EMBRUN, France Cadel Evans wore the yellow jersey as riders started Sunday's 15th stage of the Tour de France, which took the peloton into the Alps for the first of three grueling mountain stages. (More)

GREEN BAY, Wis. Brett Favre stuck to the script, declining to address his public rift with the Green Bay Packers in an appearance at Lambeau Field on Saturday. (More)

NEW YORK Katie Douglas and the Indiana Fever stole the spotlight - under the moonlight - from the New York Liberty in the WNBA's first outdoor game. (More)

STANFORD, Calif. Top-seeded Serena Williams injured her left knee and pulled out of the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday, becoming the third singles player on the U.S. Olympic women's tennis team with a knee injury. (More)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Give Paul Hamm a hand. And a plane ticket to Beijing. The Olympic champion will get to defend his title in China thanks to a performance Saturday that ended any doubt about whether his broken right hand has healed. (More)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. After finishing Friday and Saturday in second place at the State Farm Classic, Michelle Wie was one good round away from finally living up to her deep potential. (More)

SOUTHPORT, England Gusts that approached 50 mph required Greg Norman to manufacture shots from his 53-year-old memory Saturday in the British Open, which he called among the toughest tests he has ever faced in golf. It only got harder after he finished another chapter in this incredible script at Royal Birkdale. (More)

R.W. Eaks fired a nine-under 63 on Saturday to grab a three-shot lead heading into the final round of the 3M Championship. (More)

Landon Donovan scored his league-leading 12th goal in extra time as the Los Angeles Galaxy tied Red Bull New York, 2-2, on Saturday night in front of 46,754 fans at Giants Stadium. (More)

DENVER Scott Podsednik had three doubles among his four hits and two runs scored, and Jorge De La Rosa pitched six gritty innings to give the Colorado Rockies a 7-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. (More)

PHOENIX Dan Haren threw seven scoreless innings and Conor Jackson homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Saturday night. (More)

LOS ANGELES Laura Wilkinson and her diving partner Jessica Livingston lost their appeal Saturday to compete in 10-meter synchronized platform diving at the Beijing Olympics. (More)

CHICAGO Gil Meche and three relievers combined on a two-hitter while John Buck and Billy Butler homered Saturday night to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 9-1. (More)

ATLANTA John Lannan won his rookie matchup against Jair Jurrjens, Willie Harris continued his strong series against his former Atlanta teammates and the Washington Nationals rolled past the Braves, 8-2 on Saturday night. (More)

NEW WAVERLY, Texas Now it's official: Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone and Samantha Peszek are going to the Beijing Olympics. And they're bringing Bridget Sloan with them. (More)

MINNEAPOLIS Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau each went deep and drove in eight runs between them, as the Minnesota Twins heaped four home runs on their usual small-ball approach to beat the Texas Rangers 14-2 on Saturday night. (More)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Rookie All-Star Evan Longoria hit his first career grand slam during a five-run sixth and Matt Garza threw 7 2-3 scoreless innings to help the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays past the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Saturday night. (More)

Jamie McMurray won the pole for Saturday night's Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 200 Nationwide Series race at the Gateway International Raceway just outside St. Louis. The No.17 Roush Fenway Racing driver rounded the 1.25-mile oval in 33.809 seconds (133.101 m.p.h.). (More)

SAN FRANCISCO Rickie Weeks hit a two-run double to cap a four-run sixth inning, Prince Fielder homered and the Milwaukee Brewers remained unbeaten against the San Francisco Giants this season with an 8-5 win on Saturday. (More)

MIAMI Rookie catcher John Baker drove in four runs Saturday and hit one of three homers for the Florida Marlins, who tightened the race in the NL East by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5. (More)

SEATTLE One-time Seattle prospect Shin-Soo Choo homered and doubled in his first two at-bats, Jeremy Sowers picked up his first win of the season and the Cleveland Indians beat the Mariners 9-6 Saturday afternoon to snap a 10-game road losing streak. (More)

ST. LOUIS Albert Pujols had three hits and four RBIs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rally from five runs down to beat the sagging San Diego Padres 6-5 on Saturday. (More)

ANAHEIM, Calif. The scrappy Los Angeles Angels are showing they've got what it takes to beat the Boston Red Sox. (More)

NEW YORK A basement transformer fire has shut down the grandstand at Belmont Park. (More)

NEW YORK Jose Molina was hit by Lenny DiNardo's pitch with the bases loaded in the 12th inning, and the New York Yankees outlasted the Oakland Athletics for a 4-3 victory Saturday. (More)