RECENT SPORTS NEWS

  • Cabrera has 3-homer game in Texas, 2nd of career

    May 19, 2013

    ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has hit three home runs in a game for the second time in his career.

  • Michel Jourdain Jr. fails to make Indy 500 field

    May 19, 2013

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michel Jourdain Jr. was the only driver who failed to make the Indianapolis 500 field during Bump Day qualifying Sunday.

  • Rangers put Kinsler on DL, recall Profar

    May 19, 2013

    ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Top prospect Jurickson Profar will get most of the playing time at second base for the Texas Rangers while Ian Kinsler is on the 15-day disabled list with bruised ribs.

  • NHL Playoff Capsules

    May 19, 2013

    OTTAWA (AP) - Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their series deficit to 2-1 on Sunday night.

  • AL Capsules

    May 19, 2013

    ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - David Murphy put Texas ahead with a three-run home run, and the Rangers spoiled a three-homer game from Miguel Cabrera with an 11-8 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night.

  • Levi Leipheimer announces retirement from cycling

    May 19, 2013

    SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - American Levi Leipheimer says he retired from professional cycling when his six-month ban for doping violations ended March 1 and he was unable to sign with a new team.

  • Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

    May 20, 2013

    SOCHI, Russia (AP) - The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.

  • Who is building what in Sochi for 2014 Olympics

    May 20, 2013

    SOCHI, Russia (AP) - The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and business tycoons. A look at what the major players are building in Sochi:

  • Cabrera hits 3 HRs, but Tigers fall 11-8 in Texas

    May 20, 2013

    ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Miguel Cabrera never had a night like this last season when he won baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years.

  • Spurs come out hot, Randolph cold in West finals

    May 20, 2013

    SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Mike Conley wouldn't let Zach Randolph take the blame for the Memphis Grizzlies' blowout loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.