Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/755 Sports News en-us Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:44:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/755 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_mcgahee_traded ap/20070309/fbn_mcgahee_traded Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:32:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_mcgahee_traded"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.ny15303081834.mcgahee_traded_football_ny153.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=nCZyxRMYrLTuqKKYD3Zzew--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Buffalo Bills running back Willis McGahee (21) tries to maintain his balance after being tripped up by Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Paul Spicer (95) during the first half of an NFL football game in Buffalo, N.Y., in this Nov. 26, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Willis McGahee likes to refer to himself as the NFL's best running back. Let's see how he does replacing Jamal Lewis in Baltimore.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_mcgahee_traded"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.ny15303081834.mcgahee_traded_football_ny153.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=nCZyxRMYrLTuqKKYD3Zzew--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="photo" title="Buffalo Bills running back Willis McGahee (21) tries to maintain his balance after being tripped up by Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Paul Spicer (95) during the first half of an NFL football game in Buffalo, N.Y., in this Nov. 26, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_beast_villanova_georgetown ap/20070309/bkc_t25_beast_villanova_georgetown Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:44:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_beast_villanova_georgetown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.nybk10403081940.beast_villanova_georgetown_basketball_nybk104.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=KSbk7FrT8wD5vaRbbYqfWg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Georgetown's Jeff Green shoots between Villanova's Will Sheridan, left, and Shane Clark, right, during second half NCAA basketball action at the Big East basketball tournament Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Georgetown won 62-57. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0" /></a>AP - After breezing through the first half, the Georgetown Hoyas weren't expecting to sweat it out against Villanova in the last few minutes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_beast_villanova_georgetown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.nybk10403081940.beast_villanova_georgetown_basketball_nybk104.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=KSbk7FrT8wD5vaRbbYqfWg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Georgetown's Jeff Green shoots between Villanova's Will Sheridan, left, and Shane Clark, right, during second half NCAA basketball action at the Big East basketball tournament Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Georgetown won 62-57. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_beast_syracuse_notre_dame ap/20070308/bkc_t25_beast_syracuse_notre_dame Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:47:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_beast_syracuse_notre_dame"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.nybk20403082226.beast_notre_dame_syracuse_basketball_nybk204.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=hqb2dOTLxD2z5Jb54rCbCg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Notre Dame's Russell Carter, right, is fouled as Syracuse's Demetris Nichols attempts to steal the ball during second half NCAA basketball at the Big East basketball tournament Thursday, March 8, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Notre Dame beat Syracuse, 89-83. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0" /></a>AP - Notre Dame needed a huge second half and poise down the stretch to end Syracuse's run as Big East champions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_beast_syracuse_notre_dame"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.nybk20403082226.beast_notre_dame_syracuse_basketball_nybk204.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=hqb2dOTLxD2z5Jb54rCbCg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Notre Dame's Russell Carter, right, is fouled as Syracuse's Demetris Nichols attempts to steal the ball during second half NCAA basketball at the Big East basketball tournament Thursday, March 8, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Notre Dame beat Syracuse, 89-83. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_pods_championship ap/20070309/glf_pods_championship Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:18:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_pods_championship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.flco10103081911.pods_championship_golf_flco101.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=mgka5Hl2fV.BiHE1ZMudEQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Cliff Kresge blasts from the trap on the 18th hole during the first round of the PODS Championship golf tournament Thursday March 8, 2007 in Palm Harbor, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cliff Kresge nearly holed out from the fairway twice with a wedge in hand, so when his 5-iron from 184 yards headed toward the flag Thursday, his caddie instinctively said, "Go in this time." And it did.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_pods_championship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.flco10103081911.pods_championship_golf_flco101.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=mgka5Hl2fV.BiHE1ZMudEQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cliff Kresge blasts from the trap on the 18th hole during the first round of the PODS Championship golf tournament Thursday March 8, 2007 in Palm Harbor, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_acc_miami_maryland ap/20070308/bkc_t25_acc_miami_maryland Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:51:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_acc_miami_maryland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.acc12903082126.acc_miami_maryland_basketball_acc129.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=lJPphuMWDQ07Znv_wOnC5w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Miami's Jack McClinton (33) drives to the basket between Maryland's Eric Hayes (5) and James Gist (15) during a first round game of the Men's Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, March 8, 2007. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0" /></a>AP - For at least one day, Miami's troubled season was forgotten. Jack McClinton scored 17 points, Brian Asbury added 12 and the undermanned Hurricanes upset No. 17 Maryland 67-62 in the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/bkc_t25_acc_miami_maryland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.acc12903082126.acc_miami_maryland_basketball_acc129.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=lJPphuMWDQ07Znv_wOnC5w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Miami's Jack McClinton (33) drives to the basket between Maryland's Eric Hayes (5) and James Gist (15) during a first round game of the Men's Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, March 8, 2007. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_dolphins_moves ap/20070308/fbn_dolphins_moves Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:43:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_dolphins_moves"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.40899cf65125419eb266381fc1687c63.dolphins_moves_nyol571.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=3OOFWyGH6fVF88E0LNO8bQ--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="New York Giants kicker Jay Feely celebrates his 36-yard field goal to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 26-23 in overtime in this Dec. 11, 2005 file photo. The Miami Dolphins signed Feely to a three-year contract on Thursday, meaning that longtime Dolphins kicker Olindo Mare could be released or traded. (AP Photo/George Widman, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Miami Dolphins signed kicker Jay Feely to a three-year contract on Thursday, meaning that longtime Dolphins kicker Olindo Mare could be released or traded. Feely, 29, signed as an unrestricted free agent after two seasons with the New York Giants.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_dolphins_moves"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.40899cf65125419eb266381fc1687c63.dolphins_moves_nyol571.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=3OOFWyGH6fVF88E0LNO8bQ--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="New York Giants kicker Jay Feely celebrates his 36-yard field goal to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 26-23 in overtime in this Dec. 11, 2005 file photo. The Miami Dolphins signed Feely to a three-year contract on Thursday, meaning that longtime Dolphins kicker Olindo Mare could be released or traded. (AP Photo/George Widman, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_second_best_suns ap/20070309/bkn_second_best_suns Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:05:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_second_best_suns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.pnu10603080448.bobcats_suns_basketball_pnu106.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=LI03I5Zyoso7rxCfLVYQPQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash, right, is fouled by Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace, left, in the fourth quarter of a basketball game Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in Phoenix. The Suns defeated the Bobcats 115-106 in overtime. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)" border="0" /></a>AP - Slim as the chance might be, the Phoenix Suns aren't giving up on catching Dallas for the best record in the NBA. Of bigger concern, though, is their sluggish, uninspired play of late.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_second_best_suns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.pnu10603080448.bobcats_suns_basketball_pnu106.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=LI03I5Zyoso7rxCfLVYQPQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash, right, is fouled by Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace, left, in the fourth quarter of a basketball game Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in Phoenix. The Suns defeated the Bobcats 115-106 in overtime. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_athletics_kotsay ap/20070309/bba_athletics_kotsay Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:44:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_athletics_kotsay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.azjc11003082320.rangers_athletics_spring_baseball_azjc110.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=.JcVwwE1Qw.DhuBL0BAXjg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Oakland Athletics' Milton Bradley runs toward third base on his RBI-triple off of Texas Rangers' Vicente Padilla in the third inning of a spring training baseball game in Phoenix, Ariz., Thursday, March 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Milton Bradley felt like he had a kindred spirit in Mark Kotsay. The two Oakland outfielders are next-door neighbors in the Athletics' clubhouse and are close in other ways too.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_athletics_kotsay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.azjc11003082320.rangers_athletics_spring_baseball_azjc110.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=.JcVwwE1Qw.DhuBL0BAXjg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="Oakland Athletics' Milton Bradley runs toward third base on his RBI-triple off of Texas Rangers' Vicente Padilla in the third inning of a spring training baseball game in Phoenix, Ariz., Thursday, March 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_sp_so_ne/soc_wcup2018 ap/20070307/soc_wcup2018 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:36:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_sp_so_ne/soc_wcup2018"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070304/capt.jj82103042057.spain_soccer_jj821.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=euTGVQ90JEdXCwm9Pypqpw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Real Madrid player Robinho, center, from Brazil talks with his fellow countryman Roberto Carlos, left, and England's David Beckham during his Spanish League soccer match against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Sunday, March 4, 2007. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Jasper Juinen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Soccer's governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean will push to host the 2018 World Cup.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_sp_so_ne/soc_wcup2018"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070304/capt.jj82103042057.spain_soccer_jj821.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=euTGVQ90JEdXCwm9Pypqpw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="Real Madrid player Robinho, center, from Brazil talks with his fellow countryman Roberto Carlos, left, and England's David Beckham during his Spanish League soccer match against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Sunday, March 4, 2007. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Jasper Juinen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhlpa_saskin ap/20070308/hkn_nhlpa_saskin Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:45:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhlpa_saskin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.5d1fe446a2d24d45ad7f7fa95f0077ab.nhlpa_saskin_hockey_nyol570.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=b0r96SWcLll.GVXQl8seAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Ted Saskin, the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Player's Association, talks to the media after addressing the NHL Board of Directors meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. in this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo. Saskin on Thursday denied monitoring player e-mails, contending predecessor Bob Goodenow ordered such actions. Goodenow denied the allegation. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - NHL union chief Ted Saskin on Thursday denied monitoring player e-mails, contending predecessor Bob Goodenow ordered such actions. Goodenow denied the allegation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhlpa_saskin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070308/capt.5d1fe446a2d24d45ad7f7fa95f0077ab.nhlpa_saskin_hockey_nyol570.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=b0r96SWcLll.GVXQl8seAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ted Saskin, the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Player's Association, talks to the media after addressing the NHL Board of Directors meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. in this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo. Saskin on Thursday denied monitoring player e-mails, contending predecessor Bob Goodenow ordered such actions. Goodenow denied the allegation. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_tennessee_ainge ap/20070308/fbc_tennessee_ainge Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:56:40 GMT AP - Tennessee starting quarterback Erik Ainge has injured his knee and will miss the rest of spring practice, coach Phillip Fulmer said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_indian_wells ap/20070308/ten_indian_wells Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:27:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_indian_wells"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070307/capt.caea11003072156.indian_wells_tennis_caea110.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=uH.Ag38ZyY9kUAbbVuuBiw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Defending champion and top-seed Maria Sharapova of Russia waits to be interviewed at the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. Wednesday, March 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0" /></a>AP - Add Elena Dementieva to the growing list of star players to pull out of the Pacific Life Open.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_te_ga_su/ten_indian_wells"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070307/capt.caea11003072156.indian_wells_tennis_caea110.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=uH.Ag38ZyY9kUAbbVuuBiw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Defending champion and top-seed Maria Sharapova of Russia waits to be interviewed at the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. Wednesday, March 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_sp_go_su/glf_singapore_masters ap/20070308/glf_singapore_masters Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:09:54 GMT AP - Australia's Marcus Fraser and Liang Wenchong of China shot opening rounds of 8-under-par 64 Thursday to share a one-stroke lead at the Singapore Masters.