Olympic organizers intend to “bear down” on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion...

International gymnastics officials aren’t the only ones who want more information on two members of China’s 2000 Olympic team.

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera had surgery Tuesday on his right shoulder and is expected to resume throwing in three months, a month ahead of spring training.

The Canadian Grand Prix was dropped from the 2009 calendar on Tuesday, leaving North America without a Formula One race.

Mayor Boris Johnson says authorities must speed up planning for security at London’s 2012 Olympic games.

The speculation is finally over. Sourav Ganguly is leading the way again and he is setting the state and trend of bowing out in a contrived scenario or not. While...

The American League Championship Series will be an all-East Division affair. The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays closed out their respective division series in four...

They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the...

The Indianapolis Colts were handed a game by the Houston Texans on Sunday.

Ryan Longwell’s 30-yard field goal with 13 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Vikings to a 30-27 comeback victory over the New Orleans Saints on Monday night,...

The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month’s news.

Former world No. 1 Leyton Hewitt will make his comeback from hip surgery at the Sydney International tournament in January ahead of the Australian Open.

Reserve guards Maurice Evans and Acie Law scored 17 and 20 points respectively, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 118-101 Monday night in the preseason...

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops expects No. 1 Oklahoma to be at full strength this Saturday when the Sooners face fifth-ranked Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry game.

B.J. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home _ to get ready for the American League championship series. Worst in the majors last year, the Rays will play for a...

B.J. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home _ to get ready for the American League championship series.

Three boats with fierce dragon heads at the helm cut through the water. Drummers kept time as 20 paddlers in each craft vigorously moved their boats toward the finish...

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner says that after this season he will take his closest look yet at retiring from the NFL.

With temperatures around freezing, the bobsled-skeleton-luge track in Lake Placid opened for the season Monday morning, allowing more than 100 American sliders to...

Mike Maloney bets millions of dollars each year on horse races, but a small-dollar bet in which he tried to cheat the wagering system to prove it could be done has...