In his first game in charge of Germany at a major tournament, Joachim Loew did everything right. He picked the right starters, he made the right substitutions and he chose the right game plan to get the Germans off to a flying start in their bid for a fourth European Championship title. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 3:19 pm
Having dispatched Poland with two goals, Lukas Podolski would now like to do the same to Croatia and achieve two objectives - get both Germany and Poland into the quarterfinals of the European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 3:19 pm
France captain Patrick Vieira will stay with the France squad at the European Championship despite a recent injury to his left thigh, a French official said Monday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 3:07 pm
Henry Waxman is disputing the validity of testimony given by MLB commissioner Bud Selig and union chief Donald Fehr regarding drug testing during a March 2005 hearing, The New York Times has reported Source: ESPN.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 3:03 pm
Police in Robertsdale say former NFL football star and Crimson Tide broadcaster Kenny Stabler was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Source: ESPN.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 3:01 pm
AFP - World number one and beaten Roland Garros finalist Roger Federer will launch his grass-court campaign here at Halle's ATP tournament on Wednesday, the organisers have announced.
Manchester United lodge an official complaint with Fifa over Real Madrid's interest in signing Cristiano Ronaldo. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:48 pm
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic may need more than a questionable music choice to boost his player's morale at the European Championship. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:47 pm
With all the plaudits Cristiano Ronaldo has received for his play at Manchester United this season, the Czech Republic could be forgiven for focusing all its efforts on stopping Portugal's flying winger when the teams meet in the European Championship on Wednesday. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:47 pm
The morning after the Belmont Stakes, Big Brown stopped to pose for photographers as if he had won the Triple Crown. Everyone except the horse knew otherwise. Source: ESPN.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:40 pm
Fabio Capello will announce who will be England's permanent captain before they take on the Czech Republic in August. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:36 pm
France have recalled Sale powerhouse Sebastien Chabal among their depleted squad named on Monday for a two-Test tour of Australia later this month. The back row player has... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:15 pm
If any player has the right to compare Spain with five-time World Cup champion Brazil, it's Marcos Senna. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 1:42 pm
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Bushnell Outdoor Products and Field & Stream magazine want you to find Sasquatch this year and they are providing a good... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 1:35 pm
All Times Eastern American League Kansas City vs N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota vs Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Cleveland vs Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Seattle vs Toronto, ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 1:12 pm
WEBSTER: With both host countries failing to impress, Nick questions the wisdom of playing Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 1:02 pm
Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are chasing the signatures of Germany's Euro 2008 star Mario Gomez and Arsenal's attacking midfielder Alexander Hleb, according to German media reports. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 12:52 pm
Blackburn Rovers receive more than 40 applications for the manager's job but refuse to confirm whether Alan Shearer's is among them. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 12:40 pm
Five-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg tips Rafael Nadal to triumph over Roger Federer at this year's championships at the All England Club. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 12:12 pm
Alan Quinlan and Luke Fitzgerald will miss Ireland's Test against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 12:02 pm
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning June 9, 2008, consumers will find a new face on Bimbo. As part of an exclusive partnership to promote healthy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
AFP - Holland embark on yet another major finals campaign with high expectations but their first clash of Euro 2008 will evoke memories of another failure to cash in on their constant conveyor belt of talent when they face world champions Italy here on Monday.
The Boston Celtics left the comforts of home exalted and exhausted, halfway to hoisting a 17th NBA championship banner. They're up 2-0 in the NBA finals. Paul Pierce, darting around the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 11:50 am
AP - The Boston Celtics left the comforts of home exalted and exhausted, halfway to hoisting a 17th NBA championship banner. They're up 2-0 in the NBA finals. Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, unknown Leon Powe added 21 and the Celtics held off a remarkable rally by Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers for a 108-102 win Sunday night in Game 2 of these trip-down-memory-lane finals.
Alan Shearer will find out if he has the Blackburn manager's job within the next 10 days, according to Rovers chairman John Williams. Former Blackburn and England striker... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 11:48 am
Holland embark on yet another major finals campaign with high expectations but their first clash of Euro 2008 will evoke memories of another failure to cash in on their constant conveyor... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
Dominik Hasek is expected to announce his retirement, a person in the NHL told The Associated Press on Sunday night. Source: ESPN.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 11:15 am
Rio Ferdinand is confident Cristiano Ronaldo will still be a Manchester United player next season. Ronaldo has hinted he would like to join Real Madrid after Euro 2008 if the Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
French Open champion Ana Ivanovic officially moved up to No. 1 in the WTA Tour rankings for the first time Monday, replacing Maria Sharapova at the top. Ivanovic is the 17th woman, and Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 10:30 am
French Open champion Ana Ivanovic officially moved up to No. 1 in the WTA Tour rankings for the first time Monday, replacing Maria Sharapova at the top.
Tim Howard was great in goal as the U.S. held Argentina to a 0-0 draw in front of over 78,000 fans in New York. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:20 am
Taiwanese teenager Yani Tseng records her first tour victory by winning the LPGA Championship after a play-off. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 8:10 am
Boston survive a late fightback to beat the LA Lakers 108-102 and extend their lead to 2-0 in the NBA finals series. Source: BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | World Edition | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:45 am
The A's slam was less than grand for Hondo, who lost the long way as the Angelics succumbed in the 12th yesterday to lower the earnings to a striking 300 belinskys. Tonight, he expects Cliffy to do more... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
Phil Jackson mispronounced Leon Powe's name last night. No surprise to the unsung Powe. "What did he call me, Pow?" Powe said after the Celtics beat the Lakers 108-02 in Game 2 last night. "That's what... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
SAN DIEGO - If it's not one thing going horribly wrong for the Mets, it's another. Just when their slumbering bats finally showed a pulse in Petco Park, usually rock-solid closer Billy Wagner staged a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
The Liberty continue to maintain that point guard Loree Moore's back injury is day-to-day; that she'll be ready for Wednesday night's game in Atlanta. But anyone who has had a disc injury knows what Moore... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
The day after Big Brown set off alarms when he was eased up dead last in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, no physical reason could be found for his dull-as-paint performance. So it appears Big Brown will get... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
Justin Leonard won the Stanford St. Jude Championship in a playoff yesterday in Memphis, holing a 19-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole to beat Masters champion Trevor Immelman and Robert Allenby... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
SAN DIEGO - Ramon Castro blamed his tardiness yesterday on, of all things, a pocket schedule. The veteran backup catcher, who was benched and fined after showing up late to Petco Park yesterday for the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
After either playfully or ominously suggesting he might not show up for Wednesday's mandatory Giants veteran mini-camp, Jeremy Shockey on Saturday told The Post's Steve Serby: "I plan on fulfilling my... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
Vernon Gholston arrived at Jets mini-camp Friday morning and coach Eric Mangini gave him his first test immediately - name all 84 of his teammates that were sitting with him in the team's auditorium. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
Many explanations have been offered for Big Brown's shocking defeat in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, from his quarter crack to a cuppy track, to a rough trip and a bad ride by Kent Desormeaux, to a light... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperSports | 9 Jun 2008 | 7:40 am
Reuters - The Boston Celtics survived a furious
fightback by the Los Angeles Lakers to hold on for a 108-102
win on Sunday, the victory giving the Eastern Conference
champions a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals series.
Big Brown was considered a stone-cold lock to become the 12th Triple Crown champion. But in the aftermath of his loss at the Belmont Stakes, the second-guessing was rampant.
Joba Chamberlain does not appear close to being a dominant major league starter, but that is the goal of this strange delayed spring training the Yankees are holding.
AP - Jason Marquis took a two-hitter into the seventh inning and the Chicago Cubs extended Brad Penny's winless streak to seven starts with a 3-1 victory Sunday night, salvaging a split of the four-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
AP - Just as he's done all season, Gordon Beckham stared down a dramatic moment in an elimination game. Source: Yahoo! News: Sports News | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:42 am
AP - Kasey Kahne never thought his start to the season was all that bad, despite how it looked on paper. In hindsight, there was something missing and it took last month's win in the All-Star race to see it.
AP - In her rookie year on the LPGA Tour, playing in only her third major championship, 19-year-old Yani Tseng felt lucky to become the youngest winner of the LPGA Championship on Sunday.
EuroTRECKER: Germany produced a terrific display to beat Poland, while the Austrians fought hard but earned little. Source: FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER | 8 Jun 2008 | 10:31 pm
AP - Early in the second set of the French Open final, not quite halfway into what would wind up as Roger Federer's worst loss in 173 career Grand Slam matches, he watched intently as Rafael Nadal pushed a forehand wide to end a lengthy exchange.
By the fourth game, Rafael Nadal had Roger Federer kicking the clay in frustration. By the second set, the normally stoic Federer was screaming at himself.
AP - The Dominator is done.
AFP - World number one and beaten Roland Garros finalist Roger Federer will launch his grass-court campaign here at Halle's ATP tournament on Wednesday, the organisers have announced.
AFP - Holland embark on yet another major finals campaign with high expectations but their first clash of Euro 2008 will evoke memories of another failure to cash in on their constant conveyor belt of talent when they face world champions Italy here on Monday.
AP - The Boston Celtics left the comforts of home exalted and exhausted, halfway to hoisting a 17th NBA championship banner. They're up 2-0 in the NBA finals. Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, unknown Leon Powe added 21 and the Celtics held off a remarkable rally by Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers for a 108-102 win Sunday night in Game 2 of these trip-down-memory-lane finals.
Reuters - The Boston Celtics survived a furious
fightback by the Los Angeles Lakers to hold on for a 108-102
win on Sunday, the victory giving the Eastern Conference
champions a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals series.
AP - Jason Marquis took a two-hitter into the seventh inning and the Chicago Cubs extended Brad Penny's winless streak to seven starts with a 3-1 victory Sunday night, salvaging a split of the four-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
AP - Kasey Kahne never thought his start to the season was all that bad, despite how it looked on paper. In hindsight, there was something missing and it took last month's win in the All-Star race to see it.
AP - In her rookie year on the LPGA Tour, playing in only her third major championship, 19-year-old Yani Tseng felt lucky to become the youngest winner of the LPGA Championship on Sunday.
AP - Early in the second set of the French Open final, not quite halfway into what would wind up as Roger Federer's worst loss in 173 career Grand Slam matches, he watched intently as Rafael Nadal pushed a forehand wide to end a lengthy exchange.