The Football Association have extended the deadline for Javier Mascherano to respond to his improper conduct charge until 6pm on Friday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:42 pm
Chelsea are hot on the trail of Nikola Kalinic after sporting director Frank Arnesen travelled to Croatia to check on the Hadjuk Split starlet. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:32 pm
AFP - Four National Basketball Association teams will play pre-season games next October in Europe, with dates set in London, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, the league announced Thursday.
Alex Rodriguez for the second straight day refused to address allegations leveled by Jose Canseco, who claims in his forthcoming book he introduced the three-time MVP to a steroids supplier. Source: ESPN.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:11 pm
David Beckham insists that he has no intention of walking away from England after reaching 100 appearances. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:05 pm
Tyreke Evans scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the East to a 107-102 victory over the West in the McDonald's All-American High School Basketball boys game on Wednesday night. Source: ESPN.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:58 pm
Kelvim Escobar, an 18-game winner for the Angels last season, told reporters he has a tear in his pitching shoulder and might need surgery. Source: ESPN.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:50 pm
Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that there are plenty of similarities between Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United legend George Best. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:43 pm
PL Preview: Even with all title contenders in action, attention will switch to the battle for fourth in the Merseyside derby. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
College offensive lineman Heath Benedict was found dead in his Florida home Wednesday night, apparently of natural causes, according to broadcast reports. Source: ESPN.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:33 pm
AP - Mathieu Schneider and Teemu Selanne scored for the Anaheim Ducks during a shootout and the defending Stanley Cup champions beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Wednesday night to clinch a playoff berth.
AP - The Indianapolis Colts have signed president Bill Polian to a contract extension through 2011. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:07 pm
AP - California underachieved in the eyes of its players, its athletic director and its fans. The school fired basketball coach Ben Braun on Wednesday following another disappointing season in which the Golden Bears missed the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in five years.
AP - Kevin Garnett scored 30 points, sinking the final two to an "M-V-P!" chant echoing through the new Boston Garden, and Paul Pierce had 12 of his 27 in the fourth quarter to lead the Celtics to a 117-97 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
Hashim Amla hits 159 as South Africa leave India facing an uphill struggle in the first Test in Madras. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:50 am
Four NBA teams will be playing preseason games in Europe next October as part of NBA Europe Live 2008, commissioner David Stern will announce Thursday.
The Miami Heat will face the New Jersey Nets in a pre-season game at London's O2 Arena on 12 October. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
The Slovenian Athletics Federation (AZS) upheld Thursday a two-year ban against Jolanda Ceplak, world record holder for the indoor 800 metres, after she tested positive for EPO in June... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:51 am
AFP - Fabio Capello has insisted that his bid to revive England remains on track, despite seeing his new charges comprehensively outclassed by a far from full strength France side.
Australian Libby Trickett, formerly Lenton, broke the 100-metre freestyle world record with a new time of 52.88 seconds at the national Olympic trials here on Thursday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:15 am
Libby Trickett has set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle at the Australian swim championships, finishing in 52.88 seconds. Trickett, formerly Libby Lenton and competing for the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:51 am
The Los Angeles Lakers' stunning 108-95 home defeat to the lowly Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night dropped them behind three teams in the Western Conference standings. Jason... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:48 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Eamon Sullivan reclaimed his title as the fastest man in the water by breaking the 50 meters freestyle world record at the Australian Olympic trials on Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:32 am
Western Kentucky broke racial barriers in the 1960s with its willingness to integrate the team when it was still taboo. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:28 am
Stanford can't wait to get out of town. Forget the comforts of home _ they only provided added pressure for this bunch. Now that the Cardinal have moved past the home-court hex that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:12 am
New Zealand allow five players, including skipper Daniel Vettori, to miss the start of their summer tour so they can play in the IPL. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:07 am
The NBA is coming back to Europe for another preseason tour next season. The Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets and Washington Wizards will play two games each on the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:04 am
Australian Eamon Sullivan has set the 50-meter freestyle world record again, lowering the mark to 21.41 seconds. Sullivan, competing in the semifinals of the Australian championships ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:02 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Eamon Sullivan set a world record of 21.41 seconds for the men's 50 meters freestyle at the Australian Olympic trials on Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:49 am
Michael Owen says David Beckham is good enough to add to his 100 caps and continue to play for England. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:28 am
For their first game as defending Super Bowl champions, the Giants, as expected, will kick off the NFL season in the honorary Thursday night slot. Their opponent next Sept. 4 at Giants Stadium will be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
After Christ the King lost to Molloy in the CHSAA AA girls playoffs, Jael Pena thought her high school career was over. But following the defeat, head coach Bob Mackey told his team it had practice the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
With Donnie Walsh's hiring as Knick GM seeming more and more like a fait accompli, his former Pacer players promise the 67-year-old Riverdale native is going to have a successful homecoming and rebuild... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
PHOENIX - The West Virginia Mountaineers are far different than most of Bob Huggins' teams, except in one way. They win. Huggins inherited a team of sharpshooters recruited by John Beilein, who stressed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Terrence Williams saw Louisville's season slipping away, and it was only November. Williams and the Cardinals were in Las Vegas for a tournament when he found out senior center David... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
SING no sad songs for Pat Riley, who has a 2-year-old ring on his finger, Dwyane Wade, and still, after last night's 103-96 overtime loss to the Knicks at the Garden, virtual assurance of 250 numerical... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
The coach insists he is "not in a panic mode." The fact is, though, Brent Sutter was still "Pup," a reigning Stanley Cup Islander, the last time the Devils endured this deadly a scoring drought. The buzzards... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
Hondo's winning streak screeched to a halt yes terday when the Sawx failed to kick A's in Japan, which dropped His Aitchness into the red for the first time all season with a deficit of 20 radatzes. Fit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
The Islanders have a chance to play spoiler down the stretch. Tonight, they will try to spoil the return of Sidney Crosby. Crosby, sidelined for 28 of the Penguins' past 31 games with a sprained right... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
If Villanova wasn't the last at-large team selected for the NCAA tournament, it certainly was one of the last four in the Big Dance. If Kansas wasn't the best team heading into the tournament, it certainly... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 27 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
Click here for all the big news, best moments and fans under watch from the past week of soccer. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 27 Mar 2008 | 7:57 am
Not sure if Blanco is a good bet for your MLS Fantasy Challenge team? Our previous winners give up their secrets! Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 27 Mar 2008 | 7:19 am
PHOENIX -- Easter Sunday, sunny Gardena, around noon, his belly full of breakfast, his day full of wonderful nothing, Russell Westbrook Jr. settles into his soft couch in front of his color television.
They beat the Kings, 2-1, in a shootout at the Honda Center. Hiller makes 31 saves.
Qualifying for the playoffs has felt like a formality for the Ducks, who had talked more about readying their game for the postseason even though they hadn't secured a spot.
Center returns from a nine-game injury absence to score 16 points and team with Maggette to lead a fourth-quarter surge that gives L.A. some late hope in a 97-88 loss, their ninth in a row.
SAN ANTONIO -- Every game is important now for the San Antonio Spurs, who are in a tight playoff race in the Western Conference.
The pitcher says he might face surgery that would force him to miss the season or, worse, end his career.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Pitcher Kelvim Escobar , an 18-game winner for the Angels last season, revealed Wednesday that he has a tear in his shoulder, an injury that could require season-ending surgery and, possibly, end the veteran right-hander's career.
The 84-year-old Angels special assistant to the GM was hit by a pickup truck at a gas station in Blythe.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Preston Gomez, 84, the respected and beloved special assistant to the Angels' general manager, remained in critical condition at a Palm Springs hospital Wednesday evening after being hit by a pickup truck in Blythe on Wednesday morning.
So, the Lakers can beat the Mavericks at Dallas, end the Utah Jazz's 19-game home winning streak at Salt Lake City, prevail in overtime at Golden State and can't beat the sagging, out-of-the-playoffs Charlotte Bobcats at home?
McCourt says he has been assured that state-of-the-art facilities will be ready in time for next year's camp.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers owner Frank McCourt erased months of doubt Wednesday when he promised the club's move to a new state-of-the-art spring-training complex in Arizona will take place next year as planned.
Lenny’s son Cutter Dykstra is one of the nation’s finest high school baseball prospects and a possible first-round pick in the June draft. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:15 am
After being set upon by illness, longtime announcer Bob Sheppard will again be heard sounding from the speakers at Yankee Stadium. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:14 am
Taylor Phinney, the son of Olympic medal-winning cyclists, will have his own chance to bring one home from Beijing. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:08 am
Testimony in the perjury trial of the former cyclist Tammy Thomas implicated Victor Conte Jr. as a distributor of steroids to Barry Bonds and other athletes. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:08 am
Two nights after losing in Edmonton, the Minnesota Wild was the aggressor from the start in a 3-1 victory over the visiting Oilers on Wednesday. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:07 am
Wednesday’s win aside, Isiah Thomas seems to be preparing a welcoming gift for Donnie Walsh: a high position in the draft lottery for the Knicks. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:05 am
In an effort to market the N.B.A. overseas the Nets, the Heat, the Hornets and the Wizards will be opening their preseasons in Europe. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:05 am
The Nets win was tamped down by the Hawks, who managed to stay a half-game in front for the final playoff spot in the N.B.A.’s Eastern Conference. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:05 am
Lou Williams scored 23 points and Andre Miller had a season-high 18 assists Wednesday night to help the Philadelphia 76ers rout the visiting Chicago Bulls, 121-99. Source: NYT > Sports | 27 Mar 2008 | 6:04 am
Washington State prides itself on selfless play, and no one typifies that concept more than junior guard Taylor Rochestie, writes SI.com's Andy Staples.
Fabio Capello declares himself "quite happy" after watching England suffer their first defeat with him as manager. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:52 pm
Scotland manager George Burley is happy to mark his first match in charge with a battling draw against Croatia. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:39 pm
AFP - Four National Basketball Association teams will play pre-season games next October in Europe, with dates set in London, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, the league announced Thursday.
AP - Alex Rodriguez refused to address allegations by Jose Canseco, who claims he introduced the three-time MVP to a steroids dealer.
AP - Mathieu Schneider and Teemu Selanne scored for the Anaheim Ducks during a shootout and the defending Stanley Cup champions beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Wednesday night to clinch a playoff berth.
AP - Along with countless assists, Chris Paul has given teammate David West a rather unique nickname.
AP - California underachieved in the eyes of its players, its athletic director and its fans. The school fired basketball coach Ben Braun on Wednesday following another disappointing season in which the Golden Bears missed the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in five years.
AP - Kevin Garnett scored 30 points, sinking the final two to an "M-V-P!" chant echoing through the new Boston Garden, and Paul Pierce had 12 of his 27 in the fourth quarter to lead the Celtics to a 117-97 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
AP - Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Trufant and the Seahawks have agreed to a $50.2 million, six-year contract that runs through 2013.
AFP - Fabio Capello has insisted that his bid to revive England remains on track, despite seeing his new charges comprehensively outclassed by a far from full strength France side.
AP - Former major league manager Preston Gomez was critically injured Wednesday when he was struck by a pickup truck at a gas station.