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AP Interview: Tennis mulls anti-doping step
Tennis is considering whether to adopt blood-testing measures used by cycling and track to catch drug cheats. "We are looking very, very carefully at ...
3 NFL QBs sidelined by concussions on 1 day
Next week's big, nationally televised "Monday Night Football" showcase could feature a quarterback matchup of journeyman Jason Campbell of the Bears ...
NHLPA leader: Deal can be quick after breakthrough
A new NHL labor deal might not be as far off as it seems. Steve Fehr, special counsel to the NHL Players' Association, believes the collective ...
Steelers, WR Sanders fined for faking injury
The NFL has levied $50,000 in fines to the Pittsburgh Steelers and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders for faking an injury during an Oct. 21 game in ...
UCI asks CAS president to help choose inquiry team
The International Cycling Union turned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday for help in choosing a team to investigate the governing ...
AP Source: Wrestler stripped of Olympic medal
Nearly three months after the closing ceremony, another Olympic athlete has been stripped of a medal for a doping violation at the London Games.
Barea, Sloan get NBA's 1st 2 flopping warnings
The NBA issued flopping warnings to Minnesota's JJ Barea and Cleveland's Donald Sloan on Monday, the first two under a new policy designed to end the ...
Hornets' Williams rips NBA's concussion policy
New Orleans Hornets coach Monty Williams blasted the NBA's protocols for determining when a player can return from a concussion, a day after No.
WADA backs sanctions in Lance Armstrong case
The World Anti-Doping Agency accepted the decision that stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles, saying Friday it was the "right ...
IOC opens inquiry into Armstrong's Olympic medal
The IOC opened an investigation Thursday into Lance Armstrong's role in a doping scandal that has already wiped out his seven Tour de France titles ...
IOC opens probe into Armstrong's Olympic medal
The IOC formally opened an investigation Thursday that could result in Lance Armstrong losing his Olympic bronze medal for doping The IOC is looking ...
NCAA approves tougher sanctions for rule-breakers
The NCAA is demanding everyone in college sports play by the same book. Those who deviate from it and flout the rules will soon be paying a steeper ...
NCAA poised to approve new enforcement policies
Rule-breakers are about to find out just how tough the NCAA is going to be. After debating changes for more than a year, the board of directors is ...
Miller and No. 9 Ohio St beat Penn St 35-23
Fake. Hop. Dive. Touchdown! Braxton Miller does stuff you can't teach, and No. 9 Ohio State is riding its Heisman Trophy contender to a memorable ...
Storm already having effect on sports world
The megastorm expected to create massive problems along the Eastern Seaboard over the coming days is already affecting sports. Weather concerns ...
Column: Crippen deserves more 2 years after death
Fran Crippen should still be with us. He died senselessly, needlessly, shamefully. And for now, in vain. Two years removed from the tragic open water ...
Bo Van Pelt misses chance at a rare 59 at CIMB
While Bo Van Pelt was flirting with a rare 59 in a third round that was close to impeccable until the last hole, Tiger Woods was getting increasingly ...
Dallas promoter demands refund from Armstrong
A Dallas promotions company that paid Lance Armstrong more than $7 million in bonuses for winning the Tour de France is demanding he return the money.
Garrigus leads halfway through CIMB; Woods in 5th
Five strokes off the lead after two rounds, Tiger Woods thinks the CIMB Classic course "can be had" and still expects a total of better than 20 under ...
UCI: Tour winner list stays blank in Armstrong era
The seven Tour de France titles stripped from Lance Armstrong will not be awarded to any riders, and the American cyclist and his teammates should ...
Stern to retire as NBA Commissioner in 2014
David Stern took the NBA around the globe in nearly three decades as commissioner, turning what was a second-rate league into a projected ...
Column: 'All they had to do was look for the hat'
There's a very good reason why coaches on NFL and college football sidelines this weekend are dressed exactly like the guys down at your car wash — ...
Players oppose Tagliabue hearing appeals
The players' union and the four players suspended in the Saints' bounties case filed motions Wednesday to have former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue ...
Woods back in Asia, preparing for next stage
Tiger Woods has already rated 2012 as a good year. He won't consider it a great year, because it's missing one essential ingredient — a major victory ...
Rogge says cycling will remain in Olympics
IOC President Jacques Rogge defended the international cycling union's anti-doping efforts Wednesday and said it would be wrong to kick the sport out ...