Updated: 4:03 PM Fresno State’s Haley Perkins and Hawai‘i’s Stephanie Ricketts have been named the Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for March 16-23. This is the second career honor for Perkins and the first for Ricketts.
Posted: 3:24 PM Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he's retiring from baseball.
Updated: 3:35 PM Lance Armstrong says he'll have surgery after breaking his collarbone Monday during a race in Spain.
Posted: 1:48 PM The Super Bowl champion Steelers will open the 2009 NFL season in Pittsburgh on Sept. 10 against the Tennessee Titans.
Posted: 1:34 PM The Oklahoma City Thunder are recalling forward D.J. White from the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League.
Posted: 1:32 PM Television ratings for the first and second round of the NCAA tournament are up 6 percent from last year.
Posted: 1:30 PM Terrell Owens is a no-show for the start of the Buffalo Bills' voluntary workouts. The team's strength and conditioning coach isn't worried.
Updated: 3:09 PM Lance Armstrong fractured his collarbone Monday during a race in Spain, leaving in question his participation in the Tour de France in July.
Posted: 1:19 PM Gilbert Arenas is offering mixed signals about a possible return to the court Saturday against the Detroit Pistons.
Updated: 3:10 PM The Miami Dolphins have traded center Samson Satele to the Oakland Raiders for an undisclosed draft pick.
Posted: 10:29 PM No. 1 Rafael Nadal powered his way to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Andy Murray on a gusty Sunday afternoon at the BNP Paribas Open to win his second Indian Wells title in three years.
Posted: 10:26 PM Milan Michalek scored the San Jose Sharks' eventual winning goal on a graceful give-and-go sequence. It looked much like many other big scoring plays by the overall NHL leaders this season, except for the unlikely identity of the giver.
Posted: 9:22 PM New Orleans held Golden State to 13 field goals while opening a 20-point first-half lead and then coasted to a 99-89 victory Sunday.
Posted: 9:19 PM Andre Iguodala made his first 10 shots and scored 27 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers never trailed in beating the Sacramento Kings 112-100 Sunday night to end a two-game skid.
Posted: 9:17 PM Daisuke Matsuzaka remained undefeated in the World Baseball Classic and defending champion Japan beat the United States 9-4 in the semifinals at Dodger Stadium.
Posted: 9:16 PM Tennessee's title defense ended sooner than expected, wrapping up the worst season ever for Pat Summitt's vaunted program.
Posted: 6:17 PM The University of Nevada (8-12) baseball team lost the series finale 10-2 at No. 10 UC Irvine (12-6) on Sunday afternoon at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, Calif.
Updated: 6:21 PM Terrence Williams had 24 points and 15 rebounds, rallying top-seeded Louisville in the final minutes for a 79-72 win over Siena in the second round of the NCAA tournament Sunday.
Posted: 4:50 PM Freshman Kim English came off the bench with 5.5 seconds left and made two free throws for the hurting J.T. Tiller to lift Missouri to an 83-79 victory over Marquette in the NCAA tournament Sunday.
Posted: 4:47 PM Syracuse beat Arizona State 78-67 on Sunday. The Orange is in the Sweet 16.
Posted: 4:30 PM Travis Walton scored a career-high 18 points to lift the second-seeded Spartans to a 74-69 victory over 10th-seeded USC on Sunday in the Midwest Regional, putting Michigan State in the round of 16 for the eighth time in 12 years.
Posted: 4:01 PM Roy Jones Jr. has defeated Omar Sheika to win the North American Boxing Organization's vacant light heavyweight title.
Posted: 3:58 PM Oakland Athletics manager Bob Geren is close to striking a deal with the club for a contract extension.
Posted: 3:56 PM Oakland Raiders tackle Cornell Green has been arrested on a domestic violence charge in Florida.
Posted: 3:53 PM Cole Aldrich posted a triple-double with 13 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocked shots to lead the defending NCAA champions past the 11th-seeded Flyers 60-43 in the second round Sunday.
