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Media Notes for the Heineken Open and Apia International Sydney.

Goals from Michu and Danny Graham gave Swansea City a 2-0 win at Chelsea in their Capital One (League) Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday.

* Nike accused smaller rival Already of trademark violation * Rival accused of copying elements of Air Force 1 sneakers * Court: Already's claim mooted...

Gary Bettman opened his post-lockout press conference on Wednesday with one very clear message to fans of the NHL: We're sorry, and we need to work to regain your trust. Yes, those words came out of his mouth. "I'm sorry...

As Strikeforce prepares to close their doors forever and the UFC continues to march forward in their quest for global domination, I can't help but wonder what impact an organization like Pride FC could have on the sport ...

Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 for a world-record fee of £80 million. It was an extravagant sum, but Ronaldo's is an extravagant talent. The 27-year-old scored 60 goals last seas...

Swansea capitalized on two defensive lapses by Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic to win 2-0 in the first leg of the League Cup semifinals on Wednesday, moving the Welsh team close to its first major final.

NEW YORK (AP) -- NHL owners will vote Wednesday on the tentative labor agreement reached with the players' union.

Green Bay Packers wide receivers Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb should be ready for Saturday night's NFC divisional playoff game against San Francisco despite missing practice Wednesday.

BROOKLYN - Curtis "Showtime" Stevens, 22-3, 16 KOs, was training for his upcoming fight with New Haven, CT middleweight Elvin Ayala, 26-5-1, 12 KOs, when he read what Ayala had to say about him on FightNews.com. Many of ...

As reported by ESPN, the Cleveland Cavaliers announced Wednesday that center Anderson Varejao will be needing surgery to repair a leg muscle and could be missing multiple months. And yet despite the bad news, this create...

We like NFL.com's Ian Rapoport--good guy, good sources, good track record. But nobody deserves the head-spinning confusion he's dealing with today, thanks to Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who might be interv...

Every year there are star players in college who NFL teams fall in love with. These teams pick these great players and expect that they'll play at least as good as they did in college, hopefully better. Sometimes, in cas...

The answer is... zero. Among the 37 players eligible to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013, none of them received the 75 percent of the vote required for induction into Cooperstown. Though the result probabl...

The Chicago Blackhawks will face off against the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center on January 19, according to Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago. The Los Angeles Times reports that the game will be in the afternoon and i...

Chelsea 0-2 Swansea: Swans swoop on errors

The mayor of Washington D.C. has a bone to pick with the Washington Redskins. There has been a lot of talk lately about bringing the team back inside the city limits of D.C.---their current field is nearby in Maryland---...

Katherine Webb has gone off the grid ... banning herself from speaking to ANY media outlets ... partly because her superstar QB boyfriend A.J. McCarron is upset that he's been overshadowed by Webb's hotness. Of course, W...

Preston Blackman scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead Savannah State to an 84-40 victory over Allen University on Tuesday night.

Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao still has not been cleared to practice or play because of a bruised right knee.

This is the day I've been both dreading and eagerly anticipating since the Seattle SuperSonics played their last game back on April 16, 2008. The return of the NBA to the city I've lived in for the past 24 years. Well, t...

Ted Roof will leave his job as Penn State's defensive coordinator to return to his alma mater, Georgia Tech, where he will take the same position. There was much speculation Bill O'Brien would leave Penn State after a su...