Todd Ranck

The Los Angeles Kings know they are heading home after Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals. They don't want to bring the New York Rangers along for the ride. One day before their first chance at their second Stanley Cup title in three years, the Kings harkened back to a pair of series - one this year when they rallied from a 3-0 hole to eliminate San Jose in the first round, and the 2012 finals when

The NBA Finals are back in Miami, the same place they ended each of the last three years. Miami can put itself on the brink of a third straight championship with victories over San Antonio in Games 3 and 4, starting Tuesday night. The Heat are unbeaten at home in this year's playoffs and haven't lost a postseason game in their own building since the Spurs beat them in Game 1 of last year's NBA Fin

The U.S. World Cup team has arrived in Brazil. The Americans landed in Sao Paulo on Monday morning on an overnight commercial flight from Miami and reached their downtown hotel on a bus with the American flag and the slogan "United by team, driven by passion...

Rafael Nadal is going for No. 9 at the French Open, and the only man that can stop him is Novak Djokovic. Nadal is already a record eight-time champion with a lifetime 65-1 record at Roland Garros. One more victory on the red clay will make him the first man to win five in a row and give him his 14th Grand Slam title - tied in second place with Pete Sampras...

Justin Williams usually saves his greatest postseason heroics for seventh games, not openers. And for all of his series-saving feats over the years, the two-time NHL champion had never scored an overtime playoff goal. When Williams got the puck on his stick with an uncontested chance to stake the Los Angeles Kings to an early lead in the Stanley Cup finals, Mr...

Tony Parker's left ankle is ready for the NBA Finals. The San Antonio point guard has pronounced himself ready to go for Thursday night's Game 1 of the title series against the Miami Heat, after spending much of the last few days recovering from a sprain...

Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino is among the latest group of football players to file a concussion-related lawsuit against the National Football League. The 52-year-old former Miami Dolphins quarterback is one of 15 former players who filed a lawsuit in federal court in Philadelphia last week...

Wind was whipping, rain was falling, and thick gray clouds overhead were foreboding as Serena Williams double-faulted, then raised her hands in despair and wailed, "I can't serve!" As if to prove the point, Williams double-faulted again moments later, before pushing a routine backhand wide to get broken at love...

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome has galloped his usual 2 miles at Belmont Park, and new horses are lining up to challenge his Triple Crown bid in the Belmont Stakes. Assistant trainer Alan Sherman says the chestnut colt looked strong on Wednesday...

So far, so good for Serge Ibaka's comeback. The Thunder forward said Monday that his strained left calf is feeling fine, and he expects to be able to play Tuesday in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. Ibaka came back from what was thought to be a season-ending injury to play 30 minutes in Game 3 against San Antonio...