The one aspect of golf that, in my mind, elevates it above other sports is a simple thing: Enjoying the game doesn't depend on the skill level of who you're playing with.

Eamon Sullivan, who broke the world 100-metre freestyle record in the semifinals at Beijing but finished second in the final, said Phelps was able to break Mark Spitz's record of seven golds at one Olympics through good fortune.

A decision by Mats Sundin regarding his NHL future might not come until after the regular season has started. That's the word his agent, J.P. Barry, gave to the Vancouver Sun newspaper.

After clearing customs at Pearson, Carlos Ruiz hopped a cab to BMO Field to meet his new Toronto FC teammates, then travelled two more hours to a team retreat at Blue Mountain resort. And he was happy to do it.

Boston have firmly entrenched themselves as the team to beat for the American League's wild-card spot, and the defending champions still have great World Series odds.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been about as listless as a team can be over the past couple of weeks but the Arizona Diamondbacks haven't exactly been much better.

Chicago wants to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and local organizers wasted no time touting the support of one of the world's biggest names in sports: gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps.

USC fell short of the BCS title game thanks to an upset to lowly Stanford, while Ohio State have been trounced in the past two BCS title games by teams from the SEC (Florida and LSU), but that has not stopped oddsmakers from putting them at the top.

Tim Robbins loves the New York Rangers but has recently been given one less thing to love about the team - they weren't able to re-sign pest Sean Avery this summer.

It is that intolerable time of year for NHL fans. It's all about waiting: For Peter Forsberg's feet to heal, for Bryan McCabe to be traded to Florida, for Mats Sundin to make up his mind.