MIAMI It didn't take long for rookie Jim Harbaugh to make adramatic impression.
On his first professional pass, Harbaugh hit Ron Morris for a65-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
Mike Tomczak's quarterbacking probably was better than the threepoints the Bears put on the scoreboard in the first half, and DougFlutie's probably was better than the …
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Browns built an early lead and held on for a 41-31 win Sunday that handed the Miami Dolphins a franchise-record ninth consecutive loss.
The Browns (3-3) scored on three of their first four possessions to go up 17-3 before Leigh Bodden intercepted a Cleo Lemon pass and quarterback Derek Anderson turned it into a 24-yard touchdown throw to Braylon Edwards on the very next play.
After the Dolphins (0-6) pulled within 27-24 in the third quarter, Anderson threw his second and third TD passes of the game to Edwards to put it out of reach.
Now Cleveland can go into its bye week with some peace of mind. After taking the week off, the Browns play …
A union official says construction workers are continuing with their strike that has crippled work on World Cup projects in South Africa.
National Union of Mineworkers spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said Monday that workers are holding out for a 13 percent pay increase. Employers have …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Milton Katz, a legal scholar who helped overseethe rebuilding of Europe after World War II as head of the MarshallPlan, has died. He was 87.
The cause of death was cardiac arrest. He died Wednesday nightat Beth Israel Hospital in Brookline, Mass.
Mr. Katz spent much of his career at Harvard Law School, wherehe began as a lecturer in 1939 and went on to help establish theinternational legal studies program he directed for 20 years.
During World War II, Mr. Katz served first as part of the WarProduction Board and the Combined Production and Resources Board andlater as a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve.
He spent a year as …
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Alistair Brownlee won his second successive world series triathlon in Kitzbuehel and took the lead in the overall standings on Saturday.
Brownlee, who won in Madrid two weeks ago, was first out of the water, tied for the lead after the cycle leg, then powered home on the run to beat second-placed Alexander Brukhankov of Russia by 44 seconds. Sven Riederer of Switzerland was third.
Brukhankov also moved into second overall, while Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee, Alistair's brother, didn't race and dropped to third and fourth after three …
Author Ishmael Beah has disputed newspaper reports that the best-selling memoir of his time as a child soldier contained inconsistencies, during an interview marking his first return to Sierra Leone since the book was published.
Beah defended his version of events in "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier," saying the 2007 book is based on personal recollection and was not a historical account.
"I decided to write because I wanted to shed light on this experience from my own personal point of view. I never claimed I was going to write a history of the war," he told The Associated Press Tuesday. "Only Ishmael Beah can tell his …
Children can get in for free to next Tuesday's Scottish Cupreplay between Celtic and the Dons in Glasgow.
Adults will pay just pounds15 after the clubs agreed to slashticket prices in the wake of the 10,909 attendance at Sunday's 1-1draw at Pittodrie which was the lowest for a clash between Aberdeenand one of the Old Firm for 77 years.
Dons managing director Duncan Fraser said: "Celtic and ourselvesare mindful of the fact it has been a costly period for our fans dueto a heavy programme of domestic and European games.
"It's hoped the reductions will make it easier for more fans tocome along.
"Children accompanied by an adult will get in free, on a one …
