AP - With Brett Favre's standoff with the Green Bay Packers still simmering, Aaron Rodgers took his place as the starting quarterback in the team's first training camp practice Monday morning.
AFP - Rafael Nadal lifted Spanish hopes of a dramatic change at the top of world tennis with his Toronto Masters victory on Sunday, the same day countryman Carlos Sastre won cycling's Tour de France.
AFP - Securing a first Olympic title will be a tougher job than the World Cup, Brazil's coach Dunga said Sunday, and insisted his young team was up to the task of football gold at the Beijing Games.
AP - Even after his induction was complete and the crowd had wandered off, Rich "Goose" Gossage was still trying to come to grips with his new status as a Hall of Famer.
AP - Chad Johnson had nothing to say when he reported for training camp Sunday, ending the Cincinnati Bengals' offseason drama with a pillow under his arm and a leave-me-alone look on his face. -- read full article
AP - It's one of the biggest events of the year at a venue intended to help NASCAR showcase its racing. Instead, Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway left everyone apologizing to the fans for what could only be called a fiasco.
AP - Brett Favre didn't report to the Green Bay Packers' training camp Sunday, temporarily easing tensions in the three-time MVP's ongoing standoff with the team.
AP - The David Ortiz-Manny Ramirez combo struck again — though for the first time in a while — shifting the focus from Ramirez's talk about being traded by the Red Sox and helping to end the Yankees' eight-game winning streak with a 9-2 victory Sunday night.
AP - Helen Alfredsson won the Evian Masters in a playoff Sunday, earning her first LPGA Tour title in five years by defeating rookie Na Yeon Choi at the third extra hole.
AFP - Roger Federer moves into the ATP Masters Series event starting here Monday downshifting to survival mode as Rafael Nadal chips away at his world number one ranking.
