By Mark Lamport-Stokes
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic had to fight her way into the fourth round of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Monday while former world number one Kim Clijsters was upset by Russian Alisa Kleybanova.
Serbian sixth seed Jankovic beat Italian Sara Errani 2-6 7-6 6-4 ...More
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom scored the winning goal late in the third period to keep the Red Wings ahead of the Calgary Flames in the race for the final Western Conference playoff berth with a 2-1 victory on Monday.
Starting the day holding on to eighth place ...More
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics swept to a confidence-boosting 119-93 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday, quickly returning to form after losing to conference rivals Cleveland a day earlier.
The Celtics (42-24), coming into the game on the back of three defeats in four, cruised to a 64-35 halftime ...More
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic had to fight her way into the fourth round of the Indian Wells WTA tournament Monday, while third seed Victoria Azarenka made a premature exit at the hands of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
Serbian sixth seed Jankovic beat Italian Sara Errani ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance salesman was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for making nude videos through hotel peepholes of television sports reporter Erin Andrews and posting them on the Internet.
Michael Barrett, 48, had pleaded guilty to stalking Andrews over an 18-month period and removing ...More
TORONTO (Reuters) - Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's leading scorer, has been suspended for two games for a "reckless hit" on Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell, the league said on Monday.
Ovechkin was assessed a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct on the play, which ...More
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Second seed Novak Djokovic saved three match points before scraping past Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber while Rafa Nadal eased into the fourth round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Monday.
Trailing 4-5 and 0-40 in the deciding set, Djokovic took advantage of ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Giants will get the first game and the New York Jets will also play in their shared new home on the opening weekend of the 2010 NFL season, the league said Monday.
The Giants will play at Meadowlands Stadium Sunday afternoon, September 12, and ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DirecTV Group and Comcast Corp said on Monday they have reached a deal to return Comcast's Versus sports network to the satellite operator's programing line-up.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Versus was pulled off DirecTV's programing packages in August 2009 after both sides were ...More
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Former Cy Young winner Eric Gagne will continue his comeback at the Los Angeles Dodgers' minor league camp after the pitcher was among six players moved out of the team's major league clubhouse Monday.
Gagne, who holds the Major League Baseball record with 84 consecutive save conversions ...More
