
America's Cup planning endures rough waters
The death of British Olympic champion Andrew Simpson during an America's Cup training run on San Francisco Bay was the latest and worst setback yet ...

America's Cup expected to go on after fatal wreck
The head of the America's Cup planning effort expects sailing's most prestigious event to go ahead after the death of British Olympic champion Andrew ...

'I'm gay': NBA player Jason Collins breaks barrier
Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade

NBA veteran center Jason Collins comes out as gay
With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of four major ...

Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts
From the World Trade Center and Times Square in New York to the White House and sports venues across the country, police patrolled in packs and ...

Pursuit of hackers who took credit reports expands
The pursuit of hackers who audaciously stole and published credit reports for Michelle Obama, the attorney general, FBI director and other U.S.
Studies tie stress from storms, war to heart risks
Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, New ...

Perk up St. Pat's Day with perfect Irish coffee
Coffee, Irish whiskey and cream. Taken separately they're a tasty trio. But combine them just the right way and in just the right proportions and they ...

Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had ...

NFL says it was ready with backup power system
NFL officials were sure they'd get the Super Bowl finished on Sunday night. And if they couldn't, the league championship still would not have ended ...

Kaepernick showing pistol offense can work in NFL
Despite all those gaudy statistics and impressive physical skills, Colin Kaepernick faced plenty of questions coming out of the University of Nevada ...

Golden era for QBs, with great stories around NFL
The two kids from Northern California burst from NFL afterthought to championship contender in eerily similar fashion a decade apart. Tom Brady and ...
AC officials drop plans for New York regatta
America's Cup officials have dropped plans for a warmup regatta on the Hudson River in New York in the spring so teams and organizers can focus on ...

5 free things to see and do in Lisbon, Portugal
For anyone considering a trip to a European city, Lisbon perhaps isn't a destination that springs immediately to mind. The Portuguese capital's ...

Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...
49ers' Goldson earning new label for hard hits
Dashon Goldson has a stack of envelopes in his locker, the paperwork for every time the NFL has fined the San Francisco 49ers safety. While he has ...

Surging and stumbling toward NFL playoffs
Some teams surge toward the NFL playoffs. Look at the Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins and Green Bay Packers. Others struggle to ...