The president will fly to Copenhagen to lobby the International Olympic Committee to choose Chicago as the site of the 2016 Summer Games, but doing so poses political hazards for him.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Nets, with their depleted roster, used a guy who was one day out of a swine-flu sick bed. Still, for the better part of three quarters, despite some trademark droughts, the Nets threw everything they had, including the first tri...

TAMPA -- Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte threw 83 pitches over 5 1/3 innings in a minor league game today. Pettitte allowed five runs one earned and seven hits for Single-A Tampa against Philadelphia's Clearwater team. All the runs came in the...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Just when it looked as if the Islanders were snapping out of an offensive funk and were ready to end a five-game losing streak, the Lightning scored twice in a 36-second span and the Isles reverted to the form that has kept them winless for two weeks...

Nothing has worked. Not reminding the Giants of the urgency of the situation. Not demanding greater attention to detail. Not even questioning their pride. All the attempts to beseech the Giants into shedding their losing ways have fallen on dea...