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Nomar Garciaparra Rejoins Red Sox to Announce His Retirement From Baseball Six-time All-Star Nomar Garciaparra retired after rejoining the Boston Red Sox, his first Major League Baseball team.

Marion Jones Signs With WNBA in `Second Chance' for Ex-Olympic Champion Marion Jones, who was stripped of the three Olympic track gold medals she won 10 years ago because of steroid use, signed with the Tulsa Shock of the Women’s National Basketball Association.

Crosby's Stick, Glove From Olympic Final Recovered, Canadian Press Says The missing stick and glove used by Canadian hockey player Sidney Crosby in the Olympic gold-medal final have been found, the Canadian Press reported.

Minnesota Vikings Player Kevin Williams Told Coach About His Drug Results Minnesota Vikings player Kevin Williams, who is suing the National Football League over leaked drug-test results, testified that he told several people, including Vikings coach Brad Childress, about the findings before they were made public.

NFL Brain Collector Documents Football Violence in Slices of Gray Matter Five years of hell ended in a hard death. Those are the widow’s words.

Mark O'Meara Wouldn't Be Surprised If Tiger Woods Plays on Tavistock Team A longtime friend of Tiger Woods said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the self-exiled golfer returns to the sport at this month’s Tavistock Cup matches.

Real Madrid's Record Ronaldo Bet Fails to Produce Champions League Headway Real Madrid isn’t making any progress in Europe’s Champions League even after a record $120 million outlay on Cristiano Ronaldo.

Man Wearing Mask Might Save an Unloved Sport: Commentary by Scott Soshnick Here’s a question you’ve probably heard before: What, if anything, can make Americans care about hockey more than once every four years?

MIT Lacrosse Player Trades Stick for Microscope in Coronary Stent Research Like many college students, Massachusetts Institute of Technology lacrosse player Will Gibson has a part-time campus job. His is different: researching why some coronary stents cause blood clots.