Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:28:34 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Kyle Busch twice appeared destined to destroy his race car, and twice used breathtaking saves to keep on running around Daytona International Speedway.
He probably shouldn't have been in position to race with the leader ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:28:35 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Carmelo Anthony briefly had what now belongs to Jeremy Lin.
Madison Square Garden shook when he was announced. Fans lined up to buy his jerseys, chanted his name, delighted in having the New York native back in the city.
The happ ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:28:35 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- If Michael Waltrip were to count up all the concussions he has sustained over a NASCAR career that stretches back nearly 30 years, he'd certainly hit 10 -- and probably keep going.
Safety measures since Dale Earnhardt's ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:28:36 AM
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) -- Tiger Woods must be mellowing with age.
There was a time when a comment from his opponent in the Match Play Championship, even tongue-in-cheek, would be an extra bit of motivation that Woods didn't need. Most famous at this ev ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:28:55 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Linsanity ran into reality: All-Star Deron Williams wasn't getting embarrassed by the Harvard guy again.
Williams scored a season-high 38 points, outplaying Jeremy Lin and leading the New Jersey Nets to a 100-92 victory over the Ne ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:28:58 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Kyle Busch twice appeared destined to destroy his race car, and twice used breathtaking saves to keep on running around Daytona International Speedway.
He probably shouldn't have been in position to race with the leader ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:28:59 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been suspended two games without pay by the NBA for throwing a ball at an official during a game.
Stu Jackson, the NBA's executive vice president for basketball operations, announced th ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:28:59 AM
By MIKE KERWICK
The Record
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Jon Rauch got his first tattoo when he turned 18. It was, somewhat predictably, a baseball. And it found a home near his ankle.
The piece of artwork that nudged open the gate to his world of ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:29:00 AM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Mariano Rivera hinted 2012 could be his final year in the major leagues, saying he won't announce his long-term plans until after the season.
The New York Yankees 42-year-old closer says he has reached a decision about whether h ...
Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:28:48 AM
By BRIAN MAHONEY
The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Linsanity lives.
Forget the off night that had NBA fans worldwide wondering if the Jeremy Lin story was too good to be true. It's still plenty good, all right.
The Harvard sensation was ba ...
Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:28:49 AM
By JIM O'CONNELL
The Associated Press
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- There's no list on any bulletin board designating which Syracuse player should be the one to make the big play.
The second-ranked Orange seem to be a team very comfortable with its de ...
Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:28:51 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- A.J. Burnett's rocky tenure in pinstripes is over.
The Yankees and Pirates completed a trade Sunday that sends the much-maligned pitcher to Pittsburgh for a pair of minor leaguers. New York is also giving the Pirates nearly $20 ...
Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:28:52 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bill Haas wound up making the biggest putt of them all at Riviera.
On the second extra hole of a three-way playoff Sunday -- made possible by clutch birdie putts from Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley on the final hole -- Haas r ...
Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:28:53 AM
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- They gathered in the bowels of the arena where most of the great fights of the last two decades have taken place, old men now all sharing one shining moment from years gone by. They had come to honor The Greatest, though whether Muh ...
Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:28:54 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Carl Edwards fell bitterly short in last season's bid to win the NASCAR championship.
He's starting 2012 out front.
Edwards, who lost the championship last season on a tie-breaker to Tony Stewart, won the pole for th ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:25 AM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The Anaheim Ducks finally ran into something they couldn't beat -- Marty Brodeur.
Brodeur made 36 saves, Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias scored shootout goals and the New Jersey Devils beat the Ducks 3-2 on Friday night after a ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:26 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They know what it feels like to be overlooked. People, they say, assume they are weak, servile, out of place. So when these Asian-Americans watch Jeremy Lin slash and shoot his way through the NBA's finest, it's almost as if they a ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:28 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Knicks signed J.R. Smith on Friday, hoping his 3-point shooting can improve one of their biggest weaknesses.
The timing may be risky with the Knicks playing their best basketball of the season, but the Knicks think Smi ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:31 AM
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Tim Wakefield has never been afraid to face a hitter with his knuckleball, kind of like he's never been afraid to face the truth.
After all, he pitched in parts of three decades, won 200 games along the way, was a part of t ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:32 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- It didn't take long -- one practice session, in fact -- to see how different life is this season for Kurt Busch.
His new car was wrecked in the first practice session of the season Friday, and the backup Phoenix Racing ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:35 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Defending Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart caused the first accident of Speedweeks.
Stewart, who did little wrong in last year's season finale and clinched his third NASCAR title, rear-ended Kurt Busch during practice Fr ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:35 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- In the wake of some very ugly finger-pointing after the season, several New York Jets veterans are trying to find ways to improve team chemistry.
Starting left guard Matt Slauson recently learned about the possible team bonding act ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:36 AM
ORCHARD PARK (AP) -- The Buffalo Bills haven't given up on re-signing Stevie Johnson before the receiver's eligible to become a free agent next month.
A person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press that the two sides exchanged off ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:36 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Yankees agreed Friday to trade much maligned pitcher A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh for two minor leaguers, a deal that clears the way New York to add Raul Ibanez.
Pittsburgh will pay $13 million of the $33 million salary due Burne ...
Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:28:37 AM
By PHIL ROGERS
Chicago Tribune
Who is crazier? Joe Maddon or Andrew Friedman?
Or do the two men running baseball's best operation -- without question the most efficient -- know something that the rest of us do not?
Maddon, who was named t ...