Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Marvin Williams dropped 27 points and added 11 rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks increased their playoff chances with a 114-109 victo ...
Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Marvin Williams dropped 27 points and added 11 rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks increased their playoff chances with a 114-109 victo ...
Boxing
Canadian Steve Molitor will make the second defence of his IBF super-bantamweight title on Oct. 27 against veteran Fashung 3K Battery. The 33-year-old Thai boxer, also called Narongrit Pirang, has adopted his sponsor's name 3K Battery as his ring mo ...
MESA, Ariz. (AP) _ Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty Monday to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic stop last year as he was leaving a nightclub. Tyson quietly acknowledged to a judge ...
Canadian Steve Molitor will make the second defence of his IBFsuper-bantamweight title on Oct. 27 against veteran Fashung 3KBattery. The 33-year-old Thai boxer, also called Narongrit Pirang, hasadopted his sponsor's name 3K Battery as his ring monik ...
HAVANA (AP) _ Cuba won't send a boxing team to the worldchampionships in Chicago, heeding Fidel Castro's fears about futuredefections after two fighters abandoned their teammates during thePan American Games. The competition is one of three qualifyi ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) _ Two Cuban boxers who disappearedduring last month's Pan American Games were found at a resort nearRio, where police say they partied and ran up an exorbitant tab. Now, a police inspector says, they want to go back to Cu ...
MUNICH, Germany (AP) _ Former WBC heavyweight champion VitaliKlitschko will fight Jameel McCline on Sept. 22 in Munich inKlitschko's first bout in nearly three years. ``I rule out losing this fight,'' Klitschko said Monday. Klitschko hasn't fought s ...
NEW YORK (AP) _ Miguel Cotto sat onstage at Madison Square Gardenwearing a sharp brown suit. Zab Judah went for the hooded sweatshirt and shorts. That hardly was the only contrast between the fighters who willmeet Saturday night for Cotto's WBA welt ...
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Thailand's first female boxing worldchampion was released from jail Wednesday as reward for winning theworld light-flyweight title. Siriporn Thaweesuk was released on parole from the women's prisonin Pathum Thani province, 3 ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Jermain Taylor's victory over Cory Spinkswas a forgettable one, so it was no surprise when attention quicklyturned to the middleweight champion's next fight. Kelly Pavlik, anyone? ``Yeah, I'll fight him,'' Taylor said. ``It doe ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A memorial service for boxer Diego (Chico) Corrales will be held Tuesday in Las Vegas. Corrales, a former lightweight and super featherweight champion, died Monday in a high-speed motorcycle crash near his Las Vegas home. He was 29. ...
Golf
Romero breaks through for first win in New OrleansNew Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Andres Romero closed with rounds of 65 and 68 on Sunday to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans by a single stroke. Romero, ...
Basketball
English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 OlympicsGENEVA (AP) _ Britain's hopes of qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 2012 London Olympics are in jeopardy because of a dispute between national auth ...
Football
Premier League round-upArsenal's second trip to the North East in the space of five days ended in disappointment again as they lost their unbeaten domestic record to Middlesbrough, wh ...
Tennis
Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling matchMiami, FL (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 American Lindsay Davenport was an easy second-round winner Saturday at the $3.77 million Sony Ericsson Open. The ...
Cricket
Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contestsST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) _ Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the defending World Cup champion team will improve further by playing challenging games like Su ...