After two more games on Wednesday, not to mention a reconfiguring of the Big East Conference, it's time for the NCAA tournament to really get started. Sixty-four teams. Thirty-two contests. All going down in an ... Read more
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NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing says it is ready to move quickly to get its 787s fixed and back in the air if it gets federal approval for a fix for the batteries that have grounded the planes. Boeing submitted a plan to ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Magic Johnson is giving LeBron James a million reasons to consider the slam dunk contest. The Hall of Famer says Friday during ESPN's pregame show that he will put up $1 million if James finally ... Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Graeme McDowell didn't tune in to golf on television to avoid any temptation. Adam Scott has been so far removed from the game that he didn't know about Phil Mickelson's cruel lipout for a 59 ... Read more
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he's reached a decision on whether this will be his final season and plans to announce it before opening day. "Yes, I have," Rivera said Wednesday ... Read more
ROME (AP) — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will abolish an unpopular tax on primary residences and refund property taxes Premier Mario ... Read more
MUNICH (AP) — The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions, Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday — but he insisted that Tehran must show it is ... Read more
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly says he didn't see any sign linebacker Manti Te'o was affected by the girlfriend hoax leading up to the BCS game, but says in hindsight it may have ... Read more
ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi insisted on Sunday he won't be premier again if his conservative party, now trailing in opinion polls, wins Italian elections next month. The media mogul told an interviewer on Sky ... Read more