Tulane’s football team has been uprooted again by a hurricane.
But the Green Wave isn’t holed up in a gym with no power like they were with Katrina in 2005. Instead, the team is spending a week practicing in Birmingham and staying in a nice hotel while closely monitoring the situation with Hurricane Gustav on TV.
Tulane […]
Patrick Ewing Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps Friday, joining the New York Knicks in a National Basketball Association trade with the Houston Rockets.
Ewing’s father, who will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame next week, was a star with the Knicks, taking New York within a game of the NBA crown […]
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Daniel Cabrera began serving his six-game suspension Friday for throwing at the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez after the ruling was upheld by Major League Baseball.
“Cabrera will throw a side-line on Wednesday, and pitch the first game of the spilt doubleheader a week from Saturday against Oakland,” Orioles manager Dave Trembley said before Friday […]
Fabio Capello insists England are ready for next month’s World Cup qualifiers despite his side’s lacklustre display in a 2-2 draw against the Czech Republic.
Capello’s final dress rehersal ahead of September’s crucial ties against Andorra and Croatia didn’t go according to plan as the team were booed off at an underwhelmed Wembley on Wednesday.
The reaction […]
Nick Punto tripled and scored on a single by rookie Denard Span in the 12th inning, helping the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Thursday night and pull within a half-game of the AL Central lead.
The game ended on a sour note for former Twins Gold Glove center fielder Torii Hunter, who […]
Barack Obama and John McCain have burnished images as politicians who keep special interests at arms’ length, yet there won’t be much stiff-arming at their nominating conventions.
For the next two weeks — in Denver and then St. Paul, Minn. — corporations, unions, advocacy groups and politicians will be shoulder to shoulder if not in a […]
Tottenham’s Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov on Monday pleaded to be allowed to follow his dream.
The 27-year-old has been linked with a move to Manchester United for much of the summer.
But Spurs turned down the original bid of 20 million pounds saying they were not interested in letting Berbatov go for less than 30 million.
“I’m now […]
Quarterback Ben Mauk has launched a legal Hail Mary in an effort to keep his college football career alive.
Mauk filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the NCAA, less than a week after the association rejected his final appeal for another year of eligibility at Cincinnati.
The same day the lawsuit was filed, Hardin County Judge William Hart […]
No runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin won the biggest prize of all.
Liukin edged teammate Shawn Johnson for the all-around gold in women’s gymnastics Friday in an intense matchup that lived up to its billing at the Beijing Games. Liukin finished with 63.325 points, a mere six-tenths ahead of Johnson, […]
Chelsea target Robinho says he’ll stay put at Real Madrid if they agree to double his salary to five million euros a year, local media suggested here Tuesday.
The Spanish champions have reportedly turned down a 25-million-euro (37.5-million-dollar) bid for the Brazilian striker from the English Premier League side.
Robinho has reportedly told Real he wants to […]