Eric Gordon scored a game-high 21 points, leading the United States in a 92-57 rout of Tunisia to finish up an unblemished record in the preliminary round of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 14 points in the victory, as the USA finished atop ...More
Matthew Stafford had an interception returned for a touchdown, but third-stringer Drew Stanton threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes to lift the Detroit Lions to a 28-23 win over the Buffalo Bills in their preseason finale Thursday night. Stafford's second pass was picked off by Drayton Florence and ...More
Gerald Laird homered in the top of the 13th inning as the Tigers pulled out a wild 10-9 win over the Twins in the finale of a three-game series at Target Field. Casper Wells hit a solo shot in the ninth inning to tie the game at eight for Detroit ...More
ROVERETO, Italy (Reuters) - A woman carrying pole vaults in a purpose-built bag struggles to make her way through a crowd of screaming children at an athletics meeting in northern Italy.
Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion is alongside 2004 Olympic men's 100 gold medalist Justin Gatlin ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rejuvenated by the familiar surroundings of the U.S. Open, New Yorker James Blake promised to deliver some inspired tennis if his broken-down body will allow him to compete at a higher level.
Blake, who defied a host of ailments to beat Canada's Peter Polansky 6-7 ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It looms as a mismatch of classic proportions. Andy Murray, the world number four and one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open title against Dustin Brown, a dreadlocked Jamaican ranked 123rd in the world.
When they enter Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday to play ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after her surprise exit from the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova will have another showdown with a little-known American teenager who will be battling for her own share of the Flushing Meadows spotlight.
Last year a then 17-year-old Melanie Oudin eliminated the Russian in the ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova joined a stampede of easy center court winners at the U.S. Open on Thursday when the former champion trampled Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round.
The 2006 Open winner did not face a single break point in ...More