Category: Sports

Maria Sharapova only wanted to talk tennis after coming through a testing opening match at Wimbledon Monday against promising young French player Kristina Mladenovic.

Professional basketball player Metta World Peace will speak at the 7th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health gala dinner about his personal struggles with mental health issues during childhood and how psychiatric counseling has helped him cope with life.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The foundation started with proceeds from the 1984 Olympics awarded $1.5 million to 38 youth sports programs around Southern Californian this quarter, it was announced today.

Dealing with Merion is turning out to be tough enough. But Tiger Woods is also battling an injury at the U.S. Open in Pennsylvania.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. — In less than 48 hours, Sebastien de la Cruz has become a household name. The 11-year-old Mexican-American boy’s singing of the national anthem in his mariachi outfit caused a stir during game 3 of the NBA finals in his San Antonio hometown Tuesday.

There aren’t many NFL players who influenced the game like David “Deacon” Jones.

Major League Baseball is set to suspend some 20 players in the coming weeks due to a scandal involving performance-enhancing drugs, according to an ESPN report that said a key figure in the case is now ready to cooperate with investigators.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Two former Chivas USA coaches sued the Major League Soccer team today, alleging they were fired because they were neither Mexican nor Latino.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Tickets for the Los Angeles Kings’ third-round home Stanley Cup playoff games will go on sale at 6 p.m. today at Ticketmaster.com/lakings.