Posted: 4:22 PM Former Hug high school star Courtney Gardner was released by the Miami Dolphins on Thursday.

Posted: 10:38 AM McGahee skipped all of the team's 10 voluntary workouts but returned to Dove Valley for their three-day mandatory minicamp that ends Thursday.

Posted: 10:36 AM Kidd suffered minor injuries when his vehicle hit a pole and veered into the woods in Water Mill last July.

Posted: 10:33 AM When Russia won the bid for the World Cup in 2010, Vladimir Putin projected the costs at about $10 billion.

Posted: 10:21 AM Many drivers, owners and sponsors in NASCAR are remembering Leffler as a loving father to his 5-year-old son, an open person and a versatile driver.

Posted: 10:18 AM The law does not make doping a crime for athletes, just a sports violation subject to bans from competition.

Posted: 10:16 AM Tiger Woods played in the tournament last year. Along with Mickelson, past winners Nick Watney, Bo Van Pelt and Ben Crane are early commitments.

Updated: 7:52 AM Employees building a new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers are returning to the job, two days after an elevator mechanic was killed in a workplace accident.

Updated: 8:56 AM Play has been halted at the U.S. Open because of threatening weather in the area.

Posted: 10:51 PM Brandon Moss hit a two-run homer and a solo shot for his third career two-homer game, and the Oakland Athletics beat the New York Yankees 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Posted: 10:50 PM Major League Baseball will hold opening day next season in Australia.

Posted: 10:28 PM From some 1,800 miles away in Kansas City, Mo., 13-year-old Nick LeGrande threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Yankees-Athletics game Wednesday night.

Posted: 10:15 PM Andrew Shaw scored on a deflection in triple overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in a riveting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday.

Posted: 10:11 PM Five-time Pro Bowler Jason Peters of the Philadelphia Eagles has been arrested in north Louisiana for allegedly drag racing and trying to flee from police.

Posted: 9:33 PM Starling Marte's precocious talent can sometimes get him in trouble at the plate.

Posted: 9:16 PM NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway.

Posted: 6:09 PM The Brooklyn Nets have hired Jason Kidd as their coach, bringing the former star back to the franchise.

Posted: 5:13 PM Former University of Nevada women's basketball player Tahnee Robinson will join the USA All-Star Women's team in Beijing this week to compete in the Four Nations tournament.

Posted: 3:17 PM San Francisco Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro is out indefinitely with an injury to the pinkie finger on his left hand.

Posted: 10:38 PM In a game highlighted by a heated brawl in the seventh inning that involved both players and coaches, Tim Federowicz hit a go-ahead three-run double in the eighth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers rally for 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

Updated: 10:36 PM Derek Norris homered and drove in four runs and Bartolo Colon pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Posted: 10:14 PM The Washington Nationals have traded right-handed pitcher Henry Rodriguez to the Chicago Cubs for minor league pitcher Ian Dickson.

Posted: 10:11 PM Aces pitchers allowed just five hits on Tuesday night, and shutout the River Cats through the first 8.0 innings, en route to a 4-1 victory over Sacramento at Aces Ballpark.

Posted: 10:08 PM A Georgia judge has set bond at $250,000 for an ex-NBA player accused in a fatal suburban Atlanta car crash.

Posted: 9:38 PM Gerrit Cole took a shutout into the seventh inning of his major league debut and hit a two-run single in his first at-bat Tuesday night, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-2 victory in front of a festive crowd.