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Ferguson: 'I think we are in our best form of the season' • 'The return of Vidic and Ferdinand has made a big difference'

It's a tough act Tyreke Evans must follow. This, you'll recall, is where Memphis' last great point guard hit his freshman-season stride. Derrick Rose went from star to supernova in the NCAA tournament a year ago, lifting the Tigers into the title game[...]

The Big East Conference really looks like a beast now. The league had a lot of hype in the preseason, talked up as the nation's toughest conference in college men's basketball.

Without Blake Griffin, No. 3 Oklahoma is suddenly beatable — and out of first place in the Big 12.

Roman Abramovich acted ruthlessly by sacking Luiz Felipe Scolari as manager barely seven months into the job after deeming that the team's recent stuttering form, which has left them fourth in the Premier League and clinging to a Champions League qualification[...]

David Beckham wants to make his stay at AC Milan permanent and leave the Los Angeles Galaxy. The England midfielder's three-month stint in Italy is due to end on March 8, but after impressing in Serie A he wants to cut short his five-year contract with[...]

As America met the Obamas during the last two years, Craig Robinson became known as their original key swing voter. Years ago, he had been asked by younger sister Michelle to play a suitor named Barack Obama in pickup basketball and report back on his[...]

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers defensive players know some things are predictable about Dick LeBeau, their 71-year-old coordinator: the push-ups he does before practice, his annual recitation of The Night Before Christmas and his greeting at their[...]

SAN DIEGO — Unofficially, the San Diego Chargers were finished weeks ago. If conventional wisdom didn't write them off in late October when they returned from a game in London a jet-lagged 3-5 team and with the baggage of two consecutive losses, then[...]

Michael Phelps World Record 200m Fly