WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Ryan Briscoe couldn’t help but flash a big smile. A week after spinning out at Richmond and losing the IndyCar Series points lead, Briscoe won his second straight pole at Watkins Glen International. He turned a lap Saturday in 1 minute, 28.5970 seconds around the 11-curve, 3.4-mile road course in […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Sammy Kitwara of Kenya won the 40th Peachtree Road Race with a time of 27:21 in his debut in the annual 6.2-mile event through the streets of Atlanta. Ridouane Harroufi of Morocco was second, and Ethiopia’s Gashu Ibrahim Jeilan third. Abdi Abdirahman of Tucson, Ariz., captured his third straight USA Men’s 10-kilometer […]

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Tournament host Tiger Woods and defending champion Anthony Kim set the stage Saturday for a showdown everyone wanted at the AT&T National, with some expected company on a suddenly crowded leaderboard at Congressional. Woods salvaged an even-par 70 from a roller-coaster round, losing a three-shot lead in two holes and having […]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A year ago, plenty of people were feeling sorry for Roger Federer. They were sending him letters with good wishes or — believe it or not — tennis tips. They were offering advice about how to deal with a perceived drop in performance and ideas for how to beat Rafael Nadal. […]

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates farmhands Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel became the first players from India to appear in organized baseball when each pitched an inning for Bradenton of the Gulf Coast League on Saturday. Singh allowed one run on two hits and struck out one, throwing 13 of 20 pitches for strikes […]

MONACO (AP) — Lance Armstrong put in a solid performance in his comeback at the Tour de France on Saturday, finishing the first stage ahead of 170 riders many years younger and a respectable 10th behind winner Fabian Cancellara. Armstrong’s Astana team was dominant in the time trial through the hills and hairpin turns of […]

BOSTON (AP) — Seattle closer David Aardsma is a lot like the rest of the Mariners. He wasn’t expected to do a lot this season. Chris Woodward’s bases-loaded pop up in the ninth inning dropped behind a partially draw-in infield to score the go-ahead run, lifting Seattle to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants eager to show they really are what they eat. Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., hoisted the American flag and then stood proudly […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times, including once in the head, and a pistol was discovered near the body of the 20-year-old woman found dead with him Saturday in a downtown condominium. Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron identified the woman as Sahel Kazemi, whom he called a “friend” […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang left Saturday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays with a strained right shoulder. Wang surrendered a two-run homer to Adam Lind with one out in the sixth and threw a pitch to Scott Rolen before manager Joe Girardi and assistant trainer Steve Donohue came out of the […]