AP - An attorney says Ford Motor Co. has settled a Mississippi lawsuit over damages sought from a 2001 rollover crash that killed a New York Mets prospect in the Florida Panhandle.
14 min 29 sec ago
AP - Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is bracing for the possibility of having season-ending surgery on his broken left foot.
18 min 33 sec ago
AP - Roger Federer will stroll into the third round of the U.S. Open.
20 min 54 sec ago
AP - Fresh off his divorce, Tiger Woods has taken out a $54.5 million mortgage on his Florida waterfront estate.
26 min 26 sec ago
AP - Line: Alabama by 37 1/2.
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AP - After angry environmentalists objected to a Nike promotional ad for a new West Virginia University football uniform, the athletic apparel giant said Thursday it will modify a graphic depicting a mountaintop removal mine.
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Reuters - CC Sabathia earned his Major League-leading 19th win and Curtis Granderson belted two home runs to power the New York Yankees to a 5-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
51 min 11 sec ago
AFP - Roger Federer rolled into the third round of the US Open on Thursday while sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko lost and Japanese qualifier Kei Nishikori dumped 11th seed Marin Cilic in five grueling sets.
56 min 20 sec ago
AP - A chart of FedEx Cup standings at the Deutsche Bank Championship shows Tiger Woods at the top, not unusual considering he has won the cup and its $10 million prize every year he has played.
1 hour 1 min ago
AP - Trent Richardson isn't new to the spotlight.
1 hour 19 min ago
AP - IOC president Jacques Rogge believes the cricket match-fixing scandal shows that illegal betting has become as big a blight on sports as doping.
1 hour 30 min ago
AP - A federal appeals court has ruled against the Baltimore Ravens and the National Football league in a copyright dispute over the team's original logo.
1 hour 31 min ago
AP - Five-time champion Roger Federer has breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in beating 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
1 hour 32 min ago
AP - With nothing to play for, the United States looked as if it didn't want to play.
1 hour 37 min ago
AP - Aleksandar Rasic made four free throws in the last 11 seconds Thursday to help Serbia upset top-ranked Argentina 84-82 and win Group A at the basketball world championship.
1 hour 43 min ago
AP - CC Sabathia pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to earn his major league-leading 19th win, fill-in Curtis Granderson homered twice and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 Thursday for a four-game sweep.
1 hour 51 min ago
AP - Ben Roethlisberger's first big gain of the season may occur weeks before he returns to the field.
1 hour 53 min ago
AP - Frank McCourt says his estranged wife wanted no part in the risk associated with buying the Los Angeles Dodgers six years ago.
2 hours 13 min ago
AFP - Top seed Caroline Wozniacki powered her way into the third round of the US Open on Thursday, handing out a 6-0, 6-0 whitewash to Taiwan's Chang Kai-Chen.
2 hours 41 min ago
AP - Garrett Gilbert has hardly played since high school and in his only meaningful college game, he threw four interceptions as Texas lost the national championship to Alabama.
2 hours 44 min ago
AP - Football is king where Oklahoma linebacker Tom Wort is from. Just not American football.
2 hours 49 min ago
AFP - Stand-in Germany captain Philipp Lahm on Thursday denied he had any problems with coach Joachim Loew's decision to retain Michael Ballack as permanent skipper for the Euro 2012 campaign.
3 hours 34 min ago
AP - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki has defeated Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open.
3 hours 36 min ago
AP - Step in to the NFL's Last Chance Saloon and look around. There's an impressive array of talent on display this season.
3 hours 37 min ago
AFP - Ireland are taking a long trip into unknown territory when they start their Euro 2012 campaign against Armenia in their opening Group B fixture here on Friday.
4 hours 2 min ago
AFP - Norwegian sprint specialist Thor Hushovd won the sixth stage of the Tour of Spain here on Thursday, while Belgium's Philippe Gilbert retained the overall leader's red jersey.
4 hours 47 min ago
AFP - Andy Roddick's second-round exit from the US Open has pushed a new set of rising American men into the Grand Slam spotlight, hoping to advance the legacy of such legends as Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.
4 hours 50 min ago
AP - LeBron James didn't change all his teams this summer.
5 hours 10 min ago
AP - Searchers in the rugged North Cascades have found a backpack belonging to the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum, but they are still looking for the missing climber.
5 hours 28 min ago
AP - Coach Mike Riley and his No. 24 Oregon State players would like nothing better than to squeeze in a preseason tune-up before taking on No. 6 TCU Saturday night in Texas.
5 hours 28 min ago
AP - Former Hofstra co-captain Luke Bonus lives in a house just a short walk from the stadium where he played college football.
5 hours 56 min ago
AP - The San Jose Sharks have signed the goalie who helped knock them out of the playoffs, agreeing to a one-year, $2 million deal with Antti Niemi.
7 hours 2 min ago
AFP - Fabio Capello insists he has learned enough from England's World Cup flop to make changes he believes will put his team back on track as long as they play without fear.
7 hours 22 min ago
AFP - After working 11 hours and five minutes over three days to reach the second round in his prior Grand Slam opener, John Isner needed only one hour and 57 minutes to advance Wednesday night at the US Open.
8 hours 39 min ago
AFP - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has hit out at his club for not backing him in the transfer market and leaving him short up front.
10 hours 25 min ago
AP - Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops suggests giving amnesty to college athletes who expose shady agents. A Florida sports agent wants national oversight of his beleaguered industry. The NCAA says it's working on the problem — but it could take a while.
12 hours 45 min ago
AP - DeMarcus Love still remembers his first reaction to Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino's playbook.
12 hours 46 min ago
AP - Notre Dame's leaky defense, the one that gave up yards in bunches a year ago — especially during a four-game losing streak to end the season — is pretty much old news. At least that's how Kerry Neal sees it.
13 hours 25 min ago
AP - The Big Ten's athletic directors got together on what was truly a conference call on Wednesday. The first thing Ohio State's Gene Smith did was open some accompanying e-mails that listed proposed Buckeyes football schedules for 2011 and 2012.
13 hours 40 min ago
AP - The ink starts at Chris Johnson's neck, with wings tattooed just above his collarbone, reminding the world that he is the NFL's most recent member of the very rare club of 2,000-yard rushers. The Tennessee running back also has "Cause IM A Star" perched just above a red star in the middle of his chest.
13 hours 52 min ago
AFP - Australian A-League club Gold Coast United have signed Australian international striker Bruce Djite as a replacement for Shane Smeltz, officials said on Thursday.
15 hours 50 min ago
AP - The St. Louis Cardinals plan to reunite next year with their longtime radio partner, the powerful AM station KMOX, after five years on KTRS.
16 hours 44 min ago
AP - Mike Singletary had to separate tight end Vernon Davis and wide receiver Michael Crabtree after the players got into a heated discussion at practice Wednesday.
16 hours 53 min ago
AP - Hideki Matsui hit a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh inning, barely eluding the glove of Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 4-2 win over the Mariners on Wednesday night.
16 hours 56 min ago
AP - Jacques Demers, the former NHL coach turned Canadian senator, says he will have a third operation after nearly dying during a botched hernia procedure.
17 hours 23 min ago
AP - Nyjer Morgan once again found himself in the middle of trouble.
18 hours 1 min ago
AP - Pinch-runner Darren Ford scored the go-ahead run from second base on a wild pitch and throwing error in the eighth inning, helping Tim Lincecum end a career-worst five-start skid in the San Francisco Giants' 2-1 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night.
18 hours 13 min ago
AP - Rookie Mitch Moreland homered again and the Texas Rangers kept pulling away in the AL West, beating the Kansas City Royals 4-3 Wednesday night.
18 hours 29 min ago
AP - Arkansas offensive lineman Anthony Oden and fullback Van Stumon are suspended for the No. 17 Razorbacks' season opener against Tennessee Tech.
18 hours 42 min ago
AP - The wife of one of Lance Armstrong's former teammates said Wednesday she has spoken to a federal agent investigating the seven-time Tour de France winner and other cyclists.
18 hours 55 min ago