The ultimate underdogs, they ain't. Not anymore. The Saints are Super Bowl champions now.Who Dat? Try Drew Brees, Sean Payton and a team that has reversed its embarr...

Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own.After 43 years of futil...

Los Leones del Escogido from the Dominican Republic won the Caribbean Series, beating Venezuela's Leones del Caracas 7-4 Sunday night in the final game of the six-day serie...

Colts fans were disappointed after the 31-17 loss to New Orleans on Sunday night, but some retained a soft spot for the Saints.Many Colts fans empathized with New Or...

Indianapolis Colts fans are disappointed after their team's 31-17 loss to New Orleans, but many retain a soft spot for the Saints nonetheless.Many Colts fans empathi...

Thomaz Bellucci won the Movistar Open with a 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 win over Juan Monaco.Bellucci upset top-seeded Fernando Gonzalez in the semifinals on his way to the champ...

Saints fan Peggy Byrd says New Orleans winning the Super Bowl helps wash away some tough times.The 56-year-old Byrd said she believed that the New Orleans Saints cou...

The ultimate underdogs, they ain't. Not anymore. The Saints are Super Bowl champions now. Who Dat? Try Drew Brees, Sean Payton and a team that has reversed its embarrassing...

Peyton Manning's supporting cast helped him reach the Super Bowl.The Colts' inability to get the little things right Sunday left all of them empty-handed.From...

Convicted ex-Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee was reinstated Sunday as a full member of the International Olympic Committee, a boost for South Korea's bid to host the 2018 Wint...

Coach Ryan Shimabukuro proposed a novel idea for his U.S. Olympic speedskaters to overcome the heavy air they're expected to combat at the Vancouver Games."We've act...

Sean Payton put in an MVP-like performance.From the sideline.The New Orleans coach made all the right calls in the Super Bowl — even one that didn't look so...

Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that's who.Ain't kidding. Put away those paper bags forever: Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallyin...

Louisiana native Tracy Porter played a crucial role in the New Orleans Saints' magical run to a Super Bowl title and their victory over the Indianapolis Colts.A seco...

Saints fans hugged, kissed, and spilled onto the streets Sunday as a citywide party erupted after their once woebegone NFL franchise defeated the Indiapolis Colts in the Su...

Jeremy Shockey wasn't sitting in a suite for this Super Bowl. Instead, he was a big part of the New Orleans Saints' sweetest victory.Shockey hauled in a touchdown ca...

Peyton Manning spent the whole season building toward a Super Bowl crown, a win that certainly would put him among the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.And then ...

Peyton Manning's receivers came up short in Sunday's Suyper Bowl.Hank Baskett botched an onside kick recovery to open the second half, Pierre Garcon and Austin Colli...

Reggie Holmes and Dewayne Jackson each scored 25 points to lead Morgan State to a 94-68 victory over Florida A&M on Sunday.Holmes, who entered as the fifth-leadi...

A record-tying 96-yard drive and a goal-line stand helped the Indianapolis Colts take a 17-16 lead over the New Orleans Saints after three quarters in the Super Bowl.IOC allows Aussie kangaroo flag to stay in village

Australians can hop for joy: Their boxing kangaroo is safe for the Vancouver Olympics.The International Olympic Committee ruled Sunday that the giant kangaroo flag â...

As Olympians arrive by the day, the Winter Games seem to be missing something. Namely, winter.There's more snow in D.C., as in District of Columbia, than B.C., or Br...

A record-tying 96-yard drive and a goal-line stand gave the Indianapolis Colts a 10-6 halftime lead over the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl.The Colts matched t...

Indianapolis' Dwight Freeney is having an impact in the Super Bowl, sacking Drew Brees early in the second quarter.The Colts defensive end doesn't seem to be having ...

The Indianapolis Colts drove 96 yards for a touchdown to tie a Super Bowl record and take a 10-0 lead after one quarter Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.Peyton ...

The Indianapolis Colts drove 96 yards for a touchdown to tie a Super Bowl record and take a 10-0 lead after one quarter Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.Peyton ...

Ross McGowan of England might get the final spot in the 64-man Match Play Championship, but only if Tiger Woods doesn't return from his indefinite break.Sunday was t...

The San Jose Sharks bolstered their defense by acquiring Niclas Wallin in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.San Jose also acquired a fifth-round pick in...

Puerto Rico has defeated Mexico 8-2, forcing the Dominican Republic to win its final game against Venezuela to clinch the Caribbean Series.Puerto Rico's Indios de Ma...

Officials say Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Tony McDaniel is out of jail after being arrested and accused of domestic violence.McDaniel was released Sunday on $3,5...

Alvin Boseman didn't have a ticket to the big game.Didn't really care, either.The longtime New Orleans Saints fan got together with nine of his family and fri...

Colts fans were fired up as the Super Bowl got under way Sunday, hoping to cheer their team to its second title in four years.The atmosphere throughout Indianapolis ...

Indianapolis Colts star Dwight Freeney started Sunday's Super Bowl at his normal position after missing two straight weeks of practice with an injured right ankle.Fr...

Richard's Kid found room along the rail and rallied to win the $150,000 San Antonio Handicap by a head Sunday at Santa Anita.Ridden by Garrett Gomez, Richard's Kid c...

A year ago, Santonio Holmes got his hands on the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Watching someone else take a turn with the NFL's shiny silver chalice this season is a difficult rea...

Danica Patrick is expected to announce Monday if she will enter the Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.JR Motorsports has said it will be up to...

In a tournament everyone expected him to win, Steve Stricker was trying not to lose.Instead of firing at flags and trying to make birdies, which allowed him to build...

Tuukka Rask made 36 saves for his third shutout, Marco Sturm scored twice and the Boston Bruins ended a 10-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on ...

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Dogs dressed in Saints jerseys and gaudy floats carrying masked riders provided a rolling pre-game tailgate party for thousands as New Orleans started partying long before ...

Blake Smith scored 15 points and Art Parakhouski grabbed 17 rebounds to help Radford defeat High Point 77-63 on Sunday.The Highlanders (13-10, 9-4 Big South Conferen...

Ian Clark hit nine 3-pointers and scored 31 points to lead Belmont to a 70-56 victory over North Florida on Sunday.Clark, a freshman guard, was a career-high 9-for-1...

Aaron Broussard scored a game-high 21 points, including a 3-pointer with less than a second remaining, to lift Seattle past Portland State 80-77 on Sunday.Cervante' ...

Vince Carter led a 19-0 surge in the third quarter and finished with 20 points as the Orlando Magic beat Boston 96-89 on Sunday, moving ahead of the Celtics and into second...

Kayla Holloway's layup with 11 seconds left in the third overtime lifted Mississippi to a wild 102-101 win over No. 19 LSU on Sunday.The Rebels (15-8, 6-4 Southeaste...

Scott Machado scored 17 points as Iona pulled away late for a 56-51 victory over Marist on Sunday.Rashon Dwight added 12 points and the Gaels (18-7, 10-4 Metro Atlan...

Travis Bledsoe scored 11 points and Travis Mertens had 10 points and seven rebounds as North Dakota defeated Southern Illinois Edwardsville 57-50 on Sunday.North Dak...

Kelly McManmon and Centhya Hart each scored 11 points to lead No. 25 St. John's to a 66-45 win over Seton Hall on Sunday.St. John's had five players in double figure...

Less than two hours before kickoff, Indianapolis Colts star Dwight Freeney has worked out on the field at Sun Life Stadium, testing his ailing right ankle.Freeney, w...

Shane Walker scored 12 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had three blocks to lead Loyola (Md.) past Manhattan 62-56 on Sunday.The Greyhounds (12-12, 5-9 Metro Atlantic...

Adnan Hodzic scored 21 points and extended his double figure scoring streak to 51 games — the longest active streak in the country — in Lipscomb's 79-61 win over Jackso...

A ban on the three-point stance? NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says it's possible.Concerned about concussions, Goodell said the league will keep looking for ways to...

As Katarina Witt took the ice in blue jeans and a brown jacket, Elizabeth Manley playfully sank to her knees and did several "I'm Not Worthy" bows in the direction of her f...

Kris Joseph hit a pair of 3s that sparked Syracuse's decisive second-half run Sunday, and the Orange kept the best start in school history going with a 71-54 victory over C...

Convicted ex-Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee was reinstated Sunday as a full member of the International Olympic Committee, a boost for South Korea's bid to host the 2018 Wint...

Wesley Jenkins had 25 points and 10 rebounds as Saint Peter's defeated Canisius 73-72 in overtime on Sunday.Jenkins also hit a free throw to give the Peacocks (14-10...

Greivis Vasquez had 26 points and 11 assists, and Maryland solidified its hold on second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 92-71 victory over skidding North Car...

Darrin Govens scored 22 points and Saint Joseph's defeated St. Bonaventure 78-71 on Sunday, ending a three-game losing streak.The Hawks (9-14, 3-6 Atlantic 10 Confer...

The NFL's party week was briefly interrupted by a sobering message about the league's labor situation.Now it could be the NBA's turn.The league's collective b...

Florida State announced Sunday it will vacate 12 football victories and a 2007 men's track national championship in an academic cheating scandal, along with dozens more vic...

Cleveland Richard scored 17 points to lead Army to a 63-49 victory over Colgate on Sunday.Julian Simmons added 14 points as the Black Knights (13-9, 3-5 Patriot Leag...

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Neither snow nor ice nor a three-goal deficit could keep Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals from stunning their archrivals and winning a 14th straight game.Ov...

Chris Bosh had 36 points and 11 rebounds, Andrea Bargnani scored 22 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Kings 115-104 on Sunday afternoon, extending Sacramento's losing...

Colts fans are fired up and hoping to cheer their team to its second Super Bowl title in four years.The Colts are playing the New Orleans Saints on Sunday evening, a...

Luke Harangody hit a pair of free throws with 4 seconds left to finish with 19 points and Tory Jackson scored nine of his 18 points in the final 5:40, driving inside repeat...

Evan Turner matched his career high with 32 points, leading No. 13 Ohio State past Iowa 68-58 on Sunday and stretching the Buckeyes' Big Ten winning streak to seven....

Tina Charles had 20 points and nine rebounds as No. 1 Connecticut breezed by Louisville 84-38 Sunday in a rematch of last year's national championship game.The victo...

Marshall Faulk ran as far as he could from the dead-end Desire Projects. He bolted the New Orleans streets to play college ball in San Diego, then blossomed into an NFL sta...

Austria's Alpine skiing "Wunderteam" looks a little less than wonderful going into the Vancouver Olympics.After its historic 14-medal haul in Turin four years ago, t...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell predicts players' salaries will still grow under a new labor agreement, even if their share of revenue is reduced as owners have proposed.Snow time! Penguins-Caps goes on despite blizzard, Joseph White

The nationally televised Super Bowl Sunday showdown between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals was a full-go after all — despite 2 feet of snow that paralyze...

Steve Stricker returned to Riviera and kept right on rolling Sunday morning with two more birdies for a 5-under 66 that gave him a six-shot lead going into the final round ...

Former NFL star Warren Sapp was released from jail Sunday on $1,500 bond, a day after being arrested for allegedly choking a woman in his hotel room.Sapp was release...

The FBI investigated a series of threatening letters sent to Detroit Pistons coach Chuck Daly at the height of his team's success during the 1989-90 "Bad Boys" championship...

Kelli Stack scored two goals and added an assist to help the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team beat Finland 8-2 on Saturday night in its final game before the Vancouver Game...

Winter Olympics officials will eliminate two days of halfpipe training as they continue to add snow to Cypress Mountain, site of the freestyle and snowboarding events.<...

Dany Heatley scored his second power-play goal of the game at 11:57 of the third period to break a tie in the San Jose Sharks' 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on S...

Hoosiers and Who Dats. And, oh yes, the two best teams in the NFL also happen to be on hand for Sunday's Super Bowl.Peyton Manning and his AFC champion Indianapolis ...

Former football star Warren Sapp was arrested Saturday following an alleged domestic violence incident at a Miami Beach hotel, police said.Sapp was charged with one ...

Here's how you stop Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith: Put them in the Hall of Fame and watch them break down and cry.The men who tore apart NFL defenses couldn't handle t...

Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith scored 21 points apiece to lead No. 10 Duke to a 66-63 victory over Boston College on Saturday.Boston College cut a 10-point halftime def...

Joseph Harris had 24 points and nine rebounds and Coastal Carolina cruised to a 98-62 win over North Carolina-Asheville on Saturday to continue the Chanticleers' best start...

Zachery Peacock scored 22 points, freshman Derrick Favors added 16, and No. 21 Georgia Tech held off North Carolina State 73-71 on Saturday.The Yellow Jackets (17-6,...

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Tomasz Adamek beat Jason Estrada by unanimous decision in a heavyweight fight in his return to the Prudential Center on Saturday night.Most of the 10,000-plus fans w...

Davi Millsaps won the AMA Supercross race main event Saturday night, beating out Josh Hill and Ivan Tedesco for his first victory of the year.Ryan Dungey fell twice ...

Kevin Harvick started Speedweeks in bed, started the Budweiser Shootout in a backup car and started the final few laps out of the lead.After all that, he ended up in...

Jim Herman won the Moonah Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title, birdieing the first hole of a playoff with fellow American Chris Kirk.Herman and Kirk closed w...

Randy Couture stopped Mark Coleman with a rear naked choke Saturday night to win a bout between two UFC hall-of-famers in their mid-40s.The five-time champion took C...

While Kevin Durant was lighting up the scoreboard in the second half, Russell Westbrook was chasing a quadruple-double.Although Westbrook settled for a double-double...

Four of the five starters for Loyola Marymount scored in double figures Saturday as the Lions defeated Pepperdine 77-61.Drew Viney had 22 points — 16 in the first ...

George Hill scored all of his 22 points in the first three quarters against a Los Angeles Clippers squad suddenly faced with yet another transitionary period, and the San A...

Edwin Valero of Venezuela retained his WBC lightweight belt by stopping Mexico's Antonio DeMarco on Saturday night.DeMarco sat in his corner and declined to come out...

Kelli Stack scored two goals and added an assist to help the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team beat Finland 8-2 on Saturday night in its final game before the Vancouver Game...

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Isaiah Thomas responded from being benched the game before to score 17 points, Quincy Pondexter added 17 and resurgent Washington cruised to a 79-56 victory over Arizona St...

EASTBoston U. 68, Albany, N.Y. 53Bridgeport 81, C.W. Post 73Brooklyn 72, NYCCT 51Capital 74, Baldwin-Wallace 60Cent. Connecticut St. 61, ...

Down 23 points in the second half, Ole Miss appeared finished, headed for its third straight loss.Thanks to a pair of big performances the Rebels came right back to ...

Brittney Griner had 24 points, 11 blocks, and 10 rebounds for her second triple-double and No. 15 Baylor routed Colorado 76-42 on Saturday night.Griner's other tripl...

Lamar Odom replaced an injured Kobe Bryant and matched his career high with 22 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers broke their nine-game losing streak at the Rose Garden w...

Arkansas-Pine Bluff jumped out to a 12-0 lead and overcame 18 turnovers Saturday en route to a 62-55 victory over Alabama A&M.Savalace Townsend had 15 points and...

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Chael Sonnen beat Nate Marquardt by unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 109 Saturday night to earn a shot at the middleweight title.All three judges had i...

Craig Anderson made 20 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, and Wojtek Wolski, Ryan Wilson and Brandon Yip scored in the Colorado Avalanche's 3-0 victory over the Edm...