By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - March Madness, the United States' beloved betting holiday, reaches a crescendo on Monday when Houston face Florida after a thrilling men's final four that injected life into a tournament which largely stuck to th...

Washington Capitals forward Aliaksei Protas is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, head coach Spencer Carbery announced Sunday. Protas sustained the injury when a skate cut into his foot during the third period of the Capitals' 5-3 win o...

The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a flexor strain in his pitching elbow. Cortes is headed to the injured list due to a flexor strain for the second time in eight months. He returned from the ...

The Sunday afternoon MLB game between the Miami Marlins and Braves has been postponed due to inclement weather in the Atlanta area. The game has been rescheduled for Aug. 9 as part of a split doubleheader, making it a five-game series. The National L...

The Chicago White Sox reinstated outfielder Mike Tauchman from the 10-day injured list on Sunday. In a corresponding move, Chicago designated outfielder Travis Jankowski for assignment. Tauchman, 34, was put on the injured list March 27 (retroactive ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Grammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds with Western rock and pop influences as one half of the blind duo Amadou & Mariam, has died aged 70, the Malian governme...

By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -A half-century ago, in June 1975, "Jaws" swam into theaters, gave audiences a good scare and rewrote movie history. The shark thriller became the first summer blockbuster with a playbook that Hollywo...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean 'Diddy' Combs was hit with a new federal indictment on Friday charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking, court records showed. Combs, 55, had previously faced three criminal...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Audio streaming giant Spotify's royalty payments to artists from Nigeria and South Africa - its two biggest African markets - spiked to around $59 million last year as performers rode a wave of growing interest in music fro...

LONDON (Reuters) -British police charged actor-comedian Russell Brand with rape and a multiple counts of assault over a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005, a police statement on Friday said. Brand, 50, the former husband of U.S. pop singer Kat...