OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Now that they’re no longer teammates with the New England Patriots, receiver Wes Welker admits his friendship with Matt Cassel has changed. After spending years as a backup in college and the NFL, Cassel finally got his moment in the sun last season after Patriots starter Tom Brady was injured in […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – To dispel her jitters, Jiyai Shin reached for a sandwich. The South Korean star, seeking her fifth win in 11 months, shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to extend her lead to four strokes at the Wegmans LPGA. “On the front nine, I lost my confidence,” the 21-year-old Shin said of […]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – A 135 mph serve makes tiebreakers a little easier, and Andy Roddick won some important points with that one stroke Saturday at Wimbledon. Taking advantage of his big serve, Roddick won two tiebreakers and beat good friend Jurgen Melzer 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3 to reach the third round. Roddick […]

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — When people say Bill Snyder altered the landscape at Kansas State, it is literally true. After he revitalized the worst program in major college history and created a football powerhouse, workers had to widen the roadway leading into town so that every game day Bill Snyder Highway could funnel tens of […]

PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-doping crusaders are stockpiling needles for testing blood and cups for sampling urine, and two new books on Lance Armstrong have just been released in France. Must be about time for the Tour de France. The seven-time champion is back from retirement, four years after his last victory. Teammate Alberto Contador, […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kara Goucher conquered her kick. The middle-distance runner-turned marathoner entered the 5,000 meters at the U.S. nationals for the sole purpose of feeling more comfortable with her kick — that burst of speed that can often decide a race. Goucher had felt uncomfortable with her ability to turn it on late […]

The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) – Tim Wakefield pitched six scoreless innings to win a duel with Javier Vazquez, and the Boston Red Sox blanked the punchless Atlanta Braves 1-0 Saturday. Mark Kotsay drove in the game’s only run with a sixth-inning single. Wakefield (10-3) came up with a performance worthy of the day he […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Who would’ve envisioned this: Tim Wakefield joining Roger Clemens in the Boston record book? The 42-year-old knuckleballer pitched six scoreless innings to beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 Saturday, a worthy performance for the game that tied him with Clemens for the most career starts by a Red Sox pitcher. “Just being mentioned […]

LOUDON, New Hampshire (AP) — At least a handful of the drivers racing in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race in New Hampshire will be thinking about another race here in September. The second race of the season on the 1.058-mile oval will be the start of the 10-race Chase for the championship, contested among the […]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — As a tyke growing up in Marietta, Ga., Melanie Oudin would watch Venus and Serena Williams on TV and tell anyone who would listen that she was going to play at Wimbledon, too, one day. Who knew she’d be right? And do so well, so quickly? Making her Wimbledon debut at […]