Beijing started its most drastic pollution-control plan Sunday, restricting car use and limiting factory emissions in a last-minute push to clear smog-choked skies for...

Kyle Busch came up five spots short in his bid to make NASCAR history Saturday night and Johnny Benson took advantage, holding off Michael Annett to win the Built Ford...

Carl Edwards passed Jason Leffler with 48 laps remaining Saturday night and cruised to victory at the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night.

Brett Favre stuck to the script, declining to address his public rift with the Green Bay Packers in an appearance at Lambeau Field on Saturday.

Dan Haren threw seven scoreless innings and Conor Jackson homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Saturday night.

Gil Meche and three relievers combined on a two-hitter while John Buck and Billy Butler homered Saturday night to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox...

John Lannan won his rookie matchup against Jair Jurrjens, Willie Harris continued his strong series against his former Atlanta teammates and the Washington Nationals...

Katie Douglas and the Indiana Fever stole the spotlight _ under the moonlight _ from the New York Liberty in the WNBA’s first outdoor game.

Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau each went deep and drove in eight runs between them, as the Minnesota Twins heaped four home runs on their usual small-ball approach to...

Wandy Rodriguez struck out seven and the Houston Astros again stifled the Chicago Cubs’ offense in 4-1 victory on Saturday night.

High Tech Slalom Ski Training A new motion capture system using a network of sensors to detect high speed movement can help skiers to improve their downhill slalom...

Now it’s official: Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone and Samantha Peszek are going to the Beijing Olympics. And they’re bringing Bridget Sloan with them.

Tom Glavine threw off the bullpen mound for the first time since landing on the disabled list in early June because of a strained left elbow, and said he was encouraged...

Rookie catcher John Baker drove in four runs Saturday and hit one of three homers for the Florida Marlins, who tightened the race in the NL East by beating the...

One-time Seattle prospect Shin-Soo Choo homered and doubled in his first two at-bats, Jeremy Sowers picked up his first win of the season and the Cleveland Indians beat...

The scrappy Los Angeles Angels are showing they’ve got what it takes to beat the Boston Red Sox.

Greg Norman has another chance to win a major. This time, he might have nothing to lose.

Paul Hamm is going to the Olympics again, thanks to a performance that ended any doubt about whether his broken hand has healed and made it easy for the gymnastics...

Michelle Wie finished the third round of the State Farm Classic alone in second on Saturday _ then was disqualified for failing to immediately sign her scorecard a day...

Laura Wilkinson and her diving partner Jessica Livingston have lost their appeal to compete in 10-meter synchronized platform diving at the Beijing Olympics.