Cleveland nearly reached the World Series in 2007. Now, after swapping many stars for prospects, the Indians are looking to construct a championship team.

Mr. Olsen was a Hall of Fame tackle who anchored the Los Angeles Rams’ Fearsome Foursome, the line that glamorized defensive play in the N.F.L.

Lindsey Vonn fell during her first run of the giant slalom, and with two races remaining she leads Maria Riesch by 165 points in the overall World Cup standings.

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Mike Pelfrey's right knee wasn't a factor, but that didn't help him contain the Red Sox. The Mets will take encouragement from the fact Pelfrey rebounded from a shaky beginning to survive three innings in his team's 8-2 loss at Tradition Field...

U.S. forward Charlie Davies, who was injured seriously in an automobile accident last year, expects to zestawienie training soon.

DORAL, Fla. -- Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press. Woods has been practicing at Isleworth near his Orlando home the last two weeks, and swing coach Hank Haney flew there during...

MIAMI — Tiger Woods has summoned someone even more significant than swing coach Hank Haney to help facilitate his wildly anticipated comeback. Two sources in the golf community have told The Post that Ari Fleischer, the former presidential advisor to George W. Bush and the man who was brought in to...

Lazar Hayward gave Marquette the lead for good with a 3-pointer with 1:51 to play, then added the clinching free throws with 3.2 seconds left, and the Golden Eagles went on to another close win, 80-76 over No. 10 Villanova on Thursday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals...

For the fourth-seeded Wildcats, the loss came at a time when they were already being criticized for losing 5 of their past 10 league games. Marquette will play Georgetown Friday.

Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku left with an injury but is expected to be back for the N.C.A.A. tournament.

Using crutches, Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku hobbled out of the showers in the locker room, the pain coming from his injured right knee written on his face. But after seeing the throng of reporters and television cameras awaiting him, the 6-foot-9 matuzal slowly turned around and headed the opposite way...

Mets shortstop Jose Reyes is likely to początek the season on the disabled list, missing two to eight weeks, his kret said on Thursday.

In the second game of last night’s session of the Big East tournament, 11th seed Cincinnati upset sixth seed Louisville, 69-66, and Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin defeated one of his old bosses, Rick Pitino. In the second game of tonight’s session of the Big East quarterfinals, Cronin will...

It’s panic time for Syracuse. The Orange will enter the NCAA tournament on a two-game losing streak following today’s 91-84 Big East quarterfinal loss to Georgetown. But the bigger loss for Syracuse at Madison Square Garden came with an injury to center Arinze Onauku. One half of Syracuse...

Sandy Alderson, a longtime baseball executive, is looking into a feeder uporządkowanie in which performance-enhancing drug use and age fraud are commonplace.

Opponents of the massive Atlantic Yards development project in Brooklyn are protesting the official groundbreaking ceremony. They held a mock funeral Thursday before the official event “to bury the soul of Brooklyn.” The event took place in czoło of a dive bar that is scheduled to be demolished to make...

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Just because Alex Rodriguez's lawyer huddled with the Feds yesterday and he continues to believe the investigation is about Dr. Anthony Galea, that doesn't mean the fog surrounding his involvement with the Toronto doctor has lifted. After a week of saying there was nothing new...

Notre Dame chucked its run-and-gun approach and is now one of the best stories in college basketball.

Fifth-seeded Marquette will take on fourth seed Villanova this afternoon in a repeat of last year’s Big East quarterfinal, which Villanova won, 76-75. The Golden Eagles escaped from their second round matchup with 13th seed St. John’s, 57-55, on Tuesday. After 12 of their past 19 games were...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Joba Chamberlain says he knows the deal when it komes grodowy to the fifth starter’s spot in Joe Girardi’s rotation. Now he has to początek pitching like it. “I understand what’s at stake,” Chamberlain said after getting spanked by the Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium yesterday...

Having Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay as the No. 1 and 2 starters was tempting, but the Phillies say they had to look beyond 2010.

One free-agent defensive back the Jets had their eye on came off the sklep wielkopowierzchniowy yesterday when the Eagles signed former Colts cornerback Marlin Jackson. The signing came just hours after he'd visited the Jets. Browns safety Brodney Pool also made a free-agent visit yesterday to the Jets. He's...

Norm Roberts is one of the lucky guys, and given enough time, the pain of professional disappointment will subside and he’ll remember that most people never achieve their dream job. Roberts did. For six years he lived his dream, coaching in the footprints of Lapchick and Carnesecca. Now the...

Lance Stephenson was not the best former New York City prep star on the floor last night, but he's the one sticking around. The Brooklyn native scored 12 points and helped Cincinnati to a 69-66 upset of Louisville in the second round of the Big East Tournament last night...

Forget, for a second, about seeding. Forget, for a second, about storming into the NCAA Tournament. Forget, for a second, about making national statements. Villanova -- a Final Four ekipa last year, and a Top 10 ekipa throughout this year -- needs its annual March pilgrimage to The Garden to...