The head of Switzerland's anti-doping laboratory on Friday denied claims that Lance Armstrong tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the 2001 Tour de Suisse and the results were covered up. Martial Saugy said his Lausanne lab d…

German Lisicki was on the verge of upsetting third seed Vera Zvonareva in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday but, with the finishing line in sight, she crumbled on court and had to be carried off on a stretcher sobbing.On Thu…

An otherwise effective performance by Luke Hochevar was undone by one absolutely awful inning he won't soon forget.Hochevar yielded eight runs in the fourth inning, and that was more than enough to doom the Kansas City Royals to a 9-2 loss…

The Mavericks lead the West Conference finals series 3-1 and can secure a place in the championship game against the Miami Heat or the Chicago Bulls, with a victory in game five in Dallas Wednesday.Dallas had not lead at any stage in regul…

The family of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow is suing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Stow's beating on Opening Day in the Dodger Stadium parking lot has been closely followed throughout the season, and the incident has drastically changed h…

The Portland Trail Blazers abruptly dismissed general manager Rich Cho on Monday, after less than a year on the job."I think over the course of time that Rich has been here, there was the realization that the chemistry just wasn't there, a…

Danica Patrick was pretty blunt ­after her qualifying run during the Indianapolis 500’s Bump Day on Sunday at Indianapolis ­Motor Speedway.“I feel like I need a drink,” she said.Patrick, who missed the 24-car cut Saturday, drove the second…

Danica Patrick has taken advantage of a second chance and qualified for the Indianapolis 500, while Marco Andretti has put himself back in the lineup with an incredible final run to beat the qualifying gun Sunday.Patrick, IndyCar's most ma…

Prince Fielder finally got to sleep about 90 minutes after the sun rose on Friday. No doubt he'll sleep well after providing the biggest hit for a Milwaukee club that just wouldn't give up.Fielder smacked a 450-foot two-run homer in the bo…

Excitement was brewing among some Manitobans Friday concerning the NHL's return to Winnipeg following a report from the Globe and Mail, but officials refuted claims a deal has been confirmed.Thursday night, the Globe and Mail reported the …

Jorge De La Rosa went the distance. Cole Hamels went home with the win.Hamels threw eight impressive innings, Jimmy Rollins drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 Wednesda…

Well, that's too bad. For a brief and shining moment, I thought we'd all be able to tell that smart-alecky Ricky Rubio, who apparently thinks he's too good to come to Minnesota, to go jump in a kettle full of steaming paella.The player of …

Barry Irwin sometimes used to make the business of syndicating thoroughbreds look easy. He and a partner would spot a racehorse with the potential to improve, buy the animal, sell shares to investors. They often won stakes races this way, …

Kevin Durant bounced back from his worst playoff performance ever to score 39 points, Russell Westbrook had his first playoff triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 105-90 victory over …

David Wright pulled on a maroon Virginia Tech T-shirt, jeans and running shoes, then strolled out of the Mets’ clubhouse at 4:40 p.m. Monday, done for the day and who knows how much longer. A half-hour earlier, the club disclosed that he h…

Sean Bergenheim began a stretch of three Tampa Bay goals in 1:25 in the first period and the Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 in the opener of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday night. Bergenheim, who scored just 14 goals in the re…

Rookie Josh Collmenter threw six scoreless innings in his first major league start and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.Collmenter (2-0) allow…

Given a chance to start on back-to-back days, Chris Davis certainly looked like a guy who found a groove. On Sunday, Davis hit his second home run of the season and drove in the winning run with an eighth-inning single in the Rangers’ 5-4 …

Even by Jose Bautista's recent standards, this a remarkable stretch of hitting.Since the beginning of the 2010 season, the Toronto outfielder has led the majors in home runs and he has become a threat to go deep at any moment.But a perform…

Harmon Killebrew announced Friday that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his life, saddening friends and fans of the 74-year-old Hall of Fame slugger. In a statement released jointly…

The Detroit Red Wings are confident they will beat the San Jose Sharks for a third straight time and force a Game 7.The Red Wings arrived home Monday after avoiding elimination in San Jose, and Detroit coach Mike Babcock was asked if he ho…

Going to FedExForum tonight, I mean. Or tuning in on television. Either one. It will feel different, knowing it could be the last time.The last drive to the arena. The last national anthem. The last home game of this magical, improbable ye…

The Memphis Grizzlies couldn't be more upset - at themselves.All their anger is pointed at their own missed shots, lackluster play and the missed opportunity that now has them playing from behind for the first time this postseason.Now coac…

Le hirieron las palabras de Manuel Lapuente. Tildarlo de americanista apócrifo desató la rabia del brasileño Antonio Carlos Santos, uno de los referentes históricos de las Águilas durante la etapa 1985-1994, lapso en el que el equipo ganó …

For a team that knows its season could be done in one more game, the Atlanta Hawks are still feeling confident about their chances in the Eastern Conference semifinals. “If we get this win,” guard Jeff Teague said, referring to Game 6 with…

It really would have been a feel-good story: After spending 10 years in the minors, Mike Wilson makes his big-league debut and wins a game for the Seattle Mariners with his first hit in the majors.Unfortunately, the Mariners still had to g…

Undeterred by the slap on the wrist a jury gave Barry Bonds, U.S. investigators are forging ahead in a separate drug-related case against another superstar athlete — Lance Armstrong.In France, where Armstrong became famous by winning the T…

C.J. Wilson allowed only two hits pitching into the eighth inning for the Texas Rangers.The problem was all the walks the left-hander gave out that turned into Oakland runs in a 7-2 loss Monday night."The whole game was frustration. It's g…

The rubber match for lightweight champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar and Gray "The Bully" Maynard won't happen at the end of this month, after all.Edgar had to withdraw from the Ultimate Fighting Championship's May 28 show because of back …

The Los Angeles Lakers were officially ousted from this year's playoffs yesterday and may now be firmly in the market for Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic. That will be a very hot topic over the next few weeks, and possibly throughout th…