 Baseball drug authority to remain split
Baseball players and owners plan to turn most of the authority over testing for performance-enhancing drugs to the program's independent administrator while keeping oversight over drugs of abuse with a joint union-management body. |
Argentina tightens security for Olympic torch
Argentina readied thousands of police on Thursday to guard the Olympic torch on the next stop of its world tour as calls grew for world leaders to boycott the Games' opening ceremony over China's human rights record. |
Former Viking Eller charged in assault
Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller was charged Thursday with two felonies after a scuffle with police officers trying to arrest him for possible drunken driving. |
Future Green Jackets
Boy, does Browning Benton have a story for his pals when he goes back to school. |
World record for American Hardy
American Jessica Hardy kept the world records flowing at the world short-course championships with a sparkling victory in the women's 50 meters breaststroke on Thursday. |
Bill Self reaches deal to stay at Kansas
Bill Self has reached an agreement on a new contract with Kansas, just days after leading the Jayhawks to their first NCAA basketball title in 20 years. Self met with athletic director Lew Perkins on Wednesday and Thursday, and they emerged at an afternoon news conference to say they had reached general agreement on a deal that is still being ... |
Hardy sets breaststroke world record
Chalk up another world record for the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit. Jessica Hardy of the United States set a record in the women's 50-meter breaststroke at the short-course world championships Thursday, finishing in 29.58 seconds to shave 0.32 off the record. |
Jones's relay team mates stripped of medals
Team mates of disgraced American Olympic champion Marion Jones's paid the price for her use of banned substances when they were stripped of the relay medals they won at the 2000 Sydney Games on Thursday. |
McCain would shun Olympic ceremony without changes
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday President George W. Bush should reconsider his plans to attend the Olympics' opening in Beijing based on whether China makes concessions toward Tibet and the Dalai Lama. |
Obama wants Olympic ceremonies boycott
Barack Obama joined Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday in calling for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games in Beijing. |
McCain urges China to clean up its act
Republican Sen. John McCain said Thursday that if he were president, he would only go to the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing if China improves its record on human rights and other issues. |
Braves at Rockies game postponed
Thursday's Atlanta Braves-Colorado Rockies game at Coors Field was postponed because of snow. The game has been rescheduled for June 16, which had been an off day for both teams. |
Play under way at Augusta after fog delay
Four times champion Arnold Palmer hit the ceremonial first shot at the par-four opening hole before lingering fog delayed the start of the 72nd Masters by an hour at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday. |
Carmona, Indians reach $15M, 4-yr deal
Fausto Carmona, a surprising 19-game winner last season, agreed Thursday to a $15 million, four-year contract with the Indians, a deal that would be worth at least $43 million if Cleveland exercises three club options. |
China says foils terrorist plot to kidnap Olympians
Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday. |
IOC strips medals from Jones' teammates
Marion Jones gave up her Olympic medals. Her relay teammates aren't quite as willing. Jones' former relay teammates paid for her doping offenses Thursday, losing their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics as the International Olympic Committee stripped them from athletes who won gold with Jones in the 1,600-meter relay and bronze in the 400 relay. |
Rose shoots 4-under 68 to lead Masters
Justin Rose has the first round of the Masters down pat. It's the rest of the tournament he must master. On a warm, sunny opening day that featured Ian Poulter's hole-in-one, a solid start to Zach Johnson's title defense and Tiger Woods plodding around the course, Rose shot a 4-under 68 that put him atop the leaderboard. |
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