Matthew Lombardi had two goals and three assists for a career-high five points and the Phoenix Coyotes routed sputtering Edmonton 6-1 on Monday night for their 36th victory...

Brandon Yip scored two goals, Chris Stewart had a goal and two assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Monday night.Paul Stastny had a goal...

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Raymond Gregory scored 11 points and Cason Burk grabbed 11 rebounds, leading Jackson State in a 63-53 win over Southern University on Monday night.Gertavin Blake and...

Donald Qualls scored 21 points to lead Grambling State to a 73-58 win over Alcorn State on Monday night.Qualls shot 5-for-8 from the 3-point arc and dished out four ...

Jonathan Inman scored 20 points in 23 minutes and Alabama A&M defeated Mississippi Valley State 77-69 on Monday night.Inman led four Bulldogs' player in double f...

Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas on Monday night and the Jayhawks easily handled an opponent that a few weeks ago w...

New Jersey Devils defensemen Anssi Salmela said he had a headache, but was otherwise OK after being taken off the ice on a stretcher following a scary hit to the face from ...

Kareem Brown scored 18 points and Ceslovas Kucinskas grabbed 12 rebounds, leading Coppin State in a 70-44 rout of Florida A&M on Monday night.Lenny Young added 1...

Arsenio Williams tallied his first career double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds to help South Carolina defeat Howard 77-64 on Monday night.The Bulldogs (13-8,...

U.S. and international Olympic leaders opened discussions Monday in a bid to improve relations and settle the financial issues that have isolated the Americans from the res...

Marcus Neal scored 16 points to lead Delaware State to a 54-52 win over Norfolk State on Monday night.Jay Threatt added 13 points, six assists and four steals for th...

Vince Carter had a season-high 48 points, leading the Orlando Magic back from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat the New Orleans Hornets 123-117 on Monday night....

Boston College and Boston University are separated by less than 4 miles along the Green Line trolley tracks and precious little on the red and blue lines of a hockey rink.<...

Jarrel Smith scored 21 points and Towson defeated James Madison 81-78 on Monday night.The Tigers (6-17, 3-10 Colonial Athletic Association) led 59-44 on Isaiah Philm...

Vincent Simpson knocked down a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left, lifting Hampton to a 55-53 win over Winston-Salem State on Monday night.Simpson, who finished with 12 ...

Santa Clara city leaders are set to discuss the final wording of the ballot measure for a proposed stadium for the San Francisco 49ers.On Tuesday night, the Santa Cl...

Jeff Smith scored 22 points to lead Mercer to an 83-69 win over South Carolina-Upstate on Monday night.Brandon Moore added a career-high 16 points for the Bears (12-...

Ashton Gibbs and Jermaine Dixon led a mid-game surge as No. 25 Pittsburgh broke out of a tie late in the first half by scoring 27 of the next 32 points, and remained unbeat...

Drew Spradlin scored 16 points, leading five Elon players in double figures, as the Phoenix outlasted Western Carolina 81-76 on Monday night.Adam Constantine added 1...

Troy Smith made two free throws with 37 seconds left and Morgan State overcame Bethune-Cookman 48-47 on Monday night.The Bears (18-7, 10-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Confe...

Ryane Clowe scored with less than seven minutes left in the third period, leading the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.D...

No money, no opening ceremonies and maybe no really meaningful competition. It's not easy being a part of the U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping team.Not only will the cash-st...

Hillary Haley scored 20 points to lead Maryland-Eastern Shore to a 62-52 win over North Carolina A&T on Monday night.Tim Burns finished with 13 points and four s...

A 22-year-old quarterback at Louisiana Tech is free after posting $500 bond following his arrest on a charge of driving while intoxicated.Louisiana Department of Wil...

Dana Smith and Martiz Washington scored 19 points apiece, and Kevin Swecker hit three foul shots in the final 23 seconds, leading Longwood past Fairleigh Dickinson 83-81 on...

Mike Richards scored the go-ahead goal with less than eight minutes left in the third period, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on...

Edwin Ubiles scored 18 points to lead Siena to a 69-67 win over Fairfield on Monday night.Ryan Rossiter added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Saints (21-4, 14-0 Me...

Gerald McLemore scored 25 points, including a career-high tying seven 3-pointers, to help lead Maine to a 84-63 win over Maryland-Baltimore County on Monday.McLemore...

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Scottie Reynolds scored 19 of his 21 points in the final 13 minutes and No. 4 Villanova held off No. 5 West Virginia 82-75 on Monday night.The Wildcats (21-2, 10-1) ...

Zach Urbanus scored 17 points to lead The Citadel to a 72-65 win over College of Charleston on Monday night.Cameron Wells and Harrison DuPont added 15 points apiece ...

Noelle Pikus-Pace gasped as she glanced around the hotel ballroom to see the mountains of boxes piled around and overflowing with red-white-and-blue U.S. Olympic gear.<...

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Ryan Thompson scored 31 points and Rider defeated Niagara 70-62 on Monday night.The Broncs (14-12, 7-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) trailed 37-23 at halftime ...

Kellen Brand and Donald Sims scored 16 points apiece, and Josh Hunter finished with a double-double, leading Appalachian State to a 75-69 win over North Carolina-Greensboro...

Matt Howard scored 20 points to lead No. 18 Butler past Loyola of Chicago 62-47 on Monday night for the Bulldogs' 13th straight win as they clinched at least a share of the...

New Jersey Devils defensemen Anssi Salmela has been taken off the ice on a stretcher after taking a hard shoulder to the face from the Philadelphia Flyers' Jeff Carter....

An appeals court said Monday it appears that the University of California, Davis violated federal law meant to promote gender equity in college athletics when it eliminated...

From his time as captain to his tenure as general manager, Bob Gainey has spent a lifetime providing leadership for the Montreal Canadiens.Now, he's handing the rein...

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge urged Russia on Monday to get tougher on drug cheats, voicing his concern at the high number of doping cases among R...

Jawan Carter scored 23 points to lead Delaware to a 69-62 win over North Carolina-Wilmington on Monday.Carter also dished out six assists for the Blue Hens (7-17, 3-...

Cypress Mountain passed a major test Monday, as freestyle skiers completed their first pre-Olympic practice sessions and Winter Olympic organizers kept dumping snow on comp...

Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more l...

Thirsty basketball fans cheering on the Cleveland Cavaliers will have to wait at a concession stand the next time they want a sip of water.Citing concerns over swine...

Donte' Stallworth will get the chance to resurrect his NFL career, but it won't happen in Cleveland.The Browns released the troubled wide receiver on Monday, wasting...

Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster will miss the rest of the season with a back injury.The Pacers announced Monday that Foster will have surgery after the All-Star br...

One bad pass by Peyton Manning hasn't cost the Indianapolis Colts any cachet.Manning and the Colts are favored to win next year's Super Bowl, according to odds relea...

A memorable season capped by a super title game with a record TV audience has NFL executives and fans beaming.The smiles might soon disappear.Pro football is ...

The Minnesota Lynx have signed two-time WNBA All-Star Seimone Augustus to a multi-year contract.The Lynx disclosed the signing Monday without releasing terms. August...

Manuel Osborne-Paradis isn't shying away from the attention and high expectations of an entire nation as the Canadian Alpine ski team prepares for the Vancouver Games.<...

The president of the Montreal Canadiens says Bob Gainey is stepping aside as general manager and being replaced by Pierre Gauthier.Team president Pierre Boivin says ...

Even with a 21-0 record, the third-ranked Nebraska women's basketball program will fall at least a million dollars short of making money.Associate athletic director ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch off to Sebastian Coe on Friday morning, the day of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games.The California gover...

Jubilant fans greeted the Super Bowl-winning Saints Monday, showering them with "Who Dat!" chants as they returned to their home city as champions.At a suburban airp...

Swarms of fans are greeting the Super Bowl-winning Saints, showering them with "Who Dat!" chants and the sense the team is returning to a rejuvenated New Orleans.Asi...

Randy Winn and the New York Yankees have finalized a $1.1 million, one-year contract.The outfielder can earn an additional $900,000 in performance bonuses based on p...

Former major league manager Bob Melvin has been hired as a professional scout by the New York Mets, who also brought back Mookie Wilson as their minor league outfield and b...

Delonte West could return to the Cavaliers' lineup when Cleveland hosts New Jersey on Tuesday.Guard Mo Williams, out with a shoulder injury, says West will play agai...

Reggie Wayne stared right through all those reporters.He wasn't bothered by the questions Sunday night. He just couldn't believe he and the Colts lost to his hometow...

The Baseball Hall of Fame will hold a second annual Hall of Fame Classic on Father's Day this year.Hall president Jeff Idelson says tickets for the June 20 old-timer...

Snow is still being trucked and flown in to Cypress Mountain in an effort to get the Olympic venues ready for the Vancouver Games, which open Friday.The first event ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves remain focused on evaluation and determination of the core players they'll commit to beyond this rebuilding season and the approaching NBA trade ...

A company has withdrawn its application to trademark the term "sabermetrics" following opposition from the Society for American Baseball Research.SABR announced its ...

Tyson Chandler arrived in Charlotte recovering from ankle and toe surgery. After slogging through the first third of the season with unimpressive results, he was shelved ag...

Rachael Flatt's free skate would have the best athletes in any sport gasping for air, their leg muscles spasming in pain. Seven times she launches herself into the air, doi...

The Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball commissioner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug. 24.Selig headed a group that bought the Seattle P...

Omar Vizquel will wear the No. 11 of former White Sox shortstop and fellow Venezuelan Luis Aparicio this season.The White Sox say they have unretired Aparicio's No. ...

The Minnesota Twins have been spending their way out of that small-budget image, mirroring the imminent increase in revenue from their new ballpark with a big spike in play...

Nebraska keeps winning and climbing up the Top 25.The unbeaten Cornhuskers (21-0) moved past Notre Dame to No. 3 on Monday in The Associated Press women's basketball...

The Mountain West Conference is doing some serious climbing.A league that has always had to fight for respect as it tries to join the ranks of the power conferences,...

The Dallas Stars have activated center Mike Ribeiro a month after he injured his throat in a game against the New York Rangers.Ribeiro came off injured reserve Monda...

Carlo Janka was just a toddler when his ski-obsessed nation last won Olympic gold in men's Alpine racing.Now Switzerland is counting on the 23-year-old breakout star...

Wearing Mardi Gras beads and clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his...

This was one wager U.S. Alpine racer Julia Mancuso's ski technician was all too willing to lose, even if it involved a little public embarrassment.Andrea Vianello ma...

Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.The IndyCar star will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports in Saturd...

Having two of the fastest, most technologically advanced sailboats ever built doesn't do much good if there's not enough wind to sail them.It's almost as if Mother N...

MIAMI — Peyton Manning? Intercepted. Brett Favre, too.Louisiana native Tracy Porter finished the season by making two of the biggest interceptions in the history o...

The can't-miss Colts got it all wrong in the Super Bowl.They dropped passes. They missed tackles. They couldn't recover an onside kick. Even the impeccable Peyton Ma...

Blocked onto his butt, Peyton Manning could only watch his last, best chance to win the Super Bowl go running right past him.Big games often come down to a turnover,...

Sean Payton strolled through the New Orleans Saints locker room at halftime, pausing at Thomas Morstead's locker with a simple message."We're doing it," the coach sa...

The New Orleans Saints turned the Super Bowl's postgame celebration into something out of the French Quarter.From the trophy podium on the field, Drew Brees blew kis...

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...

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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...