Hoopla for 2006 event begins
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Declaring, &quot;Boston, the ball is in your court,&quot; the NCAA yesterday tipped off an 18-month drive to pay for the 2006 Women's Final Four at the FleetCenter, which is expected to cost $2.3 million, with a ceremony at the State House.
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With an Olympics looming in Beijing, the world track and field championships that begin Saturday in Osaka, Japan, are a prologue. A look at some of the most intriguing events.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;s Olympic sports have begun to prepare for the Asian onslaught they expect when Beijing hosts the next Games in 2008.
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Thousands of fans gather at the K Club for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Ryder Cup.
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (Ticker) -- The world&#39;s top golfers team up with famous faces from the worlds of film and sport on Thursday for the start of the 2004 Dunhill Links championship.
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The good people of the Midwest hope you have been enjoying following the Big Dance, that high-stakes, hotly anticipated tournament taking place back east.
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The baseball playoffs begin, but this time each city team is dominant in its league. Nothing like this has happened since 1956, a year of magic.
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An announcement could come at the Tokyo Game Show later this month.
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It&#39;s the first of the festive season duels and it&#39;s one of high stakes and even higher interest. The two major videogame consoles, Sony&#39;s Playstation 2 (PS2) and Microsoft&#39;s Xbox, are involved in a multi-million
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Organisers of next year's key debates are planning to dispense with much of the old formula.
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The organization will let fans help call the shots on an upcoming pay-per-view event.
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The US Ryder Cup qualifying system has been revamped for 2006 after heavy criticism following the American team&#39;s thrashing by Europe in this year&#39;s event.
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World football&#39;s governing body, FIFA, will hold an event to mark the opening of the 2006 World Cup in Germany on the eve of the opening game, the organization&#39;s president, Sepp Blatter, announced yesterday.
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The celebration can&#39;t last long in the nation&#39;s capital. The real work is just beginning now that the Montreal Expos are on the way: The city government must race against time to approve funding for a new stadium.
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LONDON  - International broadcasters, environmental activists and some of the biggest names in pop music are in the starting blocks for one of the most ambitious global media events of all time.
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The southern hemisphere&#39;s Tri-nations and Super 12 rugby union competitions will be expanded from 2006, it was announced on Monday.
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By about 8:30 tonight, KeyArena may well host a celebration of Seattle&#39;s first major professional basketball sports championship in 25 years.