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Amid doubts by rivals, Ligety gets OK on his skis
Ted Ligety is ruling the giant slalom like few others, and the praise extraordinary: "phenomenon," ''superhero" and "unreal." His performance also has ...
Bin Hammam resigns from all football positions
Mohamed bin Hammam resigned from all soccer-related posts and received a new lifetime ban from FIFA on Monday, perhaps closing one of the most ...
Duke moves to No. 1 in AP poll after Indiana loss
Duke is back in a familiar place — No. 1. The Blue Devils advanced one spot to replace Indiana at the top of The Associated Press' Top 25 on Monday, ...
Van Gundy lauds Clips; Lakers not 'tied together'
Jeff Van Gundy will see both Los Angeles teams on Christmas, and for now he likes the Clippers much better. Van Gundy also ranks New York ahead of ...
Corinthians beats Chelsea 1-0 for world club title
Brazil's Corinthians ended Europe's five-year winning streak at the Club World Cup, beating Chelsea 1-0 Sunday night behind Paolo Guerrero's goal off ...
NHL lawsuit assigned to former federal prosecutor
The NHL's lawsuit against its players was assigned to a relatively new federal judge who is a longtime New York Yankees fan and a former federal ...
Diet Pepsi quietly changes sweetener
Diet Pepsi is quietly changing its sweetener ahead of a major rebranding of the soft drink set for next month. The change comes as PepsiCo Inc.
Lochte leaves short-course worlds with 6 golds
Ryan Lochte won two more races at the short-course world championships on Sunday, finishing the event with six golds and one silver. The result ...
Ryan Lochte wins 100 IM for 5th gold at worlds
Ryan Lochte captured his fifth gold medal at the short-course world championships in Turkey by winning the 100-meter individual medley Sunday, a day ...
Ligety cruises to giant slalom win in Alta Badia
Ted Ligety cruised to his third giant slalom win of the season by more than two seconds Sunday after an opening run that left his rivals in awe, ...
Arizona pulls out 65-64 win over No. 5 Florida
Arizona's football team pulled out an improbable victory in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday. The basketball team made it a daily double by doing the ...
Amir Khan stops Carlos Molina in comeback fight
Amir Khan was bigger, quicker and altogether much better than Carlos Molina for every minute of their 10 rounds together, which ended with Molina ...
Rubio's return sparks Wolves to win over Mavericks
The white sleeve on Ricky Rubio's left knee served as a reminder of what he went through to get back on the court. While it served to protect his ...
7 leaving Big East to build basketball conference
The seven Big East schools that don't play major college football are separating from the conference many of them founded so they can build a league ...
No. 3 Michigan beats West Virginia to move to 11-0
Tim Burke scored a season-best 27 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. matched his season high with 25 and No. 3 Michigan remained unbeaten with an 81-66 victory ...
Athletes shaken by Connecticut shooting
When the Miami Heat players and coaches showed up for work Saturday morning, basketball was secondary. Newtown was the focus. Friday's massacre at an ...
No. 6 Louisville rallies, downs Memphis 87-78
Rick Pitino believes an old rival gave his sixth-ranked Cardinals just the kind of early road test they needed. Luckily for them, Chane Behanan helped ...
Butler upsets No. 1 Indiana 88-86 in OT
All Butler guard Alex Barlow saw Saturday was space and an opportunity to make a play. So the unlikeliest player on the floor took a chance and made ...
US skier Steven Nyman wins World Cup downhill
It was about time some good fortune fell Steven Nyman's way. The American skier's once promising career was derailed for the past five years by a list ...
No. 11 Cincinnati beats Marshall 72-56
Cincinnati found a way to stay unbeaten without a big offensive game from top scorer Sean Kilpatrick. Cashmere Wright scored 14 points, including ...
Hamilton, Angels finalize $125M, 5-year deal
Feeling "a little upset" that Texas didn't move quickly enough to re-sign him, free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton donned a Los Angeles Angels jersey ...
No. 7 Buckeyes sprint to 90-72 win over Asheville
Grammy-winning singer and pianist Bruce Hornsby sent a tweet to Ohio State coach Thad Matta on Friday night. In it, he asked for the seventh-ranked ...
NHL files unfair labor charge against union
The NHL and its locked-out players might turn up in a courtroom before they find their way back onto the ice. In a wild week in which the fighting ...
Sports world shaken by Connecticut school shooting
Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant wrote "Newtown CT" on both of his shoes. Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott struggled with his composure as he ...
McHale, Garnett embrace after Rockets top Celtics
Kevin Garnett, his eyes fixed low, walked over to Kevin McHale after the final buzzer and gave him a long hug. Several other Celtics followed, ...