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Mickelson, Stricker have chance to topple Woods at No. 1 in world ranking

NORTON, Mass. - Phil Mickelson isn't the only player capable of going to No. 1 in the world this week. According to early projections from the Official World Golf Ranking, Steve Stricker can become...

French scientists uncover the secret behind magical free 1997 kick

PARIS - Thirteen years after Roberto Carlos stunned onlookers with his amazing "banana" free kick that seemed to defy the law of physics, scientists have finally worked out just how he did it. In w...

ICC chief says fixing allegations against Pakistan are most serious since Cronje

LONDON - The head of the International Cricket Council has called the fixing allegations against three suspended Pakistan players the most serious case of corruption to hit the sport since South Afric...

Barkley throws 5 TDs to lead No. 14 USC over Hawaii 49-36

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Finally, some good news for Southern California football. Matt Barkley and Ronald Johnson connected on three touchdowns to make Lane Kiffin a winner in his first game as Southern...

Thursday's Scoreboard

Here are the sports results for Thursday: American League Baseball Detroit 10 Minnesota 9 (13 innings)< N.Y. Yankees 5 Oakland 0 Boston 6 Baltimore 4< Cleveland 6 Seattle 3< -- Na...

Miami's Langford doesn't find missing diamond earring on practice fields

ARLINGTON, Texas - The search for the 2.5-carat diamond earring lost by Miami's Kendall Langford came up empty. "I never found it," Langford said following the Dolphins' 27-25 loss to the Cowboys o...

Terrelle Pryor throws for 3 scores to lead No. 2 Ohio State past Marshall 45-7

COLUMBUS, Ohio - It was as if the Rose Bowl never ended for Terrelle Pryor. The Ohio State star tossed three touchdown passes, Brandon Saine ran for 103 yards and two scores and the second-ranked B...

LeBron might live in Miami, but still picking Ohio State to beat Hurricanes

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - LeBron James didn't change all of his teams this summer. James posted on his Twitter feed Thursday that he's considering going to Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 11 to see the matchup ...

Three fans escorted out during Djokovic-Petzschner match at US Open

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Police have escorted three fans out of Arthur Ashe Stadium after a fight in the upper stands that caused a short delay in Novak Djokovic's match against Philipp Petzschner at the U.S....

Federer wins quickly to reach Open's 3rd round; Nishikori needs 5 hours

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Roger Federer is one cool customer. The temperature climbed above 30 C yet again Thursday at Flushing Meadows, and the guy showed up for work wearing a warmup jacket. Then he put i...