FOXSports.comNew NASCAR All-Star race format opens door to sandbagging for top contendersWashington PostCONCORD, NC — It didn't take teams very long to figure out their best shot at winning the All-Star race would be in the first 20 laps. What few…

Globe and MailJohn Tortorella rants about DevilsESPNBy Katie Strang | ESPNNewYork.com NEW YORK -- In a heated Hudson River clash that is threatening to become pretty nasty, the gloves were officially dropped Sunday when Rangers coach John Tortorella…

The GuardianGame 4!Watch Phoenix Coyotes vs Los Angeles Kings Live Stream Online in HD on ...Fresno FamousBy jora5577 You are probably looking for a way to watch the Phoenix Coyotes vs Los Angeles Kings NHL Playoff 2012 online stream in HD. Now you c…

NEWS.com.auSharapova outlasts Li for Italian Open crownFox NewsRome, Italy – Maria Sharapova was two games away from another disappointing title match loss, but the Russian star found another gear and instead captured her second straight Italian Op…

USA TODAYNicolas Colsaerts wins World Match PlayUSA TODAYCASARES, Spain (AP) – Big-hitting Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts defied fierce winds and a battling Graeme McDowell to capture the World Match Play Championship on Sunday, boosting his chances of…

SB NationNew Jersey Devils See Frustrating Similarities In Losses To RangersSB NationBy David Strehle - NHL Contributor New Jersey lost their second game of their Eastern Conference Final series to the Rangers, and in an eerily similar fashion to the…

ESPNBenson promotes Lauscha to Saints presidentNFL NewsBy Brian McIntyre NFL.com By Brian McIntyre NFL.com New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson is revamping the team's front office, creating a position within the organization to elevate Saints Executi…

The Ann Arbor News - MLive.comKevin Smith says Lions' running game will improveNFL NewsBy Brian McIntyre NFL.com By Brian McIntyre NFL.com Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith said that opposing defenses having to focus on defending wide receiver C…

Globe and MailParents rethinking the game of footballAtlanta Journal ConstitutionIt's on everyone's mind," said Bruce Hagen, an Atlanta attorney who is co-counsel for more than 200 players who have filed suit against the NFL. Former Super Bowl-winnin…

Boston GlobeWes Welker and Willie McGinest make peaceNFL NewsBy Brian McIntyre NFL.com By Brian McIntyre NFL.com On Saturday, ATL's Marc Sessler wrote how franchised New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker had shifted into "good soldier mode" l…

NFL NewsBrandon Marshall says Bears could be Super Bowl contendersNFL NewsBy NFL.com After joining the Chicago Bears this offseason, wide receiver Brandon Marshall is confident his new team can leapfrog the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions in the…

CBSSports.com (blog)NFL great's Super Bowl ring sells for $230G at auctionFox NewsNEW YORK – Lawrence Taylor's Super Bowl XXV ring eventually sold for more than $230000 at auction as Osi Umenyiora admitted defeat in his unlikely attempt to claim th…

ESPNSuspended Saints GM to oversee NBA's Hornets tooUSA TODAYBy Peter Barzilai, USA TODAY Mickey Loomis will be out of a job for the first half of the NFL season, but the Saints general manager may keep himself busy running the NBA's New Orleans Horn…

Bleacher Report2012 NBA Playoffs: Top to Bottom, the Best-Run NBA Teams TodayBleacher ReportFour NBA championships in 11 years. Oh, yeah, I forgot…Tim Duncan's pretty good, too. The Spurs are on the cusp of reaching another Western Conference Final…

The NBA Pass: When Monopoly Met OligopolyHuffington Post (blog)You can be sure that $200 per fan is pretty important to both the NBA and the broadcast companies that get a piece of that fee. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a trade associ…

Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James 'dream final' fading fast as Heat, Lakers struggleSportingNews.comKobe Bryant and LeBron James are the NBA's star 1A and 1B, but a "dream final" featuring the Lakers and Heat doesn't appear likely. (AP Photo) Memorial Day…

Bleacher ReportThe biggest game of Dwyane Wade's career is SundayCBSSports.com (blog)By Matt Moore | Senior NBA Blogger In 2006, a young Dwyane Wade took to the floor in the NBA Finals, leading his team in his third season into a Game 6 with a chance…

MLB Notebook: Morrow nearly unhitable, againMLB.comBy Roger Schlueter / MLB.com | 05/20/12 12:06 PM ET In 1968, when Bob Gibson had 13 shutouts -- the most for any pitcher in the live-ball era -- the breakdown of those 13 by hits allowed went as foll…

CBSSports.comSt. Louis at Los AngelesUSA TODAY(Sports Network) - Not only did the Cardinals have to deal with reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw on Saturday, but they also lost first baseman Lance Berkman to injury. St. Lo…

Los Angeles TimesSprained left thumb forces Bonifacio to DLMLB.comBy Joe Frisaro / MLB.com | 05/20/12 12:43 PM ET CLEVELAND -- It's taken a thumb injury to slow down the Major League leader in stolen bases. The Marlins on Sunday placed Emilio Bonifac…

CBC.caMLB Roundup: Cobb, Joyce lead Rays past BravesSTLtoday.comAP | Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:00 am | ( Loading… ) comments. Alex Cobb won his first start of the season, Matt Joyce hit a grand slam and the host Tampa Bay Rays defeated the At…

Boston.comMLB: Slumping Brewers fall to Twins againWausau Daily HeraldAP MILWAUKEE -- Brewers manager Ron Roenicke will have to continue waiting for that key run to turn a game around. Reliever Manny Parra gave up Trevor Plouffe' solo home run in the…

AFPIce Hockey World Champs final: Russia, Slovakia level after first period (UPDATED)RTRussia are gunning for their third ice hockey world title in five years as they take on surprise package Slovakia in the final game in Helsinki. The teams are leve…

Yahoo! Sports (blog)Can NY Rangers win Stanley Cup with Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh playing so many ...Yahoo! Sports (blog)Winning the Stanley Cup Final is as much about overcoming attrition as it is about overmatching your opponent. Often times, a te…

USA TODAYTortorella: Devils' acts worse than Prust'sUSA TODAYBy Kevin Allen, USA TODAY New York Rangers coach John Tortorella is miffed that the NHL singled out Brandon Prust for a supplemental review of his elbow to the head of New Jersey's Anton Vo…

Bleacher ReportNHL: Naming the Current Face of Each FranchiseBleacher ReportNo, I'm not just saying this because of his incredible playoff run last year that saw the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. Thomas has been the Bruins' most important asset dur…

Yahoo! Sports (blog)On brink of Stanley Cup Final, LA Kings not looking aheadYahoo! Sports (blog)The Stanley Cup Final awaits the Kings with a win today over the Phoenix Coyotes. It's been 19 years since they've been at this point in the postseason,…

HereComeTheDawgs.comBCS Offer for HoefeldHereComeTheDawgs.comBy Mike Coppage Brother Martin offensive lineman Ryan Hoefeld, the nation's 18th-ranked center prospect, received his first BCS offer today. Details inside. Minnesota has been courting Brot…

al.comStewart Mandel: SEC, Big 12 use bowl game deal, dubbed 'Rose Bowl East,' to ...SI.comIn a press release touting an agreement to pit their leagues' champions in a New Year's Day bowl beginning in January 2015, the SEC and Big 12 dubbed themselve…

CBSSports.comHuman selection committee for BCS playoffs only spells troubleCBSSports.comCompare a stand-alone human committee to the current BCS set up -- six computers, plus the Harris and coaches' polls. The BCS is actually starting to sound attrac…

al.comAlabama fan indicted on after-BCS game sex chargeCBSSports.comNEW ORLEANS -- An Alabama fan was charged Thursday with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after t…

Atlanta Journal ConstitutionNew NASCAR All-Star race format opens door to sandbagging for top contendersWashington PostCONCORD, NC — It didn't take teams very long to figure out their best shot at winning the All-Star race would be in the first 20…

NASCAR-CUP: Bayne Finishes 15th in first All-Star startMotorsport.com21 Ford Fusion home in 15th place in his first appearance in NASCAR's All-Star Race. Team co-owner Eddie Wood said there were lots of positives from the weekend. “The pit crew had…

NASCAR Joins Beyond Sport To Promote Cause-Related Impact From Across The NASCARPaddockTalkThrough Beyond Sport, NASCAR joins a movement led by a network of sports leagues that allows the sanctioning body to exchange best practices on community invol…

NASCAR-CUP: Busch and Toyota drivers on Charlotte All-Star raceMotorsport.comCamry driver Kyle Busch (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday night's All-Star NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Clint…

MyFox PhiladelphiaNASCAR and Twitter joining forces to bring fans even closer to the actionAutoWeekNASCAR and Twitter announced on Friday a unique digital partnership that will create a new way for the sport's millions of fans to experience what happ…

BoxingNews24.comOdlanier Solis Defeats Airich, Captures IBF Intercontinental Heavyweight TitleFightSagaThe fighter known as "La Sombra" returned to the ring for the first time in fourteen months after a knee injury suffered in his last bout with Vita…

ScotsmanHaye puts bottle attack in app gameFOXSports.comBoxer David Haye is glorifying his infamous bare-fist punch-up with fellow British heavyweight Dereck Chisora by coming out with an iPhone game in which he attacks his rival with a bottle. David…

ESPN STAR SportsDavid Price: The Continuing UpriseEastsideBoxing.comWilfy Dee: Liverpool's own David Price continued to stampede through the heavyweight rankings, at least on a domestic level, with his four round demolition of Sam Sexton at the Aintr…

EastsideBoxing.comKessler Proves He's A Force At Light-Heavyweight - Which Champ Should He Aim For?EastsideBoxing.comKessler, a former three-time champ at super-middleweight, scored a brutal KO over Green, his left hook sending him into oblivion in t…

WBC title shot in Magdaleno's futureLas Vegas Review - Journal2 by the WBA, No. 5 by the WBO and No. 10 by the IBF. "I'm not a guy who jumps for joy. When I got the news (about the WBC ranking), I celebrated by going on a six-mile run. That's when I'…

AFPGolf: Kim Bi-O wins SK Telecom OpenChannel News AsiaThe 21-year-old home favourite fired rounds of 68-68-67-67 for an 18-under-par total 270 around Pinx Golf Club on the South Korean holiday island of Jeju, beating compatriot Park Sang-Hyun into s…

Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.comGolf Channel, meet the Food Network at Senior PGA Championship in Benton HarborKalamazoo Gazette - MLive.comBY BEN JONES BENTON HARBOR, MI — Golf nuts, let the foodies play through. The Senior PGA Championship , being h…

Mike Cullity's NH Golf: Hanefeld has his career headed in a diferent directionThe Union LeaderWhile winning last fall's Senior PGA Professional National Championship, the crown jewel for club pros 50 and older, Hanefeld attended a meeting that gave r…

Kent State men's golf team qualifies for third consecutive NCAA FinalsRavenna Record CourierBy RC Staff The 18th-ranked Kent State men's golf team is off to the 2012 NCAA Championship at Riviera County Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., after placing…

TEE TALK: Junior Golf Tour coming to PlymouthWicked LocalSouthers Marsh is one of several golf courses in Plymouth where the Plymouth Junior Golf Tour will be contested this summer. By Adam K. Ellis Plymouth will have its own Junior Golf Tour this su…

The GuardianChampions League final shootout distracts G8 leadersThe GuardianDavid Cameron gave Angela Merkel a conciliatory hug at the G8 summit in Washington after watching Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on penalties in the Champions League final. Merke…

Wall Street JournalChampions League Final One Last Knife Twist for Tottenham HotspurYahoo! SportsSaturday's Champions League Final involving Chelsea and Bayern Munich was Tottenham's 2011-12 campaign in a nutshell; a hot start followed by numerous fr…

Deutsche Telekom Expects Sky Soccer Deal, Tagesspiegel ReportsBloombergDeutsche Telekom AG (DTE) expects to reach an agreement with Sky Deutschland AG (SKYD) to cooperate on broadcasting rights for Germany's Bundesliga soccer matches, Der Tagesspiege…

Brisbane TimesG8 Leaders Watch Soccer Game At Camp David (PHOTO)Huffington PostAfter this year's G8 summit concluded in Camp David, President Obama joined Angela Merkel and David Cameron to watch the end of the Champions League final. David Cameron c…

Telegraph.co.ukWest Ham securing Premier League status my best ever achievement, says Sam ...Telegraph.co.ukSam Allardyce admits leading West Ham back to the Premier League with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Blackpool in the Championship play-off final…

Zee NewsIPL 2012: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians -- As it happenedZee NewsOwais Shah (28) and Ashok Maneria (20) provided the late imputes to the innings after Dhawal Kulkarni, playing his first IPL match of the season, bowled a good spell first…

IBNLive.comModels, 'IPL players' arrested among 100 as cops bust rave party in MumbaiDaily News & AnalysisTelevision channels reported that among those picked up were two IPL players and some having links with Bollywood, but there was no official wor…

FirstpostWe played good cricket throughout: Kumar SangakkaraTimes of India"I think we played really good cricket but unfortunately the results did not go in our way. We batted really well throughout the tournament," Kumar Sangakkara said. (AP Photo)…

Don`t ban IPL, get rid of evils in the game: UddhavZee NewsMumbai: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he is not in favour of banning the controversy-ridden Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL is a good entertainment for sports…

The HinduKirti Azad on hunger strike against IPl's functioningNew York Daily News"I'm not against the IPl but the way it is run. There is no transparency, accountability or discipline. Why doesn't all this indiscipline happen in Test, one-day or dome…

Embarrassing replay reignites fire for SwansSydney Morning HeraldNO PRE-DAWN icy dip at Coogee, no traipsing up and down the beach carrying house bricks, no push-ups on their bare knuckles on concrete. It was far less painful this time for the Swans.…

Smith takes pedantic penalty on chinHerald SunBy the letter of the law, video referee Pat Reynolds will probably get a gold star off his boss Bill Harrigan this week for that controversial match-defining penalty he awarded at Brookvale Oval yesterday…

The HinduChargers knock out RCB, CSK throughThe HinduDale Steyn produced a fiery pace bowling spell of three for just eight runs as Deccan Chargers knocked Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the Indian Premier League with a nine—run victory in a te…

Brisbane TimesSharks land knock-out blowiAfrica.comHooker Bismarck du Plessis was at the forefront of his team's efforts, making some bullocking runs and big tackles, although his performance was tainted somewhat when he was shown a yellow card for n…

Sydney Morning HeraldSuper 15: Rebels edge Force on late Beale penaltySI.comPERTH, Australia (AP) -Cadeyrn Neville scored two tries and Kurtley Beale kicked a late game-winning penalty goal as the Melbourne Rebels beat the Western Force 32-31 in an A…

Los Angeles TimesKings, cycling fans arriving early at downtown's LA LiveLos Angeles TimesTens of thousands of cycling, hockey and basketball fans are expected to converge at Staples Center on Sunday for postseason games and the final stage of the 20…

Eurosport.com AUCycling-Rabottini battles to Giro stage win after solo breakawayYahoo! Eurosport UKAmongst the abandons on Sunday's rainy, cold stage was Luxembourg's Frank Schleck, third in the Tour de France last year, who quit after just 32 kilome…

The Costa Rica NewsCycling – Amador takes Costa Rica's First Giro WinThe Costa Rica NewsAndrey Amador earned himself a niche in cycling's history books on Saturday when he claimed Costa Rica's first ever stage win in the Giro d'Italia in a tough mo…

Spes Bona Winter Cycling Draws CloseAllAfrica.comBy Waldo, 19 May 2012 The Bible Society will host this year's Spes Bona Winter Cycling Competition on Saturday 02 June at the Windhoek Gymnasium School. The competition starts at 08:00hrs The event, ma…

Canadian cycling on the riseExaminer.comFor Hesjedal, who has been knocking on the door in men's cycling for quite some time, is leading the second biggest cycling race in the world, behind The Tour de France. According to the Associated Press, Hesje…

TSNFOXSports.com serves up the latest from the tennis world:FOXSports.comThe eight-nation tournament on clay is a warm-up for the French Open, which starts in one week. Roddick, playing his first tournament since March, lost to Carlos Berlocq 6-2, 6-…

NewsdayNo record of tennis great Gibson in 1940 censusSI.comNEW YORK (AP) -- It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbl…

AFPSharapova Beats Li in Rome Tennis Final Following Rain DelayBusinessWeekBy James Cone on May 20, 2012 Maria Sharapova beat Li Na in three sets in a rain-affected final of the Rome International tennis tournament today, claiming victory in a tie-br…

Notre Dame's Cook wins state tennis titleCincinnati.comLEXINGTON – Notre Dame senior Madie Cook won the state tennis championship in girls' singles on Saturday, and the Pandas just missed out on two more state titles. The team championship between…

BBC NewsClarke: Prime Minister has right to 'chillax'BBC NewsA senior cabinet colleague has defended David Cameron's work ethic after a book said his weekend relaxations included tennis, karaoke and drinking wine. Justice Secretary Ken Clarke insiste…

MMAjunkie.comVideo: 'UFC Primetime--Dos Santos vs Mir' Episode 2CagepotatoWe've still got a week to go before our heavyweight title fight at UFC 146, but all of the excitement already has people losing their damn minds. Frank Mir and Junior Dos Santo…

Video: Strikeforce fighters look backUSA TODAYBy Sergio Non, USA TODAY SAN JOSE -- Showtime spoke individually to several of the fighters on Saturday's Strikeforce card after it ended. Watch the videos below to see what they had to say about their re…

CNN International (blog)Dream turns to nightmare for BayernTaipei TimesBayern Munich's Champions League dream final turned into a nightmare on Saturday as Chelsea ruined their homecoming party to leave the German giants trophyless for the second seas…

Strikeforce World Grand PrixUSA TODAYDaniel Cormier received a belt on Saturday after defeating Josh Barnett (not pictured) to win the heavyweight tournament final of the Strikeforce World Grand Prix at HP Pavilion in San Jose. Barnett, right, has mo…

MMAjunkie.comStrikeforce's Coker: Mousasi probably next for 'Feijao'USA TODAY"I think that the likely candidate that you'll see in the future at some point is Gegard Mousasi," Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said after Cavalcante defeated Mike Kyle on Sa…

ACC privacy rules a 'toothless wonder' - clientTVNZA victim of several ACC privacy breaches has an increasing pile of apologies, but says nothing has changed since she requested action on the organisation's handling of personal information years ago.…

ACCSports.com (blog)ACC In The NBA Playoffs, May 20ACCSports.com (blog)All names of former ACC players and coaches will appear in bold. Down by 24 points in the second quarter and facing a raucous Staples Center crowd, former Demon Deacon Tim Duncan…

Big Ten/ACC Challenge a homecoming for BennettCBSSports.comWisconsin will play host to Virginia in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Nov. 28. The game will serve as a homecoming of sorts for Cavaliers coach and Green Bay native Tony Bennett, who worked as…

SB NationBig Ten baseball tourney starts Wed.KMAland(Columbus) -- The conference office announced on Saturday the bracket for the 2012 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, held May 23-26 at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. Purdue won its first Big Ten Cham…

Seminoles.comACC baseball tournament field set; FSU, UNC top two seedsGreensboro News & Record (blog)Atlantic Division champion Florida State and Coastal Division champion North Carolina are the top two seeds for the ACC baseball tournament, which ru…

Manawatu StandardRugby: Calf injury may cost Mealamu place in testsNew Zealand HeraldBy Wynne Gray Ten-year All Blacks veteran Keven Mealamu is in a tight medical battle to keep his place for the June test series. The hooker has suffered a series of…

Sydney Morning HeraldAnother victory puts Irish rugby's dominance into bonus territoryIrish IndependentTwo weeks ago, Leinster lobbed onto the desk of Eddie Wigglesworth, the Union's rugby director, a map towards the fire escape. We understand it was…

MLive.comDavenport claims second consecutive club rugby title in a routMLive.comBy MLive.com SANDY, Utah – The Davenport rugby team claimed its second consecutive national championship with a 39-0 win against San Diego State on Saturday in the 2012…

Sydney Morning HeraldHow quad rugby got Carr on road to recoverySydney Morning HeraldCameron would have played [rugby league] for Australia." – Norm Carr To play State of Origin wasn't enough for Cameron Carr. The talented back-rower wanted to upst…

Sydney Morning HeraldRugby-Last-gasp penalty by Beale gives Rebels win over ForceReuters UKThe Force, who had lost their previous five games, also played their part in providing a spectacle of high-tempo running rugby in extremely warm conditions, wi…

Gao off to the Olympic GamesExaminer.comAccording to Badminton Canada, a native Calgarian will represent Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in women's badminton. The announcement was made following the National Badminton Championships in Moncton, New B…

IOC 'slow to use power of social media'Financial TimesBy Vanessa Kortekaas, Olympics Correspondent London 2012 is being billed as the first social media Olympics, but the International Olympic Committee says it is playing “catch-up” on how to use…

Eurosport.com AUTorch relay marks 70-day countdown to the 2012 Olympic gamesGreat Falls TribuneBritish Olympic sailing hero and three-time gold medalist Ben Ainslie waves to the crowds as he holds the Olympic torch at the official start of the London…

Zee NewsSecond leak in IOC's pipeline, oil supply affectedIBNLive.comPanic gripped Sitapura area, which witnessed the disastrous fire in an IOC fuel depot in 2009, when the pipeline leaked was traced near a valve inside the premises of IOC's pump hou…

A Lesson In Ethics from the Olympic GamesSustainable Business ForumWe each have our own favorite memories from the Olympic Games -- whether it be Jessie Owens demonstrating the absurdity of Adolf Hitler's racist notions, gymnast Nadia Comaneci's perf…