NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans Saints opened their Super Bowl title defense with a 14-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday that epitomized head coach Sean Payton's 'back to business' mantra.
To celebrate the team's first NFL triumph, opening night was marked with a rock ...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The new season started as last year's ended for the Minnesota Vikings and Brett Favre -- with defeat in New Orleans and the quarterback taking his share of blame for the loss.
Favre, who will be 41 next month, was unable to inspire his team to a revenge win over the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the third year in a row, Rafa Nadal is through to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open. The one title he needs to complete his grand slam collection is now tantalizingly close.
Nadal booked his place in the last four by thrashing his fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3 ...
In the opener of a critical four-game series between the contenders, the Giants belted four home runs to support starter Matt Cain who pitched eight innings for the win.
Cain struck out eight batters and had limited San Diego to just three hits before allowing a single then a two-run home run to ...
"It feels great to be wanted by this team because I want to be here," Austin told the team's website (dallascowboys.com).
"My career started here. (The Cowboys) gave me a shot and obviously I put my all out here every day and I'm going to continue to do that and hopefully for a long ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After almost two weeks of action, Novak Djokovic and Mikhail Youzhny are all that stand in the way of an ultimate grand slam final showdown between the world's two best players, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal.
The pair have already played each other in the finals of three of the ...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New York Jets have been in the spotlight throughout the NFL off-season but on Monday, Rex Ryan's team face a stern test of their confidently proclaimed Super Bowl ambitions when they take on the Baltimore Ravens.
The opening weekend of the NFL season kicked off on ...
LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - A red-hot Matt Kuchar birdied his final hole to take a one-shot lead in the opening round of the BMW Championship on Thursday while a baffled Tiger Woods watched his Cog Hill magic disappear.
Playing on the same course he won the U.S. Amateur title in 1997, Kuchar was ...
Financial terms of the deal for the cornerback, acquired as a free agent in 2006 after spending his first eight seasons with the Oakland Raiders, were not released.
The 33-year-old was scheduled to make $6.5 million in base salary over the next three seasons, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's latest U.S. Open victim, his friend Fernando Verdasco, said his pick to win the year's last grand slam would be Roger Federer and not his Spanish Davis Cup team mate.
Nadal stayed on track to win the only major title to elude him by vanquishing Verdasco 7-5 6-3 ...
