
Drop the puck: NHL, players settle labor dispute
They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players ...

Can BCS title game challenge TV ratings record?
Two undefeated teams, three Heisman Trophy finalists, five lead changes and 19 seconds left when the winning touchdown was scored. No other BCS title ...

Plenty of intrigue on NBA's Christmas schedule
The NBA's hottest team will be playing at home in Los Angeles, and it's the Clippers, not the Lakers. There's a finals rematch in Miami, a holiday ...

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 ...
Leagues poised to challenge NJ over sports betting
Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey's plans to allow sports gambling

AP source: NHL players closer to dissolving union
NHL players gave the executive board the right to take steps to dissolve the union, and they signed off on it in overwhelming fashion. In a vote this ...

NHL players vote in step toward dissolving union
NHL players are a step closer to dissolving their union. Union members voted this week to give the players' association's executive board the power ...
Nowitzki has first practices since knee surgery
Dirk Nowitzki has gone through his first full practice with the Dallas Mavericks since undergoing knee surgery that forced the 11-time NBA All-Star ...

Lin leads Rockets' rout in return to New York
Jeremy Lin will never forget that brief, beautiful period of basketball known as Linsanity. His first trip back to Madison Square Garden was ...

Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
Raptors F Bargnani injured in game against Blazers
Forward Andrea Bargnani has left the Toronto Raptors' game at the Portland Trail Blazers with what appeared to be a right elbow injury. Bargnani was ...
NBA's Stern scolds Christie on sports bet effort
NBA Commissioner David Stern scolded Gov. Christie and said New Jersey "has no idea what it's doing" by seeking to allow sports betting in the state ...

Timberwolves tap world market to great success
The cold, snowy climate in Minnesota has always been considered a hindrance to the Timberwolves' efforts to recruit top-flight free agents to join ...
Hockey talks resume Tuesday with owners, players
The cast of characters in the ongoing NHL labor saga is about to get a bit of a makeover, at least for one day. So far, Commissioner Gary Bettman and ...
NHL owners, players set to meet without leaders
Traditional labor talks have made little progress in the ongoing NHL lockout, so the league and the players' association are going to try something ...
Rubio cleared to start practicing with Wolves
Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio is one major step closer to returning to the court for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rubio got the green light from ...

LeBron, Knicks top NBA jersey-sale lists
LeBron James is atop the NBA's jersey sales list again. The Miami Heat star has the league's hottest-selling jersey, marking the third time the NBA's ...
US federal mediators to join NHL labor talks
Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, with the season's first 2½ months already lost because of the lockout. George Cohen, ...
NC State sophomore de Thaey leaving program
North Carolina State forward Thomas de Thaey is leaving the Wolfpack program. The school said Monday that the sophomore will return to his native ...
Serb sentenced for beating in US freed from jail
A former Serb college basketball player serving a two-year prison sentence for beating an American into a coma in New York state was freed Monday ...