The league’s Relocation Committee has unanimously recommended that the NBA Board of Governors deny the application of the Sacramento Kings to relocate to Seattle.

The Houston Rockets finally found a way to close out a game in their playoff series with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Backup quarterback Tim Tebow was waived by the Jets, the end of an embarrassingly unsuccessful one-season experiment in New York that produced more hype and headlines than production on the field.

Here they stay, for now.

July 18, 2006 Clay Bennett and a group of Oklahoma businessmen buy the Sonics and Storm for $350 million, pledging a "good-faith" effort...

Mat Latos outpitched Adam Wainwright, extending his scoreless innings streak to 17, and the Cincinnati Reds got an RBI apiece from Joey Votto and Xavier Paul in a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

More teachers in Seattle Public Schools have joined the protest against the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test.

Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo hit one of five home runs for Milwaukee, which went back-to-back twice in a 10-4 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.

ANZ Banking Group Ltd., one of Australia's largest banks, said Tuesday its half-year profit rose 7 percent as revenue from overseas grew.

Teachers at two more Seattle schools have joined the boycott of the exams known as the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP),  a protest that started this winter at Garfield High and resumed last week with the beginning of the spring testing period. At a news conference M

Heading to his locker to get dressed, Josh Smith griped a bit when told he would have to go to the podium for the second game in a row.

The Sri Lankan government is intensifying a crackdown on critics by sanctioning abuses often committed by security forces or their proxies, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was on display Monday during opening statements in his mother's wrongful death case against concert promoter AEG Live.

Europe's human rights court is expected to rule on the jailing of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, which has strained the former Soviet state's ties with Europe and the United States.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn defended his record on the Seattle Police Department against criticism from political rivals in one of the first major mayoral debates Monday night. With several of his challengers citing recent SPD troubles as a prime reason for running, McGinn rose to “set the recor

Monday's high school tennis results

Monday's high school water polo results

Michael Saunders homered in his first at-bat since he was activated from the disabled list and Joe Saunders pitched his eighth career complete game to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.

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