Sports News
- Police: Florida player used dead girl's credit card
A Florida football player was kicked off the team Friday after turning himself in on charges he used the gas credit card of a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident.
- Cavs' Wallace doubtful for Game 3
Cavaliers starting forward Ben Wallace is doubtful for Game 3 of Cleveland's playoff series against the Boston Celtics because of allergies and a left inner ear infection.
- Results on Eight Belles two weeks away
It will be at least two weeks before additional information is known about what caused Eight Belles to break down in the Kentucky Derby, the filly's owner said Friday.
- Rangers deal Mench
The Texas Rangers traded outfielder Kevin Mench to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday for cash.
- Peter, V. Klitschko reach deal for bout
Samuel Peter will defend his WBC heavyweight title in the fall against
unretired former champion Vitali Klitschko after the fighters' camps finally
reached a financial agreement for the long-awaited fight.
- Quieter Kim managing just fine on his own
The calls keep coming, but Anthony Kim is focused on golf. Solidly in contention after two rounds at the Players Championship, the 22-year-old is firing on all cylinders, even with the distractions that come from having no agent, Steve Elling says.
- Sexson banned 6 games, wants to appeal
Seattle slugger Richie Sexson was suspended for six games and fined Friday by Major League Baseball after charging the mound and throwing his helmet at a Texas pitcher the previous night.
- Nash expects D'Antoni to stay with Suns
Despite rampant speculation that Mike D'Antoni is headed to Chicago or New York,
Phoenix point guard Steve Nash expects his coach to be back on the Suns' bench next season.
- Padres release struggling veteran Edmonds
Center fielder Jim Edmonds has been released by the San Diego Padres after his batting average dipped to .178 and he struggled to track down fly balls he once easily caught.
- Avs part with Quenneville after getting swept
Joel Quenneville is out as coach of the Avalanche after three seasons, a week after Colorado was swept out of the playoffs by the Detroit Red Wings.
- Felix turns in year's best 100, 400
It took less than 90 minutes for Allyson Felix to become the
year's fastest woman in both the 100 and 400 meters.
- Crean comfortable with blueprint to return Indiana to top
Forget rebuilding, Tom Crean has more than that. Indiana returns three -- that's right, three! -- scholarship players, but Gary Parrish says the coach feels good about his decision to go back before forward.
- Serena's win streak snapped at 17
Dinara Safina ended Serena Williams's 17-match winning streak with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) victory on Friday to reach the German Open semifinals.
- Federer upset by Stepanek in Rome
Roger Federer lost his sixth match of the year Friday, falling to 27th-ranked Radek Stepanek 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (9-7) in the Rome Masters quarterfinals.
- Burning Questions: Eastern Conference finals
Who will have the upper hand at the end of the Eastern Conference finals between the Penguins and Flyers? Wes Goldstein says that depends on the answer to these other questions.
- Bad blood will flow from get-go for Penguins-Flyers
Geographic proximity, history, some more recent hostility on both sides -- Wes Goldstein says it adds up to a series that should be nasty from the first minute when the Penguins and Flyers meet in the Eastern Conference finals.
