Andy Roddick's U.S. Open is over much sooner than he expected. Coming off a close-as-could-be loss in the Wimbledon final, Roddick came to Flushing Meadows with a rebuilt game and some serious self-belief. Running into strong-serving, 6-foot-9...

The Red Sox got a much-needed dominant and lengthy outing from Jon Lester on Thursday, beating the Jays, 8-1 and allowing the bullpen some valuable rest heading into a weekend series with the Yankees...

Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer will have season-ending surgery after tearing muscles in his groin and lower abdomen. The 46-year-old left-hander was...

Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness baseball history. It has nothing to do with Derek Jeter. It has nothing to do with the American League. It has to do with the fact that the Pittsburgh Pirates have managed to achieve a milestone that no...

Since the moment the Celtics began practice last week, speculation has run rampant about the health of Kevin Garnett's surgically repaired right knee. But you're hearing it right from the horse's mouth: There's nothing to worry about. The fiery forward...

There's some good news and some bad news for the Bruins as they prepare to take on the Blues in St. Louis on Monday night. Center Marc Savard will be making his long-awaited return after missing over a month with a broken bone in his foot,...

With 15 catches for 192 yards, Wes Welker wowed the football masses in New England's throttling of the Jets on Sunday. But before the wiry wideout ever even donned the Patriots' navy, silver, red and white, Welker was wowing Bill Belichick and his...

It all started so well for the Broncos this season. Now -- in the midst of a four-game losing streak that culminated in a 32-3 beating at the hands of division rival San Diego -- everyone on the Denver sideline is feeling the pressure. And now it's...

The Red Sox have been in this position before.Theo Epstein and company will be caught between a rock and a hard place this winter, figuratively speaking -- the rock being their commitment to fiscal sanity and reasonable personnel decisions, and the...

They don't all need glasses. But if you always suspected basketball referees are biased -- well, you're right, according to a couple of professors who've studied the matter. Refs favor the home team, the academics say. They're big on "makeup" calls....