The 2011 U.S. Open singles champions will
earn a record $1.8 million apiece in September.

Teenager Christina McHale will be first
up for the United States when it faces host Germany in a best-of-five Fed Cup
Playoff this weekend.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will unveil their 2011
team for the first time in front of their home crowd this evening, not to
mention a new acquisition who's quite familiar with the team's upcoming
opponent.

A week into the new season and the San Francisco Giants
are quickly learning that it isn't easy being the king.

Fifth-seeded Shahar Peer and No. 6 seed
Yanina Wickmayer won their second round matches at the $721,000 Family Circle
Cup tennis event.

After being snubbed from its second class of
inductees, Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip were among those voted into the
next five-member class for the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Dale Inman,
Richie Evans and Glen Wood will...

Former champion Maria Sharapova and
last year's runner-up Vera Zvonareva were opening-day winners, while Wimbledon
champion Petra Kvitova came up a first-round upset victim Monday at the 2011
U.S. Open.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and five-
time champion Roger Federer were routine second-round winners Thursday at the
U.S. Open.

The New Orleans Saints placed kicker Garrett
Hartley on injured reserve Tuesday with a right hip problem.

World No. 1 and defending champion
Caroline Wozniacki highlighted Tuesday's second-round winners, while U.S.
Open champion Samantha Stosur was an upset victim at the $2.05 million Pan
Pacific Open tennis event.

Michael Vick did not practice for a second
consecutive day on Thursday because of broken ribs, and it's uncertain
whether the Philadelphia quarterback will be available when the Eagles visit
the New York Giants on Sunday night.

The New York Knicks attempt to avoid dropping their fourth
straight game when they entertain the Phoenix Suns tonight in the second
portion of a four-game homestand from Madison Square Garden.

Orlando will attempt to finish up a four-game road trip in
perfect fashion on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day when it visits historic
Madison Square Garden to take on a Knicks team that could be without star
forward Carmelo Anthony.

Old friends meet on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in D.C.
when Kevin McHale leads his Houston Rockets into the nation's capital to face
off with Flip Saunders and the Washington Wizards.