CHICAGO (AP) -- Antti Niemi's days of driving a Zamboni are long gone. Instead of cleaning the ice as he once did in his native Finland to make a few extra bucks, he's clearing away pucks and hoping to help the Chicago Blackhawks hoist the Stanley Cup.
PHOENIX (AP) -- Kobe Bryant is again showing the world what postseason greatness can be.
Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers are in the NBA finals for the third straight season after he wrapped up a magnificent Western Conference finals with a 37-point performance in a series-clinching 111-103 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.
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MIAMI (AP) -- Stoic as always, Roy Halladay 's expression never changed.
Until the end, that is.
Until there was history - a perfect game, the marquee performance of his All-Star career.
The Philadelphia Phillies ' ace threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0 on Saturday night.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers waged a Stanley Cup opener that was at times wild and sloppy, a high-scoring, up-and-down game with five lead changes and a winning goal from an unlikely hero.
BOSTON (AP) -- The Celtics were supposed to be too old, too hurt, too inconsistent.
Boston coach Doc Rivers knew better.
The team that muddled through its last 54 regular-season games with a 27-27 record is headed to the NBA finals after winning Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals over the Orlando Magic 96-84 Friday night.
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The Super Bowl is coming to the New York City area.
At the NFL Spring Meeting in Irving, Texas, the league's owners awarded the 2014 Super Bowl to the new $1.6 billion Meadlowlands stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. It will be the first Super Bowl played in an outdoor stadium in a cold-weather climate.
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The NBA held it's Draft Lottery Tuesday night. So who will pick Number 1 on June 24: The Washington Wizards! The Wizards will likely choose guard John Wall out of Kentucky first overall. Here's the entire first-round draft order:
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