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BEIJING — Where's the suspense?

Capping an unlikely journey from suburban Baltimore to worldwide Olympic stardom, Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

BEIJING — Carmelo Anthony crept down a hallway at Wukesong Arena, playfully trying to find the bathroom where teammate Dwyane Wade was taking a random drug test. Minutes later, LeBron James shouted to Anthony over print reporters that he was off to...

It's been a summer of airplane rides, hotels, all-star camps and AAU tournaments for Denzel Brito, who is making a name for himself as one of the top backcourt recruits in the nation.

BRIDGEWATER — Like an antique pocket watch, interest in a sport can be inherited, passed down from one generation to another.

It looms. On Tuesday, Julio Lugo resumed baseball activities, taking grounders for the first time since his July 11 quad injury. On Sunday night, he'll travel with the team on its last three-city road trip of 2008.

The Whaling City Clippers' long drive to Wallingford, Conn., must have felt a lot shorter on the way home after a 20-6 win over the Connecticut Bearcats.

Peter Manfredo Jr. has already made enough money to retire comfortably, thanks to his success on the Contender I TV series, and after his lethargic loss to Jeff Lacy earlier this year, that's where he appeared headed.

BOSTON — The Red Sox were on a hitting tear until Roy Halladay came to town.

FOXBORO — Shawn Crable was born with a football in his hands. It was the only gift he shared with the other babies in Massillon, Ohio.

Lakeville's Mike Arter is going to get a chance to play the famed 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass.

BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR drivers got into the stock car sport for the speed. But feathering the gas peddle to save gas is a regular — and dreaded — part of their jobs.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is resting a sore foot and did not travel to Tampa for today's preseason game against the Buccaneers, according to a Boston Globe report,

While guns often make the news because they fall into the wrong hands, the Olympics is a perfect example of guns in the right hands, being used for world-wide competion.

As teammate Jason Lezak stroked for home, Michael Phelps looked up at the bubbled ceiling of the Water Cube. His smile seemed to stretch from one end of the pool to the other.

Long before Jackie Robinson endured torrents of racial taunts in breaking baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, Louis Sockalexis had a bull’s-eye on his back.

BOSTON – Roy Halladay stopped Boston’s potent offense and spoiled Paul Byrd’s debut with the Red Sox, pitching his major league-leading eighth complete game in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 4-1 victory.

The New England Patriots hit the road for the first time this preseason when they travel to Tampa Bay for a prime-time preseason clash with the Buccaneers tonight at Raymond James Stadium.