The British pathologist Nathaniel Cary was one of three witnesses who testified as the inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer began in Jamaica on Tuesday.

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Kobe Bryant sat out practice for the second straight day Monday because of a sore knee, and said he didn’t know if he’d play in the Los Angeles Lakers’ next exhibition game. The Lakers face the Seattle SuperSonics on Thursday night in Bakersfield — the first of six exhibition games in nine days. Los Angeles […]

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LeBron James looms large in Shanghai. He hovers over a basket in billboards around the city leading to Wednesday’s NBA exhibition game between his Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic and another game Saturday in the former Portuguese territory of Macau. “For me, growing up, I never thought about having a billboard anywhere,” James said […]

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Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy has forfeited $30,000 in restitution to the government under his plea deal in a basketball gambling scam. Donaghy, who admitted to betting on games he officiated, made the payment last month, according to court records. Robert Nardoza, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn which is prosecuting the […]

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Someone forgot to tell Padraig Harrington this is supposed to be a working vacation. The PGA Grand Slam of Golf felt much more like work Tuesday, with the British Open champion grinding so hard to keep control of his game that he barely noticed the turquoise coastline below the Mid-Ocean Club on his way to […]

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Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry beats Barry Hawkins 4-3 in the Royal London Watches Grand Prix.

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Roger Federer played his first match on tour in more than five weeks, beating Robby Ginepri 7-6 (2), 6-4 Tuesday in the second round at the Madrid Masters. Federer, the defending champion, was tested in the first set before going on to win his first match since capturing his fourth straight U.S. Open on Sept.

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Although the Davis Cup hasn’t been played in the United States for 15 years, enthusiasm for the international tennis event apparently hasn’t diminished. Tickets for the 61st Davis Cup Final between the U.S. and defending champion Russia, to be held Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 at Portland’s 12,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, sold out in less than […]

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Tiger Woods will have his own brand of sports drink next year under an endorsement deal announced Tuesday with Gatorade that marks a couple of firsts for the world’s No. 1 golfer — his first U.S. deal with a beverage company and his first licensing agreement. Gatorade said it will introduce “Gatorade Tiger” in […]

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Brett Quigley figured his PGA Tour card was safe for next year when he left the Deutsche Bank Championship the first week of September and had surgery on his right knee to repair torn cartilage. He was at No. 109 on the money list with $717,411. Darren Clarke finished at No. 125 last year with […]

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