Lance Stephenson scored a career playoff-high 25 points on Saturday to lead the Indianapolis Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the New York Knicks and into the NBA Eastern Conference finals. More »NBA: Pacers hold off Knicks to reach finals
International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Devon Alexander posted a dominant seven-round technical knockout of over-matched Briton Lee Purdy on Saturday. More »Alexander stops Purdy, Matthysse crushes Peterson
Leopold Koenig won the seventh stage of the Tour of California atop Mt. Diablo on Saturday, while overall leader Tejay van Garderen's third place finish had him poised to win the title on Sunday. More »Koenig wins stage, Tejay keeps California lead
NBA playoff semi-final round schedule (all series best-of-seven, games five through seven if necessary): More »NBA: Playoff schedule
Results on Saturday from the second round of the NBA playoffs (all series best-of-seven): More »NBA: Second-round playoff results
South Korea's Chella Choi fired a six-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke lead over Sweden's surging Anna Nordqvist after the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. More »Choi edges sizzling Nordqvist for LPGA lead
Barcelona winger Pedro Rodriguez has claimed he and his teammates are targeting Real Madrid's league record of 100 points after sealing the title last weekend. More »Barca's Pedro targeting 100 points
With the Beatles ringing in his ears and tears in his eyes, David Beckham said that his starring role in Paris Saint-Germain's French title party was the last chapter of his colourful career. More »Tearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and career
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will bid an emotional farewell to his trophy-laden career on Sunday as the curtain falls on another roller coaster English Premier League season. More »Man United's Fergie to make last stand on final day
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will bid an emotional farewell to his trophy-laden career on Sunday as the curtain falls on another roller coaster English Premier League season. More »Football: Fergie's last stand highlights final day
(Reuters) - Factbox on the 2013 Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow. Owner: Calumet Farm. Breeder: Colts Neck Stables LLC. Pedigree: Bred in Kentucky, the bay colt's sire was Awesome Again and his dam Tizamazing (Cee's Tizzy). Jockey: Gary Stevens, a 50-year-old Hall of Famer who came out of retirement last year after seven years off the track as a racing broadcaster. He has nine victories in Triple Crown races, though his last prior to Saturday was in 2001. Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas, a 77-year-old winner of a record 14 Triple Crown races, including six Preakness wins. ... More »Factbox: Horseracing-2013 Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow
Toulon hero Jonny Wilkinson says winning the European Cup was an even greater feeling than lifting the Rugby World Cup. More »Euro triumph better than World Cup glory - Wilkinson
Carpenter slays IndyCar giants to win 500 pole (Reuters) - Ed Carpenter upstaged IndyCar's biggest names and teams on Saturday to grab pole for the 97th Indianapolis 500. Carpenter, IndyCar's only owner/driver, delivered the big surprise on Pole Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway clocking a four-lap average speed of 228.762 mph in his Chevrolet powered Dallara around the sprawling 2.5 mile oval. ... More »CA-SPORTS Summary
By Steve Ginsburg BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Orb's disappointing fourth-place finish in the Preakness Stakes meant it just wasn't his day, trainer Shug McGaughey said on Saturday. Orb had won five successive races, including a dominant performance in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, but the 3-5 favorite in the field of nine ran out of gas in the Preakness stretch and never mounted a challenge. McGaughey denied the short layoff from Churchill Downs had anything to do with the colt's failure to fire. ... More »McGaughey says it just wasn't Orb's day
(Reuters) - Ed Carpenter upstaged IndyCar's biggest names and teams on Saturday to grab pole for the 97th Indianapolis 500. Carpenter, IndyCar's only owner/driver, delivered the big surprise on Pole Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway clocking a four-lap average speed of 228.762 mph in his Chevrolet powered Dallara around the sprawling 2.5 mile oval. Rookie Colombian Carlos Munoz was second fastest. Munoz, who currently leads the Indy Lights (IndyCar's development series) driver's standings will do double duty with the Freedom 100 and Indy 500 next week. ... More »Carpenter slays IndyCar giants to win 500 pole
Borussia Dortmund must wait on Mats Hummels' ankle injury for next Saturday's Champions League final, while Wembley opponents Bayern Munich finished the Bundesliga season with a seven-goal thriller. More »Bayern thrill, Dortmund worry for Champions League final
May 18 (Reuters) - Ed Carpenter upstaged IndyCar's biggest names and teams on Saturday to grab pole for the 97th Indianapolis 500. Carpenter, IndyCar's only owner/driver, delivered the big surprise on Pole Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway clocking a four-lap average speed of 228.762 mph in his Chevrolet powered Dallara around the sprawling 2.5 mile oval. Rookie Colombian Carlos Munoz was second fastest. Munoz, who currently leads the Indy Lights (IndyCar's development series) driver's standings will do double duty with the Freedom 100 and Indy 500 next week. ... More »Motor racing-Carpenter slays IndyCar giants to win 500 pole
Oxbow won the 138th Preakness Stakes as heavily favored Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished fourth -- his bid for US racing's coveted Triple Crown ruined. More »Oxbow wins Preakness to spoil Orb's treble bid
Nicol David has prefaced her bid for a fifth British Open title next week by reassuring her compatriots that the most successful career of the women's professional era is not on the wane. More »Squash: David eyes fifth British Open title
England manager Roy Hodgson on Sunday admitted his frustration that Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham have all planned exhibition matches thousands of miles away from home as soon as the Premier League season is completed this weekend. More »England manager Hodgson frustrated as stars go west
Champions Celtic will wrap up their Scottish Premier League campaign on Sunday by looking to end a six-game run without an away league win. More »Champs Celtic aim to end with rare away win
AC Milan and Fiorentina's duel for Serie A's final Champions League place, and a Udinese-Lazio battle for Europa League qualification will bring the curtain down on the Italian season this weekend. More »Milan, Fiorentina in final European push
Mike Krzyzewski, who coached US NBA stars to Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012 but said he was stepping down, is in talks to return through the 2016 Olympics, Sports Illustrated reported on Saturday. More »NBA: Coach K in talks to stay as US Olympic coach: report
By Steve Ginsburg BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Oxbow, a 15-1 longshot ridden masterfully by 50-year-old Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, cruised to an easy, wire-to-wire victory in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, denying a Triple Crown bid for Kentucky Derby champion Orb. The D. Wayne Lukas-trained bay bolted to the lead under cloudy skies and chilly temperatures at Pimlico Race Course and never tired, finishing 1 3/4 lengths ahead of Itsmyluckyday. ... More »Oxbow wins Preakness Stakes, Orb fourth
(Reuters) - Former champion Keegan Bradley overcame a wobbly start to stay on track for a wire-to-wire victory at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, despite bogeying the par-four 18th for a third day in a row on Saturday. Three ahead of the chasing pack overnight, the 26-year-old American ground out a two-under-par 68 on a fast-running layout in tricky, gusting winds to end the third round with a slender one-shot lead at 13-under 197. ... More »Bradley remains in charge despite late bogey