Beckham to retire from soccer at end of season

LONDON — David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that made him a global celebrity.

NFL reminds teams of anti-discrimination policy

NEW YORK —The NFL distributed a document to its teams Monday reiterating its anti-discrimination policy on sexual orientation.

NBA veteran Jason Collins comes out as gay

NBA veteran center Jason Collins has come out as gay.

Pat Summerall 1958

New York Giant coach Jim Lee Howell hugs Allen Pat Summerall in dressing room of Yankee Stadium after Giants defeated Baltimore Colts 24-21 in New York on Nov. 9, 1958. Summerall, with less than 3 minutes to play in game kicked 28-yard field goal to provide winning margin in the game. He als…

Pat Summerall 1958

Pat Summerall of the New York Football Giants boots from the 49-yard line, as quarterback Charley Conerly (42) holds, in a play good for three points-- margin of victory over Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium, New York, Dec. 14. The play, in the final two minutes of the game, followed anoth…

Time is now for UA Wildcat fans to buy Sweet 16 tickets

Optimistic UA Wildcat fans — or those who simply love college basketball — should be hunting for their Sweet 16 or Elite 8 tickets now, rather than later.

ASU's new Sparky gets torched

After weeks of backlash from students and alumni who dislike the new design of the school’s costumed mascot, Arizona State University officials are going back to the drawing board.

Owner of LA Lakers dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers’ playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships from the ‘80s Showtime dynasty to the Kobe Bryant era, died Monday, his assistant said.

Olympic’s “Blade Runner” charged in girlfriend’s killing

LONDON — The figure of Oscar Pistorius racing around the Olympic track with his carbon-fiber blades whipping through the air was one of the enduring images of the London Games.

Soccer: Danish soccer squad looks to keep run of World Cup appearances going by infusing youth

If the Danish national soccer team was a television personality, it would definitely be Bear Grylis.

Activists want Mexican soccer team to boycott Arizona game

PHOENIX — Immigrant activists want the Mexican national soccer team to boycott their Jan. 30 matchup against Denmark at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.

Stan Musial

Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinals' star, jokes with Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox slugger, as he visited him in his dressing room at Sarasota, Fla., March 15, 1946, before their exhibition game, which was rained out. Both were voted most valuable players in their respective leagues last season…

UA to add women's sand volleyball

Tucson has plenty of sand. Now it has sand volleyball.

Armstrong tells Oprah he doped

AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation says.

Cardinals fire coach Whisenhunt, GM Graves

TEMPE — The Arizona Cardinals have fired coach Ken Whisenhunt after six seasons that included the long-suffering franchise’s only Super Bowl appearance.

Notable passings of 2012

This 1971 file photo shows Detroit Lions' Alex Karras. Karras died Oct. 10, 2012, at age 77. (AP Photo/File)

Notable passings of 2012

In this Jan. 6, 1985, file photo, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Freddie Solomon (88) prepares for a handoff after lining up at quarterback during the NFL football NFC championship game against the Chicago Bears in San Francisco. Solomon has died at age 59. Solomon lived in Florida and ha…

Arizona Wildcats football: RB Jenkins to transfer

While his Arizona Wildcats celebrated Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl win over Nevada, Daniel Jenkins took a knee and stared at the University Stadium scoreboard.