By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports
LAS VEGAS – B.J. Penn leaned over to Sean Sherk on Saturday seconds after their lightweight title fight at UFC 84 ended with a brutal knockout in the third round and told him they helped make one of the biggest fights in mixed martial arts history.
But the show paled into comparison [...]
By Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports
The difference between victory and defeat in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League final boiled down to the width of the post, as Manchester United beat Chelsea in a penalty-kick thriller.
The enduring image will be Chelsea skipper John Terry being inconsolable and in tears after missing the kick that would have taken his [...]
By CHRIS LEHOURITES, AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP)—Gustavo Kuerten bid farewell to tennis Sunday in the first round of the French Open, losing 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to Paul-Henri Mathieu at the site of his biggest triumphs.
The former top-ranked Brazilian won three French Open titles.
“Here, it is my life, my passion and my love,” Kuerten said in [...]
By Brian Murphy, Yahoo! Sports
Who needs Tiger, anyway?
In the last eight days in the golf world, we’ve seen the following:
• Sergio shock us all by channeling his clutch, 1999 self.
• Paul Goydos introduce the word “dirtbag” to the genteel golf world.
• Annika Sorenstam blindside us with a bizarre, Jim Brown-esque retirement.
• Lorena Ochoa break an [...]
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr., AP Sports Writer
The LSU Tigers were in big trouble a month ago.
After missing the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament last season for the first time in 23 years—a sacrilege to many in Baton Rouge—the Tigers were again struggling with a 6-11-1 conference mark.
That’s when LSU turned it all around. The Tigers have [...]
By Josh Peter, Yahoo! Sports
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Ryan Perrilloux gazed at his new home field, a stadium that holds just 15,000 and serves as a stark reminder of how far he has fallen.
He was supposed to be the quarterback at LSU, the defending national champions, and in front of ear-splitting crowds of more than 92,000 [...]
By Jerry Bonkowski, Yahoo! Sports
CONCORD, N.C. – As we pause this weekend to honor the memory of those who’ve paid the ultimate price in defense of our country, few places do greater justice to Old Glory than the Coca-Cola 600.
Sure, it’s the longest, most grueling race on the NASCAR circuit. But retiring Lowe’s Motor Speedway [...]
By Ross McKeon, Yahoo! Sports
The first 20 minutes of Saturday night’s opening game of the Stanley Cup finals were reserved for getting rid of the heebie-jeebies. The final 40 minutes was all men against boys.
Welcome, Pittsburgh Penguins, to your next two weeks, or less.
Did Game 1 really look any different than the Detroit Red Wings’ [...]
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Chauncey Billups is 6-3, an All-Star guard for the Detroit Pistons. One of his nicknames is “Smooth.”
Kendrick Perkins is 6-10 and 280 pounds of hulking, plodding center for the Boston Celtics. He’s not a bad player, but he’s so nondescript he has no nickname, other than “Perk.” [...]
By Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports
SAN DIEGO – Every year, he tries to learn something new. When Edinson Volquez first arrived in the United States, it was English. Ordering dinner was turning into a game of charades, so Volquez reached out to his rookie-league teammate Tim Cunningham, a Stanford graduate, and asked for tutelage.
Without it, Volquez [...]