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Bond set for ex-WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw
A judge in Atlanta on Friday set bond at $100,000 for ex-WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw, who was in jail on assault and ...
Pettersen tied for lead in LPGA finale
Suzann Pettersen wasn't the least bit worried that it took her eight months into the LPGA Tour season before she finally won, saying on the eve of the ...
Vonn will skip ceremony to introduce ski team
Lindsey Vonn will not attend a ceremony to introduce the U.S. Ski Team on Thursday. Vonn was released from a hospital in Colorado on Wednesday, but ...
3-time gymnastics world champion Memmel retires
Chellsie Memmel is done with competitive gymnastics, this time for good. The three-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist announced her ...
Lewis owes success to winning raffle ticket
Stacy Lewis might not be the LPGA Tour player of year if not for her doctor buying a raffle ticket he didn't want. It's a bizarre twist in her ...
Lindsey Vonn released from Colorado hospital
Lindsey Vonn was released from a hospital in Colorado on Wednesday, although details of her illness remain unclear and there is no indication of when ...
Olympian Franklin signs to swim for Cal
Missy Franklin pranked California women's swimming coach Teri McKeever when it came time for the five-time Olympic medalist to announce her college ...
Tennis players shun Spanish doctor
The owner of a leading tennis academy in Spain that trained some of the sport's stars says its players have stopped working with a doctor banned by ...
BMW building a new 2-man sled for USBSF
The ultimate sliding machine may be on its way to the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. BMW of North America announced Wednesday that it has been ...
No. 1 Baylor women runs past No. 6 Kentucky 85-51
Even Baylor coach Kim Mulkey seemed surprised at how things went in what was supposed to be the defending national champion's first real challenge.
Stanford runner to pull off remarkable double
Stanford's Miles Unterreiner will pull off a remarkable double Saturday that would be logistically impossible without help from his school and a huge ...
Vonn being tested for 'severe intestinal pain'
Lindsey Vonn remained hospitalized in Colorado on Tuesday with "severe intestinal pain" that has been affecting her for the past two weeks.
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 ...
Storm volunteers mingle with stars at Glamour fest
Sandra Kyong Bradbury was star struck. She had just spied Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a few feet away. "How can you top that?" asked ...
Hoefl-Riesch wins WCup slalom; Shiffrin of US 3rd
Olympic champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany overcame a nagging hip injury, putting down a blazing second run Saturday to overtake local favorite ...
2 top college hoops games aboard ships called off
The next time No. 4 Ohio State, No. 10 Florida, Georgetown and Marquette try to play aboard a ship, they might need more than their jump shots and ...
Georgetown-Florida called at halftime, wet court
The men's basketball game between No. 10 Florida and Georgetown on the deck of a ship was called off at halftime Friday night because the court became ...
Chattanooga stuns No. 20 Lady Vols 80-71
Tennessee's first game of the post-Pat Summitt era revealed in stunning fashion just how much has changed for one of the signature programs in women's ...
Stanford opens 2-stroke lead in Mexico
Angela Stanford shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Inbee Park after the second round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
Holcomb wins 2-man; US women take 2 medals
It was old hat for Steven Holcomb and Steve Langton, something new for the U.S. bobsled team. Holcomb and Langton, the reigning world champions, won ...
College-over-cash decision fine with Franklin
Missy Franklin is content to wait for the endorsement money that's bound to come her way after those five medals at the London Olympics.
MoneyGram agrees to settle scam charges
MoneyGram said Friday that it has agreed to set up a $100 million compensation fund as part of a settlement of government allegations of fraud through ...
Russian police: Politkovskaya killed for reporting
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed for her criticism of Russian officials, an investigator who led the murder probe says.