Russia coach Guus Hiddink has a history of success at the World Cup. His only trip to the European Championship was one to forget. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 11 May 2008 | 1:24 pm
Goals from veteran pair Nicky Barmby and Dean Windass put Hull within sight of the Championship play-off final. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 11 May 2008 | 1:15 pm
Former USC basketball player O.J. Mayo, a projected lottery pick in this year's NBA draft, received thousands of dollars in cash, clothes and other benefits that appear to violate NCAA rules, a four-month ESPN Outside the Lines investigation has revealed. Source: ESPN.com | 11 May 2008 | 1:05 pm
Manchester United and Chelsea battle for the Premier League title as Birmingham, Reading and Fulham fight against relegation. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 11 May 2008 | 12:59 pm
Spanish clay-court king Rafael Nadal, the favourite for the Hamburg Masters Series which starts here on Monday, admitted on Sunday he takes some solace being second behind Swiss master... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 12:32 pm
AFP - Spanish clay-court king Rafael Nadal, the favourite for the Hamburg Masters Series which starts here on Monday, admitted on Sunday he takes some solace being second behind Swiss master Roger Federer.
The English Premier League's global expansion plans have not been scrapped, chief executive Richard Scudamore insisted Sunday. Proposals for an extra round of matches to be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 12:05 pm
Montclair's Lisa and Miki Barber are twins in the truest sense. They share the same build, the same home, at one point the same car - and the same gift, as the two fastest sisters on the planet. They have... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 11:46 am
AP - With a new ballpark finally on the horizon, the Florida Marlins are beginning to loosen their purse strings. Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez has agreed to the framework of a $70 million, six-year contract to remain with the Marlins, a person familiar with the negotiations said Saturday.
AP - The Detroit Red Wings kept rolling without their hottest player. Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg scored first-period goals to help make up for the loss of Johan Franzen and Detroit held on for a 2-1 win Saturday night over the Dallas Stars and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
SOMETIMES baseball fantasies just don't work out the way you plan. Like Shaun Alexander this past football season, some players have done enough in the past to give them name recognition and have enough... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 11:35 am
AP - Paul Goydos would love to say he saw this coming, but he's too honest. He had never broken 70 in nine previous appearances at The Players Championship, yet a 2-under 70 on Saturday made him the only player to break par all three days on the TPC Sawgrass and gave him a one-shot lead over Kenny Perry.
AP - The crowd booed him. He called his car pathetic. His crew missed a lug nut, and he couldn't stay off Darlington Raceway's wall. Despite it all, Kyle Busch found Victory Lane once again.
AP - Greg Maddux reached another milestone in his long, brilliant career. It might have meant more to a catcher making his big league debut than it did to the pitcher with Hall of Fame credentials.
Richard Hamilton scored 32 points and Hedo Turkoglu missed a layup with time running out as the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 90-89 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 11:31 am
AP - Richard Hamilton scored 32 points and Hedo Turkoglu missed a layup with time running out as the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 90-89 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
PL Preview: The most thrilling title race in nine years comes down to the final day of the campaign on Sunday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 11 May 2008 | 11:28 am
Scottish Premier League leaders Celtic take on Hibernian, who are still chasing a Uefa Cup place. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 11 May 2008 | 11:18 am
Kyle Busch won the battle of attrition Saturday night as NASCAR's least popular driver overcame a pit-road penalty and several scrapes with the wall to win at Darlington Raceway.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa leads in the Turkish Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton pushing hard from second. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 11 May 2008 | 11:03 am
Juan Pablo Angel scored his first goal of the Major League Soccer season Saturday to deliver a 2-1 victory for the New York Red Bulls over David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 11:03 am
AFP - Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has rejected taunts from Chelsea's Michael Ballack that Sir Alex Ferguson's squad are experiencing the 'longest week of their lives' ahead of Sunday's Premier League decider against Wigan.
Bundesliga Roundup: Werder Bremen thrashed Hannover 6-1 while Duisburg and Hansa Rostock were relegated. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 11 May 2008 | 9:54 am
Danica Patrick put a frighting incident in which she hit a crewman from another team with her car in pit lane behind her to qualify on the second row of the grid for the Indianapolis 500 on Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:52 am
Yorkshire seamer Matthew Hoggard has been recalled by England for this week's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's. Hoggard, who was dropped for the final two Tests of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:43 am
Young British Formula One star Lewis Hamilton was smiling again Sunday morning as he looked ahead to the Turkish Grand Prix with unexpected optimism. The 23-year-old... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:23 am
MLS Roundup: David Beckham picked up his first MLS yellow card as the Galaxy lost 2-1 to the Red Bulls at home. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 11 May 2008 | 9:14 am
During this offseason, Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride made sure to call Jeremy Shockey to assure the absent tight end he's wanted and needed. Shockey's response was not made public. "It wouldn't... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Stephon Marbury phoned Mike D'Antoni yesterday to welcome him to the Knicks. Marbury is hoping his second stint with D'Antoni lasts longer than the first. "We went with experience," Marbury told The Post... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Head of his classSt. John's legend leaves bobbling treasureWhen St. John's basketball legend Alan Seiden passed away last week, the former All-American left behind a spectacular sports bobblehead/figurine... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Manager Willie Randolph said he saw it coming. He saw it in outs, hard-hit outs. So, he anticipated it for more than a week. Carlos Delgado said thanks, but he felt it coming for even longer. So neither... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Lincecum showed he might be stall-worthy for the Hondo stable as he shut down the Phillies yes terday to raise Mr. Aitch's profits to 135 lockmans. Keep up the good work, son. Today, he'll do launch in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Mike Pelfrey was actually better than Johan Santana yesterday - too bad life isn't fair. Hours after Santana earned his first Shea Stadium victory as a Met with a mediocre but acceptable performance,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Kenny Phillips is sure he can handle what is required of him as a first-round draft pick of the Giants. He knows he must purchase doughnuts for the veterans during the season. "I can do doughnuts," Phillips... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Banzai! Even if Big Brown romps in the Preakness, the Triple Crown won't be a walkover after Japanese invader Casino Drive crushed yesterday's Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan at Belmont Park, a prep for the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 11 May 2008 | 9:11 am
Long before Eight Belles shattered her front ankles and was euthanized on the track on May 3, the industry had conceded that American racehorses were less sound than ever.
With the Beijing Olympics three months away, all-conquering Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang demolished the field at the Japan Grand Prix -- then declared he could have run faster. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 7:05 am
Britain's Dan Wheldon qualifies second on the grid for the 92nd Indianapolis 500 which takes place on 25 May. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 11 May 2008 | 7:03 am
Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang led China to crushing opening day victories in defence of their titles at the Thomas and Uber Cup team championships on Sunday, with Malaysia also chalking an... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 7:02 am
The poor performance of the center fielder continues to be debated and dissected, with major league talent evaluators questioning whether the trend is reversible.
It was the shot heard 'round L.A., the hometown fans taking a shot at the hometown center fielder. The San Diego Padres cut Jim Edmonds on Friday, and the reaction among Dodgers fans on air and online was as prompt as it was predictable: If the Padres can get rid of their crummy center fielder, why can't we?
Struggling center fielder dismisses jeers from Dodger Stadium crowd, saying 'you play for the team, you don't play for the fans.'
Since offering to go on a diet with Andruw Jones and getting nowhere with him, I've lost 14 pounds, so I checked in with the Tubbo on Saturday night to see how he was doing on his own.
The Boston star, accused of making a 'menacing gesture' that was seen as a gang sign, has given much back to the L.A. community and doesn't deserve such treatment.
David Stern, here's a suggestion for the $25,000 soon to flow your way from the bank account of Paul Pierce, the Boston Celtic accused by your league of making a "menacing gesture" -- interpretation: gang sign -- at an opponent in a recent playoff game.
Chad Billingsley struggles early and goes only five innings while the offense can't make anything happen with three hits against the Astros.
You can complain all you want about the Dodgers offense, and rightfully so. But there won't be much to play for this summer until the starting five gets used to going more than five.
Bela and Martha Karolyi prepare the best in U.S. women's gymnastics for the Olympics. And the system is working.
NEW WAVERLY, Texas -- There are no lions and tigers and bears (probably) at the Karolyi Ranch deep inside Sam Houston National Forest. No, but these 2,000 acres are full of camels, red deer, cows, bulls, peacocks, white swans, black ones too, seven dogs and loads of gymnasts who tumble off the buses that bring them here to live in cabins, navigate the wildlife and listen to the plain-spoken criticism of USA Gymnastics national team coordinator Martha Karolyi.
Japan have the inaugural Asian Five Nations rugby title all but in their grasp -- only Hong Kong now stand in their way -- after another thumping win over an outclassed Kazakhstan. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 11 May 2008 | 6:58 am
Sergio Garcia bogeys the last two holes to end day three of the Players Championship three shots behind surprise leader Paul Goydos. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 11 May 2008 | 6:07 am
Ryan Church joined the Mets in a November trade with the Washington Nationals. He sustained a concussion in spring training and, two weeks later, became a father for the first time.
There was an outpouring of reactions to The Times’s coverage of the May 3 Kentucky Derby, in which Eight Belles broke her front ankles and was put down on the track.
Randy Pausch, who has pancreatic cancer and whose book, “The Last Lecture,” has been an inspiration to many, was invited to a Pittsburgh Steelers practice.
Natasha Kai had her first career hat trick with three second-half goals to lead the United States women’s soccer team to a 6-0 victory against Canada on Saturday.
If Owen Tolson makes the Giants roster, a new Army program will allow him to delay his active-service commitment to play professional sports while serving as a recruiter.
Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the first period for Detroit in a 2-1 victory Saturday that gave the Red Wings a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez is reportedly close to agreeing to a six-year, $70 million contract extension with the Florida Marlins, according to media reports. Source: ESPN.com | 11 May 2008 | 3:44 am
Timothy Bradley shocks holder Junior Witter to take the WBC light-welterweight title on points and ruin the Briton's chances of a showdown with Ricky Hatton. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 10:26 pm
In a reshaping of the network's signature show, Hannah Storm is joining ESPN as the co-anchor of a new SportsCenter morning edition, SI.com has learned.
Novak Djokovic claims the ATP calendar is too packed after seeing a second successive opponent withdraw due to injury. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 10 May 2008 | 8:55 pm
Fired FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard says he is to blame for the team's poor form, not club president Joan Laporta or his players. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 7:28 pm
Start spreading the news. Mike D'Antoni has accepted the Knicks' lucrative job offer, reports Jack McCallum, leaving the Bulls still looking for a new coach.
Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek each retired from semifinal matches at the Rome Masters on Saturday, setting up a final between Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka.
Few people can tell Alex Ferguson he's wrong without fearing one of his legendary outbursts. The Manchester United manager's wife is one of them. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 10 May 2008 | 1:21 pm
AFP - Spanish clay-court king Rafael Nadal, the favourite for the Hamburg Masters Series which starts here on Monday, admitted on Sunday he takes some solace being second behind Swiss master Roger Federer.
AP - With a new ballpark finally on the horizon, the Florida Marlins are beginning to loosen their purse strings. Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez has agreed to the framework of a $70 million, six-year contract to remain with the Marlins, a person familiar with the negotiations said Saturday.
AP - The Dallas Mavericks made it official Saturday, announcing they had hired Rick Carlisle to replace Avery Johnson as their coach.
AP - The Detroit Red Wings kept rolling without their hottest player. Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg scored first-period goals to help make up for the loss of Johan Franzen and Detroit held on for a 2-1 win Saturday night over the Dallas Stars and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
AP - Paul Goydos would love to say he saw this coming, but he's too honest. He had never broken 70 in nine previous appearances at The Players Championship, yet a 2-under 70 on Saturday made him the only player to break par all three days on the TPC Sawgrass and gave him a one-shot lead over Kenny Perry.
AP - The crowd booed him. He called his car pathetic. His crew missed a lug nut, and he couldn't stay off Darlington Raceway's wall. Despite it all, Kyle Busch found Victory Lane once again.
AP - Greg Maddux reached another milestone in his long, brilliant career. It might have meant more to a catcher making his big league debut than it did to the pitcher with Hall of Fame credentials.
AP - Richard Hamilton scored 32 points and Hedo Turkoglu missed a layup with time running out as the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 90-89 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
AP - The shots didn't drop again for LeBron James, and it hardly mattered. The rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers made most of theirs.
AFP - Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has rejected taunts from Chelsea's Michael Ballack that Sir Alex Ferguson's squad are experiencing the 'longest week of their lives' ahead of Sunday's Premier League decider against Wigan.