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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) jumps over Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) during the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco. 49ers leading wide receiver Crabtree is not on the practice field for Wednesday afternoon's, May 22, 2013 organized team activity, though the team has provided no update regarding his absence amid reports he tore his Achilles tendon. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

WR Crabtree tears right Achilles tendon

The San Francisco 49ers suddenly have a huge void in their receiving corps as they chase another Super Bowl berth: Michael Crabtree is sidelined after surgery on his right Achilles tendon. San Francisco's leading wide receiver underwent surgery Wednesday, though the team is optimistic he will return at some point ...

Inaugural tournament cut to 54 holes

Stacy Lewis brings more value to the LPGA Tour that just her golf. Along with becoming the first American in 18 years to win LPGA player of the year, and then rising to No. 1 in the world for four weeks, Lewis had a direct hand in bringing two tournaments ...

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2012 file photo, Chicago Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher yells while watching from the bench in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, Tenn. Urlacher says he's retiring after spending 13 seasons with the Bears. The eight-time Pro Bowler announced his retirement through social media accounts Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Joe Howell, File)

Bears LB Urlacher announces his retirement

Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. And what a career it was: —Eight Pro Bowl seasons; —Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 —A trip to the Super Bowl as 2006 NFC ...

Portland Trailblazers' Damian Lillard represents his team during the NBA basketball draft lottery, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

NBA draft order set, so who goes No. 1?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on top of the NBA draft yet again, only this time there is no LeBron James waiting to save them. There may not even be a Kyrie Irving. The first big NBA draft question was answered Tuesday night when the Cavaliers won the lottery for the ...

FILE - This July 19, 2012 file photo shows Ernie Els of South Africa reacting to a putt on the 11th green at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship in Lytham St Annes, England. Els is ready to "play ball" even without a long putter. The four-time major champion, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, said Wednesday, May 22, 2013 that the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf's ruling bodies to ban anchoring and long-handled putters in 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

Clark future uncertain if tour follows anchor ban

Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke. "Man, this is getting really serious now," Clark said Wednesday from the Colonial. "You kind of deal with it and suddenly it's made, and you're like 'Wow.' It's tough." ...

Former U.S. Soccer national team captain Claudio Reyna, left, MLS Commissioner Don Garber, second from left, CEO of Manchester City Football Club Ferran Soriano, third from left, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, third from right, New York Yankees general manager Hal Steinbrenner, second from right, and Yankees president Randy Levine, gather for a photo-op after a press conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in New York.  Reyna was named director of football for the New York City Football Club, the 20th expansion team for Major League Soccer acquired through a partnership between MCFC and the New York Yankees.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Ex-US captain Reyna to direct NYC soccer team

A day after New York City FC was born, Claudio Reyna became the team's first employee. The former U.S. national team captain was hired Wednesday as NYCFC's director of football and tasked with the job of putting together an on-field staff and roster for Major League Soccer's 2015 season. "Successful ...

Minnesota Twins' Trevor Plouffe (24) is forced out at second base by Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla (26) on a Ryan Doumit (9) ground ball in the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Atlanta. Plouffe was injured on the play and left the field under his own power. Atlanta won 5-4 in ten innings. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Twins' Plouffe has concussion, on 7-day DL

The Minnesota Twins placed third baseman Trevor Plouffe on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion Wednesday after he was struck in the head by Dan Uggla's shin while breaking up an attempted double play. Plouffe was injured in the 10th inning of Tuesday night's 5-4 loss to the Atlanta ...

Richard Carrion declares IOC presidential bid

Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing to deploy IOC staff permanently in host cities to help organize the games. The 60-year-old Carrion, a banking executive who chairs ...

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Here's the latest news for Wednesday, May 22nd: Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces; Arias talks to media as jurors begin deliberating her fate; Anthony Weiner launches bid for NYC mayor; New York Rangers on brink of eliminatio...

San Jose Sharks' Justin Braun (61) collides with Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov (26), of Russia, during the third period in Game 4 of their second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. San Jose won 2-1.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Sharks hang on to beat Kings 2-1 and tie series

The San Jose Sharks barely held off the Los Angeles Kings at the end for a second straight home win. Now the job gets really tough: The Sharks know they need to end the home-team dominance if they have any chance of winning this second-round series. Brent Burns got San ...

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