The Scottish Premier League will extend the season until 22 May if Rangers reach the Uefa Cup final. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:22 pm
AFP - Marat Safin's latest bid to reignite his colourful, rollercoaster career enjoyed a boost with a 6-3, 6-2 Monte Carlo Masters first round victory over Belgium's Xavier Malisse on Tuesday.
Yankees’ general manager Brian Cashman said that despite Hank Steinbrenner’s insistence that Joba Chamberlain be moved to the starting rotation, the team will stick to its plan. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:59 am
Court documents allege that a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting extorted hush money from suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones. Source: ESPN.com | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:48 am
Arsenal skipper William Gallas has pleaded with his teammates to stay and help the Gunners to glory next season. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:43 am
Didier Drogba says Chelsea has nothing to be scared of ahead of their Champions League showdown with Liverpool. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:26 am
French swimmer Laure Manaudou pulled out of the women's 200 metres freestyle at the national championships Tuesday, meaning she will not qualify for the event at the 2008 Olympic Games. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
Referee Iain Brines admits he should not have disallowed what would have been a late Aberdeen equaliser at Celtic. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:16 am
Marat Safin's latest bid to reignite his colourful, rollercoaster career enjoyed a boost with a 6-3, 6-2 Monte Carlo Masters first round victory over Belgium's Xavier Malisse on Tuesday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:12 am
Manchester United head into their Barcelona showdown with Cristiano Ronaldo warning that they still have to earn the plaudits that have been showered on them this season. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
Carey Price got his second shutout and Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night in the deciding game of their first-round playoff... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:44 am
Michael Carrick believes Manchester United are in a better position to reach the Champions League final than they were 12 months ago. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:43 am
AP - Carey Price got his second shutout and Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night in the deciding game of their first-round playoff series.
Catalans Dragons coach Mick Potter will succeed Daniel Anderson at the helm of St Helens at the end of the season. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:39 am
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is confident his side can end Chelsea's Champions League dreams for a third time. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:25 am
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez admits his team believe star striker Fernando Torres will always get them out of trouble when they need it most. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:25 am
Australian golfing legend Greg Norman is bracing himself for a bout of nerves as he prepares for a rare appearance on the professional tour at this week's BMW Asian Open. The Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:25 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sumo wrestlers who fancy themselves as nightclubbers or footballers face a backlash from traditionalists in the roly-poly sport. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:24 am
Flamengo coach Joel Santana is set to fly to the rescue of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa following the departure of his Brazilian compatriot Carlos Alberto Parriera. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:23 am
Cash-strapped Japanese Formula One team Super Aguri looks set to take part in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, narrowly avoiding collapse for now, a team official said Tuesday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:13 am
Chase Utley used his bat and glove to help the Phillies win, while Micah Owings of Arizona and Mark Hendrickson of Florida pitched and hit their teams to victory. Utley homered for the Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:12 am
AP - Chase Utley used his bat and glove to help the Phillies win, while Micah Owings of Arizona and Mark Hendrickson of Florida pitched and hit their teams to victory.
Cristiano Ronaldo says the quality of the current double-chasing Manchester United side can only be gauged at the end of the season. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:06 am
Valencia said Tuesday their Dutch coach Ronald Koeman is quitting his post after a series of poor results that have left the club hovering above the relegation zone. Koeman... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:15 am
Tension mounts ahead of Liverpool's crunch Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea at Anfield. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:10 am
AFP - Liverpool's Jamie Carragher believes Chelsea will be desperate for revenge when battle commences at Anfield on Tuesday in the Champions League semi-finals.
Last week, he wouldn't shake Sean Avery's hand. Now Martin Brodeur won't even say his name. Surprisingly, Brodeur yesterday said he's turning down the chance to play for Team Canada in the World Championship... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
(Third in a series) Each day leading up to the draft, The Post will take a position-by-position look at the top players. Today: Wide Receivers. We're probably in the minority here. Certainly the NFL doesn't... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
One well-connected player agent recently spoke with three teams heading into this weekend's NFL Draft. All three compiled a mock draft to get a better feel for who might go where and all three had the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
One Knicks coaching candidate officially was scratched from the list and another marched into Donnie Walsh's office at the team's Westchester campus and took his best swing. Assistant coach Herb Williams... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
Jockeys Edgar Prado and Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela, trainer Carl Nafzger, and three great thoroughbreds - Manila, Inside Information and Ancient Title - have been elected to the National Museum of Racing's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
Chase Utley homered for the fifth straight game, Jason Werth hit an inside-the-park home run and the visiting Phillies rallied for a 9-5 win over Colorado last night. Utley hit his major league-leading... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
Among the various compelling scenarios the Jets could face when their No. 6 overall pick arrives in Saturday afternoon's NFL Draft is this: Matt Ryan, regarded as the best quarterback available in this... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
Alex Ovechkin truly was "Alexander the Great" with the Capitals' season on the line. Held without a goal for four straight games, Ovechkin scored twice in the third period to lift Washington to a 4-2... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
LOS ANGELES- Kobe Bryant made clear yesterday what's been, at the very least, a bit ambiguous for nearly a year: He wants to stay with the Lakers and is open to finishing his career with them. "Absolutely,"... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
Senior figures from prospective new Liverpool owners Dubai International Capital will attend Tuesday's Champions League clash with Chelsea. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:14 am
Brazilian Joel Santana claims he will replace his compatriot Carlos Alberto Parriera as South Africa coach. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:57 am
Briton Robert Dee, dubbed the worst tennis player in the world, finally wins a match at the 55th attempt and after three years of trying. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:31 am
SOUTHPOINTE, Pa., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:25 am
U.S. Golf Assn., which usually favors narrow fairways, adds to the width of four at Torrey Pines.
We all know how U.S. Open courses are set up . . . fairways so narrow you get claustrophobia. Readjust your thinking. At Torrey Pines, the U.S. Golf Assn. has tweaked six fairways for the Open in June and actually widened four of them.
The L.A. Dodgers' worst trade ever? For many fans, and one Hall of Fame baseball writer, the choice is clear: Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields in 1993.
The worst trade in the 50 years that the Dodgers have been in Los Angeles?
Only 14-25 at Fenway Park since 2000, they return with a stronger lineup to the place where they twice lost feebly en route to being swept in last year's playoff series.
Torii Hunter was still a Minnesota Twin at the time, but even he was struck by the spate of injuries that ravaged the Angels last October against the Boston Red Sox in their American League division series.
Star guard explains reasons behind his trade demand and general discontent last year, and his current happiness with state of the franchise.
The Lakers aren't even in the Rocky Mountains yet, but they're already on a high, having comfortably won the opener of their first-round playoff series with the Denver Nuggets.
Team has 15 hits, including home runs by Furcal and Garciaparra, in a 9-3 victory over Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI -- The signs of desperation were everywhere, from the order of the names on the lineup card to the picture of a garden gnome posted on the back of one of the dugout benches. Russell Martin took early batting practice, and Manager Joe Torre told his team behind closed doors to consider its game Monday the start of a new season.
Even without the distraction of their highway problems, Nuggets would be hard-pressed to find an effective defensive strategy against Bryant, Gasol and the multifaceted Lakers.
Happily, little fazes the Denver Nuggets, whose Smoking Bus incident en route to Staples Center wasn't even their worst roadside mishap in the last week.
Angels outfielder made headlines in 1978 when he offered to forfeit salary after a slow April at the plate. Today it is all but forgotten, overshadowed by his tragic shooting death five months later.
Thirty years ago this month, Lyman Bostock made a move so outrageous and uncharacteristic for a professional athlete that, had the Angels outfielder not been fatally shot five months later, baseball fans might still talk about it.
Yellowfin catches at sea include 300-pounders. Trout seekers head for the Eastern Sierra.
The spotlight may be on Saturday's Eastern Sierra trout opener, but when somebody catches a 300-pound tuna it warrants a photo and headline, so pardon the saltwater interruption.
Luca Toni fired Bayern Munich to glory in the German Cup. Click here for this and more in our European gallery! Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:56 am
Five-time Bundesliga champion Borussia Moenchengladbach will play friendly matches against American sides FC Dallas and the Colorado Rapids in July, the highlights of a 10-day preseason training camp in the United States. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:51 am
The coach of Chelsea, the Israeli Avram Grant, has been bombarded by many more than the four questions of Passover the past week from the news media. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:26 am
I take good fortune at the beginning of a fishing trip as a signal of impending disaster. Thus, when I hooked into a bruising brown trout within 10 minutes of wading, I was worried. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:17 am
The Knicks’ pool of prospective coaches became a little thinner Monday, when the Milwaukee Bucks hired Scott Skiles to fill their vacancy. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:14 am
For the Liberty and Coach Pat Coyle, a Rutgers women’s basketball alumna, adding Essence Carson is an opportunity for the team to improve on last year’s 16-18 record. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:13 am
LeBron James scored 30 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers played their best game in months, beating the visiting Washington Wizards, 116-86, on Monday night to take a 2-0 series lead. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:12 am
Clay Buchholz pitched six shutout innings, David Ortiz continued his surge with two doubles and three runs batted in and Julio Lugo went 4 for 4 in the Red Sox’ victory. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:11 am
After signing a two-year free agent contract worth $36.2 million with the Dodgers in the off-season, Andruw Jones is batting .169 and has one home run through 18 games. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:10 am
The Trinity College Bantams could become the first college baseball team to finish its regular season and conference tournament having won every game. Source: NYT > Sports | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:07 am
Reuters - LeBron James scored 30 points, made 12
assists and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Cleveland
Cavaliers to a 116-86 victory over the Washington Wizards and a
2-0 lead in the NBA playoffs on Monday.
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili won the Sixth Man Award, given to the best player in a reserve role, on Monday. Source: ESPN.com | 22 Apr 2008 | 5:17 am
AP - Arizona State assistant Mark Phelps was hired as Drake's men's basketball coach Monday, replacing Keno Davis. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 22 Apr 2008 | 4:32 am
AP - Adam "Pacman" Jones paid "extortion" money to a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting that left a club employee paralyzed, police said.
AP - Maybe Gilbert Arenas was talking about some other Cavaliers. The Cleveland team he and the Washington Wizards faced Monday night doesn't look so beatable.
Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner has never been one to mince words. When it comes to where pitcher Joba Chamberlain should be -- the bullpen or the starting rotation -- the younger Steinbrenner's expectations are crystal clear. Source: ESPN.com | 22 Apr 2008 | 2:23 am
Man United's Carlos Tevez warned his teammates Lionel Messi could wreck their Champions League hopes. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:46 pm
AFP - Marat Safin's latest bid to reignite his colourful, rollercoaster career enjoyed a boost with a 6-3, 6-2 Monte Carlo Masters first round victory over Belgium's Xavier Malisse on Tuesday.
AP - Carey Price got his second shutout and Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night in the deciding game of their first-round playoff series.
AP - Tracy McGrady disappeared again in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz took a commanding lead in their playoff series with the Houston Rockets.
AP - Chase Utley used his bat and glove to help the Phillies win, while Micah Owings of Arizona and Mark Hendrickson of Florida pitched and hit their teams to victory.
AFP - Liverpool's Jamie Carragher believes Chelsea will be desperate for revenge when battle commences at Anfield on Tuesday in the Champions League semi-finals.
Reuters - LeBron James scored 30 points, made 12
assists and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Cleveland
Cavaliers to a 116-86 victory over the Washington Wizards and a
2-0 lead in the NBA playoffs on Monday.
AP - Adam "Pacman" Jones paid "extortion" money to a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting that left a club employee paralyzed, police said.
AP - Maybe Gilbert Arenas was talking about some other Cavaliers. The Cleveland team he and the Washington Wizards faced Monday night doesn't look so beatable.
AP - Alex Ovechkin truly was "Alexander the Great" with the Washington Capitals' season on the line.