In a season seventh-year head coach Keith Wilbur said was full of ups and downs, the women's water polo team proved to be a resilient unit capable of successfully facing challenges in its way. Throughout the 2009 campaign they battled

The Santa Clara men's tennis team has signed the No. 15 class nationally as ranked by tennisrecruiting.net. It's the team's highest nationally-ranked recruiting class ever.

Every boy growing up dreams of doing big things in life. Some want to be firefighters or doctors, some want to be astronauts or pilots, and some want to be professional athletes. It's those dreams that one must hold onto

Santa Clara's Miki Ueoka fired a five-under par 67 to lead the sectional qualifiers for the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Sectional Qualifier on Sunday at the Wailua Golf Course in Wailua, Hawaii. The top three spots advance to the

A bike-sharing program in Paris will scatter tens of thousands of two-wheelers (right) throughout the City of Lights for quick jaunts and rentals. , driven by hard economic times and fears of climate change. Photo:

With the NFL season the mere length of a typical Brett Favre retirement away, SC's Jeffrey Boswell peers through the looking glass at what appears to be an eventful 2009 season, including T.O. in Buffalo, Randy Moss in London, and

With both Game 1s going down to the wire in the NBA conference finals, SC's Scott Shepherd says it's too close to call the eventual conference champs. But with four of the best players in the league still playing, there

Only four teams remain in the Stanley Cup playoffs and surprisingly, no Sharks, no Capitals, no Bruins, but last year's finalists remain. SC's Andrew Jones explains why the Finals will be a rematch of the Penguins vs. Red Wings, and

Down 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings, the Chicago Blackhawks have their work cut-out for them if they hope to win the series. Win or lose, SC's Jonathan Hamelin believes the Blackhawks have a promising future and have learned some

As we are one round away from Cleveland Cavaliers/L.A. Lakers delirium in the NBA Finals, SC's Bill Hazell breaks down the chances of every NBA fan's dream come true. Should we hold our breath for King James vs. the Mamba?

After LeBron's heroics on Friday night, SC's Scott Shepherd couldn't help but reminisce back to some of the greatest shots of the past 10 years. See how LeBron's buzzer-beater stacks up against some more of the greatest shots in recent

Roland Garros has begun without Richard Gasquet, who was labeled the future champion of French tennis for over a decade. He is now facing a different type of battle after having tested positive for cocaine use. SC's Mert Ertunga takes

Tom Brady is back practicing with the New England Patriots.

The Edmonton Oilers have hired Pat Quinn as coach.

The NBA on Tuesday rescinded the flagrant foul against Orlando Magic guard Anthony Johnson for elbowing Cleveland's Mo Williams in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk were held out of practice by the Detroit Red Wings the day before Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

Blackhawks right wing Martin Havlat and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin have skipped the team's practice but were set to make the trip to Detroit for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

A basketball player missing his left hand has received a scholarship to play for Division I Manhattan College next season.

Cleveland Cavaliers center Ben Wallace is upset with Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy for accusing him of flopping.