Posted: 5:55 PM Cardinals pitcher Kyle Lohse was suspended five games Wednesday for throwing a fastball past the head of Cincinnati pitcher Edinson Volquez last weekend.

Posted: 2:17 PM Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics.

Posted: 9:02 PM Clay Bennett's ownership group has reached a final settlement with the city of Seattle allowing the former SuperSonics franchise to move to Oklahoma City.

Posted: 5:57 PM Greg Maddux is back in Los Angeles for another stretch drive.

Posted: 5:34 PM NASCAR will wait another day before issuing penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide Series teams, who were caught trying to cheat during a postrace test last weekend.

Posted: 2:31 PM New Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean has signed a 10-year deal worth $23.6 million.

Posted: 2:27 PM The U.S. medal count grew during today's Olympic action at Beijing, thanks in part to some terrific performances in gymnastics and track.

Posted: 2:24 PM Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski has been hospitalized in Boston for what his spokesman called something "serious."

Posted: 6:46 PM The Associated Press has learned that NASCAR will run under the lights at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Labor Day weekend next year.

Posted: 5:13 PM Roger Federer's four-and-a-half-year reign atop the ATP world rankings is officially over.

Posted: 11:11 PM Carl Edwards sent a not-so-subtle message to Kyle Busch Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.

Posted: 6:54 PM Four down, four to go. The U.S. men's Olympic team is halfway back to the top of the basketball world. And not even the world champions -- on paper anyway -- could give the Americans a game.

Posted: 6:52 PM Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them.

Posted: 5:23 PM The U.S. men's basketball team is living up to the "Redeem Team" monicker, especially after a 119-82 blowout win over Spain.

Posted: 4:21 PM Car owner/driver Tony Stewart has hired Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman as his teammate when his new team begins competition next season.

Posted: 4:59 PM Major league ballparks are being wired for instant replay, and commissioner Bud Selig says his "confidence is growing" that the technology to assist umpires will be ready soon.

Posted: 1:07 PM Roger Federer along with Venus and Serena Williams all lost in Olympic Tennis Thursday.

Updated: 2:48 PM The Southeastern Conference has agreed to a 15-year contract extension with CBS Sports to broadcast football and basketball games.

Posted: 10:12 PM The Associated Press has learned Tony Stewart has hired fellow Indiana native Ryan Newman to drive the second car for his new team next season.

Posted: 10:11 PM Tennessee linebacker Ryan Fowler considers his steroids case with the NFL closed.

Posted: 5:01 PM The Cleveland Cavaliers are getting some help for LeBron James.

Posted: 4:59 PM Michael Phelps has reached a milestone at the Olympics never before reached in the history of the games.

Posted: 2:34 PM Brett Favre says his rocket right arm feels "fatigued" -- but not sore -- during a break from his fifth day of practice with the New York Jets.

Posted: 2:31 PM Lisa Leslie sets U.S. Olympic record going 7-for-7 from the field as the women's team continues its unblemished run through the Beijing Games with a 97-41 victory against Mali.

Posted: 5:02 PM Brett Hull and longtime New York Rangers Brian Leetch and Mike Richter are members of the 2008 class of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.