Serena Williams' absence from tennis could stretch to almost a year after two new health scares _ a blood clot in her lungs followed by a hematoma _ have added to her injury woes.

Tennis star Serena Williams underwent "emergency treatment" Monday, days after doctors discovered a blood clot in her lungs, People magazine reported.

Chris Perez runs his fingers through the thickening facial growth and tugs at one of baseball's best beards.
Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado says she was paid $1 million to perform for members of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's "clan" in 2007, but she now intends to donate the money to charity.
The brains behind social-networking company Ning have launched a new venture, a smart-phone communication tool called Mogwee.
The New York Jets are trimming some salary and some veterans from their roster.

The joke in NASCAR has long been that most races are scripted to satisfy the suits in the scoring tower high above the track. If it were true _ and, to be clear, it's not _ then NASCAR needs to give its writers a raise.

As much competition as there is at the Academy Awards, Oscar night on Twitter is far more cacophonous.

Luke Donald looked out from his hotel room and saw Dove Mountain covered in snow Sunday morning, not the conditions he would expect in the hours before the Match Play Championship final against Martin Kaymer.