UCLA head basketball coach, Ben Howland, proved on Tuesday that persistence and hard work really do pay off. After a four-year courtship of highly touted prospect, Kevin Love, he got his man. Love verbally committed on Tuesday to go UCLA....

AFP - Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer revealed his side were using a novel training aid in a bid to get the team's batsmen ready to face England fast bowler Stephen Harmison in the second Test here at Old Trafford.

Brad Gilbert will be Andy Murray's new coach and work with the Lawn Tennis Association on other projects.

AP - Mack Brown has lost his star quarterback from a national championship team. Good thing the Texas coach still has his sense of humor.

AP - LeBron James already knew his name would be called when coach Mike Krzyzewski announced the U.S. national team's 15-man traveling roster Tuesday.

Former world number one tennis player Andy Roddick has employed Jimmy Connors to be his new coach. Roddick had terminated his previous coach Dean Goldfine last February. Connors, 53, who was a top-billed tennis player from 1974-77 says: "I never thought I would coach a player."...

AP - Mack Brown has lost his star quarterback from a national championship team. Good thing the Texas coach still has his sense of humor.

AP - Former Utah coach Rick Majerus turned down an offer to become an assistant to Denver Nuggets coach George Karl, the team said Tuesday.

AP - Former Croatian player Slaven Bilic was hired as the team's coach Tuesday, replacing Zlatko Kranjcar after a poor performance at the World Cup.

The USA basketball team's roster continues to thin out, even before coach Mike Krzyzewski begins making cuts. Kobe Bryant's knee injury is keeping him out of the World Championships, Lamar Odom's family situation will keep him away, and J.J. Redick's back will ground him. Shawn Marion is the...

Following his loss in the finals of the RCA Championships on Sunday to James Blake, Roddick sought the advice of one of the game's most legendary figures. Former tennis legend, Jimmy Connors, has agreed to start coaching Roddick....

AP - Andy Roddick has turned to Jimmy Connors to give his sputtering career a boost.

AP - Mike Krzyzewski's orange folder bulges with notes, diagrams, lists and more notes. He opens the folder and instantly snaps it shut, teasing a foreign reporter wondering whether the U.S. national team will play zone defense at next month's world championships.

AP - Mike Krzyzewski's orange folder bulges with notes, diagrams, lists and more notes. He opens the folder and instantly snaps it shut, teasing a foreign reporter wondering whether the U.S. national team will play zone defense at next month's world championships.

AP - The Brazilian soccer confederation hired former captain Dunga as coach of the national team Monday.

After finishing the last three seasons with 13 total wins, the Oakland Raiders are in need of a big change. Owner Al Davis, began the shake-up by bringing back former head coach, Art Shell, for a second go-round with the Raiders. Shell continued to make changes by declaring he will start at least...

Children in Reading First classrooms receive significantly more reading instruction and schools participating in the program are much more likely to have a reading coach, according to the Reading First Implementation Evaluation: Interim Report.

AP - Carlos Guillen tripled, doubled and singled, leading Nate Robertson and the Detroit Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

UCLA football coach Karl Dorrell agreed to a new five-year contract on Friday. The deal will run through the 2010 season and consists of guaranteed compensation of $850,000 per year plus a a bonus incentive package worth potentially $505,000....

Duke University announces John Danowski as the new coach for its men's lacrosse team. The longtime Hofstra coach takes over a program that has struggled under rape allegations against three of its players.