WASHINGTON (AP) — This is not the type of schedule the Washington Redskins would want to see in the regular season. First game: Baltimore Ravens. No. 2 defense in the league last year. Second game: Pittsburgh Steelers. World champions. No. 1 defense in 2008. Now comes game No. 3: Friday night vs. the New England […]

 The international star of the Vancouver Olympics might end up being an irresistible figure skater or a charismatic skier. It’s a safe bet no athlete or team, though, will match the Canadian hockey team’s rock-star like following. Coach Mike Babcock said he and his star-studded roster will be ready. “This is our game in this […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams have met in eight Grand Slam finals, most recently at Wimbledon last month. The U.S. Open won’t feature No. 9. The No. 2-seeded Serena and No. 3 Venus are in the same half of the U.S. Open field announced Thursday, meaning they could face each other only […]

 JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Seven days ago, Sergio Garcia wasn’t even sure if he would be eligible to play in The Barclays for the start of the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup. Suddenly, he has a splendid view from the top. Garcia took another important step toward recovering from a troublesome season […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that agents had no right to seize baseball’s anonymous drug-testing results from 2003, an infamous list that tarnished America’s pastime and some of its biggest stars. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a victory for the players’ union, which has […]

BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz curled his second homer of the game around the Pesky Pole to break a ninth-inning tie and give the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. It was Ortiz’s 10th career game-ending homer and a franchise-record ninth with the Red Sox. Hall of […]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are slowing Ichiro Suzuki’s return from tightness in his left calf. Manager Don Wakamatsu said Wednesday the team has told its antsy, nine-time All-Star to do less and rest. Suzuki was out of the lineup for the third consecutive game against Oakland. The Gold Glove outfielder did some indoor […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick says he admired the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, who sent him personal notes and congratulations on the team’s successes. Belichick said Wednesday that Kennedy’s “leadership and his courage were certainly something I personally always looked up to” and also “meant a lot” to people in Massachusetts […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville coach Rick Pitino said Wednesday a sex scandal involving a woman accused of trying to extort millions from him has been “pure hell” for his family, fuming that newly released video of her police interview revived her “total fabrication.” Pitino spoke at a hastily called news conference hours after Louisville […]

No doubt A-Rod feels a lot better now. Big Papi and Manny, too. Somewhere, Sammy Sosa must be smiling, even as he plots his latest baseball comeback. They were wronged, and now everyone knows. A bunch of judges got together Wednesday and told us so. No one was ever supposed to know they were juiced […]