
Dec 17 - By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer
Even as he held firm that golf would survive no matter how long Tiger Woods stayed away, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said the sex scandal of his No. 1 player was the biggest "curveball" he's ever faced.

Nov 24 - By Dave Skretta, AP Sports Writer
James Isch has settled comfortably into his role as interim president of the NCAA.

Nov 13 - By Associated Press
Caster Semenya's lawyers say she was tricked into speaking to a reporter at The Guardian for a story in the British newspaper.
Oct 23 - By Dave Skretta, AP Sports Writer
Kelly Pavlik's life was in peril.

Sep 9 - By Pete Yost, Associated Press Writer
Twenty minutes into her first argument as a Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor wasn't shy about taking on two legal heavyweights in an important case that could open a door to a flood of corporate campaign spending.

Jul 14 - By Greg Beacham, AP Sports Writer
Although Floyd Mayweather Jr. still isn't saying exactly how he injured his ribs training for his comeback fight, he has plenty to say about nearly everything else.

Jun 3 - By Hillel Italie, AP National Writer
The setting was divine — a duplex on the Upper East Side. The featured speaker, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.

May 6 - By Tim Reynolds, AP Sports Writer
Pat Riley's plan to make the Miami Heat better in 2010 might start with signing Dwyane Wade in 2009.

Mar 31 - By Associated Press
Seve Ballesteros is dreaming of opening up a golf course near his home in northern Spain as he fights his way back to normality following a lengthy battle with a cancerous brain tumor.

Mar 28 - By Will Graves, AP Sports Writer
Billy Gillispie doesn't know about chemistry problems or whether he was the right fit at Kentucky. What he does know is that he simply didn't win enough games.

Feb 4 - By David Ginsburg, AP Sports Writer
Olympic champion Michael Phelps said Wednesday it has been difficult coping with the fallout from a photo of him smoking from a marijuana pipe. "It's something I am going to have to live with and something I'll have to grow from," Phelps told The Associated Press outside the pool where he trains. "I know with all of the mistakes I made, I learned from them and that is what I expect to do from this. By no means it is fun for me, by no means is it easy."
Jan 3 - By The Associated Press
Fired Detroit Lions president Matt Millen, the architect of the NFL's first 0-16 team, says he's responsible for its historic encounter with failure.
Apr 29 - By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer
A trip to the Gettysburg battlefield changed Supreme Court Justice David Souter's perspective on handling difficult cases that inevitably come a judge's way.

Apr 26 - By John Milburn, Associated Press Writer
Like hundreds of young men joining the Army in recent years, Jeremy Hall professes a desire to serve his country while it fights terrorism.

Feb 20 - By Rob Maaddi, AP Sports Writer
Jimmy Rollins showed off a new pair of personalized red, white and blue Nike sneakers and answered a few questions before he got his first chance to reply to Carlos Beltran's boast.
Dec 6 - By Barry Wilner, AP Football Writer
Nearly three months after her World Cup fell apart, Hope Solo still is pained by the experience.

Oct 25 - By Brian Mahoney, AP Basketball Writer
David Stern acknowledged Thursday that more than half of his 56 referees had violated NBA policies about casino gambling, but said none will be punished because he felt the rules were outdated.
Apr 18 - By Helen O'Neill, AP Special Correspondent
The killer returned to brandish his weapons one more time and speak, surreally, from the grave.

Aug 30 - By Associated Press
Charles Barkley was his usual outspoken self during a recent television interview in which he said, among other things, that he advocates gay marriage, believes Republicans have screwed up the country and is "struggling with my idea of what religion is."

Apr 7 - By Hillel Italie, AP National Writer
In ruling that Dan Brown had not ripped off the ideas of two other authors for his blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code," London High Court judge Peter Smith vowed to refrain from any comments on the "literary worth" of the books in question.