No. 1 Kentucky 78, Florida 58: LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 13 points and 13 rebounds and top-ranked Kentucky easily passed its toughest Southeastern Conference test to date with a 78-58 victory over No. 8 Florida on Tuesday ... full story
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton visited doctors for Major League Baseball and the players' association this week in New York following his admitted relapse with alcohol. General manager Jon Daniels said Tuesday night that Hami ... full story
The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look.BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said Tuesday night that's good news."Our process is work ... full story
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Ricky Williams is retiring from the NFL.Again.This time, however, it appears to be for good.The 34-year-old Williams told the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday he won't be back to fulfill the second year of a contract he signed in Augu ... full story
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan has sold out its allotment of tickets to the Cowboys Classic game against Alabama.The school announced Tuesday that it has sold nearly 25,000 tickets to the game against the national champions on Sept. 1 in Arlington ... full story
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Shortstop Elvis Andrus and the Texas Rangers have agreed to a three-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the contract runs through the 2 ... full story
DALLAS -- Radim Vrbata scored his 25th goal, former Dallas backup Mike Smith made 28 saves and the Phoenix Coyotes improved their playoff positioning with a 4-1 victory over the Stars on Tuesday night.Vrbata gave Phoenix a 2-1 lead at 14:30 of the se ... full story
NFL PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers named Todd Haley their new offensive coordinator Tuesday. Haley, 45, will replace Bruce Arians, now with the Indianapolis Colts, and will inherit an offense that scored 325 points last season en route to finishing 12-4 ... full story
Celtics 94, Bobcats 84: BOSTON -- Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird for No. 2 on the Celtics' career scoring list, finishing with 15 points as Boston increased its winning streak to five straight with a 94-84 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday ... full story
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- It's not very often a coach wins a conference game by 19 points and begins his postgame radio show by apologizing to the fans "for a lack of focus and enthusiasm."That was the case Tuesday night for Kansas State coach Frank Martin, ... full story
WACO -- Baylor coach Scott Drew was talking about the challenge of facing Kansas again and what to do differently this time when Brittney Griner, the 6-foot-8 blocking phenom for the top-ranked Lady Bears, briefly walked into the room. Somebody jok ... full story
DENVER -- Luis Scola scored 25 points and the Houston Rockets handed the injury-riddled Denver Nuggets their third straight loss, 99-90 on Monday night.The Nuggets not only lost for the fifth time in six games but they lost budding star forward Danil ... full story
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Tony Parker scored 21 points, and Tim Duncan added 19 points and 17 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to an 89-84 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.Duncan scored 13 of his points in the second half as the Spurs ... full story
NORMAN, Okla. -- Marcus Denmon scored 25 points, Ricardo Ratliffe added 15 points and 10 rebounds and No. 4 Missouri claimed first place in the Big 12 by edging Oklahoma 71-68 on Monday night. Oklahoma (13-10, 3-8) had the ball with a chance to tie ... full story
WACO -- Brittney Griner scored 27 points with eight rebounds and eight blocked shots to help top-ranked Baylor remain undefeated with another lopsided victory over Oklahoma, 81-54, on Monday night. Even with Oklahoma determined to make things difficu ... full story
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