Angel Cabrera, the rugged, powerful and galumphing golfer from Argentina may be the new international face of a sport looking to expand to new markets. Read more…

Playoff fever is back in the N.B.A. and N.H.L., and it is so contagious that even golf had to get in on the act. Read more…

Bill Pennington found out what it’s like to be taught by Annika Sorenstam. Read more…

The United States won its second straight women’s World Hockey Championship Sunday, beating Canada, behind defenseman Caitlin Cahow’s two goals. Read more…

Florida State’s Michael Ray Garvin, a cornerback who has an All-American track record, is probably the fastest player in this year’s draft. Read more…

Mets fans spent hundreds of dollars to have their devotion to the team etched into the 18,000 bricks in front of the main entrance to CitiField. Read more…

Dwyane Wade continued his underdog campaign for the league’s Most Valuable Player award, demolishing the Knicks with a career-high 55 points. Read more…

Roughly 1,500 new toilet fixtures await fans at the two ballparks, about a 30 percent increase at Yankee Stadium and a 10 percent increase at Citi Field. Read more…

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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson brought the drama of a heavyweight championship fight to Augusta National, stealing center stage and captivating a voracious gallery. Read more…

For Kenny Perry, Sunday’s second-place finish was a setback but one that will not consume him. Read more…

Chris Paul narrowly missed his seventh triple-double of the season, with 31 points, 17 assists and 9 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Dallas Mavericks. Read more…

Phil Kessel had three goals and an assist on Sunday to help the Boston Bruins wrap up their Eastern Conference championship with a 6-2 victory over the host Islanders. Read more…

Entering the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, McCarthy had won 13 races over 18 years, but his horse, General Quarters won, and will race next in the Kentucky Derby. Read more…

Old Fashioned, once the early favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, sustained what was perhaps a career-ending injury after the Arkansas Derby. Read more…

Geothermal springs provide Hot Creek with mineral-rich water with stable year-round temperatures that are ideal for trout. Read more…

James knows better than most, he will never be regarded as King until he wins an N.B.A. championship. Read more…

The Kansas City Royals scored three runs with two outs in the eighth — matching their total for the previous 23 innings — to roll past the Yankees. Read more…

The Nets’ season dissolved into a series of missed opportunities: failures to execute in crucial moments, to establish a homecourt advantage, and to overcome injuries. Read more…

The outcome of Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Flyers may be irrelevant to the Rangers, but it is not a throwaway game. Read more…

Johan Santana pitched seven sparkling innings for the Mets, but he was a hard-luck loser, undermined by two unearned runs. Read more…

Like the tax deadline, one thing you can count on in April is a big first-round upset in the N.H.L. playoffs. Read more…

Playing together for the first time in a decade, Livan Hernandez and Luis Castillo assumed pivotal roles in dealing the Marlins their first loss of the season. Read more…

In his second Yankees start, C. C. Sabathia stifled the Royals on Saturday with his fastball, the pitch that deserted him in a loss to Baltimore on Monday. Read more…

Benching its goalie for the final minutes of regulation, Boston University staged an extra-attacker scramble and overcame a 3-1 deficit to beat Miami University of Ohio. Read more…

The Devils will play sixth-place Carolina, and Second-place Washington will play the seventh-place Rangers. Read more…

The Nets ended the Orlando Magic’s bid for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference by beating the Magic on Saturday night, 103-93. Read more…

Kenny Perry, at 48 the oldest man to lead after 54 holes of a major championship, and Ángel Cabrera, 39, are tied for the lead at 11-under-par 205. Read more…

Although the Devils were locked into the third seed in the Eastern Conference no matter what happened, they played solidly to beat Carolina on Saturday. Read more…

Just as he did last season to bid farewell to Shea Stadium, Tom Seaver will throw a ceremonial pitch to Mike Piazza before the Mets play their first game at Citi Field. Read more…

As the Knicks undertake a difficult rebuilding project, a primary tasks is assessing the worth of David Lee and Nate Robinson, who become restricted free agents July 1. Read more…

Papa Clem held off the onetime Kentucky Derby favorite Old Fashioned in the stretch Saturday and handed him his second straight defeat at Oaklawn Park. Read more…

Jim Furyk, with his unimposing drives and monotonously accurate iron play, is always the unnoticed golfer, but he’s only three strokes behind the co-leaders. Read more…

The two-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, who finished the third round at four-under 212, said he was still a contender for the 2009 Masters title. Read more…

Given today’s ticket prices, it’s hard to raise a family of Mets fans, or, for that matter, Yankees fans. Read more…

When Brett Gardner was named the Yankees’ center fielder, he became the latest example of a walk-on who could have an impact in the majors. Read more…

Miami’s fortunes on the recruiting trail and the football field have suffered in recent years — no national championships since the 2001 season, and a losing season in 2007. Read more…

Usain Bolt of Jamaica wants to revitalize a sport that is suffering internationally and become the first track star to earn $10 million a year. Read more…

With seven eagles at the 13th hole and two at the 15th through the first two rounds, jazz and pizzazz are back. Read more…

It is time to resume our love affair with our bicycles — one of the great unsung sports relationships. Read more…

Losing a member of the baseball brotherhood can be as devastating as losing a blood relation. Read more…

The Angels suited up 24 players instead of 25 Friday, creating a baseball version of the “missing man formation” to honor the memory of Nick Adenhart. Read more…

The Royals managed only four base runners in seven innings off Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, who improved his record in Kansas City to 8-2. Read more…

Oaklawn Park has pulled off what few, if any, other racetracks have been able to do in this brutal economy: It has had a better year than last. Read more…

The Marlins answered the Mets’ ninth-inning rally with one of their own when Jorge Cantu ripped a two-out single off Darren O’Day to drive in the winning run. Read more…

Rafer Alston, who has explored every corner of the basketball universe in the last 10 years, is now the starting point guard for one of the N.B.A.’s best teams. Read more…

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the struggling Philadelphia 76ers, 102-92, to clinch the No. 1 playoff seed and home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference. Read more…

Mets Manager Jerry Manuel said he had been expecting to use the bullpen a lot early and was not surprised by his starters’ inability to pitch deeper into the game. Read more…

Rick Dutrow, who won last year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness with Big Brown, is hoping to attract attention this year with good showings at the Blue Grass Stakes and Arkansas Derby. Read more…

Matt Gilroy, a three-time all-American defenseman, earned the award on the eve of Saturday’s N.C.A.A. Division I title game, in which top-seeded Boston University will take on Miami (Ohio). Read more…