SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) — Michael Jordan will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, a final honor for someone who’s already won everything else. David Robinson, John Stockton, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and Rutgers University women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer will also be inducted. But the attention is largely […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel acts like he’s ready to play. He hasn’t missed a practice this week. He knows the game plan. He’s said the right things, that he feels good enough to go. Now, it’s up to the coaches. “As long as I’m able to walk and […]

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Juan Pablo Montoya climbed out of his car after his third-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night and immediately began his search. He was in a rush to find an updated list of the Sprint Cup points leaders heading into the race in Richmond on Saturday night. Montoya quickly […]

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing plan to merge in 2010, with the four-car team running Fords under the RPM banner. Under the agreement announced Thursday, Yates driver Paul Menard will join RPM drivers Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler and A.J. Allmendinger next year. RPM was formed in January when Petty Holdings […]

ROSSBURG, Ohio (AP) — It’s quickly becoming home-field advantage. Tony Stewart knows every dimple on the dirt track at Eldora Speedway — and it shows. The NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader took only 13 laps to vault from sixth place to first and then pulled away to win the Gillette Young Guns Prelude to a […]

BOSTON (AP) — Pinch-hitter Victor Martinez hit a three-run double to break a seventh-inning tie, and the Boston Red Sox beat Baltimore 7-5 on Wednesday night to improve to 13-2 against the Orioles this season. Billy Wagner (1-0) pitched a perfect seventh inning, striking out two, for the victory – the first AL decision of […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick says he’ll deal with any developments in the Richard Seymour trade when they happen. The five-time Pro Bowl defensive end hasn’t reported to the Oakland Raiders after being traded by the New England Patriots for a first-round draft pick in 2011. Asked Wednesday if he was monitoring the situation […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Melanie Oudin’s magical U.S. Open is over. Even the comeback kid couldn’t overturn this deficit. Showing signs of shakiness in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, the 17-year-old Oudin got off to a slow start against No. 9-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and never really recovered, losing 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday night. “This […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after pulling closer Brad Lidge in the ninth inning, Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel wouldn’t commit to keeping him in that role. “He might be right in there tonight,” Manuel said before Wednesday’s game against Washington. “I’m not saying he’s going to be, 100 percent. He might be and he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Allen Iverson will be a fan attraction for the Memphis Grizzlies — from the very beginning. The Grizzlies confirmed Wednesday they have agreed in principle to a contract with Iverson, hours after the guard tweeted he was heading to Memphis. And the team scheduled a Thursday news conference open to the […]