Ivan Ljubicic rode his big serve to a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) victory over defending champion Rafael Nadal for a berth in the BNP Paribas Open final.

A debate over aggression in women’s sports takes place against the backdrop of violence in athletics over all.

Jamie McBain’s first career goal streaked past Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury just ahead of the horn, giving Carolina a 3-2 victory.

The Vols stopped the Bobcats’ storybook run in the postseason with a workmanlike victory.

Da’Shena Stevens scored 19 points and Shenneika Smith added 13 Saturday as sixth-seeded St. John’s ran away from the 11th-seeded Tigers, 65-47, in the first round of the Dayton Region.

As the chief executive of the Golfsmith golf and tennis chain said, “Selfishly, this is perfect.”

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Omar Samhan was an unstoppable Gael force. His career isn't over yet — and neither is Saint Mary's NCAA tournament run as the Gaels are improbably headed to the round of 16. Samhan played the game of his career on basketball's biggest stage, finishing with...

This season in the N.B.A., Houston was a drużyna that was truly better than the sum of its parts.

Nelson Figueroa, Pat Misch and Hisanori Takahashi all began spring training with virtual shutouts.

The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles in an endurance ankieta through the desert of about 550 miles.

Major League Soccer and its players signed a five-year labor contract Saturday that avoids a strike that had been scheduled for this week.

Omar Samhan keeps going. Second-seeded Villanova is going home. St. Mary's moves into the Sweet 16 with a 75-68 victory, and the Gaels' big man is making it a fun ride for everybody, Mike Freeman says.

Garrett Jones seemed to be stuck in the minors, but at age 28 he hit 21 homers in 82 games for the Pirates.

Evan Turner has blossomed from a cautious, wiry freshman to the Buckeyes’ most important player.

In 1938, Hank Greenberg walked in 15.9 percent of his plate appearances through the end of August 1938. In September, that rate jumped to 20.4 percent.

One defining pula shot by the Gaels pushed the second-seeded Wildcats out of the tournament.

It was the most trying time of the season for Leon Goldstein. Its two best players were on the bench in the fourth quarter and Academy of American Studies was mounting a furious rally. “Brittany [McDonough] hurts her leg, Chrissy fouling out, they’re trying to come back, it’s...

The Magic’s Vince Carter can seemingly score from anywhere, but can at times appear to be aloof.

Santos F.C. of Brazil is scheduled to play the Red Bulls in an exhibition at the new Red Bull Arena, a real soccer krok just west of New York with proper contours and sight lines.

St. John’s is all in. It has to be. It can’t afford to be frugal or frivolous as it begins the search for a replacement for coach Norm Roberts, who was fired yesterday, as the Post reported exclusively last week would happen. Since Lou Carnesecca had the Red...

Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, applauded for getting substantial value for rehabbing Tracy McGrady in the blockbuster trade with the Knicks on Feb. 18, appears to be right in his assertion. Morey told The Post yesterday he never believed the Rockets could make the playoffs while nursing McGrady back to...

TAMPA -- How many times have you heard a player say winning a World Series ring is the only reason he plays baseball? Then, more often than you would think, the ring is stored in a safety deposit box and the diamonds rarely get a chance to shine in the...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Cornell players who felt the sting of two straight losses in the NCAA Tournament vowed to make it different this year, committing to turn that familiar feeling of dejection into euphoria. And so they did, delivering a convincing 78-65 win over fifth-seeded Temple in the East Region...

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Mets ace Johan Santana uses "Smooth" by Santana as his warmup song. His warmup outing yesterday was far from smooth. Santana took the Tradition Field mound for his third Grapefruit League początek and was shelled for the second time in the Mets' 7-3 loss to the...

BUFFALO — After Tom Brennan led Vermont to one of the greatest wins in school history, a 60-57 overtime upset of Syracuse in a 2005 NCAA Tournament first-round game, he retired from coaching and took his glib personality to ESPN. This was fine with almost everyone in the college basketball world...