European Tour officials are in talks with the British government to change tax rules which could deter leading golfers from playing in the Ryder Cup in October.

London marked the two-year countdown to the 2012 Summer Games on Tuesday by having star athletes test its Olympic venues, issuing a call for 78,000 volunteers and opening the first official Olympic souvenir store.

The Phoenix Suns complete deals with the Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptors to improve their forward position on Wednesday.

Retired hockey enforcer Bob Probert, as adept with his fists as with a stick in a 16-season career with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, died Monday after suffering chest pains while boating with his family. He was 45.

Retired hockey enforcer Bob Probert, as adept with his fists as with a stick in a 16-season career with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, died Monday after suffering chest pains while boating with his family. He was 45.

When it comes to overspending, Greece gets the gold medal.

The NFL is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision that allowed Minnesota Vikings defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams to challenge their four-game suspensions for violating the league's anti-drug policy.

Two South Korean Olympic medalists in short-track speedskating have been banned from competing for three years for their alleged involvement in a race-rigging scandal, officials said Thursday.

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland plans to keep smoking, just not in the dugout anymore.

After hounding Major League Baseball and its players union over steroids, Congress now wants the sport to ban smokeless tobacco. "Good luck," San Francisco Giants reliever Brandon Medders said. "Guys do what they do. We work outside. It's been part of the game for 100 years."

The Major League Baseball Players Association is telling Congress that it discourages members from using smokeless tobacco, but players should be allowed to use substances that are legal and available to the general public.

A parade of financial executives warned regulators Thursday that restricting the volume of speculative trading in metals futures would drive business overseas. But two traders said metals futures markets can be easily disrupted by big players like banks.