NEW YORK (AP) — The most exciting few minutes of the NFL draft came on Day 2.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It was the worst possible combination for the Los Angeles Lakers as their injury-depleted line-up ran into a scintillating shooting display by the San Antonio Spurs in a lop-sided Game Three on Friday. With the ailing Lakers missing their top four guards, they were pounded 120-89 on their home court by the second-seeded Spurs to slip 3-0 behind in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. ...

DETROIT (AP) — For one night at least, Anibal Sanchez changed the pitching pecking order in the Detroit clubhouse.

BOSTON (AP) — When the New York Knicks finally returned to the playoffs two years ago, the Boston Celtics let them hang around for only four games.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the Los Angeles Lakers have been a jumble of injury, inconsistency and general weirdness throughout their tumultuous season, Tim Duncan's San Antonio Spurs have spent yet another year as the model of NBA efficiency as they grind out wins with their usual dominance.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manti Te'o made it to the NFL a day later than he expected, motivated to play well because he was snubbed in the first round of the draft.

NEW YORK (AP) — The most exciting few minutes of the NFL draft came on Day 2.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Playing on a sprained left ankle, Stephen Curry has the Golden State Warriors on firm footing in the playoffs.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 16 seasons, Tim Duncan knows the NBA postseason is no time for mercy. Particularly when an opponent is down and seemingly ready to go out.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi shrugged his shoulders a few times, smirked some, too. He has no magic formula for his ballclub's winning ways despite an ever-growing list of players crowding the trainer's room.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Geno Smith's surprising slide through the NFL draft stopped in the second round.

DETROIT (AP) — Anibal Sanchez approached the dugout with the crowd at Comerica Park roaring its approval, then he took off his hat to acknowledge the fans.

The next time some college football fan gripes about his favorite player going to the NFL before his senior season, we'll have a ready reply.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jordan Zimmermann watched Gio Gonzalez pitch a gem for Washington, and just followed his lead.

NEW YORK (AP) — Manti Te'o and Geno Smith provided the sizzle previously missing from the NFL draft.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers gave Aaron Rodgers his opportunity when 23 other teams passed.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees catcher Francisco Cervellli broke his right hand on Ivan Nova's fifth pitch the game against Toronto on Friday night, and two innings later New York's starter walked off the mound with pain in his right elbow.

NEW YORK (AP) — Manti Te'o is headed to San Diego.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manti Te'o was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the National Football League (NFL) annual Draft on Friday, ending an anxious wait for one of the game's most scrutinised and controversial players. Te'o was a notable absentee when the NFL's 32 teams made their first-round selections the previous night but he was the sixth man picked when the second of the seven rounds got underway in New York on Friday. ...

AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Lucas Glover made an 18-foot birdie putt on his final hole Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Boo Weekley after the second round of the Zurich Classic.

NEW YORK (AP) — With several big names available, Jacksonville went to a lesser program for an unpublicized player to open the second round of the NFL draft Friday night: safety Johnathan Cyprien of Florida International.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joe Gibbs understands that NASCAR must enforce the rule book and his team deserved a penalty for an illegal part in Matt Kenseth's engine.

(Reuters) - The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a massive blow to their NBA title hopes on Friday when All-Star guard Russell Westbrook was ruled out indefinitely because of upcoming surgery on his right knee. The 24-year-old suffered a lateral meniscus tear during the second quarter of Oklahoma's 105-102 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, a win that put them up 2-0 in the first-round best-of-seven playoff series. Westbrook, a three-time National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star who averaged 23. ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — LeBron James worked Ray Allen hard for two years, urging the veteran guard to come to Miami any time he saw him.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — This ought to give Aaron Rodgers fond memories of the NFL draft.

CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sidney Crosby's smile betrays a jagged ridgeline of enamel along his bottom row of teeth, evidence of the extensive damage inflicted to Crosby's jaw by a wayward shot a month ago.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook will have surgery to repair cartilage in his right knee and be out indefinitely, dealing a harsh blow to the Oklahoma City Thunder's championship chances.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It was sometime after the Senior Bowl when Eric Fisher realized he was going to be picked early in the NFL draft. He might even have a shot at being the first player selected.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Dwyane Wade was spending Friday getting treatment, and the Miami Heat are monitoring him ahead of Sunday's Game 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is breaking a five-decade ban on professional boxing and joining an international semipro league. Fighters will compete for sponsored teams, box without protective headgear and earn $1,000 to $3,000 a month.

Left unattended, no accessory looks as menacing these days as a backpack.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal won back-to-back matches to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday.

By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Jones, a classic country singer with a voice full of raw honky-tonk emotion and a life full of honky-tonk turmoil, died on Friday at age 81, his spokesman said. Jones, whose career spanned more than six decades and included hits such as "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and "Window Up Above," died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville. He had been hospitalized since April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure, spokesman Kirt Webster said. ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has decided not to appeal a 10-match ban for biting an opponent during a Premier League game and will serve one of English football's harshest sanctions for on-the-field misbehavior.

GENEVA (AP) — Former soccer official Jack Warner claims FIFA gifted him $6 million toward a training center in Trinidad to support Sepp Blatter's first election as president in 1998.

(Note: Strong language in para 8) By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jim Rash hasn't let his Oscar for co-writing "The Descendants" go to his head. "Oscar or no Oscar, it doesn't matter," Rash told TheWrap. "It's like, 'You did that, great. Now, do it again' or 'Let's see if you got what it takes.' The pressure is always going to be there no matter what," he continued. "So I feed off that pressure, because obviously I want to do the best job as I can. But, it really doesn't mean anything. You can still write a piece of crap next time around. ...

(Reuters) - World number seven Louis Oosthuizen was tucked in one stroke behind the leaders with two holes to go when bad light ended play prematurely in the Ballantine's Championship first round in South Korea on Thursday. The South African, who flew in from his home in Florida on a private jet provided by the organizers of the European Tour event, was four-under through 16 holes in Seoul. ...

By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After winning a Best Actor Oscar for playing a stuttering British royal in 2010 film "The King's Speech," Colin Firth is back on screen as a character who appears ordinary to the point of boring in indie drama "Arthur Newman." Opening in select U.S. movie theaters on Friday, Firth plays an American man who is dissatisfied with his life and hits the road with a new identity. Things get derailed when he meets Mike (Emily Blunt) a troubled young woman fleeing from her own issues. ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis bench has been missing in action through the first two games against the Los Angeles Clippers. Those reserves are starting to show they can hold their own on the floor and help keep the Grizzlies in this series.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — For all Miami has accomplished with its Big Three — and it's been plenty — there's still one thing the Heat haven't done.

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 2½ tons of linemen, five trades, one quarterback and no Manti Te'o.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Zach Randolph's fast start helped the Memphis Grizzlies return to their inside dominance.

NEW YORK (AP) — Short on glam, slim on glitter and no sign of Manti Te'o, the NFL draft was still a solid B-plus.

CHICAGO (AP) — Every play near the basket looked like a traffic accident. There were long scoreless stretches. Shooting from outside was a dicey proposition.

NEW YORK (AP) — EJ Manuel told himself he wasn't going to cry.

Alabama's dominance once again carried over to the NFL draft.

NEW YORK (AP) — Manti Te'o must wait one more day to find out his future after a tumultuous four months.

NEW YORK (AP) — "It's called a three-piece, right?" Yes, Luke Joeckel, and by the way, nice blue checks with that vested suit at the NFL draft.

NEW YORK (AP) — Don't count out the captain.

AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Ricky Barnes said he still owes his newborn daughter a late birthday present.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs began to realize about two weeks ago that Central Michigan's Eric Fisher would be their choice with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.

NEW YORK (AP) — "It's called a three-piece, right?" Yes, Luke Joeckel, and by the way, nice blue checks with that vested suit at the NFL draft.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs took offensive tackle Eric Fisher of Central Michigan to begin the NFL draft Thursday night, then Jacksonville went for Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel.

CHICAGO (AP) — Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Johnson is in the starting lineup for Thursday night's playoff game against the Chicago Bulls despite a nagging left foot injury.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball won't change its schedule to boost the sport's chances of getting back into the Olympics.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Nash needed three injections for pain relief on the Los Angeles Lakers' day off. He's still more likely to play in Game 3 on Friday night than Steve Blake or Jodie Meeks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Of the record 73 underclassmen in this year's NFL draft, nearly two dozen have been projected by at least one analyst as having a chance to go in the first round.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The College Football Playoff is all but done. The only part that remains unsettled is the membership of the selection committee that will determine which teams play for the national championship when the new system kicks in for the 2014 season.

DETROIT (AP) — Alex Gordon had already struck out three times when he came to the plate with the bases loaded in the 10th inning.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The struggling Los Angeles Lakers suffered yet another morale-sapping injury setback on Thursday with the news that backup guard Steve Blake will miss Friday's Game Three against the visiting San Antonio Spurs. Blake, who has produced good form since shooting guard Kobe Bryant was ruled out for the rest of the season following Achilles tendon surgery, was diagnosed with a moderate strain of his right hamstring after having an ultrasound test. ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston point guard Jeremy Lin is listed as day to day with a bruised right chest muscle he sustained in a Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Doug McDermott says he's confident he's got what it takes to be a first-round pick in the NBA draft.

DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander has left Detroit's game against Kansas City on Thursday with what the team described as cracked skin on his right thumb.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Mild-mannered Matt Kenseth is spitting mad at NASCAR.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Boasting grandstands that seat 60,000 spectators, the $2 billion Meydan Racecourse has become symbolic of the grand ambitions of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wants Lance Armstrong to come forward with information detailing the alleged complicity of cycling's governing body in his doping.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Eddie Jordan has signed his first recruit at Rutgers.

CHICAGO (AP) — Brooklyn guard Joe Johnson's foot is feeling better, and that's about all he was willing to say about his status for Game 3 of the Nets' playoff series against the Chicago Bulls.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook slammed his hand on the scorer's table in anger. He had been slowing down to call a timeout when rookie Patrick Beverley came careening in to try for a steal and crashed into Westbrook's knee.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Now that the guys putting together the College Football Playoff have determined where the games will be played, there's only one major item left on the agenda — and it just might be the most important piece.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — This year's NFL draft is heavy on size and light on glamour.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs kept insisting the playoffs were a new season and that their woeful finish to the regular season was not as grave as it appeared.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jordany Valdespin began the night on the bench and ended it partying at home plate.

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund followed Bayern Munich's lead in upending a Spanish power.

DETROIT (AP) — For the Detroit Tigers, it felt like 2011 again.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana had everything covered Wednesday night.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook relishes the moments when an opponent challenges him and his Oklahoma City Thunder teammates and it becomes time to respond.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The grandest stage in sports was too much for the guys who are putting together the College Football Playoff to pass up.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to engines, tires and fuel on a race car. Anything even slightly improper is dealt with swiftly and severely. NASCAR always throws the book at offenders.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Playing on the offensive line is about as unglamorous as it gets in professional football.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Three years later, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert owned up to a monumental mistake.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals' very first batter, Matt Carpenter, got it started against Stephen Strasburg by stretching a single into a double when Bryce Harper's throw to second base was bobbled and fell to the dirt.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Grizzlies center Marc Gasol insists he isn't being charitable when credits his teammates for winning his first NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. Playing great defense is just what they do in Memphis.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is hoping he can make up for a major mistake.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yadier Molina hit a two-run single off Stephen Strasburg during St. Louis' three-run first inning, and the Cardinals beat the Nationals 4-2 Wednesday to complete a sweep and give Washington's All-Star ace the only four-start losing streak of his young career.

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League will step up its efforts to fight discrimination based on sexual orientation, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Wednesday. The action comes after at least three college football players said they had been asked about their sexual orientation during NFL recruitment interviews earlier this year. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he met with Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam on Tuesday about the federal investigation into his family's truck stop chain.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow on Wednesday was named the world's most beautiful woman for 2013 by People magazine, knocking pop singer Beyonce out of the top spot. The 40-year-old mother of two credits a five-day-a-week exercise regimen for keeping her in shape as she grows older. "It makes me look younger and feel strong," Paltrow told the magazine. "When I first started, I thought, 'I'll never be good at this. This is a nightmare!' But now it's like brushing my teeth, I just do it. ...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The first championship game in the College Football Playoff will be held at Cowboys Stadium.

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was banned for 10 matches by the English Football Association for biting an opponent during a Premier League match.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Matt Kenseth's race-winning car from Kansas failed inspection at NASCAR's Research and Development Center, The Associated Press has learned.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The name says it all: College Football Playoff.

The cartel formerly known as the Bowl Championship Series has changed its name.

DENVER (AP) — David Lee went from Golden State's All-Star power forward and double-double machine to the Warriors' biggest cheerleader and strategic adviser during timeouts.

MIAMI (AP) — A banner bearing Dwyane Wade's jersey number hangs in the arena the Milwaukee Bucks call home, in tribute of his days as a standout at Marquette.

NEW YORK (AP) — In what they considered a "must-win" game, the New York Knicks couldn't lose. Not the way they defended after halftime.

DENVER (AP) — The Golden State Warriors hardly missed much of anything Tuesday night.

DENVER (AP) — In their first season with the Atlanta Braves, Justin and B.J. Upton have become the new bash brothers.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The civil trial over the death of Michael Jackson is set to get formally underway next week after jury selection was completed on Tuesday in the $40 billion case that pits the pop star's mother against concert promoters AEG Live. Six alternate jurors were chosen on Tuesday following the selection a day earlier of a jury of six men and six women for what is expected to be an emotional three-month trial. The conclusion of the month-long search for a jury set the stage for opening statements to begin in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The commemorative plaque honoring home run king Barry Bonds' record 756th clout has gone missing from AT&T Park.

By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gifted scorer, Carmelo Anthony has always had the talent to put the ball in the basket but rarely has he been able to put his team deep into the playoffs. The pressure is on the Knicks forward with the bruising inside moves and delicate outside touch to prove himself in the postseason and help erase more than a decade of playoff failures for New York. ...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Bowl Championship Series will be replaced by the College Football Playoff.

MIAMI (AP) — Everyone in the Miami huddle was bracing for a grind to the finish. On the other end, the sense around the Milwaukee bench was that an upset was there for the taking.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Considering how they started, it's quite the achievement that the Washington Capitals got to the playoffs with time to spare.

By David Jones NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Rutgers University introduced Eddie Jordan, a star player on its 1976 Final Four team, as the new head basketball coach on Tuesday and said he would restore an atmosphere of respect to the program. Jordan, who had been a Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach since last year, replaces former head coach Mike Rice, who was fired by Rutgers earlier in April after ESPN aired footage of him screaming homophobic epithets at players, hurling basketballs at them and shoving and kicking them. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stadium operations officials from the 30 big league baseball teams will meet this week and are expected to discuss whether to make any security changes in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Brown and the Cavaliers are getting back together.

MUNICH (AP) — For once, Barcelona was on the wrong end of the kind of rout it so often inflicts on others.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Bowl Championship Series will be replaced by the College Football Playoff.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pacers forward Paul George spent the past summer turning himself into a better player.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former Baltimore Ravens reserve linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo called on professional athletes Tuesday to stand up for marriage equality because he said it is "the right thing to do."

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars took the latest step in the franchise's makeover Tuesday, unveiling new uniforms and a two-tone helmet that's sure to elicit positive and negative responses.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Penske Racing will take its appeal of penalties and fines against defending champion Brad Keselowski and teammate Joey Logano before a three-member NASCAR panel next week.

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool forward Luis Suarez accepted a violent conduct charge from the English Football Association after he bit an opponent.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press the Cavaliers and Mike Brown are near an agreement to bring him back to Cleveland for a second time.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jeremy Lin's introduction to the playoffs couldn't be a much tougher one.

By Jahmal Corner LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chris Paul drove right, stumbled forward, leaned back and banked in a game-winning shot that lifted the Los Angeles Clippers to a crucial playoff win on Monday and elevated his status as one of the game's top closers. While Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and LeBron James are often noted as fourth-quarter assassins, it is the diminutive six-foot (1.83m) Paul who provided the signature moment of the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs thus far. ...

DENVER (AP) — Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday after an appendectomy.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The running joke around Kansas City at the end of last season went something like this: "The Chiefs are so bad" — pause for effect — "they can't even stink in the right year."

(Reuters) - The Charlotte Bobcats fired head coach Mike Dunlap on Tuesday after finishing the 2012-13 season with the second-worst record in the National Basketball Association. Dunlap was hired as the fifth head coach in the franchise's history in mid-2012 and posted an overall record of 21-61 as the Bobcats missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season. "(We) conducted our season-ending review and met with coach Dunlap to reflect on this season," Bobcats President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins said in a statement. ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals added a long-time nemesis to their defense on Tuesday, signing former Steelers linebacker James Harrison to a two-year deal.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals added a long-time nemesis to their defense on Tuesday, signing former Steelers linebacker James Harrison to a two-year deal.

LONDON (AP) — This year's singles champions at Wimbledon will each receive $2.4 million after the All England Club increased overall prize money by a record 40 percent for the biggest total payout in tennis history.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — It's turning into a procession for Bayern Munich in the Associated Press global soccer poll.

By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brussels and Washington are the two great lobbying capitals of the world, where campaigners talk themselves hoarse trying to shift the political dial. Some of them have had the fortune to recruit British director and screenwriter Richard Curtis, whose powers of persuasion move hearts as well as minds. Known for his romantic comedies, such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Notting Hill", Curtis has turned his hand to a didactic tragedy - "Mary and Martha" - being screened across the globe to coincide with world malaria day on April 25. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Since 1936, the NFL has picked the best of college football to join the pro league. From the very first pick — Jay Berwanger, who also was the first bust, never playing a down in the NFL — to last year's No. 1, Andrew Luck, the draft has always offered plenty of intrigue for teams and fans.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers blew a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter, then got the ball in the hands of All-Star Chris Paul with the score tied and overtime looming.

NEW YORK (AP) — Joakim Noah gave a meek smile, looking as if he was hiding either the truth or the pain.

DENVER (AP) — Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward has had an appendectomy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The setting and the situation were so similar, Pete Kozma couldn't help but recall what happened six months ago.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — J.R. Smith won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award Monday after turning a role he didn't want into one of the strengths of the New York Knicks' first division championship team in nearly two decades.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gregg Popovich can rest easy. Manu Ginobili is just fine.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — With 75,000 delirious Manchester United fans chanting "Champions! Champions!" at full voice, Rio Ferdinand tugged the back of Robin van Persie's jersey near the forward's number and shouted: "No. 20! No. 20!"

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks not only expect a Boston adjustment, they can guess what it is.

NEW YORK (AP) — Get me out of here.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Darrelle Revis walked into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers weight room and received a round of applause from some of his new teammates.

MIAMI (AP) — Long after just about every Miami Heat player left the practice court on Monday, LeBron James stayed behind for a 3-point shooting contest against Ray Allen and Mario Chalmers.

LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's triumphant Ryder Cup team will be reunited on home soil for the first time when all 12 players and captain Jose Maria Olazabal compete in next month's PGA Championship at Wentworth. "It will be great to have the team back together," world number two Rory McIlroy said in a news release on Monday. "It was such a special Ryder Cup, one that will have a special place in history, and I don't think anyone associated with that team will ever get tired of celebrating it. ...

J.R. Smith has won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award, a person with knowledge of the voting results told The Associated Press on Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Doug O'Neill is gearing up for a Kentucky Derby repeat.

MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James looked at the stat sheet, then looked at the cameras and said words that were absolutely not what the Milwaukee Bucks wanted to hear.

(Reuters) - American Ryder Cup golfers Dustin Johnson and Zach Johnson have pulled out of the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea this week because of the political tension in the region. "They have reached this decision following perceived unrest on the Korean peninsula," the sponsors of the European Tour event said in a statement on Monday. There has been hostility in the region for weeks because of United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for a nuclear test. ...

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — In the latest chapter of Luis Suarez's controversial career, the Uruguayan bit the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during Sunday's 2-2 draw in the Premier League and apologized a few hours later.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had the patience, persistence and money it took to get Darrelle Revis.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Matt Kenseth is still reluctant to talk about what drove his move from Roush Fenway Racing to Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last season.