NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Alexandra may need to run against the boys just to find some competition. The Preakness winner romped to a 19¼-length victory in the $300,000 Mother Goose on Saturday, splitting Malibu Prayer and Flashing on the far turn at Belmont Park and pulling away down the long front stretch to win […]

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Kyle Busch figured out a way to win again in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series. After two straight frustrating runner-up finishes in the second tier series, Busch passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano near the end of the Camping World 200 on Saturday and held off the precocious 19-year-old to get the […]

Kansas City Royals pitcher Sidney Ponson tested positive for a stimulant during the World Baseball Classic and has been banned from international competition for two years. Major League Baseball will not suspend Ponson. Under the drug rules, he will be treated as a first-time offender and is subject to a medical review and fine. The […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — If the underdog U.S. men’s team is going to win its first FIFA final by stunning another powerhouse, the Americans know they’ll need some tough defense to go with the energy they’re suddenly showing. The United States, still elated with its 2-0 upset of European champion Spain in the Confederations Cup semifinal, […]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — As Ivo Karlovic unfurled his 6-foot-10 frame and pounded ace after ace after ace at Wimbledon on Friday, his opponent quickly came to a realization. “You cannot do nothing,” said ninth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. No, you can’t. Not when Karlovic, the tallest player in tour history, is at his serve-smacking […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Former Cleveland Browns receiver Joe Jurevicius sued the team and the Cleveland Clinic on Friday, saying the team misrepresented the cleanliness of its training facility and blaming doctors with negligence over a staph infection in his right knee that kept him from playing last year. The lawsuit alleges that physicians Anthony Miniaci […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Hansbrough’s path to the NBA looks familiar to Pacers president Larry Bird. The 6-foot-9 forwards from small towns both could have left school early, but they stayed for their senior seasons and played for national titles. Both built reputations for being tireless workers, and both heard from doubters who said they […]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Lo and behold, Roger Federer actually lost a set at Wimbledon on Friday. Not a match, mind you, just a set, which in and of itself counts as news. Dating to the start of the 2003 tournament, after all, Federer is 43-1 at the All England Club, dropping a total of […]

MONTREAL (AP) — The New York Islanders kept everyone guessing, including John Tavares himself, right up until they made the high-scoring center the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NHL entry draft. The Islanders chose Tavares, an 18-year-old junior star with the London Knights, with the first overall pick ahead of 6-foot-6, 220-pound Swedish defenseman […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Instead of hawking shoes from the trunk of his car, maybe now Mike Rodgers will be promoting them from a billboard somewhere. He is, after all, America’s best sprinter this side of Tyson Gay. Wearing his trademark headband, Rodgers sped down the track in 9.91 seconds, beating a depleted field in […]