An Illinois man said he hopes to surprise his son by having him to throw the first pitch at a Cubs game after the boy was hit by a foul ball at Wrigley Field....
Marcus Burghardt outdueled Carlos Barredo to claim Thursday's 18th stage of the 2008 Tour de France and Carlos Sastre retained the overall race lead....
The Chicago Cubs rejected an offer from the supposed favorite to buy the team and narrowed to five viable bids, all at $1 billion or more, officials say....
Third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki and No. 4 Anabel Medina Garrigues cruised to second-round victories Wednesday at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portoroz....
The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Sport says it has chosen a piece by Swedish composer Robert Wells to be the official TV theme music for the Summer Olympics....
An Indiana appeals court has reduced by six years the 31-year sentence given a former Purdue football player convicted of attempted sexual assaults....