Jamaica’s Brigitte Foster falls to the ground after crossing the line in an attempt to catch Canada’s Perdita Felicien in the 100-meter hurdles. Foster took the silver medal. Sanya Richards, right, held off Russia and Jamaica on the anchor leg to clinch the women’s 4×400-meter title for the United States. After weeks of defending herself…

The Miami HEAT announced today that they have acquired 11-time All-Star center Shaquille O�Neal from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Caron Butler, Brian Grant, Lamar Odom and a future first-round draft pick. �Today the Miami HEAT took a giant step forward in our continued pursuit of an NBA championship for the city of…

As the pool of available big men in free agency continues to shrink, the Heat was left Thursday to mull the possibilities of something truly gargantuan. “It’s not a news bulletin that Shaq’s on the market,” Heat President Pat Riley said. “And we, like everybody else, are listening.” Apparently, the Heat is listening intently, joined…

The much-anticipated Wimbledon quarterfinal between defending champion Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati fell far short of its billing Wednesday, as Williams raced to a 6-1, 6-1 victory in 45 minutes. Thousands of fans were still filing into Center Court when the match ended. Capriati held serve the first game, but then Williams won eight straight…

Serena Williams waves to the crowd after defeating Spain’s Magui Serna in their Women’s Singles match on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday, June 27, 2004. A few stats on Serena. Born Sep. 26, 1981 in Saginaw, MI. She is 5’9″ and 130 pounds. Plays right handed. She is currently ranked 10th in the ATP…

The Rockets and Magic have finalized a deal to send Tracy McGrady to Houston — provided none of the other principal names in the multi-player trade are selected in Tuesday’s expansion draft, ESPN’s Jim Gray reports. The trade also includes Juwan Howard to Houston, while Orlando will get Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley and Kelvin Cato…

Joe Dumars built the team, Larry Brown coached it and Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton and Co. brought the Larry O’Brien Trophy back to Detroit. Big Ben delivered 18 points, 22 rebounds and three blocks Tuesday as the Pistons routed the Lakers 100-87 in Game 5 to win The Finals, giving Motown its first…

Detriot bounced back from that disappointing lost by smacking L.A. with a 88-68 ass kicking. Detriot’s amazing defense held the Lakers to their smallest point output since the inception of the shotclock. Now thats what I call a beat down! After taking an untimely brief break at the end of Game 2, the defense of…

NBA – THAT DAMN KOBE! Detriot had a chance to go up 0-2 on the Lakers and with 10.9 secs left in the game down 3. Lakers inbound the ball to Shaq AND THEY DIDNT FOUL HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next, Shaq hands off the pass to Kobe, and then you know the rest… Kobe drains the 3…

So who is it going to be? Judging by the voting alot of you think the Lakers are going to take it all. I think Detriot is going to give them all they can handle. Its going to take more than 2 Lakers to beat the Pistons. Rip, and the 2 Wallaces are going to…