Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones signed a free-agent contract Wednesday to play basketball in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with the Tulsa...

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has reportedly told Cricket Australia officials that he doesn't want vice-captain Michael Clarke back in his side until the troubled star has sorted out his off-field issues with model fiancee Lara...

Pakistan's new coach Waqar Younis was Wednesday shocked over the cricket board's decision to ban and fine several leading national...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned two of its world-class batsmen, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, from playing international cricket for life and barred former captain Shoaib Malik and medium-pacer Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan for one year for 'unbecoming behaviour' leading to Pakistan's poor showing recently in...

England and Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard has described football as a science that requires years of understanding and...

Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennel on Wednesday visited the Games Village along with the Chefs de Mission of Commonwealth Games to monitor the preparations for the forthcoming...

Describing the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) decision to impose a life term ban on captain Mohammed Yousuf and middle order batsman Younis Khan as 'unfair' and 'unjustified', former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that none of the members of the six-men committee probing the disastrous tour Down Under were...

Former leg spinner and chief selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Abdul Qadir has hailed the board's decision to ban captain Mohammed Yousuf and middle order batsman Younis Khan for life term besides imposing hefty fines on other...

The Pakistani boxing team's participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is under doubt as the government is yet to give a green signal for their visit to...

Acting on the recommendations of the inquiry committee probing the disastrous tour Down Under, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday imposed a life term ban on captain Mohammed Yousuf and experienced middle-order batsman Younis Khan and slapped hefty fines on various players, holding them responsible for the team's pathetic...

Noted cricket commentator Peter Roebuck has said that Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke needs to choose between a fraught personal life and his cricket...

England cricket coach Andy Flower has said that out of form batsman Kevin Pietersen is sure shot starter for the first Test against...

Australian cricket legend Ian Chappell has cast doubts over Michael Clarke's suitability as a future Test captain, after he dashed back across the Tasman to be at the side of his controversy-prone fiancie in the middle of ODI series against New...

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bob.herzog@newsday.com Police are investigating a fight that delayed a Long Island championship high school boys basketball game for 20 minutes Tuesday night, forcing officials to empty the gym at...

If there's one thing the drawn out recession has taught sports executives, it's that the new business model of state-of-the-art arenas, high ticket prices, corporate suites and amenities galore has...

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)Former Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra takes questions from reporters as Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein looks on during a news conference at City of Palms Park...

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)FILE - This March 17, 2009, file photo shows Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios shootinG during warmups against the Philadelphia Flyers in an NHL hockey game in...

(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Chicago Bears-signed free agent Julius Peppers watches the Dallas Mavericks and the Chicago Bulls basketball game during the first quarter in Chicago, Saturday, March 6,...

Alastair Cook will step out as England's Test captain for the first time on Friday with a feeling of pride taking over from the nerves he felt at the start of the tour of Bangladesh.Cook, leading his...

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Retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. said Chairman and CEO Mickey Newsome will give up the CEO's job and be replaced by the sporting goods chain's chief operating officer next...

TULSA - Disgraced US athletics star Marion Jones, stripped of five medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, returned to sport today, being named the newest player of the Women's NBA Tulsa Shock. After...

Shrink MANCHESTER - Wayne Rooney spoiled David Beckham's Old Trafford homecoming today by scoring another two goals against AC Milan as Manchester United cruised into the Champions League...

Torii Hunter insists he meant no harm toward Latino players when he recently referred to them as "impostors" while discussing the number of African-Americans in the major leagues.Hunter's original...

candid comments in the third installment of USA TODAY's roundtable discussion on improving baseball stirred a mini-debate Tuesday, with Hunter prompted to explain his comments to reporters and White...

Ronaldinho 's early header and substitute Beckham's volley, seven-time European champion Milan never posed any serious threat to United's quest for a third successive...

Graham Rahal will driver two early season races for Sarah Fisher Racing, including the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., where he won in...

Standing on the Taylorsville field after the second day of tryouts, new head coach Jake Brown could not help but smile as he reflected on what it took to be the Warriors' new manager. Brown was on...

South Florida star was screaming "Y'all come watch Dominique Jones play" and flexing his arms in a beach muscleman pose.Wednesday, Jones got sand kicked in his face by the Hoyas.Georgetown blasted...

Josh Beckett are said to be progressing, with considerable optimism for a new deal emerging. League sources say Beckett and the Red Sox have an excellent relationship, and people familiar with the...

After a couple of months of speculation, it's official: the Maryland Terrapins and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will meet at FedEx Field on November 12, 2011.The game will give the Terps a chance to...

The dream of an all-powerful ACC seemed so close to reality when the league played its first 12-team football season five years ago. Top-quality basketball would merge with top-quality football, and...

Antawn Jamison will be a game-time decision. They were just two of six players to miss practice Wednesday for the Cavaliers, who took advantage of a break in the schedule to rest all five of their...

Sidney Crosby 's missing Olympic stick and glove have been found. Hockey Canada said Wednesday that Crosby's missing equipment was misplaced rather than stolen after the frenzy following Crosby's...

All the talk beforehand was of Milan midfielder David Beckham's return to Old Trafford for the first time since United sold him to Real Madrid in...

(CNN) -- Wednesday's decision by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hand indefinite bans on two of their leading players is another example of how this great cricketing country lurches from crisis...

EDMONTON — A stat appeared on a TV screen during Hockey Alberta’s press conference Wednesday with Respect Group Inc. that hammered home a point that many hockey parents lose sight of. “Less...

Premier League relegation zone after a 1-1 draw at home to Stoke City on Wednesday earned them their first point in five games. Mid-table Stoke went ahead with yet another goal from their long...

Real Madrid failed to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals for the sixth straight season when Olympique Lyon dumped the Spaniards out 2-1 on aggregate on Wednesday. Big-spending Real's...

AC Milan sent them through 7-2 on aggregate Wednesday. Rooney, who scored twice in the 3-2 San Siro win, was on target with a 13th-minute header that broke the hearts of the seven-times winners. He...

MIAMI (Reuters) - West Indies enjoyed a crushing 141 run victory over Zimbabwe to take a 2-1 lead in their five match one day series after dismissing the tourists for just 104 at Arnos Vale in St...

Mets consulted with team doctors and the agent for shortstop Jose Reyes on Wednesday morning, then reiterated what the team said in a statement on Tuesday: that test results showed Reyes had elevated...

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Rays team spokesman Rick Vaughn, Price had an abrasion on his right thumb and will not need stitches. Price expects to make his next start. In his second start of the spring, Red Sox left-hander Jon...

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Filed at 4:24 p.m. ET LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Curtis Granderson, playing against Detroit for the first time since being traded to New York, singled in his first two at-bats, and Greg Golson hit a...

Filed at 4:12 p.m. ET KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Dan Uggla and prized outfield prospect Mike Stanton hit back-to-back home runs off Wandy Rodriguez in the top of the first inning, and...

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