With fans chanting his name, David Beckham began his final home game before retirement as captain of Paris Saint-Germain.

Ken Venturi was a 14-year-old with a camera trying to get a picture of Byron Nelson when he first met the golfer who would become a mentor and dear friend.

Early Saturday morning, Shug McGaughey was walking back and forth in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico.

In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday _ exactly a week before the French Open starts.

Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics.

Witnesses in southwestern Virginia said a car drove into a crowd at a parade Saturday and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.

Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane, Wash., as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.

When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities _ a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress.

First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

Point guard George Hill will be a game-time decision as the Pacers try to close out the Knicks.

All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the Belmont Stakes on June 8. In the Preakness, Orb will be facing five horses he defeated in the Derby and three who did not run in the race.

Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback?

No tickets matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game so the jackpot rolled over to $550,000, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.

It's all about the odds.

From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city.

Boston's police department and mayor's office will conduct twin reviews of the response to last month's bombing of the Boston Marathon, police commissioner Ed Davis said Saturday.

A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature.

 

Fourteen years ago, then-Augusta Mayor Bob Young stood at the riverwalk announcing the start of the East Dis­trict Sports Festival – the prelude to the state’s Georgia Games.

Young pointed out the city’s progress as a sports destination. The Augusta Green­Jackets, a minor league baseball team, were thriving. The Augusta Lynx, a minor league hockey team, had just started to plenty of fanfare. And an arenafootball2 franchise, the Augusta Stallions, was on the way the following year.

“(Augusta) is the city that majors in minor sports,” Young said.

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