When it comes to making our kids happy, it can be easy for parents to overspend.

Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY , 005930.SE) said Sunday it had made inroads into Europe's next-generation network technology--also known as long-term evolution, or LTE--markets by signing a deal to provide LTE-related equipment to a U.K-based company.

Briann January posted a career-high 22 points and the Indiana Fever topped the Phoenix Mercury, 85-72, Saturday night.Katie Douglas added 16 points, while Jessica Davenport and Tamika Catchings both scored 12 for the Fever, who are 4-1 since the Olympic break

Simon Dawkins and Alan Gordon both scored twice as the San Jose Earthquakes downed the Colorado Rapids, 4-1, on Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium in MLS.Dawkins scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season and Gordon his 11th and 12th, second on the team to Chris Wondolowski

Denny Hamlin won Saturday night’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, a wild and crazy affair that had huge implications on the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.Hamlin became the 11th different winner in the last 11 races in one of the year’s most compelling events.

Seattle Sounders FC rode a hat trick from Fredy Montero to a comfortable road victory on Saturday, cruising past Chivas USA 6-2 at The Home Depot Center.Montero's recent form has been brilliant; the Colombian's first-ever Sounders hat trick gives him six goals in his last four games with the

Bristol Motor Speedway was entertaining again, and, if that is the best measurement, Saturday night’s Irwin Tools Night Race was a roaring success.Changes to the track’s surface over the summer played a role in changing the nature of the racing Saturday night as Denny Hamlin emerged as the winner.

Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer on the second pitch he saw in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform, and Andre Ethier tied a franchise record with his 10th straight hit in an 8-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.

Adrian Gonzalez appears happy to be back in the Golden State.Gonzalez smacked a three-run homer in his first official at-bat as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers in an 8-2 win over the Miami Marlins Saturday night