on four pitches.
A broken bone in his right hand likely will leave him sidelined when the season begins. No timetable for return is known.
Nomar Garciaparra is doubtful for opening day with a broken bone in his right hand, Manager Joe Torre said Thursday, leaving the Dodgers searching for a starting third baseman.
Bruins hold Mississippi Valley State to 19.7% shooting and Mbah a Moute gets to rest in the tournament opener.
Josh Shipp wasn't apparent, Darren Collison didn't score in the first half, Kevin Love played with intelligent caution and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute didn't play at all, not that it mattered on this first night of the 2008 tournament basketball for UCLA.
England look set to remain unchanged for the decisive third Test against New Zealand despite injury scares for Paul Collingwood and James Anderson. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:57 am
Joba Chamberlain relied on overpowering fastballs and nasty sliders in an exhibition game on Thursday to give the Yankees a pleasant reminder of what he can do. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:40 am
The best seats in the new Yankee stadium will start at $500 each and the tip-top ones — the $2,500, front-row seats — are sold out. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:40 am
John Patterson surprisingly was cut by the Washington Nationals on Thursday, a little more than a week before the season begins. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:39 am
The wind shifted, the Blue Monster was defenseless and a party broke out during the first round of the W.G.C.-CA Championship at the Doral Resort & Spa on Thursday. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:35 am
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic survived an erratic first set to beat Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 6-2 in the Pacific Life Open quarterfinals on Thursday. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:27 am
Hockey has a loyal fan base within New York’s gay community, but several fans describe the atmosphere during Rangers games as homophobic. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:26 am
arey Price made 34 saves to lift Montreal to a victory against the Boston Bruins and push the Canadiens back into first place in the Eastern Conference. Source: NYT > Sports | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:25 am
The State Department is advising Americans planning to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing to take care and be mindful that they could be under surveillance. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 6:15 am
Defending champion Rafael Nadal beat James Blake on Thursday night for the first time in their four meetings to move into the Pacific Life Open semifinals.
Duke breathed a sigh of relief when Justin Hare's game-winning heave clanked off the rim. Belmont was angry it let the game slip away. Such is the life for a Duke program that is no longer feared by 15-seeds, writes Dana O'Neil. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 5:27 am
When Michael Beasley got in first-half foul trouble, Bill Walker picked up the slack. And in the second half, it was all Beasley as Kansas State beat Southern California, writes Tim Griffin. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 4:52 am
Forbes opened training with Roger Mayweather to get ready for the fight with De La Hoya on March 2. He took Thursday"s turn of events in stride. Source: ESPN.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 4:20 am
WTA head Larry Scott said Thursday that he strongly disagrees with comments
made by Richard Williams, father of Serena and Venus, regarding racism on the women's tour.
Tiger Woods's round of 67 leaves him two off the lead as he bids to win an eighth straight tournament. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 20 Mar 2008 | 10:07 pm
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti is still fuming after the Rossoneri dropped vital points Wednesday in Genoa. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:13 pm
AFP - Spain's Rafael Nadal kept his Pacific Life Open title defense on track Thursday with a quarter-final victory over American James Blake.
AP - West Virginia's prowess from long range made Arizona's 24th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament another one-and-done performance.
AP - Tony Parker scored 23 points and Tim Duncan had 22 to go with 10 rebounds Thursday night as the San Antonio Spurs ended a four-game losing streak with a 102-80 rout of the Chicago Bulls.
AP - Geoff Ogilvy left Bay Hill on a positive note last week after closing with a 66 to salvage a finish in the top 20, and he got back to his room in time to flip on the TV and watch the final hole of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
AP - Mississippi Valley State probably wishes the ball had stayed stuck behind the backboard. Freshman Kevin Love scored 20 points and dislodged the trapped ball as top-seeded UCLA cruised to 70-29 victory against the overmatched Delta Devils in the NCAA tournament on Thursday night.
AP - Ray Allen returned from a three-game injury absence and a long time on the bench in the fourth quarter to nail a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31.7 seconds left, lifting the Boston Celtics past the Dallas Mavericks 94-90 Thursday night.
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, Lamar Odom had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers ended Utah's 19-game home winning streak with a 106-95 victory over the Jazz on Thursday night.