Top-ranked Novak Djokovic wasted a chance to serve out the match and was beaten 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 by sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych in the Italian Open quarterfinals on Friday.
It's the second consecutive week that Djokovic has struggled, having also lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the Madrid Open, where he was bothered by a right ankle injury.
Djokovic said he had been p Read More »
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Guan Tianlang will miss the cut at the Byron Nelson Championship after shooting a 7-over 77 in the second round Friday.
The 14-year-old amateur from China, who last month made the cut at the Masters and in New Orleans, had two double bogeys, five bogeys and two birdies during a windy round at TPC Four Seasons. Read More »
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Keegan Bradley has set the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship.
Bradley shot 60 even with consecutive bogeys midway through his round Thursday. After his second bogey, at No. 1 to start his second nine, he was 7 under his last eight holes.
The 60 matched the lowest round ever at the Nelson. Read More »
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David Beckham says he is retiring from soccer at the end of the season.
The 38-year-old Beckham recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain. Read More »
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The New Orleans Saints say Chuck Muncie, a Pro Bowl running back with both the Saints and San Diego Chargers, has died at age 60.
Muncie was the Saints first-round pick, third overall, out of California in 1976. He played four-and-a-half seasons in New Orleans before being traded in 1980 to San Diego, where he finished his nine-year NFL career. Read More »
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Former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney will be thinking of his late wife when he's inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in December.
He found out he was going into the Hall just weeks after Lyndi McCartney, his wife of 50 years, died of emphysema.
This was the person McCartney sought out in the stands after each win - to revel when they won, comfort when they lo Read More »
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Justin Masterson pitched a four-hitter for his second shutout this season, leading the Cleveland Indians over the New York Yankees 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday.
Masterson (6-2) overpowered baseball's hottest team for his third career shutout. Read More »
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Venus Williams lost in the first round of the Italian Open to Laura Robson. Now sister Serena will get a chance to even the score.
Robson, a quickly improving 19-year-old British player, beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 on Monday to set up a second-round match with top-ranked Serena.
The 19-year-old Robson won the Wimbledon junior title at 14. Read More »
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Rafael Nadal fought back to beat David Ferrer 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0 in Friday's quarterfinals of the Madrid Open, keeping alive his bid to reach a seventh straight final since returning from injury.
In a meeting of Spain's top ranked players, Ferrer's baseline game on the red clay almost proved too much for the fifth-seeded Nadal.
But Nadal held on to force a third set and won six st Read More »
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Major League Baseball says umpires have made a mistake for the second straight day, this time during a pitching change in Houston.
MLB issued a statement Friday saying umpires didn't properly apply a rule in a game between the Los Angeles Angels and Astros on Thursday night. Read More »
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Kobe Bryant says in a court filing that he never gave his mother permission to sell mementos from his high school days and early professional basketball career.
Bryant is in a court battle over whether hundreds of items can be auctioned off.
Pamela Bryant says the NBA star told her the memorabilia was hers. Read More »
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Athletics manager Bob Melvin says he has been in contact with Major League Baseball regarding the disputed ninth-inning call in Wednesday night's game.
After watching a replay, umpires ruled the ball hit by Oakland's Adam Rosales with two outs was a double and not a game-tying homer. TV replays showed the ball cleared the 19-foot-high wall and struck a railing. Read More »
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Jeremy Guthrie and the Baltimore Orioles are doing just fine without each other.
Guthrie lost 60 games over a four-year stretch with the Orioles before being traded to Colorado in February 2012 for pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom. Read More »
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Forward Mike Moser says he'll transfer to Oregon for his senior season.
Moser, who went to Portland's Grant High School, averaged 14 points and 10.5 rebounds at UNLV as a sophomore but was hampered by injury as a junior.
The 6-foot-8 forward confirmed his decision via Twitter, saying he's excited to be going home. Read More »
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NBA Schedule
Tonight's schedule of play in the NBA playoffs features two games. In New York the Knicks will attempt to even things up with Indiana at 1-1, while in and Oklahoma City the Thunder will try to take a 2-0 lead over the Grizzlies.
New Suns GM Named
The Phoenix Suns have a new general manager. Read More »
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NASCAR's chief appeals officer has upheld the fines and points penalties against Penske Racing for parts infractions at Texas last month.
John Middlebrook issued his decision Tuesday. Read More »
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Alex Rodriguez is back on the field for the first time since surgery on his left hip almost four months ago.
He joined a group of injured New York Yankees starters Monday at the team's minor league complex in Florida. Read More »
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The opening games of two NBA conference semifinals are taking place this evening as Miami plays host to Chicago and San Antonio is home to Golden State.
The Heat advanced with a four-game sweep of the Bucks in their first-round series while the Bulls took seven games to dispatch the Nets.
Miami enters tonight's game with a week off while the Bulls took until Saturday night to fin Read More »
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KENTUCKY DERBY
As Louisville and Churchill Downs get ready for tomorrow's Kentucky Derby, the annual Kentucky Oaks is on tap today. This is the race that features the top fillies every year. The purse is $1 million. Read More »
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Scott Gardiner ended his streak of eight missed cuts in a row by taking the early lead Friday in the Wells Fargo Championship.
Gardiner ran off four straight birdies at the turn and made all pars the rest of the way for a 5-under 67 at Quail Hollow. Read More »
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