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Five rounds into the French Open, king of clay Rafael Nadal still awaits a serious challenge.

The superstar colt breezed 5 furlongs in a minute flat on a warm, humid morning at Belmont Park.

The pizza was perfect for Petr Sykora and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Oliver Perez allowed six runs in just one-third of an inning and the Mets never recovered.

Flip Saunders was fired as Detroit Pistons coach Tuesday, four days after his team was eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.

No matter how things play out, June 2, 2008, goes down as a big day for the Dallas Cowboys.

The Mets and Yankees need Pedro Martinez and Joba Chamberlain. Both of them take the mound tonight.

One game out of 162 is all Monday night's 6-5 Yankees loss to the Twins was. Yet somehow it felt so much bigger to the Yankees.

The pivotal play in the Dragons' 73-65 win over the Colorado Crush on Monday was actually a defensive one.