Ricky Ponting left test cricket when, but not how, he wanted.

The last of his 287 test innings for Australia ended anticlimactically on Monday when he was caught from the bowling of South African left-arm spin-bowler Robin Peterson for eight runs.

The dismissal came just before lunch of the fourth

A day after a 16-13 overtime loss at St. Louis, Harbaugh accepted the blame for the fourth-quarter pitch that was fumbled by Kaepernick and led to Janoris Jenkins’s 2-yard fumble return for a touchdown and ensuing 2-point conversion that tied the game. Harbaugh did not call the play, but relayed

Bob Costas recognized that he was likely to be walking into a minefield with his commentary during halftime of the Sunday night National Football League game on NBC. Prompted by the horror of a  murder-suicide carried out the day before by a Kansas City Chiefs football player, Mr. Costas quoted

His teammate Roy Williams called him Megatron during Johnson’s rookie year in 2007 and it stuck. But in the midst of a season when he is threatening to break Jerry Rice’s record for receiving yards, it is worth wondering if the nickname fits.

The biggest issue with the name, it

When the shift in his position apparently caused his draft stock to fall because teams were not sure where he was best suited or whether he would fit at all, an undeterred Brown made sure to schedule his watch party to coincide with the later rounds. He warned family and

Roger Clemens moved to the Yankees from the Toronto Blue Jays before the 1999 season. The season before, Pedro Martinez was traded to the Boston Red Sox from the Montreal Expos. And David Cone was dealt to the Blue Jays from the Kansas City Royals after winning the 1994 award.