New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is out for the season with a left knee injury that will require surgery.

New York Mets closer Billy Wagner needs elbow surgery that will sideline him through the 2009 season.

Police cited Penn State cornerback Willie Harriott with driving with a suspended license the morning before the backup was kicked off the team.

Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78.

Jimmie Johnson has stormed into the Chase for the championship by winning his second consecutive race to grab a ton of momentum for his title defense.

Camilo Villegas has won the BMW Championship, a wire-to-wire victory made possible by three big putts Sunday on the back nine at Bellerive for his first PGA Tour title.

Andy Murray finished a stunning, rain-interrupted victory over No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Sunday to reach his first Grand Slam final.

CBS Interactive has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis to clarify who can use the statistics that underlie fantasy football leagues.

Marion Jones is a free woman. The disgraced American sprinter was released this morning from federal custody in San Antonio after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use.

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play when the third-ranked Buckeyes take on Ohio on Saturday.

Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano has right rotator cuff tendinitis and inflammation, an MRI confirmed, a blow to Chicago's chances of winning the World Series for the first time in a century.

Daunte Culpepper, who starred for the Minnesota Vikings before suffering a major knee injury in 2005, never returning to his past Pro Bowl form, retired from the NFL on Thursday.

The International Olympic Committee is investigating the silver and bronze medalists in the men's hammer throw in Beijing for suspected doping offenses.

As Oklahoma City's NBA team prepared to reveal its name and logo, the NBA's Web site showed "Thunder" as the name and the color scheme as blue, yellow and orange.

A man with one of golf's sweetest swings and most explosive tempers has passed away. Tommy Bolt, the winner of the 1958 U.S. Open championship, was 92.

Dario Franchitti will return to IndyCar in 2009 as the replacement driver for Dan Wheldon at Chip Ganassi Racing.

Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is recovering quickly from cancer surgery, but he knows he'll never be able to escape the disease that turned his life upside down just before the Beijing Games.

The New Orleans Saints will be on their home turf for Sunday's season-opener.

Chad Campbell made one last impression on U.S. captain Paul Azinger and was rewarded Tuesday with a spot on the Ryder Cup team, joining Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan and J.B. Holmes as captain's picks.

Authorities say Jacksonville Jaguars player Richard Collier has been shot and is facing life-threatening injuries.

NFL players will wear a uniform patch this season to honor NFL Players' Association leader Gene Upshaw, who died Aug. 20.

Jimmie Johnson overpowered the field Sunday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway, grabbing his third victory of the season.

Europe captain Nick Faldo has named Ian Poulter and Paul Casey as his wild-card picks for the Ryder Cup squad that will take on the U.S. team September 19th through the 21st at Valhalla in Kentucky.

Mike Weir rolled in a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 4-under 67 and a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili says he needs arthroscopic surgery to repair a ligament injury in his left ankle.