HAMBURG, Germany — Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Roger Federer 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 on Sunday to win the Hamburg Masters and add the only major clay-court title miss...
Big Brown shoots for elusive Triple Crown
BALTIMORE — Big Brown might be the best horse this year in a middling field of 3-year-olds. Or the colt could be remembered as o...
CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch continued his dominance with a flawless qualifying effort Friday night to capture the pole for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Busch, the Spr...
After Friday qualifying, race Saturday
At Lowe's Motor Speedway
Concord, N.C.
Lap length: 1.5 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 132.835 mph.
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NFL owners may opt out of agreement
NEW YORK — NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season...
PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin could have talked with friends, enjoyed a dinner out, played video games or watched television. Whatever he did Friday, it wasn't at the hocke...
His 2 homers help Cubs pop Pirates
CHICAGO — Alfonso Soriano got booed and jeered during a slow start. Now he's showing again that he can carry a team.
Soriano homered in...
BALTIMORE — Rick Dutrow Jr. is nearly as confident that undefeated Big Brown will win the Preakness Saturday as he was before the colt's dominating win in the Kentucky D...
Pinch-hit homer helps Pirates complete rally
ST. LOUIS — Jason Bay's first pinch-hit homer delivered the latest jolt of anguish to Jason Isringhausen.
Bay's three-run sho...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins say about 2,000 tickets will go on sale for Sunday's Eastern Conference playoff game against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The tickets wi...
