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July 18, 2008 - Move over Venus and Serena. The WNBA takes over center court at Arthur Ashe Stadium when the New York Liberty make professional basketball history playing host to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA’s first regular-season outdoor game.

While the quality of play in the MLS is better than people think, David Beckham said Friday that he believes the it will take time to catch up to some of the world's better leagues.

Beckham said that he is enjoying his first full season with the Los Angeles Galaxy, noting that he had a tough time adjusting last year after arriving in the middle of the season and having to battle an assortment of injuries.

The Chicago Cubs and their storied Wrigley Field home inched closer to finding new owners today.

Tribune Co. — which has not publicly set a timetable for the sale — closed the preliminary round of bidding for the baseball team, stadium and the Cubs' 25 percent stake in a regional sports cable channel.

July 17, 2008 - It started out a friendly soccer game Wednesday night between the U.S. Women's National Team and Brazil in preparation for next month's Olympics.

The 2008 U.S. Olympic Baseball Team was announced Wednesday with outfielder Matt LaPorta and pitcher Stephen Strasburg heading the list of 23 initial members.

Nickname fever is sweeping the state, and no one is immune. With the impending arrival of Oklahoma’s first major-league sports franchise — one that’s leaving its name, colors and history behind — folks from Guymon to Gotebo are talking about what the team should be called.

With Brett Favre potentially headed back to an even chillier reception than the below-zero conditions in his last game at Lambeau Field, the next step in the iconic quarterback's plan to maneuver his way out of ...

A fan rides his Olympic decorated rickshaw near the National Stadium 'Bird's Nest' in Beijing on Wednesday.

Kurt-Asle Arvesen of Norway won the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, a ride largely overshadowed by the second doping bust to mar the race this year.

Baseball's All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium -- and what a long, long goodbye it was.

A UT employee is learning that what is written online can have dangerous consequences.

Tim Lincecum was hospitalized Tuesday with flulike symptoms, preventing the young San Francisco Giants star from attending his first All-Star game.

Dallas Cowboys safety Ken Hamlin won't have to wait until after the season for a long-term contract.

Alex Rodriguez's wife wants to know if he hired private detectives or even had wiretaps installed to spy on her.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Ryan Newman, projected as a possible teammate for Tony Stewart on the two-time NASCAR champion's new team, will leave Penske Racing at the end of the 2008 season.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has had a medical procedure to remove an infected bursa sac from his left knee.

Josh Hamilton has hit a record 28 homers in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. The Texas Rangers' slugger, back from drug and alcohol addiction that derailed his career, broke Bobby Abreu's mark for one round with a dazzling display of power Monday night.

Abreu hit 24 home runs in the first round in 2005 at Detroit's Comerica Park.

With his free and easy left-handed swing, Hamilton connected on 13 consecutive cuts before falling short of the fences on his final two. His longest shot was estimated at 512 feet.

Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday.

Jul. 14 - UAE carrier Etihad Airways flags orders for 100 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus at the opening of the Farnborough Airshow in the UK.

England were this morning heartened by the fitness of Ryan Sidebottom, one of their chief hopes of bowling South Africa out to win the first Test at Lord's. Sidebottom suffered a recurrence of a back problem on ...