17-year-old girl qualifies for Olympics in boxing

Claressa Shields earns a spot for the London Games, where women’s boxing will make its Olympic debut.
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Claressa Shields earns a spot for the London Games, where women’s boxing will make its Olympic debut.

Earnhardt spoke a day after the House Appropriations Committee approved a measure to prevent the military from sponsoring pro sports.

World champion Mark Cavendish won the 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia Friday, while Joaquin Rodriguez retained the overall lead.

The 2004 Sprint Cup champion accepts NASCAR punishment; says he didn’t have a problem with former Penske teammate after the Southern 500.

As the years tick by, the commitment of Ravens star to continue his Hall of Fame-caliber career seems to waver amid a series of mixed messag …

Kerry Wood, one of the most popular athletes in Chicago the last 15 years, is expected to retire after today’s Cubs’ game at Wrigley Field.

Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie has company. Add Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and umpire Bob Davidson to the suspended …

Chad Diehl’s NFL career is over before it started following a concussion sustained during a rookie minicamp.

Joshua Pickett, a Diamondbacks fan, caught a Rockies’ homer and did what any self-respecting fan would do. He threw the ball back.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Blake is finding how fickle fame can be.

Just when Colin Montgomerie thought he was out, he pulls himself back in again.

Kila Ka’aihue had a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, and the A’s bounced back from a disputed call to beat the Rangers 5-4.

More segments than ever in the Sprint All-Star Race will mean more strategy during Saturday’s 90-lap exhibition.

NASCAR’s most popular driver doesn’t stand atop his Nationwide team’s pit box. Why?

GM Steve Tambellini schedules news conference to announce coaching move.

The league says its MLB Network will carry two Division Series games in 2012 and 2013, leaving about 45 million potential fans in the dark.

Coach Frank Vogel told his Indiana Pacers before Game 3 on Thursday vs. the Miami Heat to not let the opportunity escape to pressure the fav …

Mets’ David Wright lined his second double of the game, a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning.

Rebuked Giants defensive end sorry Mothers Day tweet to Eagles’ LeSean McCoy.

James says letting a wide-open Steve Blake take the last shot was the right thing to do.

Hunter’s lawyer: “The Prosper police need to drop this case immediately and apologize to the family.”

It would seem that lawyers for the embattled linebacker just put a legal bounty, so to speak, on the NFL commissioner.

And just like that, the Colonial Athletic Association has lost two of its best basketball programs within the span of a week.

Tiger Woods’ ex-wife Elin Nordegren is single again after splitting with businessman boyfriend Jamie Dingman, according to People magazine

Says network “destroyed” her reputation “in an attempt to capitalize financially in the tragic wake of the Penn State Abuse Scandal.”