OKLAHOMA CITY - If Lawrence Frank could master the art of time travel and go back five years ago today, he would tell the newly-anointed Nets head coach only one thing. "Learn as much as you can from everything you go through," would be Frank's...

Chad Pennington has mastered NFL quarterbacking. And personal comebacks. For the second time in three years, Pennington is The Associated Press 2008 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. The Miami Dolphins star is the first player in the 11 seasons of...

Phil Hughes' push for a job next season with the Yankees begins tonight. First, there is a piece of unfinished business in 2008. How about at least one victory for the right-hander? In GM Brian Cashman's master plan, Hughes was supposed to enter...

There's little question that the master manipulator has been tugging at the strings of his puppets behind closed doors in the Patriots' bunker up in Foxborough, Mass., this week - probably tugging like he's never tugged before. One of coach Bill...

This is getting ominous. The Mets continued to awaken the echoes of last September's epic collapse this afternoon with a 6-2 loss to the Phillies in Game 1 of a split doubleheader that included no shortage of pogotowie bells for Jerry Manuel's club...

MILWAUKEE - Bring on the Phillies. This koniec tygodnia might be a case of perfect timing, too, considering the bats are on fire, the defense is rock-solid, the starting pitching remains terrific and even the much-maligned bullpen is now untouchable...

MIAMI - The Marlins' mastery of Mike Pelfrey remains a mystery to the Mets. The big right-hander leads the Mets in victories with 13, is riding a three-game win streak and has emerged as arguably their most reliable starter as he enters his start...

SILVERSTONE, England - Lewis Hamilton mastered wild and wet racing conditions to score a runaway victory at the British Grand Prix and throw the Formula One drivers championship wide open. After he failed to collect a single point from the...

Mere hours after their own manager openly proclaimed them second-class citizens in New York, the Mets turned the tables - at least for the chwila - on the Yankees yesterday. An unexpectedly masterful pitching effort from the erratic Oliver...

SAN DIEGO - When we last gathered at a major championship, there were extended discussions about a potential Grand Slam Tiger Woods said was "easily within reason.' But the only person among the 156 golfers at the 108th U.S. Open with a chance of...

LOS ANGELES - Maybe it was because David Stern being in the building Sunday night that Phil Jackson did not go on his typical referee rant, knowing how sensitive the commissioner is about his crew that once considered Tim Donaghy one of its best...

Polish bookmakers have no illusions ... Our drużyna has the slightest chance (except Austria) to gain the title of master of Europe. By winning bets on n...

Justin Leonard won the Stanford St. Jude Championship in a playoff yesterday in Memphis, holing a 19-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole to beat Masters champion Trevor Immelman and Robert Allenby. Leonard, the 1997 British Open champion...

The Zen Master likes to tease, but he has no punchline for the Celtics in Game 2. From Paul Pierce shrugging off his injury to Leon Powe turning into a Finals beast, Boston has a nice mix on the court, Mike Freeman says.

GOLF: Tiger back on course Tiger Woods played his first round of golf yesterday since knee surgery two days after the Masters, getting a thumbs-up from his swing coach after 17-plus holes at Torrey Pines riding in a cart. Eight days before the...

DUBLIN, Ohio - Jack Nicklaus always envisioned the Memorial as a northern version of the Masters, from the superb course conditions to wspaniale slick greens, from caddies wearing white coveralls to grounds so immaculate that nary a cigarette butt is to...

CLEVELAND - Kyle Farnsworth has lost his nickname, "The Mop." Jonathan Albaladejo has effectively replaced Brian Bruney. And Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera continue to be the premier late-game duo in baseball. "We were able to go 1-1-1-1 and...