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Favre, Dungy, Harrison, Pace, Greene, Stabler enter hall

Dungy, who won the title with the Colts in February 2007, has been a mentor to many National Football League head coaches, including Mike Tomlin, Lovie Smith an...

'Don't poke my eye out': Murray needs flag practice in Rio

He vowed to get in a bit of practice before Friday's opening ceremony practice holding the flag, that is. "Walking out to the stadium, it was an incredible ...

Rio 2016: Who will the stars of the Games?

The UK will win six fewer medals at the Rio 2016 Olympics than in 2012 when Britain hosted the games, according to economists at Goldman Sachs. In its report...

Rio Welcomes World, Opens Olympics with Celebration

The build-up to Rio 2016 has been played out against a deep recession and political protests in Brazil. Home to the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, ...

Manchester United vs Leicester City: Possible Lineups, Tactics, Stats & Prediction

But it was left to debutant Ibrahimovic to steal the show with an 83rd-minute header and deliver United their first trophy under Mourinho. "It's not easy, so ...

Aussies score late for draw with US, both advance in Rio

The semifinal pairings suggest the status quo in women's sevens was maintained throughout the tournament, although the route to the playoffs was anything but ro...

Williams sisters lose Olympic doubles match for 1st time

She can beat anyone or lose to anyone on a given day. She is a food passionista, helicopter mom and an unapologetic southerner who spends every night with the c...

Tour de France 2016: Chris Froome completes third race victory

Froome, who was also champion in 2013 and past year, finished ahead of Frenchman Romain Bardet in second and Nairo Quintana of Colombia in third. Chris Froom...

Olympics: Syrian refugee wins a place in fans' hearts

The Olympic International Committee was right to allow this exception to draw attention to an issue that is affecting countries through the Middle East and Afri...

Jose Mourinho: Manchester United Manager Makes Revelation About This Star Player

While Mourinho didn't clearly say that the club is interested in signing the French global, he did state that they're in the market for at least one more pl...

Conor McGregor: UFC's star destroys WWE in 28 words

McGregor correctly predicted a first-round knockout against Jose Aldo at UFC 194 in December, and according to UFC president Dana White, McGregor offered t...

Walker's 9th-inning homer lifts Mets over Tigers 3-1

The Mets - victimized by back-to-back infield singles in the seventh - managed to avoid a three-game sweep. Tigers' Tyler Collins, right, beats the tag from N...

Serena Williams wins Rio opener; 1st match since Wimbledon

Serena , who won Wimbledon where she dropped only the one set to tie Graf's Open era Grand Slam record of 22 majors, two Slam victories behind Margaret Court, c...

Olympics: Durant leads U.S. in 'statement' game

The new Golden State Warriors star scored 30 points four years ago in the gold-medal game, when the Americans held off Spain for the championship. In Team USA...

Russian Paralympic athletes banned from Rio

Russia's years of doping deception, including tampering with samples at the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi, were outlined last month by World Anti-Dopin...

EXCLUSIVE WATCH: Margot Robbie reveals the one thing about Irish men that makes her "go weak at the knees"

In recent years, the lineup has leaned toward villains most commonly associated with Batman: assassin Deadshot (Will Smith, as ever motivated by a tyke), the Jo...

Hope Solo hears 'Zika' jeers again as United States of America beats France

Last month, she became the first goalkeeper with 100 worldwide shutouts when the US defeated South Africa 1-0 at Soldier Field in Chicago. For one thing, while ...

Irish boxer tests positive for banned substance

The boxer, who has been widely named in media reports, failed a test that was not carried out at the Games, and has the option of having a "B" sample tested. Th...

Ichiro Suzuki gets 3000th career hit in major leagues

The Notre Dame product has been hammered for 11 runs and 14 hits in 9 2/3 frames in his career at Coors Field.De La Rosa earned his 100th career win after limit...

The US women lost their first-ever Olympic rugby match

Despite the burgeoning global participation, the first Olympic rugby gold medal since the men played the last of the 15-a-side tournaments in 1924 is likely to ...

Red Sox-Dodgers preview

The Red Sox, who beat Seattle in 11 innings on Thursday to earn a split of the four-game series, lead the majors in several offensive categories, including runs...

Olympics: Russia's Tutkhalian leads gymnastics, China top team

Her biological mother struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and was unable to take care of Biles and her younger sister, Adria. She will be one to keep and ...

Hope Solo greeted with jeers of 'Zika! Zika' in Olympic opener

Well, it has to do with Hope Solo's Instagram and Hope Solo's Twitter posts, not to mention her remarks regarding the Zika virus. Well, last night during ...

Alex Rodriguez to play final major league game next Friday

The two met face-to-face a couple of times, and A-Rod said he asked for one more chance to play in front of the Yankee Stadium crowd. The team has been playing ...

Novak Djokovic wins 30th career Masters title

Djokovic won his seventh trophy this season. Djokovic said he found form at the right time in Toronto , taking the opening matches to get his rhythm back f...

Russian Federation will be cleanest team in Rio, says ROC chief

CCTV's Julia Lyubova reports. The news means 118 competitors of the 389-strong Russian team have been banned from competing in Rio. The International Olympic ...

France wins first game of rugby's return to Olymipcs

They also did not concede a try in either game, setting themselves up for Sunday's Pool C decider against Canada . Richardson set the ball rolling with an ...

Olympics-Russian Stepanova will not appeal over Rio ban

The International Shooting Sport Federation has also cleared 18 Russian shooters to compete in Rio. Top-ranking German sports officials decried the decision a...

Italy's Garozzo stuns Massialas, wins gold in men's foil

The win by 11th-ranked Garozzo, who had lost to Massialas three times since previous year, helped to bring Italy even with China at the top of the overall medal...

Rockies close wild-card gap with 12-6 win over Marlins

Ichiro stayed in the game and batted in the ninth against Scott Oberg, receiving a standing ovation as he stepped in the batters' box. "I was trying to turn a...

United's Mourinho relieved to finally get his hands on Pogba

United were keen to extend Pogba's contract but the teenager was frustrated by a lack of first-team chances and chose to leave to the frustration of then United...

Rio Olympics tennis results: Venus Williams out after first-round upset

The 21-year-old was beaten by Simona Halep in the Coupe Rogers final last weekend, but she's still won 21 of 25 matches since the early part of May and is o...

NFL Hall Of Fame Game, Live Coverage From Canton

But.it is a Hall of Fame game. The Packers running game was also in question last season. Kuder is one of eight defensive linemen now on Green Bay's roster, b...

Cubs beat Marlins on wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth

And so it was exactly in that manner that the Cubs won the game, with the bases loaded and Willson Contreras at the plate. The Cubs took another step toward ...

Tulowitzki fractures thumb as Orioles reclaim AL East lead from Blue Jays

The veteran center fielder has been productive in the leadoff spot for Baltimore this season, batting.268 with 19 homers and 59 RBI. That took much of the drama...