Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admits Chelsea 'holds the key' to the Premier League title race. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
Despite superb form for Liverpool, Fernando Torres is in danger of missing Wednesday's friendly against Italy. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:16 pm
AP - The opening game of the 2008 Major League baseball schedule is taking place this morning, U.S. time, as Boston faces Oakland at the Tokyo Dome. It's the earliest start ever for a major league season.
World Cup finalists Italy and France each have a tough friendly match Wednesday in the latest stage of their preparations for this year's European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
Poland faces the USA in a friendly on Wednesday, but their coach has his sights on Euro 2008 opponents Germany. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:36 am
Australian Stephanie Rice broke the 200 metre individual medley world record with a new time of two minutes 8.92 seconds at the national Olympic trials here on Tuesday. Rice... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:53 am
Breakfast and baseball is the order of the day for Boston Red Sox fans. The 13-hour time difference meant a 6 a.m. start to the team's regular-season opener against the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:49 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian teenager Stephanie Rice broke her second world record in three days at the national Olympic trials on Tuesday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:47 am
TRECKER: MLS begins season XIII this Saturday. Many doubted it would get this far, but the future looks promising. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
Mathieu Flamini has insisted that Arsenal will keep on fighting for the title until the last day of the Premier League season. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:16 am
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted he is interested in signing Lyon's France international left winger Hatem Ben Arfa. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:16 am
Thirteen-year-old diving sensation Tom Daley says he is not expecting a medal at the Beijing Olympics this summer. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:10 am
Southampton club captain Claus Lundekvam is to retire from professional football because of a long-standing ankle injury. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:07 am
Stephanie Rice has broken the women's 200-meter individual medley world record at Australia's Olympic swimming trials, clocking 2 minutes 8.92 seconds. It was Rice's second world... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:54 am
According to the state-run media, anti-Chinese government protests that marred the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony simply didn't happen. State-controlled Chinese media did not mention... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:48 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Stephanie Rice set a world record of two minutes 08.92 seconds for the women's 200 meters individual medley at the Australian Olympic trials on Tuesday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:47 am
AP - Even someone like former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy can acknowledge being a bit mesmerized by seeing Tiger Woods win tournament after tournament after tournament. "It's quite fun to watch," Ogilvy said.
Scotland boss George Burley is looking for a good performance against Croatia as preparation for World Cup qualifying in September. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:40 am
AP - Calgary coach Mike Keenan figured a chance to leapfrog Minnesota for first place in the Northwest Division was all the motivation the Flames needed.
John Arne Riise has defended Liverpool teammate Javier Mascherano following his controversial sending-off in the defeat at Manchester United. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:32 am
The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors got an exciting taste of how competitive their potential playoff matchup might be. Lamar Odom made the go-ahead layup with 9.1 seconds... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
AP - Dirk Nowitzki came out of the locker room wearing a blue practice jersey and gray sweat pants, then headed downstairs to the Dallas Mavericks practice court. He slapped hands with Jason Kidd's son and joked with a few other folks nearby.
After coming up just short of a gold medal in the 1,500-meter run while representing Kenya in 2004, Bernard Lagat is a favorite to win the event for the United States. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:21 am
First baseman Sean Casey's stiff neck improved enough for the Boston Red Sox to activate him for the first two games of the season against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:19 am
George Washington's frantic comeback finish proved to be only a warmup for one of the greatest performances in NCAA tournament history. Candice Wiggins did what she's done so often in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:07 am
AP - George Washington's frantic comeback finish proved to be only a warmup for one of the greatest performances in NCAA tournament history. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:07 am
If the Vanderbilt Commodores grow fatigued from their busy travel itinerary this week, it's unlikely coach Melanie Balcomb will let it show on the court. Christina Wirth scored 21... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:57 am
LSU's eight seniors have played their last game on their home court, but won't be far away when they seek to earn yet another trip to the Final Four. Sylvia Fowles had 19 points and 13 Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:53 am
ATLANTA, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- beRecruited.com, the nation's largest free online network for high school athletes seeking recruitment from college coaches,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:29 am
CBS College Sports Network analyst Pete Gillen, who coached Xavier to a Sweet 16 in 1990 and Providence to an Elite Eight in 1997, breaks down the NCAA Tournament exclusively for The Post today. As told... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
Mark Jackson found himself in the middle of the Donnie Walsh storm yesterday at the Garden. The former Knick, who played under Walsh at Indiana, has been mentioned as a potential candidate as either coach... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
NOTHING puts more smiles on fans' faces than Shaquille O'Neal, arms churning, motoring back on defense after downing a free throw - something that frequently happened Saturday night against the Rockets... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
The Islanders locker room was littered with Bridgeport Sound Tigers equipment last night, as so many current members of the team spent much of the season with its AHL affiliate. Yet, it wasn't evident... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
MIAMI - Tiger Woods looked at his caddie, Steve Williams, and flashed a wary smile that had resignation written all over it. It had been some seven months since Woods failed to win a tournament he entered... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
Hondo's back in business - rested and ready for another seven months of overall handicapping ex cellence. What does he base that on, you might ask. Well, having finished last season in the black with a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
TAMPA - Beyond being the best player in the game, is a huge baseball fan and has a feel for those players who will have success. He looks across the diamond at Jason Giambi and this is what he sees: ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
There have been four straight games without Patrik Elias. Fortunately for the Devils, it doesn't look as if there'll be a fifth. Elias, the Devils' finest offensive player, hasn't played since March 13,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
David Beckham says new manager Fabio Capello has changed the culture in the England squad with players now picked on form rather than reputation. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:39 am
Real Madrid fell to Valencia to allow Barcelona to cut into their La Liga lead. Click here for this and more in our European gallery! Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:10 am
The Red Foxes had their chances at an upset, but in the end they could not keep up with a bigger, more talented and equally determined team. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:06 am
Athletics GM, often said to be a step ahead, has remade his roster yet again, acquiring nearly a dozen prospects for some of his top veterans. He insists it's about talent, not money.
Beckham practices with England's national team in anticipation of perhaps playing in his 100th match with the club. 'It would be one of the biggest honors that I've ever had in my career,' he says.
LONDON -- That paragon of jet-lag defiance David Beckham turned up Monday morning hatless in a dogged snowfall, beamed like all California, chatted with his teammates on the English national soccer team at a North London practice field and yanked his foot up to his butt to stretch.
I called football Coach Rick Neuheisel to see how far he has UCLA going in his bracket, and when he stopped laughing, he said, "I don't even swim in pools anymore."
USC begins spring practice today with the first of 15 workouts that will conclude April 19 with the annual Trojan Huddle scrimmage at the Coliseum. The Trojans return only four starters on offense, seven on defense. Times staff writer Gary Klein takes a look at five questions facing the Trojans:
Coach Ben Howland spends 75 minutes at practice supervising the junior forward, who went scoreless Saturday. Howland says they expect a quick pace from Western Kentucky.
After taking Easter Sunday off, UCLA Coach Ben Howland had a busy Monday.
An unimaginable horse racing victory got that much better because of a horse's name, even if Kentucky Derby fans are left to wonder what might have been.
Freshmen such as Beasley, Gordon, USC's Mayo and UCLA's Love got lots of hype this season, but veteran players and teams are having their way in the postseason.
On the eve of the NCAA tournament, Tim Floyd surveyed the college basketball landscape and said, "If we're going to look back on this year, we're going to say it was the year of the freshmen."
Geoff Ogilvy won the WGC-CA Championship Monday after a rain delay by posting nine consecutive pars to finish at 17-under and edge Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:25 am
Bill Guerin had a goal and an assist in the second period for the Islanders, who ended a five-game losing streak at home with a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:24 am
Donnie Walsh severed ties with the Indiana Pacers on Monday, making him the leading candidate to run the Knicks — assuming the job is open and that Walsh is sufficiently intrigued. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:20 am
Chauncey Billups scored 9 of his 32 points in overtime Monday night to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Phoenix Suns. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:18 am
The 18-hour flight that brought the Boston Red Sox to Tokyo claimed one victim when Sean Casey developed a stiff neck that is expected to keep him out of the first two games of the season against the Oakland Athletics. Source: ESPN.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:16 am
Pittsburgh had just scored its biggest victory in women’s basketball and guard Shavonte Zellous leaped on the back of her teammate Marcedes Walker at midcourt. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:14 am
Both of the current candidates to be the Mets’ fifth starter imploded on Sunday, but the team firmly rejects the idea of going into the season with a four-man rotation. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:11 am
It generally seems that a starting pitcher need only be able to lift his arm above his shoulder to get at least a three-year contract for $7 million a year. Not this year. Source: NYT > Sports | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:09 am
The Indiana Pacers announced Monday that Donnie Walsh, the team's CEO and president of basketball operations, is leaving the organization. Source: ESPN.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:06 am
Making three appearance in four days was apparently enough for Cubs manager Lou Piniella to name former starter Kerry Wood as Chicago's closer for the 2008 season. Source: ESPN.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 4:58 am
Monty Panesar and Stuart Broad share five wickets as England close on a series victory over New Zealand on day four in Napier. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 4:34 am
Chad Johnson skipped the start of the Bengals' offseason workouts Monday, the latest move to show he's unhappy with how he's perceived in Cincinnati. Source: ESPN.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 2:04 am
Reuters - The San Francisco 49ers were hit with
2008 NFL Draft punishments for violating the league's
anti-tampering policy in pursuing Chicago Bears linebacker
Lance Briggs last season, the NFL said on Monday.
AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka has traveled the globe pitching in big games the Olympics, the World Baseball Classic, the World Series. He's won many of them without blinking in the glare of the spotlight.
AP - Donnie Walsh answered one question: Yes, he's leaving the Indiana Pacers at the end of the season.
AP - The opening game of the 2008 Major League baseball schedule is taking place this morning, U.S. time, as Boston faces Oakland at the Tokyo Dome. It's the earliest start ever for a major league season.
AP - Even someone like former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy can acknowledge being a bit mesmerized by seeing Tiger Woods win tournament after tournament after tournament. "It's quite fun to watch," Ogilvy said.
AP - Calgary coach Mike Keenan figured a chance to leapfrog Minnesota for first place in the Northwest Division was all the motivation the Flames needed.
AP - Dirk Nowitzki came out of the locker room wearing a blue practice jersey and gray sweat pants, then headed downstairs to the Dallas Mavericks practice court. He slapped hands with Jason Kidd's son and joked with a few other folks nearby.
AP - Chauncey Billups scored nine of his 32 points in overtime, helping the Detroit Pistons beat the Phoenix Suns 110-105 Monday night.
Reuters - The San Francisco 49ers were hit with
2008 NFL Draft punishments for violating the league's
anti-tampering policy in pursuing Chicago Bears linebacker
Lance Briggs last season, the NFL said on Monday.
AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka has traveled the globe pitching in big games the Olympics, the World Baseball Classic, the World Series. He's won many of them without blinking in the glare of the spotlight.
AP - Joe Nathan is staying with the Minnesota Twins rather than following Johan Santana, Torii Hunter and Carlos Silva out of town.