Outspoken closer Billy Wagner ripped truculent Mets teammates Thursday for dodging reporters and ducking their way out of "being accountable" for failing to talk to the media.

The memories are painful -- and liberating -- for Tonya Harding. They also fill a new book, "The Tonya Tapes," in which she speaks frankly, if a bit confusingly, about the Tonya and Nancy scandal.

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Cole Hamels pitched his first career shutout, Ryan Howard homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the visiting Atlanta Braves, 5-0, on Thursday night.

The defending N.B.A. champion Spurs forced a Game 7 in a series in which the home team has won every game by at least 11 points.

While Hank Steinbrenner plays the blame game, another owner quits.

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The retired N.B.A. star promised Thursday to repay a gambling debt to a Las Vegas casino after a prosecutor said he faced criminal charges.

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Doris Burke’s success as an analyst and sideline reporter for college and professional basketball symbolizes notable progress in a profession that is still male-oriented.

The Philadelphia Flyers scrounged up the ferocity they had displayed in the first two rounds, scoring three first-period goals and holding off Pittsburgh on Thursday.

The effort to sell the luxury suites at the Nets’ proposed — and long-delayed — arena near downtown Brooklyn began Thursday with the opening of a showroom in Manhattan.

The National League is averaging more runs per game than the American League, something it has not done since the designated hitter ruled was implemented.

The defiance, contrarian nature and competitive fire of the new Knicks coach is rooted in the household where he was raised, where debates were lively and opinions mandatory.

Pointed comments in the locker room after Thursday’s loss added to the uncomfortable questions facing the Mets, who have been playing uninspired baseball.

The nation suffered enough during the House hearing on steroid use in baseball, and Congress should not repeat that travesty over the N.F.L. videotaping controversy.

For the fourth consecutive game, a Rays starter yet to celebrate a 27th birthday stymied the Yankees, and with Thursday’s loss New York dropped to last in the A.L. East.

Billy Wagner said that every player is upset after the team loses, but that it is unfair to ask the same players to field the difficult questions day after day.

Just two days after announcing she was leaving the tour she once dominated, Annika Sorenstam shot a five-under-par 67 in the Sybase Classic’s first round.

Big Brown’s trainer says his colt is “even money” to sweep the Triple Crown, and at first glance his competitors at Preakness hardly seem worthy of chasing a $1 million purse.