Illini gymnast Sender qualifies for Olympic trials
ST. LOUIS -- It's on to the Olympic trials for 26-year-old David Sender. He qualified Saturday at the Visa Classic U.S. national championships at Chaifetz Center on the St. Louis...
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Big 3 look unbeatable in French Open men’s draw
Don't stop if you've heard this before because it's worth seeing in repeats. Defending champion Rafael Nadal, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and third-seeded Roger Federer — who beat Djokovic...
Swimmer Shanteau refuses to let cancer slow him down
As an athlete, an Olympic swimmer with goals different than, say, someone who earns a living as a businessman or artist or electrician or construction worker, Eric Shanteau made decisions...
Mickelson and Bradley tied for Northern Trust lead
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Phil Mickelson and his caddy Jim "Bones" Mackay made their chat about how to hit a rounded hook shot sound as lyrical as Shakespeare and then...
Mickelson closes with a 64, wins Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Whether it was the 38-foot par putt that Phil Mickelson pounded in just after Tiger Woods had gotten everyone revved up with a birdie or Mickelson's...
Wi leads by 3 at Pebble Beach; Woods falls six back
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Charlie Wi was born in Seoul, South Korea, but spent much of his childhood in the Los Angeles area. And that's where Wi remembers first playing...
Tiger Woods off to strong start at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Tiger Woods is in 15th place. That's not bad, but it can be made to sound better. Woods shot a first-round 68 on Thursday in the...
Woods to take ‘indefinite break’
Tiger Woods, admitting for the first time that he had been unfaithful to his wife, announced "an indefinite break from professional golf" on Friday, sending ripples of alarm through television...
Too tall a hurdle
Roger Federer was a twitchy, unsettled mess, channeling his inner Serena Williams by angrily lecturing the chair umpire. And this was after he had won the third set. The crackling...
Contador takes solo path
It would take something very unusual -- crash, illness -- for wraithlike Alberto Contador to lose the Tour de France now. But that doesn't mean the next three days will...