EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants tested the turf at their new stadium Tuesday and had mixed results on the first day of their three-day mandatory minicamp. The Giants’ afternoon workout inside the New Meadowlands Stadium on Tuesday drew an estimated 7,000 onlookers. The new FieldTurf field at the $1.6 billion arena […]

IRENE, South Africa (AP) — The Americans returned to the practice field Tuesday, not only to prepare for their upcoming match with Slovenia, but the new role they’ve been cast in at this World Cup. Favorites. Yes, that’s right. The good, ol’ underdog Yanks are favored for a change – and therein lies the problem. […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Logan Mankins started every game since being drafted by the New England Patriots in 2005. Now he wants to do that somewhere else. The two-time Pro Bowl guard, upset with negotiations over a new contract, skipped the start of the team’s three-day minicamp on Tuesday after saying he wants to be […]

BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz homered, Dustin Pedroia scored three runs and Clay Buchholz had another solid start to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over Arizona on Tuesday night and send the Diamondbacks to their 11th straight road loss. Buchholz (9-4) allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk, striking […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buckle up, Boston and L.A. These epic NBA finals are going to Game 7. Kobe Bryant made sure of it, with plenty of help from the rest of the revitalized Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Lakers emphatically extended the […]

NEW YORK — Now that the Big 12 has survived the storm, the massive upheaval that many in college athletics have been bracing for seems far less likely. “I felt like there was either going to be very significant change or very little,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a telephone interview Tuesday. […]

BOSTON — Hockey Hall of Famer Cam Neely will be named the president of the Boston Bruins, a team official familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The official confirmed the decision to the AP on the condition of anonymity because it had not been officially announced. The Bruins have scheduled a “major announcement” […]

JOHANNESBURG — Maicon and Elano scored a goal apiece in the second half and Brazil broke through a solid North Korea defense to win its first 2010 World Cup match 2-1 on a frigid Tuesday night. Brazil escaped with a victory in the Group G match after struggling to get past the defensive setup of […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Down 3-2 in the NBA finals against an old foe that keeps finding new ways to beat them, the Los Angeles Lakers are going to need a big Hollywood ending to escape this jam with another championship. That’s exactly where they’ll make their last stand against the Boston Celtics. Game 6 […]

JOHANNESBURG — Angry World Cup viewers, we, at least, hear your vuvuzela pain. From as far away as the Himalayan mountain kingdom of Bhutan, you have e-mailed in droves to The Associated Press to complain that you are being driven loopy by the awful din of the trumpets that are spoiling the World Cup in […]