Professional Sports

Brian McCann will use the rest of spring training to become familiar with Atlanta's new starting pitchers. His swing is already set.

Alex Tanguay had two goals and three assists and Montreal snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night.

NFL owners have passed four player safety rules for next season. One of them is the elimination of blindside helmet-to-helmet blocks.

Astana manager Johan Bruyneel is confident that Lance Armstrong's broken collarbone will not prevent him from taking part in either the Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France.

Prosecutors in northern Ohio have dismissed an assault case against former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman.

Flip Murray scored a season-best 30 points, and Mike Bibby and Joe Johnson each added 20 as the Atlanta Hawks won their season-high eighth straight home game, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-97 on Monday night.

Lance Armstrong has broken his collarbone in a crash during a five-day race in Spain.

Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he's retiring from baseball.

Kyle Busch has dominated Bristol Motor Speedway before, only to be denied a trip to Victory Lane. Not this time...

Since returning from elbow tightness, Johan Santana has been saying he's on track to make his opening-day start for the New York Mets...