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 […]

Chris Pronger aims to bring wisdom to Flyers By Sam Carchidi The Philadelphia Inquirer MONTREAL — Chris Pronger, the Flyers’ new defensive cornerstone, still has a mean streak in him, but if you listen to those close to the Player Who Was Acquired to Win the Stanley Cup, it’s now a “controlled mean streak. He […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ron Hornaday dominated his second race consecutive race and won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Hornaday, who won last week at Milwaukee by leading 180 of 200 laps, had a similar performance in the MemphisTravel.com 200 on Saturday night. He started on the pole […]

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Paul Goydos birdied five holes on the back nine Saturday and held a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry after the third round of the Travelers Championship. Goydos’ 28-foot putt from off the green on the 16th highlighted a third-round 63, tying Hunter Mahan for the best round of the day. “I […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Landon Donovan remembers the first time he played the Brazilians, when his under-23 team trudged off the field, victims of a 7-0 thrashing. “I haven’t beaten Brazil on any level,” the U.S. forward said. “It would be amazing to do it tomorrow.” Amazing, unbelievable, spectacular — any adjective would apply. When the […]