As the season winds down, coach Jill Ellis wants the Americans winging it and making adjustments on the fly to keep pressure on opponents from all angles and every spot on the field.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Arkansas has good reason to be confident when it hosts No. 19 LSU on Saturday, especially after defeating the Tigers in each of the last two seasons.
Just the prospect of Lionel Messi's return gave Argentina so much confidence that one player openly said it would intimidate the Brazilians ahead of their South American World Cup qualifying match.
Billionaire businessman Drayton McLane, whose name adorns the Baylor University football stadium, said Thursday he wants to see fired football coach Art Briles' honor restored and any evidence that led to his dismissal publicly released by the school's board of regents.
The girlfriend of Florida International University tight end Jonnu Smith is facing a felony aggravated battery charge after police say she poured boiling water on him during an argument.
It's the cut-throat side of European golf that often gets overlooked, a six-day slog in northeast Spain where dreams are made and careers can be shredded.
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) USA Luge's roster for the start of the World Cup season is set, with 14 sliders being formally tabbed for the team after the completion of a series of three seeding races on Thursday night.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Pete Carroll knows he can't go back in time to 1997 when he arrived in New England as the Patriots' giddy 46-year-old new head coach.
PITTSBURGH (AP) Ben Roethlisberger has seen this show before. Rookie quarterback. Physical running back. Solid defense. A historic hot streak that seems like a portent.
Jamie Benn snapped a nine-game scoring drought with two goals, including the game-winner, as the Dallas Stars beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Thursday night to snap a five-game winless streak.