Gold, which scorched into the record books this year, has suddenly gone cold. ...more

August 16, 2008

The United States and Cuba are political adversaries and fierce baseball rivals, so the preliminary-round game Friday between the teams had the feel of a gold-medal showdown. Cuba needed nearly four hours, 11 innings and a new tiebreaker rule to beat the U.S., 5-4. ...more

August 16, 2008

Every February, Carnival in Trinidad is a celebration that blows the beads off Mardi Gras in New Orleans and rivals Carnaval in Rio. ...more

August 7, 2008

MLB FAST FACT: Cleveland, 4-0 against Tampa Bay this season, is the last of the American League's 13 other teams to visit the Trop. ...more

August 4, 2008

Jabs that once drove opponents toward rage are fewer and without nearly as much sting. Quips guaranteed to poke needles into rivals' thin skin now are mostly self-effacing. ...more

July 26, 2008

NEW YORK Buster Posey capped one of the greatest seasons in Florida State history by winning the 2008 Golden Spikes Award as announced by USA Baseball on Wednesday. Posey becomes the fourth Seminole to capture the award, joining Mike Fuentes (1981), Mike Loynd (1986) and J.D. Drew (1997). ...more

July 17, 2008

Brett Favre asked the Packers to release him so he can return to the NFL with another team after apparently being told his latest retirement reversal wasn't welcome news in Green Bay. ...more

July 12, 2008

Germany's Stefan Schumacher surged to the overall lead in the Tour de France on Tuesday by winning the first individual time trial of the three-week race. ...more

July 9, 2008

Big Brown is No. 1 again before he even stampedes out of the gate at the Belmont Stakes. ...more

June 5, 2008

DHL, the struggling U.S.-based express shipping unit of German postal service Deutsche Post AG, wants UPS to carry some of its air packages. The collaboration between rivals with past legal battles would give UPS a hefty new revenue stream and help DHL cut costs. ...more

May 29, 2008