Lloyd named the only Bronco Pro Bowl player
Michael Vick's sensational comeback season made a big impression throughout the NFL, not just in Philadelphia.
Michael Vick's sensational comeback season made a big impression throughout the NFL, not just in Philadelphia.
Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy -- as if there was any doubt. Whether he gets to keep it is still to be determined. Auburn's hulking quarterback brushed off an NCAA investigation of his recruitment as he did so many tacklers this season and captured college football's biggest individual award Saturday night in a landslide vote.
Jimmie Johnson wasn't the best all year. Not even close. When it mattered, though, he couldn't be beat. For the fifth consecutive year. Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick took the champion all the way to the edge this season, waging the most serious threats yet to Johnson's reign atop NASCAR. Only the outcome didn't change, and Johnson maintained his ironclad hold on the Sprint Cup.
Tim Lincecum, Edgar Renteria and the Giants won the World Series on Monday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a tense Game 5 and taking the trophy home to the city by the Bay for the first time.
The rookie pitched way beyond his years, sending a shudder through Rangers Ballpark. Madison Bumgarner dominated for eight innings, Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey homered and the San Francisco Giants put on a fielding clinic in Game 4, beating Texas 4-0 on Sunday night to move within one win of that elusive World Series title.
Matt Cain was sharp, the Rangers bullpen was not and San Francisco broke away for a 9-0 win Thursday night. The Giants headed to Texas with a 2-0 lead that looked to come way too easily.
The Giants battered Cliff Lee and the Texas bullpen, with Freddy Sanchez hitting three doubles and keying a six-run burst in an 11-7 romp Wednesday night that looked even more lopsided.
Roy Halladay threw the second no-hitter in postseason history, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 in Game 1 of the NL division series on Wednesday.
Brett Favre is back in Minnesota, stirring hope among Vikings fans that he may be ready to play this season.
Top overall draft pick Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals reached an agreement on a $9.9 million, five-year contract shortly before the deadline of midnight EDT Monday night.
Five golfers including Bubba Watson and Francesco Molinari are clubhouse leaders at -4 after the first round of the PGA Championship was suspended by darkness at Whistling Straits.
A former NASA spokesman says ex-NASA Chief Sean O'Keefe survived the plane crash in Alaska that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens.
Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay's franchise history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Monday night.
Any doubts that Louis Oosthuizen had the game and the temperament to cope with the pressure of leading a major championship on the last day, having missed the cut in five previous attempts, were soon dispelled over the Old Course when he played with the confidence of a seasoned campaigner to win the game’s oldest and most coveted title by seven shots.
While Oosthuizen and Casey were busy keeping a watchful eye on each other’s progress as the third round neared its conclusion, Lee Westwood quietly edged a little closer to both men with a well-crafted birdie four at the 618 yard, par five, 14th to close to within four shots of his playing partner and six of the leader.
Around the loop at the far end of St. Andrews, shots at the mercy of a vicious wind were flying in every direction as Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and so many others struggled to survive in the British Open. Just as daunting was one thing that didn't move — the name of Louis Oosthuizen atop the leaderboard.
In the 137 years since the British Open first came to St. Andrews, the Old Course rarely has been such a pushover. Rarer still was the score Rory McIlroy delivered.
The man who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire -- through a combination of bluster and big bucks -- has died.
Paul Goydos has become just the fourth golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59.
A southwestern Oklahoma sheriff is dressing county inmates in hot pink jumpsuits as a deterrent to crime and to make them easier to spot.
Serious eaters are getting ready to scarf their way to glory in New York’s 95th annual July 4 Hot Dog Eating Contest. But a famous contestant will be missing.
They have been playing each other for exactly 10 hours -- 7 hours, 6 minutes in the fifth set alone, enough to break the full-match record of 6:33, set at the 2004 French Open.
In one of the most stunning turnarounds in World Cup history, Landon Donovan scored on a lightning fast counterattack 45 seconds into 4 minutes of injury time. With the most amazing late-game moment in American soccer, the United States beat Algeria 1-0 and reached the World Cup's second round.
South Korea has been a regular at the World Cup. All but one of its previous seven appearances ended disappointingly in the first round. There was, however, the 2002 tournament it co-hosted with Japan, when the South Koreans went to the semifinals. On Tuesday, they added another memorable chapter to their soccer history by advancing out of Group A with a 2-2 draw against Nigeria.
Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo scored second-half goals Tuesday as Argentina beat Greece 2-0 at the World Cup to win Group B.
