CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Tiger Woods is one round away from winning another major, with more company than he wanted. Equipped with a four-shot lead Saturday at the PGA Championship, Woods played conservatively on another windy afternoon at Hazeltine until his lead was gone. Only at ...
BOSTON (AP) — It was a game of firsts for big names John Smoltz and Nomar Garciaparra — and Oakland rookie Brett Anderson. On a night when the 21-year veteran Smoltz made his Red Sox debut at Fenway Park and Garciaparra played there for the first time as an opponent, the 21-year-old Athlet...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The star quarterback and the waitress met six months ago, at a restaurant where she worked and his family often ate. He was married and 16 years older, but she seemed happy and eager to build a life with him. Steve McNair was retired from the NFL and spending time aga...
FILE - In this Aug. 5, 1986, file photo, Boston Red Sox pitcher Dennis "Oil Can'" Boyd pitches against the Chicago White Sox during a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. Boyd said during an interview with Jon Miller of WBZ radio in Boston, he probably pitched under the influence of cocaine "at ...
BOSTON (AP) — Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen’s putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 on Thursday night.Kobe Bryant had 27 points, Gasol finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum added 16 points and 17 ...
Buffalo Sabres' Nathan Gerbe (42) tries to keep Boston Bruins' Dennis Seidenberg (44), of Germany, off the puck in front of Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, of Finland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
BOSTON (AP) — Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird for No. 2 on the Celtics’ career scoring list, finishing with 15 points as Boston increased its winning streak to five straight with a 94-84 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday night.Pierce needed nine points to tie Bird’s total o...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mario Manningham is no longer the New York Giants’ forgotten receiver. Manningham emerged from the shadow of Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz with a catch that will rival David Tyree’s Super Bowl helmet grab four years ago, helping the Giants knock off the...
INDIANAPOLIS — Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl — in older brother Peyton’s house, at that.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Manning is elite, for sure. A king of comebacks, too. And far, far more than Peyton's little brother now. Spot-on from beginning to end Sunday night, Eli Manning won his second NFL championship in a four-year span — and second Super Bowl MVP award &mdas...
