Stanford beat Washington 4-2 on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the Pac-12 men's team tennis championships.

Nate McLouth reached base four times and scored twice, Nick Markakis drove in two runs, and the Baltimore Orioles opened their longest road trip of the season by routing the Oakland Athletics 10-2 on Thursday night.

Here’s a poll asking Times’ readers  the best first-round draft pick in UW history:

Paul Goldschmidt's two-run home run in the fourth inning powered the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night.

Tampa Bay right-hander Jeremy Hellickson settled down after a rough first inning, but the Rays couldn't bounce back from the early deficit and the Chicago White Sox claimed a 5-2 victory on Thursday night.

Every game, someone different steps up for the Miami Heat. Well, someone different and that guy named LeBron. Ageless Ray Allen scored 23...

The Brooklyn Nets know why they're struggling to score against the Chicago Bulls. Now they just need to make it work while they're on the court.

Short on glam, slim on glitter, the NFL draft was still nothing less than a rock solid B-plus. As in Big, as in Brawn, as in Bulk, as in...

Every play near the basket looked like a traffic accident. There were long scoreless stretches. Shooting from outside was a dicey proposition.

Cuban pitcher Conrado Marrero celebrated his 102nd birthday Thursday at his modest Havana apartment, surrounded by family and friends.

EJ Manuel told himself he wasn't going to cry.

The Seahawks, of course, don’t have a first-round pick this year. You’ve probably heard that a million times by now, but it’s worth pointing out just one more time as the first round of the NFL draft is about to get underway. We’ll post some updates and thoughts as the blog u

Seahawks general manager John Schneider has made five draft-day trades in his three years. Not once did the Seahawks move forward in any of the deals. “We don’t really move up,” Schneider said. “I’m not going to say that. You never know, there may be a player that falls

The NFL Draft begins with the first round tonight at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Desmond Trufant is hoping — if not widely expected — to become the 20th UW alum taken in the first round (list is below). There are about a million mock drafts out there, and most have Trufant go

Washington’s Desmond Trufant was selected  in the first round of the NFL Draft tonight by the Atlanta Falcons, taken with the No. 22 overall pick. Here are a few quotes from Trufant, and some other stuff, from the Falcons’ web site. And here is coverage from the Atlanta Journal-Cons

Talk about wincing all the way to the bank. Baseball's three best-paid players this season — the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez and Derek...

It took awhile for the Minnesota Twins' offense to get going on Thursday night.

Luis Valbuena wasn't going to let the game go to extras.

Alabama's dominance once again carried over to the NFL draft.

With Monta Ellis still looking at his empty hands and the rest of the Milwaukee Bucks watching helplessly, LeBron James sprinted to the other end of the court and threw down a dunk.