AP - Quarterback Kevin Craft sparked UCLA's offense in the second half Monday night, and Kai Forbath kicked a 42-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Bruins to a 27-24 victory over No. 18 Tennessee, making coach Rick Neuheisel's debut a winning one.
AP - Cliff Lee became Cleveland's first 20-game winner in 34 years, pitching a five-hitter for his second career shutout to lead the Indians to a 5-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
AFP - American Mardy Fish matched his deepest run in any Grand Slam tournament by reaching the US Open quarter-finals with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 victory Monday over France's Gael Monfils.
AFP - Manchester City have made an audacious bid to sign Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov after Thaksin Shinawatra agreed to sell the club to a United Arab Emirates-based investment group.
AP - The Milwaukee Brewers want CC Sabathia to be awarded the first retroactive no-hitter in major league history. After Sabathia tossed a 1-hitter on Sunday in which the only hit was an infield single that could have been called an error, the Brewers vowed to send a DVD of the play to Major League Baseball, asking that the call be overturned.
AP - Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson, sidelined since Aug. 18 with a concussion, returned to practice and is expected to start Sunday's season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. -- read full article
AP - Mardy Fish sealed this deal, reaching the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open for the first time with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 32 Gael Monfils on Monday.
AP - Police say the son of Roger Clemens and two other minor league teammates were arrested and briefly jailed after a disturbance at a restaurant in Salem, Virginia. -- read full article
AP - Camilo Villegas has been on the PGA Tour for three years and has tried to stay patient. But it has been difficult lately for the 26-year-old Colombian to watch other young players hoisting a trophy.
AFP - Four-time defending champion Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round of the US Open while Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic was pressed to send off a stubborn teen challenger.
AP - Josh Smith bounced back from a rocky start with a 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and Colorado beat Colorado State 38-17 on Sunday night in what might have been their last game at Invesco Field.
AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari shrugged off the frustration of Chelsea's 1-1 draw against Tottenham by insisting his side are already in title-winning form.
AP - With all due respect to Mickey Mantle, Jim Thome's 536th career homer was more significant for what it did for the White Sox than what it meant for Thome's place among the game's great sluggers.