Steelers defense controls Bengals in 27-10 win
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals - with or without Chad Ocho Cinco....

Even with Iverson, Celtics blow away Pistons 98-80
BOSTON (AP) -- The Allen Iverson trade looked good for the Pistons when they handed the Lakers their first loss of the season and snapped Cleveland's eight-game winning streak....

DeShawn Sims scores 18, Michigan upsets No. 4 UCLA
NEW YORK (AP) -- Showing poise down the stretch and playing stellar defense, Michigan pulled off its first win over a top-five team in 11 years....

Phillies Utley (hip), Feliz (back) to have surgery
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular season....

Bengals don't elaborate on Ocho Cinco deactivation
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Cincinnati Bengals failed to explain why Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, was held out for violating team rules during their 27-10 loss in Pittsburgh on Thursday night....

Obama makes video pitch for 2016 Chicago Olympics
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago....

Sorenstam 3-over after 9 holes, may miss cut
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Annika Sorenstam has enjoyed plenty of great rounds at Trump International, a course where she won three times in a four-year span earlier this decade....

Georgia Tech ruins Miami's return to the rankings
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hold off on Miami's return to national prominence. The Hurricanes ran into a huge roadblock: Georgia Tech's triple-option offense....

Bryant, Radmanovic lead Lakers past Suns 105-92
PHOENIX (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 24 points and Vladimir Radmanovic made all five of his 3-pointers to lead the Los Angeles Lakers past the Phoenix Suns, 105-92 on Thursday night....

Yankees control shifts to Steinbrenner's son Hal
NEW YORK (AP) -- For more than three decades, George Steinbrenner's imprints were all over the New York Yankees....