What's not to like? Being in the lottery every year.

Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would ``serve fried chicken'' while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner.

When Tony Parker started running low on masterful plays, Tim Duncan was there to take over and lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs.

It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs.

Mike Trout even surprised himself in adding to his growing list of impressive big league achievements.

Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home.

Build a new stadium, host the Super Bowl to show it off.

Charles Woodson is coming back home to Oakland.

Tony Romo pointed here and there, showing receiver Dez Bryant the best way to use a block on the first day of offseason practice.

Rob Gronkowski's agent says the tight end's latest surgery is expected to be the last on his forearm.

Left tackle Max Starks agreed to a one-year contract with the San Diego Chargers to help protect Philip Rivers' blind side.

The Seattle Seahawks have waived backup quarterback Josh Portis a day after news surfaced of his arrest for driving under the influence earlier this month.

Buffalo Bills top receiver Stevie Johnson resumed practicing for the first time since hurting his back during the team's first spring minicamp session last month.

What's not to like? Being in the lottery every year.

When Tony Parker started running low on masterful plays, Tim Duncan was there to take over and lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs.

Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home.

Bryan Colangelo is still president of the Toronto Raptors, but he's no longer the club's general manager.

Commissioner David Stern believes he is leaving the NBA in great shape and in great hands in looking back on his nearly 30-year tenure as the league's boss.

Dwyane Wade's rookie season ended with a playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers. The next year, the Miami Heat were headed to the Eastern Conference finals and certain that an NBA championship was in their sights.

It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs.

Joe Thornton set the tone for the San Jose Sharks with a dominant first period. After that, the Sharks did their best to hang on and tie up their playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings.

Patrick Roy and Joe Sakic formed a productive partnership on the ice during their playing days, leading the Colorado Avalanche to two Stanley Cup titles.

After a win in Game 3, the Ottawa Senators are confident they can tie their series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Jimmy Howard's cat-quick reflexes in net and easygoing nature out of it are big reasons the Detroit Red Wings are on a roll.

The Nashville Predators have hired Phil Housley as an assistant coach to fill the spot left open by the firing of associate coach Peter Horachek after nine seasons with the franchise.

Winning makes everything easier, particularly selling tickets.

Connecticut center Enosch Wolf has been reinstated to the team following a decision last month by prosecutors to drop charges in a domestic violence case.

Memphis forward Tarik Black is transferring to Kansas and will be eligible to play immediately.

Guard Malik Smith has signed his tender to transfer from Florida International to Minnesota.

Pittsburgh, playing its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, highlights the teams that will play in the championship round of this year's Legends Classic at Barclays Center.

Montana men's basketball coach Wayne Tinkle has announced the signing of 6-foot-8 forward Martin Breunig (BROY'-nig), who is transferring from the University of Washington.

The University of New Mexico says it has reached an agreement in principal with former basketball coach Steve Alford over his buyout.

Washington guard C.J. Wilcox has undergone surgery on his left foot to stabilize a stress fracture that bothered him for much of his junior season.

Mike Trout even surprised himself in adding to his growing list of impressive big league achievements.

Hoping their baseball success will translate to titles in another sport, the Yankees are combining with English power Manchester City to own a Major League Soccer expansion team in New York that will start play in 2015.

The Chicago White Sox have scratched Chris Sale from Wednesday's start against the Boston Red Sox because of a mild tendinitis in his left shoulder.

The shaving cream was still glopped on Chris Dickerson's head and shoulders long after the final pitch, a tell-tale indicator that the Baltimore Orioles had finally returned to celebratory mode at Camden Yards.

With Ryan Vogelsong sidelined for the foreseeable future, the San Francisco Giants are facing more change and challenges for their struggling starting rotation.

Oakland rookie right-hander Dan Straily was well aware of the ace pitcher and the powerful lineup he was facing.

Any time a starting pitcher steps into the batter's box before he stands on the mound, he's in pretty good shape. Mike Leake enjoyed that luxury Tuesday night.

Bruton Smith just can't help himself sometimes.

Justin Allgaier started the season with a new car, a new crew chief and a relatively new pit crew.

It's only fitting that Jimmie Johnson's latest romp through the record books was shrouded in post-race controversy.

Danica Patrick said she can't explain why she's popular among NASCAR fans.

Jamie McMurray won the Sprint Showdown to transfer into the $1 million All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

At the height of his father's success at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would sit in the Turn 1 condos overlooking the track.

Kyle Busch showed he can still be dominant in the NASCAR Truck Series, even when facing adversity.

Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would ``serve fried chicken'' while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner.

Golf's two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in 2016 and urging the PGA Tour to follow along so the 600-year-old sport is still played under one set of rules.

Guan Tianlang has decided not to try to play in the U.S. Open.

Europe captain Paul McGinley has given himself an extra pick for next year's Ryder Cup, copying American counterpart Tom Watson's decision to choose three players.

Tiger Woods is returning again to play a charity event hosted by Notah Begay III, his former teammate at Stanford.

The number of people calling PGA Tour events after seeing possible rules violations has gone up since Tiger Woods took what turned out to be an illegal drop at the Masters. That doesn't mean the number of violations is increasing.

Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens Course.

Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops says one of his graduate assistants and a strength coach had their homes destroyed in the tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City.

Gov. Tom Corbett will learn within the next few weeks whether his federal lawsuit against the NCAA over the penalties handed down against Penn State will be allowed to continue, following a nearly two-hour hearing Monday in Harrisburg.

Wide receiver Ivan McCartney is returning to West Virginia's roster six months after leaving the team.

Former Alabama receiver Danny Woodson is transferring to South Alabama.

The Military Bowl is moving this season from RFK Stadium in Washington to Navy-Marine Corp Stadium in Annapolis, Md.

The Big Ten released its first football schedule with Rutgers and Maryland included, and the Scarlet Knights are getting quite a welcome to conference in 2014.

The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld a three-year show-cause order for former Texas Southern football coach Johnnie Cole.