Rugby League

Geno Auriemma and Rick Pitino posed with their latest trophies, the crystal Winged Foot Award given annually to the coaches of Division I national championship basketball teams. And then they each marveled at how the other achieved his. Pitino, a...

I caught up with Louisville coach Rick Pitino, soon to be a Hall of Famer, at the New York Athletic Club, where he and Geno Auriemma were getting their Winged Foot Awards, and got his thoughts on the new league, UConn, etc. His Cardinals will be...

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods Wednesday for saying he would have ''fried chicken'' at dinner with Woods. Garcia was at an awards dinner Tuesday night and was asked if he would have Woods over for dinner during the U.S. Open. They have been at...

These items were taken from Orland Park and Will County police reports. Orland Park A 51-year-old Orland Park man was arrested in the 12100 block of Edgewood Drive about 10:20 p.m. May 7 on charges of drunken driving after he allegedly left the...

SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Code-hopping fullback Israel Folau thinks that as a relatively unknown quantity in rugby union he might be able to catch the British and Irish Lions on the hop if he gets the chance to pull on a Wallabies shirt in a test match....

Jeff Attinella spent his childhood growing up in Clearwater. He got his first start with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers against the Minnesota United FC on Saturday at Lockhart Stadium just days after being loaned to the club by Real Salt Lake of MLS. "I...

SANDY, Utah — Mike Magee and Charlie Rugg scored early in the first half, and the Galaxy coasted to a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Brian Rowe became the first goalkeeper to earn a shutout in his MLS debut for the Galaxy (4-1-...

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, May 12 (Reuters) - Quade Cooper's chances of playing flyhalf for Australia against the touring British and Irish Lions look to have strengthened following a polished display for Super Rugby's Queensland Reds, while injury and...

Bail was set at $250,000 today for a 56-year-old Blue Island man charged with possessing child pornography and an illegal weapon, authorities said. Kirk Watson was arrested Thursday by Blue Island police at his home on the 2600 block of Grove Street,...

How strange to be sitting at lunch at the site of the old Meadowlark Airport with the man whose name will be forever intertwined with it. For years I've read about Yukio "Dick" Nerio, who purchased the airport in 1947. But it was his son Art Nerio...

The James Beard Foundation Awards -- the Academy Awards of the food world -- were distributed Monday night in New York, and it was a victory for women but a shutout for Southern California. The winner for outstanding chef, the last award in a long,...

SYDNEY, May 4 (Reuters) - Code-hopper Isreal Folau plans to extend his rugby union career after another standout performance for the New South Wales Waratahs boosted his chances of a Wallabies call-up for the British and Irish Lions series. The former...