PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger is on his own this time. The Pittsburgh Steelers stood behind their quarterback when he wrecked his motorcycle while riding helmet-less in 2006, tsk-tsking his immaturity yet eagerly welcoming him to training camp a ...

The good news for the top NFL prospects is that the league has created many events in New York City to keep them busy in the final hours before they are selected Thursday night.

By AP The combination of Dwight Howard and Vince Carter again was not perfect, just good enough to win. Carter scored 19 points, Howard added 15 and the Orlando Magic took a 2-0 series lead with a 92-77 victory against the visiting Charlotte Bobcats on ...

ATLANTA -- Roy Halladay continued his early-season dominance of the National League on Wednesday night at Turner Field. In his first shutout with the Phillies and the 16th of his career, Halladay allowed just five hits and one ...

MILWAUKEE -- Yovani Gallardo struck out 10 batters in five scoreless innings, and the bullpen finished an 8-0 win over the Pirates on Wednesday that gave Milwaukee its first three-game winning streak.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Some of Jim Delany's fellow conference commissioners joked about attending his Wednesday briefing with reporters.

Shaun Best/Reuters Alex Ovechkin beat Carey Price twice last night to help send the Capitals home with a 3-1 series lead. MONTREAL -- In the climactic scene of the 1980 film Caddyshack, just before Bushwood Country Club becomes a crater, Danny Noonan ...

Jason Taylor can expect a cool reception from Jets fans, the team's Pro Bowl cornerback Darrelle Revis said Wednesday. "We've got some tough fans.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scott Brooks was named NBA coach of the year by United States and Canadian sports writers and broadcasters on Wednesday after guiding the Oklahoma City Thunder to their first playoff berth.

Juan Antonio Samaranch's reign over the Olympic movement was tarnished by doping and bribery scandals. But to some, his successes as president of the International Olympic Committee far outweighed his failures, especially regarding one ...

BOSTON - Miroslav Satan scored on a power play at 7:41 of the second overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night and a 3-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.

NEW YORK - Some questions were left unanswered Wednesday after Lou Piniella's stunning decision to send $91 million pitcher Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen to serve as a setup man for Carlos Marmol.

Starting pitcher Jason Hammel returns to the mound after meeting with third baseman Melvin Mora and catcher Chris Iannetta during the third inning.

Tiger Woods confirmed Wednesday that he'll tee it up in The Players Championship - another sign that he plans to follow his typical schedule while trying to move on from the sex scandal that occupied tabloid headlines ...

And in this NFL draft, the most intriguing question is this: Is legendary Florida quarterback Tim Tebow a potential pro football miracle worker - or another college football golden boy who will flop?

BOSTON -- Tom Hicks said the sale of the Rangers to a group headed by Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg is at an "impasse" until the deal is completed with the lending institutions that hold the debt on Hicks Sports ...

An angry Franck Ribery is ejected in team's 1-0 win over Olympique Lyon in first leg of an European Champions League semifinal series.

SEATTLE -- It started as a simple idea by his assistant to get the fans guessing who the Seattle Seahawks will draft Thursday. The song title part was Pete Carroll's idea: "We're gonna tweet songs about our picks," tweeted Seattle ...

NEWARK - The Devils gathered Wednesday afternoon for what might have been the last practice of an inconsistent season, and the chatter among the players barely drifted over the glass at Prudential Center.