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New York Yankees Cost for A-Rod: $317 Million

When New York traded for Rodriguez in February 2004, he was in the middle of a 10-year, $252 million deal he signed with the Texas Rangers in December 2000. A...

Tim Tebow To Take A Crack At Baseball

He added: 'Knowing Tim's passion and desire, we won't be surprised by anything he accomplishes'. For the past year, Tebow has trained in Arizona and Los Angel...

Cal's Missy Franklin finishes last in 200 freestyle semifinal

In Rio, Franklin's last-place finish in the 200 freestyle semi-final and failure to qualify for the final with only the 13th-fastest time of the 16 swimmers lef...

Second gymnastics gold for peerless Biles in Rio

Simone Biles was crowned the Olympic all-around champion on Thursday afternoon in Rio. Russia's Aliya Mustafina took bronze with a total of 58.665 points. ...

Olympics-Rose hits Olympic's first hole in one

Of the Americans, only Matt Kuchar managed to get in red numbers, and his 2-under-par 69 left him tied for 11th, 6 strokes back of tournament leader Marcus Fras...

Ebner makes history for National Football League in Olympics; Belichick wears his shirt

When the sport was last played at the Olympics in 1924, it was the 15-a-side version of the game, and the USA won the gold medal. Ebner sprinted from nearly h...

Arsenal unlikely to have new defender for opener - Arsene Wenger

The current Arsenal squad has been decimated by injuries; Per Mertersacker, Gabriel Paulista and Olivier Giroud all sidelined for their league opener against Li...

Mets get swept, drop to .500 and Collins challenges players

Louis Cardinals in the race for the second National League wild card. Hernandez was recalled from Double-A Mobile after Arizona placed catcher Welington Casti...

Olympics: Chinese weightlifters win two gold medals

That prompted fears weightlifting superpower China could see another surprise withdrawal in the middle of the competition after it lost world record holder Chen...

Hammel dominant, Cubs win ninth straight

Jason Hammel extended a personal winning streak to five while the Chicago Cubs completed a four-game season sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 3-1 victory o...

Colombian weightlifter wins gold medal, then retires on the spot

Sukanya Srisurat said her Olympic gold was redemption for serving a two-year-ban for doping offences as Thailand finished one-two in the women's 58kg to lead th...

Michael Phelps' son goes for the gold in new photos

Thiago Pereira could deliver the host country's first swimming medal of the games. "Right now, I'm taking it one race at a time", said Franklin, who is strugg...

Family of Muslim teen arrested over clock files lawsuit in Texas

Now, his father has filed a lawsuit against the Irving, Texas schools where the incident happened according to the Dallas News . Mohamed was led out of...

Canadian women win Olympic bronze in 4x200-metre freestyle relay

The USA took gold at 7:43.03, followed by the Aussies at 7:44.87. All six of Canada's medals - one silver, five bronze - have come from female athletes or teams...

Stunner at the pool: Kazakhstan wins 1st Olympic swim medal

In the same heat and right next to each other because of lane assignments, Phelps beat Lochte by a half-second in Wednesday night's race. The two exchanged a fi...

Gymnastics: Raisman earns sweet redemption in Rio

Biles, however, was disappointed by her imperfect landing on her opening vault - a 2½ -twist Amanar that only a handful of female gymnasts attempt. Perhaps by b...

Durant, Warriors to OKC on Feb. 11, Cleveland on Christmas

The Cavs-Warriors rematch will also take place in Cleveland. The roster remains very much like last season, along with some minor additions like Chris Andersen ...

David Ortiz's shin OK, back as DH for Red Sox

Rodriguez lined out, popped out and struck out before his tapper in front of the plate in the eighth allowed Brett Gardner to score from third and put NY up 4-2...

Rio Olympics 2016: Green diving pool will be blue again 'soon'

He said the water had not been monitored as carefully as it should have been and rain on Wednesday morning exacerbated the problem. "Obviously, the people in ch...

Rio absentees will have regret - Kuchar

The grandstand was filled with more golf officials than fans. When all four players met in the media on Tuesday for a pre-tournament news conference, they lit...

Simone Biles Soars to Olympic All-Around Title

Even Raisman acknowledged she was fighting for second place - or first in the "non-Simone division", as her fellow Americans have taken to describing it. But Bi...

Kenyan official booted from Olympics after giving urine sample for athlete

Chairman Keino said the committee had not facilitated Anzrah's travel to Brazil, adding: "We don't even know how he came here". It was not clear which athlete...

Brazil tops Denmark to avoid elimination in men's soccer

Having received heavy criticism following 0-0 draws with South Africa and Iraq , Brazil turned on the style on Thursday with Gabriel Barbosa and Luan also ...

Ranieri rewarded with new contract at EPL champion Leicester

It will be very interesting to see how the team cope psychologically without him because it seemed to me he was very important. "I hope we can play well and get...

History made in men's gymnastics all

Verniaiev's score is 92.266 points. Despite scoring marginally lower than his ranking for the team final, Whitlock fashioned a slight lead which was soon over...

Tinder usage up among athletes at Rio Olympics

Without hesitation Cerullo said yes and the Rio Games had it's first marriage proposal. France's Camille Lacourt lost in the 100-meter backstroke final to Chi...

Orioles down Blue Jays in 12 innings to retake AL East lead

The thumb swelled considerably and the Blue Jays do not yet know how much time, if any, Tulowitzki might have to miss. He allowed two runs on four hits and thre...

Olympics 2016: Chris Froome makes history with bronze

Thomas, victor of team pursuit gold on the track at Beijing in 2008 and in London four years ago, said: "I'm really thrilled to get a last minute call up to r...

Swimming: Franklin fails to make 200m backstroke final

She finished a disappointing 13th in the semifinals. But, following two years swimming collegiately at California and then turning pro last summer, Franklin h...

Only remaining Kiwi at Rio 2016 Rugby Sevens trolls native New Zealand

World series champions Fiji's clash with New Zealand was an encounter that many thought would take place in the final until the All Blacks were stunned by Japan...

Zach Johnson tied for John Deere Classic lead

The 27-year-old former LSU player had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the front nine and added birdies on 11, 13 and 14. "I certainly had the opportun...

American Gold Medal Winner Says US Dopers Should Be Banned for Life

King mocked Efimova with a finger wag prior to her semifinal swim after Efimova shook her finger after her own heat. "I basically said what everybody th...

Trump on Second Amendment comment: 'There was nothing said wrong'

I think he would have had a much easier chance of winning if he had chosen Hillary Clinton as his running mate, definitely. "That doesn't happen in third-worl...

Arsenal need opening win to prevent unrest - Parlour

However, an injury to Gabriel in the closing stages could see the Brazilian ruled out of the start of the new Premier League season along with long-term abs...

Trump Tower Climber Charged with Reckless Endangerment, Criminal Trespass

However, before Steve could book in his appointment with Mr Trump, he was literally dragged through a 21st-storey window by the police and promptly put in an am...