

Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch off to Sebastian Coe on Friday morning, the day of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games. More>>
A memorable season capped by a super title game with a record TV audience has NFL executives and fans beaming. More>>
Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city. More>>
A Massachusetts medical examiner has found that figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's father died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. More>>
Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year. More>>
Kobe Bryant isn't sure if he'll play in this weekend's NBA All-Star game in Dallas because of his sore left ankle. More>>
Cypress Mountain passed a major test Monday, as freestyle skiers completed their first pre-Olympic practice sessions and Winter Olympic organizers kept dumping snow on competition courses in unseasonably warm weather. More>>
By NANCY ARMOUR AP National Writer Rachael Flatt's free skate would have the best athletes in any sport gasping for air, their leg muscles spasming in pain. Seven times she launches herself into the air, doing... More>>
Noelle Pikus-Pace gasped as she glanced around the hotel ballroom to see the mountains of boxes piled around and overflowing with red-white-and-blue U.S. Olympic gear. More>>
Wearing Mardi Gras beads and clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand. More>>
Reggie Wayne stared right through all those reporters. More>>
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the... More>>
Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own. More>>
Thirsty basketball fans cheering on the Cleveland Cavaliers will have to wait at a concession stand the next time they want a sip of water. More>>
Sean Payton strolled through the New Orleans Saints locker room at halftime, pausing at Thomas Morstead's locker with a simple message. More>>
Blocked onto his butt, Peyton Manning could only watch his last, best chance to win the Super Bowl go running right past him. More>>
Think Sunday night's Super Bowl seemed like it had a lot of ads? You're right. Commercials took up nearly 48 minutes of the game - the most for any Super Bowl. More>>
Jubilant fans greeted the Super Bowl-winning Saints Monday, showering them with "Who Dat!" chants asthey returned to their home city as champions. More>>
Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. More>>
Marshall Faulk ran as far as he could from the dead-end Desire Projects. He bolted the New Orleans streets to play college ball in San Diego, then blossomed into an NFL star with the Indianapolis Colts. More>>
Saints fans hugged, kissed, and spilled onto the streets Sunday as a citywide party erupted after their once woebegone NFL franchise defeated the Indiapolis Colts in the Super Bowl. More>>
The New Orleans Saints turned the Super Bowl's postgame celebration into something out of the French Quarter.
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Her Olympic dreams over, Sasha Cohen stuck around to watch Mirai Nagasu and Rachael Flatt. More>>
A new study finds the way that baseball outfielders catch fly balls is simple: by keeping their eyes on the ball. More>>
Tom Brady said Monday he won't need surgery for rib and finger injuries that bothered him for much of the season. More>>
Nancy Kerrigan's low-key family, which struggled with the attention brought on after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, has again been thrust into the spotlight with the death of her... More>>
Defending Olympic halfpipe gold medalist Hannah Teter is donating her winnings from this weekend's U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix to help earthquake victims in Haiti. More>>
LaDainian Tomlinson says he believes he has played his last game with the San Diego Chargers. More>>
San Diego Charger home games will be at Qualcomm stadium for at least one more season as the team tries to build support for a new venue in downtown. More>>
The San Diego Chargers still don't have much of an explanation for their latest playoff pratfall, although the word "uncharacteristic" popped up plenty as players headed into a gloomy offseason. More>>
San Diego police say Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson was handcuffed briefly and had his car impounded following a traffic stop on Sunday just a few hours before a playoff loss to the New York Jets. More>>
Like it or not, Chargers fans, coach Norv Turner will be sticking around for four more years. More>>
Scott Turner, a Pitt offensive assistant the last two seasons and the son of San Diego Chargers coach Norv Turner, has been promoted to wide receivers coach. More>>
San Diego Chargers fans are hanging their heads after a stunning upset loss to the New York Jets in the AFC playoff game Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium. More>>
In typical Southern California fashion, the San Diego Chargers have been chillin' since the end of the regular season. More>>
As Chargers mania approaches an all-time high, the new LaDanian Tomlinson dance is sweeping through San Diego like wildfire. More>>
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that catcher Yorvit Torrealba and the San Diego Padres have reached an agreement on a one-year contract worth $1.25 million. More>>
Outfielder Scott Hairston and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $2.45 million, one-year contract to avoid arbitration. More>>
The next stop on Jon Garland's tour of Southern California's big league teams is San Diego and spacious Petco Park. More>>
People familiar with the negotiations say free agent right-hander Jon Garland and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $5.3 million, one-year contract. More>>
Mark Loretta has announced his retirement as a player and has been hired by the San Diego Padres as special assistant to baseball operations. More>>
Padres fans who don't subscribe to Cox Cable or Time-Warner Cable may soon be able to watch their favorite team's games on TV. More>>
Mike Adams and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract that avoids salary arbitration. More>>
Third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff and outfielder Rajai Davis have agreed to one-year deals with the Oakland Athletics and avoided salary arbitration. More>>
The San Diego Padres have acquired two Hairston brothers in three days. More>>
Closer Heath Bell says he and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract to avoid salary arbitration. More>>