The clock was about to reach 0:00, so the Liberty's Leilani Mitchell threw the ball toward the basket from 8 feet short of the midcourt line, a fling and a prayer.

There's no place like home for Noelle Quinn. Quinn is back in LosAngeles, where she first started dribbling a basketball.

Before training camp begins today, weekend plans for Sparks center Lisa Leslie included watching last year's WNBA playoffs.

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno said Tuesday that an incident involving marijuana found in an apartment rented to four Nittany Lions players has been "blown way out of proportion." Court documents say campus police called to the on-campus housing complex to break up a party the night of the Blue-White scrimmage April 25 discovered "marijuana ...

At 141 pounds, Finney won by decision over Bryan Smith of Florida in the three-round bout.

The Los Angeles Sparks have acquired guard Noelle Quinn from the Minnesota Lynx and traded guard Sidney Spencer to the New York Liberty.