New England team manager Martin Johnson insists he is ready for the challenge of leading the national side despite having no experience in coaching. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 1:29 pm
BLUFFTON, Ohio -- A former Bluffton University baseball player who was critically injured in the team's bus crash a year ago is set to throw out the first pitch before the team takes the field. Source: ESPN.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 1:13 pm
The Indian Premier League, with its potential to transform world cricket, begins on Friday at 1530 BST. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 1:11 pm
Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown have agreed to new contracts with Manchester United. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:55 pm
AP - Let's play 2 1/2! Colorado and San Diego did just that Thursday night and into Friday morning, slogging through a 22-inning game that was the longest in the majors in nearly 15 years.
Great Britain's men are handed a tough draw alongside defending champions Australia and runners-up Holland at the Beijing Olympics. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:37 pm
AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has received a triple boost as Manchester United's title assault reaches a critical stage after Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown all pledged their long-term futures with the club.
AP - A former Bluffton University baseball player who was critically injured in the team's bus crash a year ago is set to throw out the first pitch before the team takes the field. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:35 pm
Brian Ashton will take up a new role with the National Academy, Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Francis Baron said on Friday. Ashton lost hisjob as England's head... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:26 pm
Levante may not play their La Liga game with Recreativo Huelva after its players threatened strike action. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:26 pm
Kevin Pietersen has insisted England players' interest in appearing in the Indian Premier League is not a sign of disloyalty but something "anyone in their right mind" would consider... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:48 am
Brian Ashton will take up a new job as head coach of the National Academy, according to RFU chief Francis Baron. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:37 am
Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown have agreed new contracts. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:30 am
PL Preview: Manchester United knows the league title race is far from over after Chelsea cut United's lead to two points. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:31 am
The Anaheim Ducks are reeling as they head home. And there's not much comfort in going back to Southern California. Dallas already has won both games of its Western Conference playoff ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:18 am
For the first time all week, the Cleveland Indians held onto a lead. Ryan Garko and Travis Hafner made sure it was a pretty big one. They each hit two-run homers and Fausto Carmona... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:17 am
Padres players taped up the head of a stuffed ram and placed it on the bench in the dugout. Maybe it was a good-luck charm, possibly it was just a way to keep busy. What else do you do Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
Peter Kenyon insists Avram Grant has Chelsea's full backing and will not 'jump to conclusions' concerning his future. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:13 am
Chelsea Chief Executive Peter Kenyon insisted Friday that manager Avram Grant has the club's full backing. Grant, who took over from Jose Mourinho last September, has come... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 10:06 am
Amauri's agent has confirmed that Arsenal have joined the race to sign the highly-rated striker, who looks set to quit Palermo this summer. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:46 am
Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem have been sanctioned severely after their fans invaded the pitch during the Cup final last weekend, according to press reports on Friday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
Vicente Padilla's terrific outing and a team approach helped the Texas Rangers beat a tough opponent. Padilla pitched seven innings, David Murphy had three doubles and the Rangers beat Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:29 am
KYLE Farnsworth tried to take care of the Yankees' Manny Problem last night by buzzing a first-pitch fastball behind the head of the Yankee Killer in the top of the seventh. You may not like the method,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
The Mets played on and on, with their bullpen and offense both delivering zeroes. But in the 14th inning last night at Shea Stadium, the Mets finally emerged triumphant, earning a long and crazy 3-2 victory... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
Been there, done that, with them, got the ring. The Rangers' leading scorer in these playoffs wants to put his old Devils buddies out of their misery - before they make it his, instead. "You want to do... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
FOR 82 games, NBA observers have been dribbling on themselves, riveted by the grandeur of the Western Conference's tightness and tenseness and fawning over the bunched-up top nine teams who've never won... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
NBA: Bulls, Bucks fire coaches Two NBA head coaches lost their jobs yesterday when Jim Boyland was fired in Chicago and Larry Krystkowiak got the ax in Milwaukee. The Bulls were 24-32 under Boyland, who... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
MIKE Mussina is from here on barred from The Rivalry. He can come as a spectator. He can sit in the dugout. He can wear his uniform. He just is allowed nowhere near the mound against the Red Sox, especially... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
The Yankees should give Manny Ramirez the finger. Actually, four of them, every time he steps into the batter's box. In what can only be compared to one's head feeling better when it no longer is getting... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Forget government corruption or corporate fraud. Three members of Congress want the Justice Department to investigate whether college football's Bowl Championship Series is an illegal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
Manny Ramirez not only avoided Kyle Farnsworth's 98-mph missile last night, he effortlessly dismissed the incident afterward. Though Ramirez isn't a psychic, he seemed inclined to believe the fastball... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
Get that disgusting taste out of your mouth - the taste that came from watching Isiah Thomas cluelessly slumped on the bench or Eddy Curry not getting back on defense. Or from seeing Vince Carter hoist... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand revealed Friday there were still one or two issues to sort out before he signs a new contract with the Premier League leaders. His... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:26 am
Avram Grant gave a bizarre press conference after Chelsea's win at Everton, producing a string of one word answers and long periods of silence. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:24 am
Troy Tulowitzki's RBI double with two outs in the 22nd inning scored Willy Taveras and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 in the longest game in the majors in nearly 15... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 18 Apr 2008 | 8:33 am
Michael Essien revived Chelsea's PL title chances with the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Everton on Thursday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 8:05 am
Tottenham boss Juande Ramos claims he knows which players he wants to keep but hints that Ledley King may not be at the club next season. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
Three members of Congress want the Justice Department to investigate whether the Bowl Championship Series is an illegal enterprise. Source: NYT > Sports | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:50 am
Despite all that preparation, draft-day decisions often come down to something trivial. Like a bathroom break. Source: NYT > Sports | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:50 am
Giants General Manager Jerry Reese would like to know before the draft if defensive end Michael Strahan plans to retire, but he does not expect a decision that quickly. Source: NYT > Sports | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:49 am
Representatives from Madison Square Garden and the Rangers met with gay advocacy groups and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn to address concerns about anti-gay slurs. Source: NYT > Sports | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:48 am
When the Yankees open a three-game series against the Orioles at Camden Yards on Friday, many fans will come from out of town to cheer for the visiting team. Source: NYT > Sports | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:46 am
Through each of Nelson Figueroa’s 101 pitches on Thursday night, 14 of his family members squeezed to the front of Billy Wagner’s box on the first-base side to live every moment. Source: NYT > Sports | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:44 am
Federal authorities want to know the identity of a steroid distributor that José Canseco said he introduced to Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Source: NYT > Sports | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:42 am
The Crew used teamwork to score their first goal, but D.C. United's own goal let Columbus celebrate the win Thursday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:14 am
DALLAS -- Never have the Ducks needed a defining moment to change a game or a series like the one they need now, the kind that they regularly delivered a year ago to be the last one standing.
Closer has to clean up his mess in the ninth. Anderson's three-run double is the big hit for Angels.
The Angels got the big hit from Garret Anderson, a two-out, three-run double in the third inning, a bend-but-don't break start from Jon Garland, and 1 2/3 innings of superb setup work from Justin Speier and Scot Shields.
The popular British sportsman, training and battling with his dad for years, is 44-0 as a pro going into Las Vegas bout with Bernard Hopkins.
NEWBRIDGE, Wales -- In the valleys here just north of Cardiff, unknown to the world until a recent bit of fame trickled in, two men have been conducting one of those daunting earthly experiments.
C armelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers' opening-round playoff opponents, hold the distinction of being the only team in NBA history to lose a playoff series against a team owned by Donald Sterling . . . .
AP - Larry Krystkowiak showed up at the Milwaukee Bucks' practice facility early Thursday morning, sweating through his T-shirt during a rigorous workout as Neil Young music blared in the background.
AP - Manny Ramirez hit two more homers off an ineffective Mike Mussina, leading Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox past the perturbed New York Yankees, 7-5 in a game that nearly got testy Thursday night.
Bernard Hopkins's trainer Freddie Roach says his team have developed the ideal plan to beat Joe Calzaghe. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 6:36 am
The World Snooker Championship begins on Saturday with defending champion John Higgins facing a tough opener against Matthew Stevens. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 18 Apr 2008 | 5:51 am
Miguel Tejada told the A's when he signed out of the Dominican Republic in 1993 that he was 17. But he was actually 19, meaning he is now 33, two years older than his listed age in the Astros' media guide and other baseball records. Source: ESPN.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 5:26 am
There's no playbook that could've prepared Kellen Clemens for this. The Jets quarterback was moved to tears Thursday after Pope Benedict XVI blessed and kissed his newborn daughter, Kate Elizabeth, following Benedict's two-hour Mass at Nationals Park. Source: ESPN.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:59 am
AFP - Maria Sharapova, enjoying a sparkling season so far, will test herself against an old foe in Serena Williams in the quarter-finals of the Family Circle Cup.
Wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh said Thursday it would be best if the Cincinnati Bengals and disgruntled receiver Chad Johnson parted ways. Source: ESPN.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 2:35 am
The Bulls fired interim coach Jim Boylan on Thursday, likely the first of several changes after a disappointing season. Source: ESPN.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 12:34 am
No one in the West won less than 50 games, so the first round could be wild. Marty Burns breaks down the duels and says one of the top two seeds will fall.
Serena Williams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup, but it wasn't easy. Williams beat Katarina Srebotnik 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday in a match that took more than two hours.
How bad is David Ortiz's start? He's winning the triple crown for ineptitude, but SI.com's Jon Heyman says Big Papi is staying positive despite the struggles.
AP - Let's play 2 1/2! Colorado and San Diego did just that Thursday night and into Friday morning, slogging through a 22-inning game that was the longest in the majors in nearly 15 years.
AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has received a triple boost as Manchester United's title assault reaches a critical stage after Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown all pledged their long-term futures with the club.
AP - The Anaheim Ducks are reeling as they head home. And there's not much comfort in going back to Southern California.
AP - For the first time all week, the Cleveland Indians held onto a lead. Ryan Garko and Travis Hafner made sure it was a pretty big one.
AP - The Green Bay Packers will retire Brett Favre's No. 4 during the season opener against the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 8.
AP - Larry Krystkowiak showed up at the Milwaukee Bucks' practice facility early Thursday morning, sweating through his T-shirt during a rigorous workout as Neil Young music blared in the background.
AP - Manny Ramirez hit two more homers off an ineffective Mike Mussina, leading Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox past the perturbed New York Yankees, 7-5 in a game that nearly got testy Thursday night.
AFP - Maria Sharapova, enjoying a sparkling season so far, will test herself against an old foe in Serena Williams in the quarter-finals of the Family Circle Cup.
AP - Lorena Ochoa got off to a solid start Thursday in a bid for her fourth consecutive victory and fifth in six starts this year.