J.R. Smith scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Denver Nuggets pull away for a 97-87 victory Tuesday night over the Washington Wizards.Carme...

Andy Roddick defeated Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open along with Andy Murray, while second-seeded ...

Dexter Strickland hit the go-ahead free throws with 2:34 left and North Carolina held William & Mary scoreless for the final 5 minutes in the Tar Heels' 80-72 win in th...

Elijah Millsap scored 15 points and UAB never trailed in defeating Coastal Carolina 65-49 Tuesday in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.UAB (24-8)...

Mike Ribeiro and Brenden Morrow each scored twice, including short-handed goals in the third period, Kari Lehtonen made 44 saves in his second start of the season, and the ...

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Highly regarded Boston Red Sox minor league prospect Ryan Westmoreland has had surgery in Arizona to remove a cavernous malformation in his brain.The team made the a...

O.J. Mayo scored 24 points, going 4 of 5 from 3-point range, and the Memphis Grizzlies sent the undermanned Chicago Bulls to their eighth straight loss with a 104-97 victor...

Martin Erat scored the only goal of the shootout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.Steve Sullivan, Erat,...

Peter Mueller scored twice on a three-point game that matched his career best and Paul Stastny netted his fifth goal in three games with two assists, helping the Colorado A...

Chuck Kobasew scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers for the 13th straight time at home, 4-2 on Tuesday night.Rays pitchers blank Red Sox 7-0, Fred Goodall

The race for the fifth job in Tampa Bay's pitching rotation is still too close to call.Candidates Wade Davis and Andy Sonnanstine combined with reliever Dan Wheeler ...

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Vernon Fiddler and Matthew Lombardi scored in a 2-minute span midway through the first period, Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 27 shots and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Tampa Bay Li...

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Phil Kessel got his 26th goal and John Mitchell and Mikhail Grabovski scored 19 seconds apart in the second period, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-1 win over the Ot...

Manager Joe Girardi started his potential regular lineup, closer Mariano Rivera worked out of a bases-load jam in his first appearance and the New York Yankees beat a Houst...

Brooks Laich scored twice and five other Washington players had goals to lift the short-handed Capitals to a 7-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.The C...

LeBron James was shaky early and spectacular late.James had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season, lifting the Cleveland C...

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Jamal Crawford hit a 30-footer at the buzzer to cap his game-breaking, 15-point second quarter and the Atlanta Hawks ran away from the woeful New Jersey Nets, 108-84 on Tue...

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Sergei Kostitsyn snapped a third-period tie with a deflected goal and the Montreal Canadiens stretched their winning streak to six with a 3-1 victory over the New York Rang...

Manu Ginobili scored 22 points, George Hill had 16 and the surging San Antonio Spurs wasted most of a 25-point, third-quarter lead before beating the Miami Heat 88-76 on Tu...

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Danny Granger scored 26 points to help the Indiana Pacers beat Charlotte 99-94 on Tuesday night, denying the Bobcats what would have been a franchise-record seventh consecu...

Buffalo's Ryan Miller was pulled after giving up three goals in the first 6 minutes and Jim Slater's third-period goal gave the Atlanta Thrashers a 4-3 win over the Northea...

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Edwin Jackson wasn't his usual sharp self in a 13-7 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.But that wasn't a concern this early in spring ...

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Smiling Arkansas-Pine Bluff players plopped into the black folding chairs at courtside and checked their cell phones for congratulatory messages before heading out the aren...

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Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder and David Krejci scored third-period goals to help the Boston Bruins maintain eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 victory over the ...

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Jerome Dyson scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half and Connecticut hung on to beat Northeastern 59-57 Tuesday in the first round of the National Invitation Tourname...

Lance Mackey won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday to become the first musher in the event's 38-year history to win four consecutive races.Fans ...

They mocked him mercilessly for four solid months and delighted in every sordid detail of his fall from grace.Now it's Tiger Woods' turn."After a long and nec...

The Masters is three weeks away, filled with story lines that now are sure to be ignored.Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer will be paired together, if only to hit a ce...

Long after Jered Weaver and Jon Garland were gone, San Diego Padres outfielder Aaron Cunningham provided the afternoon's highlights with two spectacular diving catches....

Looking to bolster their pass rush, the Philadelphia Eagles acquired defensive end Darryl Tapp from Seattle on Tuesday.The Seahawks got defensive end Chris Clemons a...

Aaron Cook's lack of control of his fastball led to his second straight ineffective start in spring training.Cook, who has won 27 games the past two seasons for the ...

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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin on Tuesday said he was disappointed by a two-game suspension issued for a hit on Chicago's Brian Campbell.In a brief interview...

Lance Mackey has won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race one more time.Mackey crossed the finish line in Nome on Tuesday afternoon to become the only musher ...

As Jake Westbrook ran sprints in the outfield grass, a Cleveland fan leaned over the railing in right field and offered his critique."Hey, Jake," the man hollered. "...

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President Barack Obama predicts Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova to make the men's basketball Final Four.Obama filled out a bracket for ESPN for the seco...

Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Chris Narveson's only scare Tuesday was not from the Kansas City Royals' offense.Narveson, who is a candidate for the Milwaukee rotatio...

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Carlos Silva is telling everyone — including his mother — that he is back to being an effective major league pitcher."I talk to my mother before and after (every...

The Chicago Bears have signed free agent cornerback Tim Jennings to a two-year contract and released fullback Jason McKie.A second-round draft pick by Indianapolis i...

Ivan Rodriguez drove in three runs as John Lannan and a split squad of Washington Nationals beat Kyle Lohse and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 Tuesday.The Nationals beg...

An attorney for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says the two-time Super Bowl winner has yet to meet with Georgia authorities who are investigating a sexu...

Manager Bobby Cox knows who will be in his starting rotation on opening day. He also knows Billy Wagner will be his closer.After that, he has more pieces of the puzz...

Illinois State has suspended a member of its men's basketball team after he was charged in an alleged sexual assault.The McLean County Clerk's office says 22-year-ol...

The St. Louis Rams have added depth to the offensive line, signing veteran center Hank Fraley.The 32-year-old Fraley, a 10-year veteran, was released by the Clevelan...

Ryan Howard hit his first home run of the spring and highly touted Domonic Brown connected twice, leading Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies over the Detroit Tigers ...

With his celebrity wife at his side, David Beckham was back on his feet and walking on crutches Tuesday after surgery to repair the torn Achilles' tendon that will sideline...

John Smoltz is embarking on a career as an analyst for Turner Broadcasting and the MLB Network, although he's not quite ready to say he's thrown his final major league pitc...

Notre Dame point guard Tory Jackson wrestled the rebound away from Seton Hall's 6-foot-6 forward Jeff Robinson, sending the ball bouncing toward midcourt and out of bounds....

Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey is in the driver's seat and headed for the finish line in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Mackey reached the last checkpo...

With his team reeling as it heads into the NCAA tournament, Texas coach Rick Barnes sounds like a gardener trying to coax life out of a dying plant."Sometimes you ke...

Minnesota star Joe Mauer is hitting in March like, well, an MVP.Mauer got two hits in his return from a four-day absence Tuesday, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the ...

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Sure, they're only exhibition games. But it's still nice to win — especially for a team that had been 0-for-spring training.The Washington Nationals, who led the m...

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Chicago White Sox outfielder Jared Mitchell will miss the 2010 season after surgery on his left ankle.The team said Tuesday that the 21-year-old prospect is expected...

Tony Dungy stood before more than 1,700 prisoners Tuesday, sharing a smile and message of hope that has become his life's work.The former NFL championship coach said...

Brett Favre kept his plans to himself, even as he helped try to recruit LaDainian Tomlinson to play for the Minnesota Vikings.Tomlinson, who signed a two-year deal w...

Injured Missouri forward Laurence Bowers will postpone surgery on two torn wrist ligaments until after the Tigers' NCAA tournament appearance.Bowers disclosed the in...

The Minnesota Wild have signed center Casey Wellman to a two-year contract.The deal was announced on Tuesday. Wellman just concluded his sophomore season at the Univ...

The family of the Georgian luge athlete who died in a training crash on the Olympic track hours before the Vancouver Games formally opened last month will receive an undisc...

Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold stand...

Hoping to restore a once-proud program, DePaul is prepared to make its next coach one of the richest in the Big East.Athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto said Tuesd...

Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador will compete in the Criterium International, their first race together since the Tour de France last year.Contador announced Tue...

With one move, the Kansas City Chiefs took a big step toward bolstering a shaky offensive line and making up for a gamble six years ago that came back to haunt them....

Jeff Gordon announced Tuesday that his wife is expecting a baby boy, though the four-time NASCAR champion won't push his son into racing."Whatever is going to be the...

The Houston Cougars are suddenly front-page news again.The team followed another mediocre regular season by winning last week's Conference USA tournament to earn the...

Despite not competing since his car crash in November, Tiger Woods is still the favorite to win the Masters.Barely an hour after the announcement Tuesday that Woods ...

The gold-medal puck is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, after a brief detour to Switzerland.Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal for Canada with the puc...

A new study shows players on the teams headed to the NCAA women's tournament are graduating at a higher rate than those in the men's field.An annual report released ...

Every NFL quarterback would like more options on offense, more game-breakers.Matthew Stafford is doing something about it.Even though Stafford has only played...

David Beckham was walking on crutches a day after surgery, joined by his wife in Finland and beginning a rehabilitation in which he is expected to play soccer again in six ...

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell will miss seven to eight weeks with a broken collar bone and a fractured rib, the result of a hit from Washington Capitals' sta...

John Smoltz is embarking on a career as an analyst for Turner Broadcasting and the MLB Network, although he's not quite ready to say he's thrown his final major league pitc...

Katie Smith has signed with the Washington Mystics, with general manager Angela Taylor calling the guard "the LeBron James of this free-agency process."Smith is the ...

No. 20 Oklahoma State is bracing for life without Riley.Andrea Riley, the nation's third-leading scorer, will serve a one-game suspension during the Cowgirls' first-...

LaDainian Tomlinson wants to cap his career with a Super Bowl ring.He believes the New York Jets can help him deliver on that dream."There would be no greater...

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton's left hand is OK after being hit by a pitch. Now he has a toothache.Hamilton arrived at the Rangers clubhouse Tuesday morning...

The success Nelson Cruz had in his first full season for the Texas Rangers was evident by the outfielder's selection to the All-Star team and Home Run Derby last summer.Doctor says Beckham recovering well after surgery, Marius Turula

David Beckham is recovering from surgery, joined by his wife in Finland and beginning a rehabilitation in which he is expected to be playing soccer again in six months....

The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed former Arizona guard Mustafa Shakur to a 10-day contract.Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced the deal on Tuesday. Shaku...

Brazilian police say fans of a losing soccer team hurled a homemade bomb into the visitors' locker room, leaving two people slightly injured.A spokeswoman for the Se...

Tiger Woods issued a statement Tuesday to announce he will begin his 2010 season at the Masters.Here's the full text of his statement:"The Masters is where I ...

The wife of former Baltimore Raven Michael McCrary has withdrawn her petition for a protective order against her husband.Mary Haley McCrary had claimed her husband t...

Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold stand...

Ohio State has added two more years to Jim Tressel's contract.The Buckeyes football coach had his original contract, signed in 2008, extended through the 2014 season...

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association has suspended North Dakota forward Matt Frattin for one game.The junior will not play Thursday when North Dakota faces Minn...

"See you in Nome." With those words and two-hour lead, musher Lance Mackey hit the trail for the final leg of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race.Mackey left...

David Beckham is recovering well from surgery on his left Achilles' tendon and will start to walk on crutches in his first rehabilitation exercises on Tuesday.The te...

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Pau Gasol added 26 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to their ninth straight victory over the Golden State Warriors, 124-121 on Monday night.<...

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Pau Gasol added 26 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to their ninth straight victory over the Golden State Warriors, 124-121 on Monday night.<...

Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, soccer's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup — a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors...

An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology tha...

It wouldn't take an act of Congress, and in the overall scheme of things, expanding the field for the NCAA men's basketball championship wouldn't solve or create any proble...

David Beckham's left Achilles' tendon was totally torn, and the doctor who performed the surgery said the England midfielder is expected to be out of action for about six m...

On their way to a record 72-game winning streak, the Connecticut Huskies have beaten just about every power program in women's college basketball.Stanford, Duke, Not...

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Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey is poised to claim his fourth consecutive win in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race over a route beset by bitter cold.Royals handle White Sox 9-1

Zack Greinke got the best of a matchup with Mark Buehrle and the Kansas City Royals earned a 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.Greinke, unscored upo...

Novak Djokovic built up a head of steam while losing nine consecutive games over two sets. He let it out by tossing his ballcap after finally winning a game in the third.Latos blows through 1st; Pads win 7-1, Bernie Wilson

Mat Latos isn't taking anything for granted as he competes for the No. 5 spot in the San Diego Padres' rotation.Latos retired the first three batters on seven pitche...

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Pau Gasol added 26 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to their ninth straight victory over the Golden State Warriors, 124-121 on Monday night.<...

Sure, they're only exhibition games. But it's still nice to win — especially for a team that had been 0-for-spring training.The Washington Nationals, who led the m...

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David West scored 24 points and the New Orleans Hornets snapped a seven-game road losing streak with a 108-100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night, comple...

Tomas Holmstrom scored his 20th goal of the season with 1:19 left in the third period to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.Brooks, Scola rally Rockets past Nuggets, 125-123, Chris Duncan

Aaron Brooks swished a jumper with 2.9 seconds left and scored 31 points to help the Houston Rockets rally for a 125-123 victory over Denver on Monday night, snapping the N...

Despite allowing five runs, Texas Rangers starter Rich Harden was pleased with his performance Monday night."It's the best I've thrown in a while," said Harden, who ...