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  1. British boxer Amir Khan (L) and Ukranian boxer Andreas Kotelnik pose in Salford, northwest England, on July 15, 2009. Khan successfully stepped up a weight division to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title from Kotelnik with a unanimous points win here Saturday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)
    Amir Khan wins WBA light-welterweight title AFP - Sat Jul 18, 9:38 PM ET

    MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - Amir Khan is aspiring to be the next Manny Pacquiao after beating Andreas Kotelnik by a unanimous points decision to win his first world title at the MEN Arena here.

  2. Giants part owner Sue Burns dead at 58 AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

    SAN FRANCISCO - Sue Burns knew everybody at the ballpark — players, coaches, scouts, ushers and security guards — and they all knew her, a friendly fixture dressed in orange with a front-row seat.

  3. New overall leader and stage winner Alberto Contador of Spain reacts on the podium after the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Pontarlier, France and finish in Verbier, Switzerland, Sunday July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
    Contador wins 15th stage to take control of Tour AP - Sun Jul 19, 1:28 PM ET

    VERBIER, Switzerland - Lance Armstrong all but conceded the Tour de France on Sunday to his teammate and rival Alberto Contador after the Spaniard blew away the pack and seized the yellow jersey as the race entered the Alps.

  4. 81-year-old qualifies for NASCAR West series race AP - Sun Jul 19, 3:30 PM ET

    PORTLAND, Ore. - 81-year-old Hershel McGriff has become the oldest driver to take part in a national NASCAR series race after qualifying for a Camping World West Series event at Portland International Raceway.

  5. Giants owner Sue Burns dies of cancer Reuters - Sun Jul 19, 3:57 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sue Burns, principal owner of the San Francisco Giants, has died of cancer, the team said on Sunday. She was 58.

  6. Busch earns another Nationwide win AP - Sun Jul 19, 12:30 AM ET

    MADISON, Ill. - Kyle Busch continued his domination of the NASCAR Nationwide Series by sailing to victory in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night.

  7. San Diego Padres' Edgar Gonzalez grabs his head as Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba and home plate umpire Greg Gibson run to help him after Gonzalez was hit by a pitch during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 18, 2009, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
    Padres' Edgar Gonzalez in hospital after beaning AP - Sun Jul 19, 3:41 PM ET

    SAN DIEGO - Padres second baseman Edgar Gonzalez remained hospitalized Sunday with dizziness after he was he was hit in the head by a 93 mph pitch Saturday night.

  8. US golfer Stewart Cink celebrates winning the play-offs against US golfer Tom Watson on the 18th green, on the final day of the 138th British Open Championship at Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland. Watson's bid to make sporting history ended in heartbreak on Sunday as Cink emerged victorious from a play-off to deny his compatriot a sixth British Open title at the age of 59.(AFP/Peter Muhly)
    Stewart Cink wins British Open golf after play-off AFP - Sun Jul 19, 4:44 PM ET

    TURNBERRY, Scotland (AFP) - For Stewart Cink and his family it might be different but for everyone else, Turnberry 2009 will be remembered as the Open that Tom Watson and, to a lesser extent Lee Westwood, failed to win.

  9. Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay delivers against the Boston Red Sox during the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese)
    Halladay pitches 6-hitter, Blue Jays beat Red Sox AP - Sun Jul 19, 3:51 PM ET

    TORONTO - If this was Roy Halladay's final start for the Blue Jays, he made it a good one.

  10. Ron Hornaday Jr., crosses the finish line just ahead of Mike Skinner (5) to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky., Saturday, July 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
    Hornaday wins third straight NASCAR truck race AP - Sat Jul 18, 10:50 PM ET

    SPARTA, Ky. - Ron Hornaday Jr. knows he didn't have the fastest truck Saturday at Kentucky Speedway. What he did have was a lot of experience and a little luck.

  11. Lou Holtz, Notre Dame football coach 1986-1996 tips his cap, during the Hall of Famer Pep Rally Saturday July 18, 2009 in South Bend, Ind. Coaches and players were introduced and presented with their official Hall of Fame blazers. At far left is Mark May and far right antoher enshrinee Don McPherson. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)
    Holtz, Cooper, Aikman head Hall of Fame class AP - Sat Jul 18, 10:22 PM ET

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Lou Holtz and John Cooper were enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night wishing they had another team to lead out on the field.

  12. Philadelphia Phillies' J.A. Happ delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Florida Marlins, Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Land Shark Stadium in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
    Unbeaten Happ pitches Phils past Marlins 5-0 AP - Sun Jul 19, 5:15 PM ET

    MIAMI - Unbeaten rookie J.A. Happ won again, and so did the Philadelphia Phillies.

  13. Padres' Edgar Gonzalez leaves game after beaning AP - Sun Jul 19, 1:37 AM ET

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres' Edgar Gonzalez was helped off the field after he was hit in the head by a pitch in the sixth inning of Saturday night's game against the Colorado Rockies.

  14. Stewart Cink of the US reacts during a press conference, as the trophy is seen in front of him, after winning a playoff following the final round of the British Open Golf championship, at the Turnberry golf course, Scotland, Sunday, July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
    Cink beats Watson in playoff, wins British Open AP - 18 minutes ago

    TURNBERRY, Scotland - One putt from 8 feet was all that separated Tom Watson from a moment no one imagined possible until he was close enough to make it happen with one final stroke.

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