Chuck McKinley

BOXING—CARLOS DeLEON of Puerto Rico retained his WBC cruiserweight title with an eighth-round TKO of Michael Greer of the United States in Giardini Naxos, Italy. It was DeLeon's 34th victory against four losses in...

That's the U.S. Davis Cup team, a bunch of goodwill ambassadors who would rather quit than fight

The U.S. had a plan for defending the Davis Cup: give Roy Emerson his two singles matches and win the rest. But Australia's Fred Stolle beat Dennis Ralston and started the cup on its return trip down under

BOATING—ALBERT FAY of Houston sailed Flame across the finish line one minute ahead of Norway's Fred Olsen in the final race to capture the Gold Cup for 5.5s in Sandhamn, Sweden. It was the second Gold Cup victory for...

Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle, in disfavor down under since February, are back in the Davis Cup picture after a Wimbledon performance that may yet prove the racket to be mightier than the sword