Woods leaves Masters empty-handed one more time

AUGUSTA, Ga. | A Masters that began so swimmingly for Tiger Woods effectively ended late in the second round, when his near-perfect wedge struck the flagstick at No. 15 and ricocheted into the water.

Armstrong admits doping in interview with Oprah

CHICAGO | He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped.

Tour de Farce: Armstrong admits doping in interview with Oprah

CHICAGO | He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped.

Anti-doping officials want Armstrong under oath

A televised confession by Lance Armstrong isn't enough.

Armstrong officially off bike

Lance Armstrong is calling this one "Retirement 2.0."

Get set for Year 2 of mid-major revolution

Anybody who enjoyed watching the big boys squirm during the first year of college basketball's mid-major revolution is going to love the second.

Barry still burying the truth?

We've laid him low, pushed him off a bridge, even made his kids cry.

'Landing in the soup'

CHASKA, Minn. -- The ball came to rest alongside a white picket fence. It was so far right of the 18th fairway that with another bounce or two, it might have skittered into a corporate village tent and landed in somebody's soup.

Somebody should write a book

CHASKA, Minn. -- Whoever called talent a blessing and a curse must have seen Rich Beem coming.

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COMMENTARY

Counterpunchers always have a chance

COMMENTARY

The 'I-Can't-Beat-Tiger-Club' adds a member

U.S. OPEN

It's not supposed to be this hard

U.S. OPEN

'Things happen for a reason'

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- No one can say exactly when new money becomes old.

'Like flying to the moon'

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- This is for those guys who will be long shots their whole lives, who run beat-up horses at broken-down tracks and know all about slipping from elation to misery in one race.

Another green jacket headed overseas?

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The trade deficit for April could be in line for a big hit.

Every step is ceremonial

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Arnold Palmer looked every bit of 72 trudging up and down the fairways Thursday at the new-and-improved Augusta National. Golf, like age, comes down to numbers and even for the King, the numbers won't lie.

Belichick remains the same

NEW ORLEANS -- Other men win a Super Bowl, and it changes them forever.

Watching from a distance

NEW ORLEANS -- Several hours before kickoff at today's Super Bowl, federal inmate No. 24003-037 will sit down in front of the TV in the day room at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta and scan the numbers on the jerseys of players going through their pregame paces.