Brett Favre still knows how to win big games at Lambeau Field, even if this one came for the enemy and to a chorus of boos. ...more

November 2, 2009

Cole Hamels grew up watching Andy Pettitte pitch important playoff games, and he still tries to imitate his icy glare on the mound. ...more

October 31, 2009

Game 6 of the AL championship series between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees was postponed because of rain Saturday. ...more

October 24, 2009

PLAYERS OF THE GAME Kentucky needed a win in its tournament opener to keep hope alive for reaching the NCAA Tournament, and the Wildcats' All-SEC performers - junior guard Jodie Meeks and sophomore forward Patrick Patterson - turned in big games. ...more

March 13, 2009

The 2009 baseball season has been one of change for Berkeley Prep junior Garrett Ransom. But the changes Bucs coach Mike Friedlein has asked Ransom to make have paid large dividends early in the season. ...more

March 2, 2009

Girls district basketball tournaments begin today, and several area schools are favorites to win and advance to the playoffs. ...more

February 2, 2009

Despite a valiant effort and big games by their big guns, South Florida fell to No. 1 Pitt 75-62 at the Petersen Events Center on Wednesday night. ...more

January 15, 2009

The NFC semifinal between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants on Sunday probably will be played in near-freezing temperatures with wind gusts reaching 25 mph. ...more

January 10, 2009

PLAYER OF THE GAME Philip Rivers is in rare company. But not just because he leads all NFL quarterbacks in passer rating. Rivers, who completed 21 of 31 throws for 287 yards and a career-best four touchdowns Sunday, is one of only two quarterbacks to leave a game against the Bucs at Raymond James Stadium this year with a better passer rating than he had going in. Rivers came into the game with a 101.4 mark. In beating the Bucs he posted a mark of 136.7 and he did so rather effortlessly. Aided by a rushing attack that kept the Bucs off-balance and perhaps by a defense that played a little soft in coverage, Rivers moved the ball around to a variety of receivers and quickly drove the Chargers downfield in drive after drive. Scouts will tell you Rivers has a tendency to run hot and cold and that he sometimes tightens up in big games. Maybe they're right. But Rivers was as hot as could be and there was nothing tight about him. ...more

December 22, 2008

Mike Mercer said he usually only gets pregame butterflies for the really, really big games. Like on Feb. 7, 2007, when he was a University of Georgia sophomore playing against defending national champion Florida. ...more

December 14, 2008