Usain Bolt is looking really confident, hoping to become the first 100-200 double gold medalist since Carl Lewis in 1984. Is there any way to stop him? The competition might have to revert to an old tactic: getting in his head.

Billy Wagner has more pain and swelling in his pitching elbow, and the New York Mets' All-Star closer is out indefinitely.

Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin has asked to be traded.

The Dodgers announced Tuesday that they have reacquired Greg Maddux and cash considerations from San Diego. The Padres will receive two minor league players to be named or cash considerations.

Josh Beckett's next start has been pushed back a few days while the Boston Red Sox try to determine the cause of lingering numbness in the his right hand.

Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski underwent bypass surgery in Boston on Tuesday.

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Peyton Manning made it to his first practice of the season Tuesday, then ended his self-imposed silence by saying he wanted to play in Indianapolis' first regular-season game Sept. 7 against Chicago.

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The Cincinnati Bengals re-signed Chris Henry, four months after they released the wide receiver following his fifth arrest since 2005.

Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics Opening Ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor.

Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will play for the gold medal in beach volleyball.

Browns quarterback Derek Anderson has a "mild" concussion, the result of a second-quarter sack in Monday's preseason loss to the Giants, a source told ESPN.com on Tuesday.

In a court document filed with a Canadian court last month, former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford asserted that Todd Bertuzzi acted in "direct disobedience" of Crawford's instructions prior to Bertuzzi's on-ice attack of Steve Moore in March 2004.

Three NASCAR tracks will swap dates on the 2009 Sprint Cup schedule released Tuesday.

Joe Horn got his wish Tuesday when the Atlanta Falcons granted the receiver his release, his agent, Ralph Vitolo, said.

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