MIAMI (AP) David West was more than a little disappointed when the Indiana Pacers failed to make a defensive play at the end to win Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Sat, 25 May 2013 03:21:39 -0400

DETROIT (AP) Add another near miss in this 2013 baseball season this time it was Detroit's Anibal Sanchez falling just short of a no-hitter.
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:30:30 -0400

PITTSBURGH (AP) Boston or the New York Rangers? To be honest, Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson doesn't think it matters who the Pittsburgh Penguins face in the Eastern Conference finals.
Sat, 25 May 2013 03:23:17 -0400

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Another injury marred a New York Yankees' victory.
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:34:34 -0400

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Heather Bowie Young made five straight birdies while jumping from one side of the golf course to the other. Silvia Cavalleri was hitting the ball so well Friday she was sorry the Bahamas Classic was held on only 12 holes. Fri, 24 May 2013 20:51:41 -0400

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The towels are showing up all around Memphis. They hang over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33:15 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) A lawsuit filed by two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages has been settled, a lawyer for the women said Friday.
Fri, 24 May 2013 18:25:59 -0400

PARIS (AP) Perhaps not surprisingly, the first three questions posed to Roger Federer at his pre-French Open news conference Friday concerned rival and nemesis Rafael Nadal.
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:04:03 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Nationals didn't have a close shave, and neither did Davey Johnson.
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:28:44 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Matt Kuchar was hoping he would be able to finish his second round Friday night at Colonial. He ended up with the lead and a very early wakeup call.
Fri, 24 May 2013 21:23:44 -0400

(Reuters) - Detroit's Anibal Sanchez was denied a no-hitter but still struck out 12 batters in a pitching gem as the Tigers sent the Minnesota Twins crashing to their 10th straight defeat with a 6-0 victory on Friday. Sanchez was heading towards a second career no-hitter with one out in the ninth inning before Joe Mauer punched a single up the middle to deny the Venezuelan a chance to become the 28th pitcher in Major League history with multiple no-hitters. ...
Sat, 25 May 2013 02:19:16 -0400

By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - The Indiana Pacers threw open the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Friday, upsetting the Miami Heat with a 97-93 victory to level the best-of-seven series at 1-1. LeBron James scored 36 points for Miami but gave up two crucial turnovers down the stretch that cost the Heat, while Roy Hibbert top-scored for the Pacers with 29 points and Paul George added 22 and produced some outstanding defensive work. ...
Sat, 25 May 2013 01:26:17 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) Jordan Zimmermann became the National League's first eight-game winner, and the Washington Nationals followed a calamitous road trip with a winning start to a homestand, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Friday night.
Fri, 24 May 2013 21:56:23 -0400

May 24 (Reuters) - American left-hander Russ Cochran reeled off five birdies in six holes around the turn on the way to a share of the Senior PGA Championship lead in Friday's second round at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Cochran, who clinched his maiden major title in the over-50 ranks at the 2011 Senior Open Championship, fired a five-under-par 66 to end the day at seven-under 135, level with good friend and fellow Kentucky native Kenny Perry, who also returned a 66. ... Fri, 24 May 2013 21:55:27 -0400

(Reuters) - American Matt Kuchar held a one-shot lead at 10 under par after 15 holes when the weather-hit second round was suspended for the day at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday. Kuchar, who clinched his fifth PGA Tour title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, will line up a 40-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th when play resumes at 8:15 a.m. EDT on Saturday. ...
Fri, 24 May 2013 21:35:33 -0400