After weeks of on and off negotiations, Oscar De La Hoya, boxing's most bankable superstar, and Manny Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound king, jointly announced on a media teleconference that they would meet Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The agent for Jeff Saturday said the Colts center will likely miss the first six weeks of the season and possibly more if he has surgery on ligament damage in his right knee, according to a published report.
Are you rooting for an NL team? If so, it better be the Cubs. With the Mets' mess of a bullpen and the fact that someone will back into the NL West title, Scott Miller dreads the stretch run on the Senior Circuit.
In an aggressive offseason, the Saints acquire Jonathan Vilma and Jeremy Shockey. The additions, along with Drew Brees and Reggie Bush, should give New Orleans a push in the division. Clark Judge, however, says beware of the Bucs.
Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic lost in one of the biggest upsets in tennis history Thursday, stunned by 188th-ranked Julie Coin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the U.S. Open.
Josh Beckett has been scratched from a scheduled start again, and the Boston Red Sox ace plans to have his ailing right elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews in Alabama.
Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall had his suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy reduced from three games to one on Thursday.
Jason Giambi saved the New York Yankees, coming off the bench to hit a tying homer in the seventh and a game-winning single in the ninth for a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
It's the Red Sox-Yankees. In August. The last Yankee Stadium meeting. And not even Jason Giambi's walkoff hit could fire up the crowd. Why? Danny Knobler says barring a miracle, this is the year the Yanks' playoff run ends, and the fans know it.
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