Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel, a second-round draft pick out of Texas A&M in 2003, was killed after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving, police said Saturday.

Venus Williams has won her fifth Wimbledon singles title, beating sister Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 this morning at the All England Club.

The Tour de France began Saturday with a ride through flat country favoring sprinters, the opening stage of a three-week race trying to restore its luster after years of doping scandals.

The return of Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano trumped the soap opera setting of Jim Edmonds' homecoming and Albert Pujols' 300th home run.

The Astros ran their losing streak to four games Friday night, falling 6-2 to the Braves and back into last place in the National League Central Division.

The Lance Armstrong era of the Tour de France couldn't be more over. After the mighty Texan went seven-for-seven from 1999 through 2005, there will be no returning champion for a third consecutive year and thus no presumptive favorite as the world's most storied bike race makes its way for nearly 2,200 miles around the country.

In her first tournament as a pro, Stacy Lewis found herself atop the leader board at last weekend's U.S. Women's Open. The Woodlands High School product is leading the way for other young golfers making noise in the Houston area.

Wimbledon got the weekend it wanted, one for the ages by any measure. As history lurks at every turn, the All England Club will be crawling with royals — four of them wearing tennis whites.

The Comets aren't having the best luck this season, but they are finding ways to win lately. After starting 0-5, the Comets have surged to an 8-9 record heading into today's game against Sacramento at Reliant Arena.

Stacy Lewis birdied three of her first four holes Friday, then held on for a 3-under 69 at the LPGA Tour's NW Arkansas Championship.

Jaromir Jagr signed with a Russian team a day after his split with the New York Rangers, leaving the NHL after nearly two decades and returning to the club he joined during the 2004-05 lockout.

Michael Phelps set another world record to win the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Friday night.

Presented with an opportunity to make one last run at a title with storied Hendrick Motorsports, Mark Martin told his wife he couldn't risk passing it up and regretting it the rest of his life.

Brazilian standout and two-time FIFA soccer player of the year Ronaldinho headlines a list of international stars looking to kick their way to $1 million in cash and prizes at today's Free Kick Masters event at Reliant Stadium.

WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND — Liezel Huber's first Fourth of July as an American didn't go exactly as planned. Fireworks? Hardly.

Allyson Felix coasted to a victory in her 200-meter preliminary heat, leaving her three races away from earning the Olympic spot that pretty much seems preordained.

Abe Thompson scored in the 91st minute to help FC Dallas tie the Kansas City Wizards 1-1 on Friday night.

THIS is a story about an Olympic dream that won't end on the medal stand in Beijing. It's a story of pain and disappointment, but it's also the story of a remarkable young woman.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in their third consecutive Wimbledon final after commanding semifinal victories Friday.

The Lance Armstrong era of the Tour de France couldn't be more over. After the mighty Texan went seven-for-seven from 1999 through 2005, now, for the third consecutive year, there will be no returning champion and, thus, no presumptive favorite as the world's most famous bike race makes its way 2,100 miles around the country

Wimbledon got the weekend it wanted, a weekend one for ages by any measure. As history lurks at every turn, the All England Club will be crawling with royals – four of them wearing tennis whites.

Mark Martin is returning to NASCAR full time, agreeing to drive for powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports in a final effort to win a championship that has eluded him for 24 years.

Cullen Jones has set an American record in the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Slumping Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur was sent to the minors to work on his hitting, with his average having dropped to .234.

Dan Cook, the longtime San Antonio sports writer who popularized the phrase "the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings," has died. He was 81.

Brandon Backe has an 8.50 ERA in the first inning of his 18 starts, with opponents batting .354 and slugging .646 in the process. One way or another, these rocky starts keep happening on his watch, Steve Campbell writes.

Randy Moss became the latest athlete to cross into NASCAR when he announced Thursday he has purchased 50 percent of Morgan-Dollar Motorsports.

Gilbert Arenas is accepting less money from the Washington Wizards, invoking an attitude far, far removed from the world of his working-class fans.

Jeremy Wariner isn't invincible anymore — a point LaShawn Merritt proved once again Thursday night.

Raymond Domenech will remain France's soccer coach despite a first-round exit at last month's European Championship and will now have a chance to lead the team at the 2010 World Cup.

Nick Rimando stopped Brian Mullan's shot from inside the penalty box in the 84th minute, preserving Real Salt Lake's 0-0 tie with the Houston Dynamo on Thursday night.

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, a transfer target of Real Madrid, will have an ankle injury assessed by a specialist to determine whether the Portuguese winger requires surgery.

Paul Hamm tumbled on floor and did some work on pommel horse and high bar Thursday in Columbus, Ohio after an X-ray showed the broken bone in his right hand had healed enough to withstand doing gymnastics again.

Former Astro Andy Pettitte could be called to testify in Roger Clemens' federal defamation suit against Brian McNamee as part of the trainer's attempt to dismiss the case.

Quietly, oh so quietly, events are churning along in two areas of note — the future of Astros baseball on KTRH (740 AM) and the future of Chronicle columnists Ken Hoffman and Richard Justice on KGOW (1560 AM).

Mayor Mick Cornett was in a conference room waiting for a meeting to get started when city manager Jim Couch walked in and handed him a slip of paper with a single word on it: "Done."

After a five-year hiatus, the most celebrated sibling rivalry in sports reclaims tennis' center stage Saturday.

After Roy Oswalt gave an honest assessment of his strained left hip abductor during a brief chat with Astros manager Cecil Cooper, Oswalt's next scheduled start was pushed back until Tuesday.

Markus Naslund, the longtime captain of the Vancouver Canucks, left the Pacific Northwest club he'd spent 12 seasons with and agreed to terms Thursday with the New York Rangers on a two-year, $8 million deal.

In the first major stunner of the U.S. swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to make the Olympic team in the 200-meter breaststroke Thursday night.

Jackie Robinson was inducted Thursday into the College Baseball Foundation's Hall of Fame. Robinson, who in 1947 became the first black player in the major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers, was inducted as the foundation's second Vintage-Era Hall of Fame class.

SHANAY Briscoe's world is not unlike that of most 15-year-old girls. But there is one significant difference between the Cypress Christian junior-to-be and your average teenager. Briscoe is well on her way to being a world-class track and field athlete.

Steve Marino used to consider it a treat the few times he played Congressional as a teenager. It was a thrill on Thursday to play bogey-free in the first round of the AT&T National and shoot 5-under 65 for a one-shot lead.

Brandon Backe gave up three runs in the first inning and the Dodgers never looked back in a 5-2 win over the Astros in the series finale.

The head of cycling's world governing body believes it will take more than one scandal-free Tour de France to convince the public that cycling has beaten its doping problems.

In place of injured Olympian Tina Thompson, Sancho Lyttle had 15 points and 18 rebounds to help the Comets hold off a late rally to beat the winless Atlanta Dream 72-65 on Thursday night.

Insightful, humorous, colorful and brutally honest, Cook spent 57 years in the newspaper business 51 of those at the San Antonio Express-News. He also worked as a sportscaster at KENS-TV for 44 years.

In the first major stunner of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to make the Olympic team in the 200-meter breaststroke Thursday night.

Randy Moss became the latest athlete to cross into NASCAR when he announced Thursday he has purchased 50 percent of Morgan-Dollar Motorsports.

Brandon Backe gave up three runs in the first inning and the Dodgers never looked back in a 5-2 win over the Astros in the series finale.

Former Astro Andy Pettitte could be called to testify in Roger Clemens' federal defamation suit against Brian McNamee as part of the trainer's attempt to dismiss the case.

Defending champion Venus Williams has reached the Wimbledon final for the seventh time by beating Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Steroid paraphernalia turned over to federal investigators by the former trainer for Roger Clemens will test positive for the pitcher's DNA, according to a court filing by the trainer's lawyers.

Roy Oswalt will have his next start pushed back because of a hip abductor strain that forced him to leave Monday night's game early.

Brian McNamee asked a federal court late Wednesday to dismiss Roger Clemens' defamation lawsuit or move the case to New York.

Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

SuperLiga, national team call-ups for both the Beijing Olympics and World Cup qualifiers, and CONCACAF Champions League play are just some of the hurdles that await the lukewarm Dynamo for the second half of the MLS season.

If you hate delivering bad news to the boss, think how Ed Wade felt when he had to tell Drayton McLane that he'd wasted $3 million on Oscar Villarreal.

Jeff Kent provided all the run support the Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda needed to beat the Astros 4-1 before a crowd of 34,055.

Yao Ming has become a lottery pick, of sorts. The Rockets center is raffling a trip to the Beijing Olympics to raise money for his personal foundation, which he launched to help victims of the May 12 earthquake in China.