Atlanta, GA (SportsNetwork.com) – Courtney Vandersloot provided the go-ahead jumper with 20.9 seconds remaining and the Chicago Sky edged the Atlanta Dream, 80-77, in the first game of their best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series. Angel McCoughtry scored nine straight Atlanta points, and her jumper put the Dream ahead 77-75 with …

Auburn, AL – Auburn, AL (SportsNetwork.com) – After saving their season with a thrilling road victory last week, the third-ranked Auburn Tigers will continue their quest for an SEC Western Division crown on Saturday afternoon when they host the Texas A&M Aggies at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The season started out fantastically …

IRVING, Texas – The Dallas Cowboys have waived running back Ryan Williams and receivers LaRon Byrd and Jamar Newsome while acquiring defensive end Lavar Edwards in a trade with Tennessee. Two of the team’s five seventh-round draft picks this year were waived Saturday, cornerback Terrance Mitchell and linebacker Will Smith. …

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz figures his team’s first game at Maryland will be a journey into the unknown — for about five minutes. Even though the Hawkeyes have never been to Byrd Stadium, they have no intention of taking a guided tour of the 64-year-old facility …

CASABLANCA – The strangest thing about Morocco’s multi-party elections this past Friday is America’s coolness toward them. While much of the Arab world is mired in bloody repression (Syria, Yemen), stalled transition (Egypt, Libya), and reform efforts lacking in credibility (Bahrain, Kuwait), a record number of Moroccan voters peacefully went …

If you take a serious look at our alternatives on immigration policy and dealing with the population of immigrants in the country illegally, we really do not have many choices. Mass deportation or policies designed to spark a mass exodus are clearly beyond the scope of reality. Moving an estimated …

This week Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Representative Sander Levin (D-Mich.) unveiled their American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act. They and their fellow Democrats are pushing to pass this legislation before Memorial Day. The bill is an economic disaster. It will destroy jobs and harm capital creation. Even in …

Conservatives, libertarians and other skeptics of big government across America have every reason to be suspicious that Beltway Republicans have yet to come to Jesus.Unfortunately, the 8,000-word “Pledge to America” released yesterday does little to allay those concerns. Notwithstanding many appealing passages and a sharp homage to the Constitution, the …

Liberals have become hysterical. Who can blame them? Just when things were going so well, their beloved leader has done the unthinkable – he has flopped. Not only has President Obama crashed in the polls, but he has managed to anger the right, the left and the center of the …

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a 2,000 page bill to give the federal government the power to micromanage the health care of every single American. The bill will no doubt pass. It will raise your taxes, steal your freedom, invade your privacy, and ration your health care. …