Lance Armstrong says he hopes to meet with Nelson Mandela during a visit to South Africa next week.
Armstrong is traveling to the African country Monday to take part in a local race next weekend and says meeting the former president would be "the opportunity of a lifetime."
The seven-time Tour de France champion says he has not been guaranteed a meeting since …
A year ago, Shane Matthews was preparing to start the regularseason at quarterback for the Bears. Friday he'll be hoping somebodyelse notices.
The third-string quarterback will get a final chance to showcasehimself for the rest of the league in the preseason finale againstTennessee at Soldier Field (7 p.m. Ch. 2, 780-AM).
The Bears could keep Matthews as their third quarterback, butmight get offers from other teams in need of a veteran. The Bearskept fourth-string quarterback Mark Hartsell on the roster this weekin case they got an offer they liked.
"I'm sure I'll play (Friday). But I don't know how much," Matthewssaid. "I don't really worry about it. I don't …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays All-Star third baseman Evan Longoria was actviated been Tuesday from the 15-day disabled list.
Longoria had been sidelined since April 3 with a strained left oblique. He said his return is like another opening day.
"It feels like I've been gone so long," he said. "I'm just happy to be back, and back in the lineup."
Longoria had four hits, including three homers, in 15 at-bats during a four-game minor league rehab assignment at Double-A Montgomery.
"I think this is one of those things, again I've never experienced this so I don't know how it will react, but I've played and felt pretty much the same coming into the ballpark …
MARANA, Arizona (AP) — First-round pairings Wednesday in the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain:
Luke Donald (1), England, vs. Ernie Els (64), South Africa.
Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ireland, vs. George Coetzee (63), South Africa.
Lee Westwood (3), England, vs. Nicolas Colsaerts (62), Belgium.
Martin Kaymer (4), Germany, vs. Greg Chalmers (61), Australia.
Steve Stricker (5), United States, vs. Kevin Na (60), United States.
Webb Simpson (6), United States, vs. Matteo Manassero (59), Italy.
Jason Day (7), Australia, vs. Rafael Cabrera Bello (58), Spain.
Adam Scott (8), …
Children at Shipham First School combined creativity withexercise by designing their own sports day kit.
The school held a competition for the designs for the shirts forLion, Tiger and Zebra teams and the winning …
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confidently deflected House Democrats' demands Thursday for details in the firings of U.S. attorneys, appearing ever more likely to survive accusations that the dismissals were politically motivated.
Republican lawmakers rushed to Gonzales' defense as the attorney general denied anew that the firings last year were improper.
The mostly muted five-hour hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee was a sharp contrast to Gonzales' sometimes testy appearance three weeks ago when Senate Republicans questioned his competence to run the Justice Department. One senator at that session joined a small GOP chorus saying he should …
Four top executives of Societe Generale have handed back 340,000 stock options that they had been awarded this year to defuse a political firestorm over the payouts, the French bank said Sunday.
The executives _ CEO Frederic Oudea, Chairman Daniel Bouton and deputy CEOs Severin Cabannes and Didier Alix _ have abandoned the options first granted by the bank's board on March 9, the bank said.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde had said she had asked top SocGen executives to give up their stock options altogether.
"To cut short the current polemic, we have decided to give up the benefit of these stock option awards, and we have informed …
