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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Apparently, the desire still burns in Landon Donovan. Days after wondering publicly how much longer he will have the hunger to play at an elite level, Donovan scored his first international hat trick in five years, leading the Americans over Scotland 5-1 in an exhibition game Saturday night. ''Now, we have Landon back and he gave us the goals,'' U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. ''We can't complain tonight.'' The U.S. has won five straight following an 1-4-1 start under Klinsmann, who replaced Bob Bradley after the 4-2 loss to Mexico in last year's Gold Cup final. Clint...

Shelby Fetsch was supposed to throw out the first pitch at Busch Stadium last night. She was filling in for her boyfriend, Army SPC William Johanson-Kubin, who was supposed to be stationed overseas. He played the part of the catcher disguising his face with the catcher’s mask. After she threw the pitch, she was in for the suprise of her life.

Roughly 75 percent of all the land in the Bay Area is either permanently protected in parks or open space, or at low risk of development because it is zoned for farming or other rural uses. But 322,000 acres -- an area 12 times the size of the city of San Francisco -- remains threatened by development over the next three decades, with hot spots in eastern Contra Costa County and around Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Livermore and Vacaville, according to a new report out Tuesday from the Greenbelt Alliance, an open space preservation group. The Bay Area almost certainly has...

Game 1 2:30pm EDT Loyola Vs. Notre Dame, ESPN-2 Game 2 5:00pm EDT Duke Vs. Maryland, ESPN-2

BEDFORD - A man in golf gear stood near a nondescript SUV at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort golf course Thursday. Holstered to his khakis was an automatic handgun; in his ear was a radio receiver. He was a Secret Service agent sent to guard George W. Bush as the former president took in a round of golf at the Bedford County resort. The country's 43rd president took a private jet Thursday morning from Texas to the Bedford County Airport, where agents escorted him for an afternoon golf foursome. "It's a beautiful part of the state," Bush said to a...

I recently wrote to Rep. McGovern urging him to support the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012.In response, I received this bone-headed letter.I don't know whether he simply sends his Liberal talking-points to everyone who writes to him, or whether he really is as stupid as this makes him look. Either way, the very Flower of Massachusetts Politics. Even John Iservedinvietnam Kerry has actually responded to letters from me.

Welcome To The World's Nicest Prison BASTOY, Norway (CNN) -- Jan Petter Vala, who is serving a prison sentence for murder, has hands the size of dinner plates and shoulders like those of an ox. In an alcoholic rage, he used his brutish strength to strangle his girlfriend to death a few years ago. On a recent Thursday, however, at this summer-camp-like island prison in southern Norway, where convicts hold keys to their rooms and there are no armed guards or fences, Vala used those same enormous hands to help bring life into the world. The 42-year-old murderer stood watch...

2012 MONTE CARLO PRIX - LIVE THREAD Venue: Circuit de Monaco, Monte CarloDate: 27 May 2012Lap length: 2.075 milesRace laps: 752010 winner: Mark Webber (Red Bull)First grand prix: 1929 Lap Record: 1:14.439 - M Schumacher (2004) Fri Sunny 19c Sat Sunny 19c Sun Cloudy 20c

LOS ANGELES -- Rick Monday never tires of answering questions about that memorable day 30 years ago, when he performed his own Patriot Act and unwittingly became an icon to millions of American war heroes and their loved ones. Monday was playing center field for the Chicago Cubs on April 25, 1976, at Dodger Stadium when he noticed two protesters kneeling on the grass in left-center, intending to burn the American flag. He immediately bolted toward them and snatched it away. "I was angry when I saw them start to do something to the flag, and I'm glad that I...

McQuaid (Rochester) and Canisius (Buffalo) High School have united to raise funds and awareness for Juvenile Diabetes. Please help support our campaign, Row For The Cure, a 8-day, 340-mile row down the Erie Canal beginning on June 14th at UB's Boathouse in Tonawanda in Western New York and ending June 23rd at the Alcathy's Boat Launch in Waterford, NY. All proceeds will be donated to JDRF.

Olympian Lolo Jones is one of the best hurdlers in the world. She's athletic, she's attractive, she's fit ... and as she recently stated on Twitter, she's a virgin. The 29-year-old Jones, who has won gold medals at the World Indoor Championships twice, but is still searching for her first Olympic gold medal, openly discussed her virginity on HBO's "Real Sports," in an episode that airs on Tuesday night. "It's just something, a gift I want to give to my husband," she told Mary Carillo. "But please understand: This journey has been hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done...

A blue ribbon panel of experts reviewing the deadly crash at last year's National Championship Air Races in Reno is making a number of recommendations to make the event safer but none would prevent the competition from continuing as scheduled in September, officials told The Associated Press.

The manufacturer of a popular set of Oklahoma City Thunder t-shirts has become a target for apparent death threats from some bitter Seattle fans. Why? Warpaint Clothing used the former Seattle SuperSonics logo and took a cheap shot at the fact that the franchise left the Pacific northwest for OKC. The team left Seattle in 2008, but anger remains, and Warpaint has decided to stop selling the shirts because of death threats sent its way in reaction Read more celebrity gossip at: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/05/oklahoma-city-thunder-t-shirts-pulled-after-death-threats-from-b/#ixzz1vbSF3uSI

Damaged video board: Marlins teammates marvel at Giancarlo Stanton’s power by Joe Capozzi What did Marlins players tell Giancarlo Stanton after he came into the dugout following a rocket-shot of a grand slam that momentarily knocked out a bank of lights on the video board? “I got the bill,” Stanton said after Miami’s 7-4 win over Colorado. There was no bill — the video board re-set itself about 15 minutes later. But the blast was a proof what Stanton’s teammates already know. “He is capable of doing that stuff,” said closer Heath Bell. “If you watched him during batting practice...

Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart, who was hailed as Rich Rodriguez's successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split, died Monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. He was 59. Stewart's family notified the university and said Stewart had been out golfing with the longtime friend who hired him as head coach, former athletic director Ed Pastilong. West Virginia spokesman Michael Fragale said he had no further details, and Pastilong couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

In 1934, Lefty Gomez, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and other American League and National League stars barnstormed in Japan. Gomez captured many images of the trip with his 16-mm camera. An excerpt from the forthcoming book Lefty: American Odyssey is featured in this week’s Sports Illustrated. Some of the intriguing video footage can be viewed, courtesy of Random House.

Bob Boozer was a star in college, an Olympic gold medalist and an 11-year professional who finished his playing career with an NBA championship... Boozer died of a brain aneurysm Saturday afternoon at an Omaha hospital...

General Motors Co. will not advertise in next year's Super Bowl because it is too expensive, the top marketing executive for the U.S. automaker said three days after the company announced it was dropping paid ads on Facebook Inc. The 2013 Super Bowl will be broadcast by CBS Corp, which is selling 30-second ads for as much as $4 million. Spots on NBC's broadcast of this year's National Football League championship game, the most heavily watched annual event on U.S. television, cost about $3.5 million per 30-second spot. NBC is majority-owned by Comcast Corp. "We understand the reach the Super...

I'll Have Another won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland. The winner of the Kentucky Derby last time out, Doug O'Neill's colt confirmed his superiority over those reopposing with an impressive display in the second leg of America's Triple Crown. Despite winning the Run For The Roses, the son of Flower Alley was sent off as second favourite with punters expecting Derby second, Bodemeister, to reverse the form with many feeling he had paid the price for setting too fast a pace at Churchill Downs. Mike Smith eased Bob Baffert's charge to the front from gate nine and...

FC Chelsea defeats FC Bayern Munchen 4-3 on PKs, wins UEFA Champions League Final after the match was tied 1-1.

The playful jabs started from five, maybe six, lockers away. New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott began digging into quarterback Tim Tebow, pestering him in a style that sent a jolt of hilarity through those close enough to witness the exchange. The first round didn't last long -- still long enough for Scott to win with a Baby Jesus reference and a request for a baptism in the cold tub. But a few minutes later, as recounted by a present member of the New York media, Tebow walked past Scott, who was outstretched on the floor of the locker room...

Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 06:15 PM Starring Ronald Reagan, Pat O'Brien, and Gale Page Coach Rockne leads Notre Dame to gridiron greatness with star player George "The Gipper" Gipp. 1940/Biography tcm.com

It can be a difficult time for many teens. But high school for Barbara Behlmann has been exhilarating. The 19-year-old has inspired her classmates at Hazelwood West High in St Louis - not because she was crowned homecoming queen or is a star cheerleader - but because she has Down's Syndrome. One of her teachers, Jodi Schutzenhofer, explained to STLToday.com: 'Unknowingly, Barbara has taught us all that nothing is impossible if you are willing to work for what you want.' As the website reports, Barbara was four-years-old when child welfare workers placed her in the foster home of Gary and...

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A hang-gliding instructor has apologized to the family of a young woman who fell to her death in an accident in Canada admitting he 'failed in a major way.' William 'Jon' Orders also said he was sorry for swallowing a camera memory card that contained footage of the young woman's last moments. He has appeared in a Vancouver court charged with obstructing the course of justice after he admitted swallowing the memory card of 27-year-old Lenami Godinez-Avila plummeting to her death. Digital Daily – subscribe to our daily newsletter Orders, 50, has vowed to give up hang gliding after saying...

HELENA, Mont. — Troy Peissig's surprise at acing an $18,000 hole-in-one contest at a charity tournament has been replaced by bitter disappointment now that he hasn't been paid a dime nearly two years after making the 170-yard shot. Now state authorities are intervening, and issued an arrest warrant last week against the operator of an insurance company they say failed to pay up on a policy purchased by the Missoula tournament. Peissig, a scratch golfer, said it is a case of "how a good situation can go bad quickly." The Montana commissioner of securities and insurance said Kevin Kolenda of...

The first time the United States Football League was established in 1983, it gave a quick scare to the NFL. The USFL owners signed players like Reggie White, Steve Young, Jim Kelly and Herschel Walker, players the NFL actually wanted, by giving them big-time contracts.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Celebrity chef Guy Fieri will spice things up behind the wheel at this month's Indianapolis 500. As RTV6's Sports Director Dave Furst reported in early May, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway confirms the Food Network star has been tapped to drive the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pace car. Fieri rose to fame after winning "The Next Food Network Star" in 2006, and now hosts "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," "Guy's Big Bite" and "Tailgate Warriors" on the network. An avid classic car collector, Fieri owns the red 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible featured on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."

Yahoo! Sports reported last week that Major League Baseball (MLB) was considering expanding the balk rule to include the infamous fake to third-throw to first move. MLB and the playing rules committee have agreed to make this play a balk, but the Player’s Union vetoed it for further review, but this rule can come into play as early as next season.

A Seattle man fell 160 feet down a crevasse while back-country skiing near Whistler Resort in British Columbia on Friday, and amazingly came away with no injuries. Nikolai Popov, who described his experience on a hiking website, said he was headed for Mount Pattison with a man he had met on the lift. Popov was 50-60 meters behind his younger companion when he saw a long crack ahead of him. He approached cautiously and started probing it with his pole to see if it was a crevasse and how strong the snow bridge was. “And then it happened: the snow...

Matt Kuchar wins the TPC with his Mom and his Wife and a bunch of kids around him on Mother's Day. He hit the shots and good for him. He will now be set for the next 5 years on the PGA tour. Kuchar has been a consistent guy in the Masters but had to go back to the "Q" school recently. He recently got a coach who "flattened out" his swing (note to all you Saturdat golfers - I did this too and it worked like a charm for accuracy).

Manchester City was down 2-1 to the Queens Park Rangers after 90 minutes, but scored two in extra time to win 3-2. Manchester United defeated Sunderland 1-0 and was heading to the Premier title since when the match over in Sunderland, Manchester City was tied with QPR 1-1. Manchester City had to win since both Manchester City and Manchester United had 89 points. The tiebreaker fell to Manchester City.

NHL announces dates, starts times, national TV coverage for Conference FinalsThe National Hockey League announced today the dates, start times and broadcast information for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals, which begin Sunday, May 13, when the Phoenix Coyotes host the Los Angeles Kings at 8 p.m. ET. The Eastern Conference Final will match the New York Rangers against the New Jersey Devils. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final will be Monday, May 14, at 8 p.m. ET. National rightsholders NBC and NBC Sports Network in the United States and CBC, TSN and RDS in Canada will provide...

This is an unbelievable race! Black Caviar is an Australian sprinter going for her 21st consectutive victory. Especially watch her jockey through the stretch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJn2VWMtEio Apparently the plan for her is to be sent to race at Ascot in England. ML/NJ

If you haven’t caught it yet on social media outlets, we’re here to share some sad news in the Ford Mustang world, everyone. As the headline states, we’ve lost Carroll Shelby from this land and he’s no doubt headed to the 1320′ strip in the clouds for the hereafter. Shelby passed away at age 89 yesterday, at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. As of this point, we know he was not doing well health-wise, but the official terminal cause has not been released. The automotive magnate of all things Mustang, and other Detroit muscle, will be sorely missed as one of...

SPANISH GRAND PRIX Venue: Circuit de Catalunya, MontmeloDate: Sunday 13 MayLap length: 2.892 milesRace laps: 662010 winner: Mark Webber (Red Bull)First grand prix: 1991 Lap Record: 1:21.670 - K Raikkonen (2008) Fri Sunny 26c Sat Sunny 25c Sun Cloudy 21c

Shrieks rung out as a member of the legendary Wallenda family lost his footing while tightrope walking high above Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Wednesday. But Nik Wallenda, 33, kept his cool, managing to maneuver across the 300-foot-long tightrope without wearing safety gear — and eventually earning the applause of onlookers.

<p>The NFL used replacement players in the past because of labor strife.</p>

Vin Scully’s memories of sales of the Dodgers date to 1950, when the team was still in Brooklyn, and now include the recently completed $2.15 billion acquisition by a group that includes Magic Johnson.

I'm a huge fan of the NHL and I'm curious if anyone else is.

The serious concerns about life-altering head injuries that have been plaguing the NFL before and after Junior Seau’s high-profile suicide last week are moving down through all levels of organized football. That includes local youth leagues, where grade-schoolers repeatedly bang into each other, often while wearing ill-fitting helmets that don’t protect them properly. Mike Cox is vice-president for coaching at St. Louis Midwest Players Development League and oversees youth football played at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis. “It could be a dangerous sport if not done properly,” Cox tells KMOX News, adding that they work hard to...

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps says he'll make one more push in the pool at the Olympics in London this summer, but after that he's hanging up his Speedo. Phelps told Anderson Cooper in an interview on "60 Minutes" on Sunday that while it took him quite some time to get back into training for London, he's ready to go for the gold again. If he can get three medals during the Summer Olympics he will be able to retire as the athlete with the most Olympic career medals.

John Marinatto resigned Monday as the Big East's commissioner, CBS Sports reported, citing industry sources. Marinatto, only the third commissioner in the conference's history, recruited seven new members in recent months as the Big East battled for survival after two rounds of departures that saw Boston College, Miami, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and West Virginia announce their exits.

Sharon Simmons, a grandmother of two from Carrollton, hopes at age 55 to be the oldest Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader when she tries out with hopefuls half her age Saturday at Valley Ranch, according to CBSDFW.com. But even though she seeks a spot on one of the most popular entertainment group's in the world, she couldn't believe the attention her quest received when she made it public months ago. "Holy cow, in less than 24 hours after that story broke, it was everywhere!" Simmons said to the site. "No, I was not prepared for that."

One of Andrew Feffer's jobs is getting Washington Nationals fans to come to the ballpark. But this year, the team's chief operating officer has another goal: keeping Philadelphia Phillies fans out. Since the baseball franchise left Montreal for Washington, D.C., in 2005, the Nationals pastime has been losing games. They haven't yet had a winning season. Meanwhile, their rivals 125 miles up I-95 have been one of the best teams in the game. With seats in Philly's Citizens Bank Park hard to come by, Phillies fans have taken to descending on Nationals Park whenever their team pays a visit. Two...

One of Andrew Feffer's jobs is getting Washington Nationals fans to come to the ballpark. But this year, the team's chief operating officer has another goal: keeping Philadelphia Phillies fans out. Since the baseball franchise left Montreal for Washington, D.C., in 2005, the Nationals pastime has been losing games. They haven't yet had a winning season. Meanwhile, their rivals 125 miles up I-95 have been one of the best teams in the game. With seats in Philly's Citizens Bank Park hard to come by, Phillies fans have taken to descending on Nationals Park whenever their team pays a visit. Two...

Danica Patrick wasn't pleased with Sam Hornish Jr. in Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Talladega and made it known by wrecking him after the checkered flag. In light of what had just happened moments earlier with Eric McClure having to be airlifted to the hospital after a multi-car wreck, her behavior is all the more astonishing. However, neither driver was called to the NASCAR hauler after the incident. Hornish finished 12th and Patrick 13th in a race won by Joey Logano. Sam Hornish Jr.: "... After the race was over, we got right-reared by the 7 car (Danica Patrick). I...

A 9-foot alligator bit a man on his left knee, officials saidA man was bitten and dragged by an alligator when he attempted to retrieve his golf ball from the water in Winter Haven, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Albert Miller, 75, is recovering from his injuries after an alligator lunged out of a pond, bit his left knee and dragged him into the water on April 25, the release said. “He lifted me up three feet and slammed me down,” Miller told The Ledger, referring to the nine-foot alligator. Miller’s friends, who were playing golf with...

Eager to find a home for a new team in New York, officials from Major League Soccer met officials from the Hudson River Park Trust on Thursday to discuss a potential stadium on Pier 40 on the West Side of Manhattan. The meeting, which included about 30 politicians, park officials and other city representatives, was the first full discussion at the trust about the possibility of building a soccer stadium on the 14.5-acre pier at Houston Street, which now has several soccer fields and long-term parking. Mark Abbott, the president of M.L.S., was asked about the size of a proposed...

Adidas (ADS.DE)'s $200 million sponsorship deal with Major League Soccer shows that the apparelmaker has noticed sports marketing's best-kept secret: U.S. soccer's audience is threatening to eclipse that of the National Hockey League and the NBA. The crucial thing to note in the new deal is that the $200 million pact is worth $25 million per year through 2018. It replaces, mid-contract, a 10-year deal for $150 million, or $15 million a year -- a 66 percent increase in annual value. Why would Adidas make this expensive move? Consider: The MLS isn't broadcast to a large audience on TV (you...