The city’s attorney said Friday he hasn’t decided whether to drop a marijuana possession charge against Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, even though a friend of the player’s said the drugs found in Anthony’s backpack belonged to him. “We’re still looking at the facts in the case,” City Attorney Cole Finegan said. Anthony received a…

The Cavaliers star guard and his longtime girlfriend, a 19-year-old Akron woman, had a baby boy Wednesday. No other details were available. James left the team’s training camp in Columbus to be with her and his new son. He was expected to rejoin the team Thursday as he prepares for his second NBA season. During…

MIAMI (AP) — Maybe Ricky Williams is tired of traveling. Maybe he has run out of books to read. Or maybe he doesn’t want to pay the $8.6 million he owes the Miami Dolphins for breach of contract. Whatever the reason, Williams wants to rejoin the Dolphins and has asked the NFL how soon he…

Separating Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal on different teams on different coasts has done nothing to lessen the animosity between the one-time Los Angeles Laker teammates. If anything, the feud is escalating. On Wednesday, O’Neal dismissed as “ridiculous” Bryant’s allegations that O’Neal had paid up to $1 million in hush money to various women and…

Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams was ordered Friday to repay the team more than $8.6 million for breaching his contract when he suddenly quit before training camp. Arbitrator Richard Bloch ruled Friday that Williams must repay $8,616,353 in bonus money under the contract he left behind when he shocked the Dolphins and their…

The Carolina Panthers have not had a very good week: Running back Stephen Davis was lost Friday with a knee injury, just days after star receiver Steve Smith broke his leg. Davis and Smith are the defending NFC champions’ top two offensive threats. Davis, who ran for a career-best 1,444 yards last season, began having…

Serena Williams, right, argues with chair umpire Mariana Alves, left, during her match with Jennifer Capriati at the U.S. Open in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004. Williams came up on the losing end when Alves overruled the line judge in the opening game of the third set. Capriati went on to win 2-6, 6-4,…

Serena Williams demonstrated that her shaky knee is holding up fine, sweeping past Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 yesterday to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. Once again dressed in black, the two-time Open champion had little trouble in winning her fourth straight match at Flushing Meadows. Williams took this one with her serving, finishing…

The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors dropped the sexual assault charge against him, saying they had no choice because the NBA star’s accuser no longer wanted to participate. Bryant, whose trial had been days from opening arguments, responded with an apology to the woman who had accused him and whose…