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Lindsay Gottlieb will be stylin' in the Big Easy for the Final Four.

Humberto Suazo and Aldo de Nigris scored late goals, and Monterrey rallied from a first-half deficit for a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals on Wednesday night.

Jodi Ewart Shadoff is one of the few LPGA Tour players to use an anchored putting stroke, a method the U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club have proposed banning.

Attorneys said Thursday they hoped to settle a lawsuit filed by former Brigham Young star Jimmer Fredette against a Utah-based clothing company for failure to pay $50,000 plus royalties.

The Los Angeles Clippers have signed forward DaJuan Summers for the rest of the season.

Barry Zito is coming off his biggest season in years, a redeeming, comeback season.

The Oakland Athletics have traded lefty Travis Blackley to the Houston Astros for minor league outfielder Jake Goebbert.

San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic has been fined for slashing Minnesota's Dany Heatley.

The Only Key defeated Nobilis by 3 1/4 lengths to win the $58,000 feature at Santa Anita on Friday

The Anaheim Ducks have signed high-scoring forward Steven Whitney to a two-year, entry-level contract.

On the eve of his team's home opener, Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort stepped into the role of tour guide as he showed off more than $6 million in renovations at Coors Field.

When a pitcher with Tim Lincecum's credentials is attempting a bounce-back season and wins his first start, style points are unimportant.

Nine months removed from his last big league start, Dillon Gee was back on the mound for the New York Mets.

The Clippers got their franchise-record 50th victory in their fourth try. It didn't come without some fireworks that had nothing to do with celebrating.

Former Pac-12 Conference coordinator of officials Ed Rush says he was just trying to "lighten the mood" in a tense locker room when he "jokingly" made offers of $5,000 or a trip to Mexico for any referee who disciplined Arizona coach Sean Miller during the league tournament.

After getting off to an 0-for-10 start with his new bushy beard, Josh Reddick was happy to silence those critics calling on him to shave.

Inbee Park took the second-round lead Friday in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, making three birdies in a row early on the back nine and rebounding from a wind-blown bogey with four straight pars.

Down 11 points early in the second quarter, Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson seemed more than satisfied with the way his team responded.

Brandon Maurer had a rough start and a poor finish to his major league debut. The middle four innings gave the Seattle Mariners hope for a brighter future.

A few key components were back on the court for the Houston Rockets, and it made all the difference Wednesday night.

Dan Boyle delivered a proper finish to his length-of-the-ice rush that helped carry the streaking San Jose Sharks to their sixth straight win.

The Los Angeles Dodgers weren't able to capitalize on seven walks by San Francisco's Tim Lincecum and were 1 for 9 against him with runners in scoring position.

Although the Dallas Stars traded two of their top four scorers in the two days since their last meeting with Anaheim, the Ducks didn't take them less seriously in the rematch.

The San Jose Sharks added some toughness and defensive depth at the trade deadline Wednesday by dealing draft picks to acquire forward Raffi Torres from Phoenix and defenseman Scott Hannan from Nashville.

Nnamdi Asomugha is not about to begin rattling off all the reasons and ways things went wrong for him in Philadelphia. He figures that would do him little good at this stage.

The Phoenix Coyotes have traded center Matthew Lombardi to the Anaheim Ducks for left wing Brandon McMillan.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he would consider drafting Baylor All-American Brittney Griner.

Yani Tseng lost the No. 1 spot in the world to Stacy Lewis three weeks ago in Phoenix, then was booted out of the Kia Classic a few days later when she overslept and missed her pro-am tee time.

Jude Schimmel used to tell her older sister, Shoni, she didn't want to play basketball at the same college as her.

The future home of the Kings may not be settled this month after all.

Pac-12 Player of the Year and leading scorer Allen Crabbe will forego his senior season at California and enter this summer's NBA draft.

The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent cornerback Tracy Porter, adding an experienced starter to an untested unit.

Flashback was made the early 9-5 favorite on Wednesday for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby, although the 3-year-old colt will break from the rail, a position his Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert famously dislikes.

The subtitle to the 2013 women's Final Four might as well be: The Big East throws one last bash in the Big Easy.

Julie Rousseau has resigned as Pepperdine women's basketball coach after compiling a 123-144 record in nine seasons.

Reggie Theus is returning to college basketball to coach the men's team at Cal State Northridge.

The future home of the Kings may not be settled this month after all.

Andy Enfield used to drive by the Southern California campus while visiting his brother who lives in the area. He said he would think: "Wow, what a great place."

Natalie Gulbis is returning to play in the Kraft Nabisco Championship after recovering from malaria.

Ashley Lelie, a former star receiver at Hawaii who played seven seasons in the NFL, has been added to the Nevada Wolf Pack's coaching staff.

In 48 tumultuous hours, Robyn Regehr went from an underachieving team in upstate New York to the defending Stanley Cup champions on the Pacific coast.

Jed Lowrie and Chris Young hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, helping Tommy Milone and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Wednesday night.

Clayton Richard refused to blame the chilly conditions on his subpar performance. Poor command was the problem.

Brian Banks said signing with the Atlanta Falcons is his second-biggest accomplishment.

Eric Stults looked at the scoreboard after two innings and was a bit taken aback.

While the Los Angeles Lakers retired Shaquille O'Neal's jersey at halftime, Kobe Bryant stayed in the locker room.

Sitting on the bench and clinging to a one-goal lead in the third period, the Phoenix Coyotes repeated the same line to each other: "Let's go forward."

Joey Votto? One single in 10 at-bats. Jay Bruce? One double in 13 at-bats with seven strikeouts.

So far in 2013, the Oakland Athletics are missing the late-game swagger that defined their improbable run to the AL West crown last fall.

Madison Bumgarner has the Dodgers' number.