Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne is still working on finding sponsors for his Sprint Cup and Nationwide cars. Read more

New Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre will miss at least the first week of spring training games, and likely more after that, because of a bothersome right calf strain. The Rangers want to be cautious with their key offseason acquisition after an MRI showed an overstretching muscle but no tear. Read more

The NCAA placed the California men’s basketball program on two years probation Friday for making more than 300 impermissible recruiting phone calls. The Division I Committee on Infractions added only a few small penalties on top of what the school had already self-imposed after quickly reporting the 365 calls made shortly after coach Mike Montgomery [...]

Novak Djokovic will put his unbeaten record in 2011 on the line against Roger Federer in the Dubai Championships final on Saturday. Federer maintained his dominance over Richard Gasquet of France with a 6-2, 7-5 victory in the seminal Friday. Djokovic beat a hobbling Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, whose thigh injury forced him [...]

The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder weren’t content with just being top-tier playoff contenders, swapping starters in a surprising deadline deal. The Celtics sent center Kendrick Perkins to Oklahoma City and acquired forward Jeff Green and center Nenad Krstic on Thursday, causing a shuffle in the frontcourt for the Thunder. Read more