Irons to make National play debut
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Jeremy Irons is to make his debut at the National Theatre as former British prime minister Harold Macmillan.
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The Iron Bowl scenario is familiar: a clash of star tailbacks and unyielding defenses. For No. 2 Auburn, there's Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown and the nation's top scoring defense. Alabama, meanwhile, hopes the combination of Kenneth Darby and the No. 2 overall defense will be enough to win Saturday's Iron Bowl.
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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- With its highest preseason ranking in school history, No. 2 Wake Forest opens up a highly-anticipated campaign with a Preseason NIT first-round matchup at home vs.
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Kenny Irons helped the Auburn Tigers sidestep the opening day jitters that have plagued them in recent years.
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RENO, Nev. PGA Tour rookie Roland Thatcher shot a six-under-par 66 today to take the early lead in the clubhouse in the first round of the rain-delayed Reno-Tahoe Open.
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Plans are underway for the National Basketball Association's first outdoor game, a pre-season night matchup next October involving the Phoenix Suns, the Arizona Republic reported Friday.
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Andy Murray will make his return from injury at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington at the end of this month.
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It looks like Harvard has a lot of work to catch up on. That's because the Crimson open their season today by hosting Holy Cross (1-1, 1-0 Patriot League), which is playing its third game.
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With most of the game's top players already in Europe preparing for next week's British Open, Masters champion Zach Johnson is the headline act at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois.
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They aren't rookies in the traditional sense, but Zach Johnson, Angel Cabrera, and Padraig Harrington, all of whom will tee off today in Round 1 of the Deutsche Bank Championship, qualified as first-timers on the PGA Tour this year.
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Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons  will play former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in a new play  opening at London's National Theatre in March, the theatre  announced on Wednesday.
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Big-hitting American J.B. Holmes plans to learn as much as he can when he takes on Tiger Woods in the opening round of this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona.
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BETHESDA, Md.  -- Vijay Singh, K.J. Choi and Fred Funk plan to play in Tiger Woods' new event, the AT&T National, tournament officials announced Wednesday.
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Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Stuart Appleby and Lee Westwood shared the first round lead Thursday in South Africa&#39;s Nedbank Golf Challenge.
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World number one Vijay Singh will face Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer in the first round of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth on Thursday.
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South Africa&#39;s selectors called up two new players Tuesday when they announced a 13-man squad for the first cricket Test against England starting next week in Port Elizabeth.
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KOHLER, Wis.  - British Open champion Todd  Hamilton made the first significant move in the U.S. PGA  Championship final round Sunday as overnight pacesetter Vijay  Singh prepared for an afternoon tee-off.