Rashard’s riches: Despite leading Magic to finals, Lewis can’t shake talk about big contract

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rashard Lewis is an All-Star and his team is in the NBA finals.

Stephen Strasburg sees no use in studying past No. 1 failures, plans to relax during talks

WASHINGTON — Relaxation is on Stephen Strasburg’s agenda for the summer. History, apparently, is not.

Labor talks begin with the NFL and union starting with preliminaries

NEW YORK — The NFL and its players’ union opened talks Wednesday in a bid to avoid a work stoppage in 2011, when the current labor contract expires.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has no timetable for new labor talks, just wants fair agreement

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Headed into contract talks with the players’ union, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says there is no timetable to reach a new agreement.

Cleveland’s special season ends in disappointment as Cavs bounced from NBA playoffs

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — In the end, the greatest season in Cleveland Cavaliers’ history, the one supposed to end in a title triumph, was like all the others.