PARIS – Already ahead by a set and a break, thanks mainly to her powerful serving and groundstrokes, Serena Williams decided to show she can caress a tennis ball, too. Catching her French Open foe flat-footed, Williams deftly hit a drop shot so perfectly it pretty much nestled into the …

SAN DIEGO – Hours after Junior Seau was buried in his hometown, thousands of fans got their chance to cheer one more time for the hard-hitting, fist-pumping linebacker at the stadium where he starred for 13 seasons. A crowd estimated at 20,000 attended a public memorial service at Qualcomm Stadium. …

EDMONTON, Alberta – Taylor Hall had three assists to reach 80 points on the season and help Edmonton beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 Saturday night in Oilers forward Ryan Smyth’s final game. Roman Horak, Jeff Petry, Will Acton, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers, who snapped a …

CINCINNATI – Baltimore opens the playoffs with an emotional home game. Cincinnati heads back to the place where it lost in the first round last year. And really, that’s all they really wanted to find out. The AFC North rivals rested their stars Sunday in a finale that had a …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Karisma Penn won’t soon forget her standout performance against No. 6 Georgia. Penn had 27 points and 19 rebounds, and Illinois sent the Lady Bulldogs to their first loss of the season with a 70-59 victory on Friday night. “I said before the game let’s go make …

The U.S. Navy has called off a search for a sailor assigned to the USS George Washington amid reports that he possibly went overboard while the ship was sailing north of Australia. The sailor was reported overboard on the aircraft carrier on Monday as the ship was transiting the Timor …

Martha Stewart is continuing to show off her sexy side as she turns 84. The media mogul, who celebrated her birthday on Sunday, recently starred in a sultry ad campaign for Rexona Australia’s new Whole Body Deodorant. In a cheeky commercial shared on the deodorant brand’s Instagram page, Stewart was …

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to take “enhanced precautions” while traveling to China over an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. The agency issued a fresh travel warning this month saying that cases of the illness are rapidly spreading in Guangdong province, with most being …

After a 16-season MLB career, Gregg Zaun stayed in the game as a broadcaster for another 12 years. However, the former Toronto Blue Jays catcher and analyst was fired in 2017 after several female employees accused him of sexual harassment. Zaun admitted that there were lines crossed during his time …

A Colorado park ranger who claimed to have been attacked and stabbed has been arrested after investigators determined his story was allegedly part of a hoax that prompted authorities to launch a search and lock down several schools. Callum Heskett, 26, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with attempting …