Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the third round of the U.S. Open, making a slew of errors to hand the match 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3 to Katarina Srebotnik.
Aiming to build some momentum heading into NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Jimmie Johnson got off to a good start Friday, winning the pole at Auto Club Speedway.
Andrew Hatch didn't throw a pass while at Harvard, but he might be starting for LSU in Saturday's season opener. Solid at worst at every other spot, the Tigers will begin defense of their title with big questions at QB, Dennis Dodd says.
Yes, the Browns were one of the feel-good stories of 2007, and pundits want to crown them now. Not so fast. Pete Prisco says Pittsburgh still owns Cleveland, at least for this season.
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson has legally changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco in Broward County, Fla., a switch that became official this week, according to several media reports. Johnson, who lives in Miami, didn't return a message left on his cell phone Friday night.
The National Football League has suspended Minnesota Vikings left tackle Bryant McKinnie without pay for the team's first four regular-season games for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed two hits in eight innings, Dustin Pedroia had four hits and Jason Bay drove in three runs to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 8-0 on Friday night.
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