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Georges St. Pierre's Big Win Brought To You By Vaseline?
Georges St. Pierre crushed B.J. Penn to become the best pound-for-pound fighter in mixed martial arts—even though a couple of those pounds might have been grease....

Super Bowl Pre-Game Show Open Thread
ESPN is entering hour four of their coverage and NBC is about to begin its five-hour pre-game spectacle (not counting the riveting "Road To The Super Bowl" special.) It's urge overkill....

It's Rafael Nadal... And Everyone Else
Roger Federer is still the best tennis player in the world—provided he isn't playing Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard outlasted him once again to win the Australian Open while you were sleeping in....

Brenda Warner Is Quietly Adjusting To Her New Milfyness
Now that Brenda Warner has shed the "wire-haired goblin man" look, her new image has become one of the biggest stories of Super Bowl XLIII....

Rafael Nadal Has Lost His Luck Dragon
This "Celebrity Lookalike of the Week" graphic courtesy of SportsOnAStick.com, which officially launched at midnight last night. Welcome, guys. You realize your lives are basically over, right?...

Who's Sorry Now? (Martellus Bennett Rap Fail Edition)
The Cowboys' Martellus Bennett is sorry for that earlier rap, when he rhymed "Romo" with "homo." Precisely $22,000 worth of sorry. So he'd like to make it up to you with ... another rap....

Super Bowl Sub-Plot #6: Larry Effin' Fitzgerald
There are several key storylines that will be beaten into the ground by everyone who covers the Super Bowl over the next week. We will beat them down even further....

Andy Roddick Fails To Solve The Puzzle That Is Roger Federer
Andy Roddick adopted a strict new workout regimen, shedding 15 pounds so he could move quicker and last longer in the blistering Australian heat. It worked—but it still wasn't enough....

Duke Snaps Under The Pressure Of Being Top Dog
For the third week in a row, the No. 1 team in the country loses, but at least this time they lost to the previous No. 1. So I guess we'll never settle this thing....

Gerald Wallace Needs Something To Protect His Lung
They don't make elastic braces or goggles for collapsed lungs do they? He's still in the hospital being monitored for all his ribular injuries. [SI]...

Antonio Margarito Accused Of Illegal Hands To The Face
Boxing authorities are investigating the "irregular hand wraps" that Antonio Margarito nearly used in his fight with Sugar Shane Mosely, marking the first time in history boxing's integrity was called into question. [Ring]...

Sabres Beat Oilers By Like ... A Lot Of Goals
Buffalo scored 10 seconds into the game, got another score 1:01 later and chased Edmonton's goalie after just eight shots. Final tally: 10-2. Ouch. [NHL.tv]...

Serena Williams Must Not Be Allowed To Overheat
Here's a fun fact: when I look out my window I see snow, yet somehow at this very moment it's summer in Australia! How does that work?!...

Strange Times Keep Getting Stranger In the World Of The Dallas Cowboys
Dear VH1: Please develop a reality series starring Terrell Owens, in which he examines his many personal problems with his publicists. P.S., I am not a crackpot....

Super Bowl Sub-Plot #4: Media Day!
There are several key storylines that will beaten into the ground by everyone who covers the Super Bowl over the next week. We will beat them down even further....

Marquette Enjoying The Top While It Can
The Golden Eagles dispatched the suddenly terrible Fighting Irish leaving them on top of the Big East for at least a little while longer....

Super Bowl Sub-Plot #3: The Anquan Boldin Problem
There are several key storylines that will beaten into the ground by everyone who covers the Super Bowl over the next week. We will beat them down even further....

Who's Ready for Duke To Be Number One Again?
Well, that was a throttling. Duke nearly doubled up Maryland 85-44 this afternoon, handing Gary Williams his worst loss since joining the Terrapins in 1989. And everybody knows what that means......

Rocker Says Steak Shapiro Deserved It, Denies Very Little
John Rocker was kind enough to call back and respond to Atlanta sports radio host Steak Shapiro's claims that he verbally assaulted him last night. Rocker says he was provoked....

Did John Rocker Go Crazy On An Atlanta Radio Host Last Night?
An Atlanta sports radio host is saying that our old pal John Rocker kind of went bonkers at a nightclub opening both were attending last night, and had to be restrained....