Regents OK A&M to look at realignment (AP)
Texas A&M is looking into joining the Southeastern Conference, and contemplating remaining in the Big 12. School President R. Bowen Loftin offered his first detailed comments Monday on the Aggies'...
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Thome goes deep twice to reach 600 HRs (AP)
Minnesota slugger Jim Thome become the eighth player to hit 600 home runs, connecting twice against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The 40-year-old Thome hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning for...
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Braves score 3 off Wilson to beat Giants (AP)
Freddie Freeman knew Brian Wilson had to throw a strike. He correctly guessed it'd come with heat. Freeman capped a three-run rally against Wilson, San Francisco's star closer, in the ninth with a...
View ArticleWinnipeg C Rypien found dead (AP)
Police say Winnipeg Jets center Rick Rypien has been found dead in his home. An official with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed Rypien's death on Monday, and said it wasn't suspicious. Rypien...
View ArticleRockies' Jacobs gets MLB's first HGH ban (AP)
Mike Jacobs is the first player suspended by Major League Baseball for a positive HGH test under the sport's minor league drug testing procedures. The 30-year-old minor league first baseman, who was in...
View ArticlePryor eligible for supplemental draft (AP)
Terrelle Pryor will have an opportunity to pursue his NFL dreams, with one significant caveat: The former Ohio State star must still pay for breaking NCAA rules while he was in college. The league...
View ArticleMcMahon part of concussion suit vs. NFL (AP)
Seven former players have sued the NFL in Philadelphia over concussion-related injuries, the first potential class-action lawsuit of its kind. The players accuse the league of failing to protect their...
View ArticleAuburn names Trotter starting QB (AP)
Barrett Trotter is Auburn's starting quarterback. Coach Gene Chizik said Thursday that Trotter will start the defending national champions' opener against Utah State. He beat out Clint Moseley and...
View ArticleRed Sox put Youkilis on DL with bad back (AP)
The Boston Red Sox have placed third baseman Kevin Youkilis on the disabled list because of a back injury and called up catching prospect Ryan Lavarnway from Triple-A Pawtucket. Red Sox manager Terry...
View ArticleReport: Miami booster had Tebow 'bounty' (AP)
Tim Tebow is amused and disturbed by reports there was a bounty on his head. The former Florida quarterback on Thursday laughed off a report that he was the target of a $5,000 bounty in 2008 from a...
View ArticleGeorgetown brawls with Chinese team (AP)
A wild brawl broke out between Georgetown and a Chinese men's basketball team Thursday night, putting an immediate end to a supposed goodwill game that coincided with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's...
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Dodgers' Kershaw halts Brewers' run at 6 (AP)
Every time Clayton Kershaw started to stray from the game plan, Dodgers catcher Rod Barajas called for the lefty's best pitch. "Whenever he felt like he was throwing too many breaking balls, we went...
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Raiders take Pryor in supplemental draft (AP)
The Oakland Raiders used a third-round pick Monday in the NFL's supplemental draft to select former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor. The Raiders and the league announced that Oakland used the...
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Woods considers adding event to schedule (AP)
Tiger Woods is thinking about adding another PGA Tour event to his schedule. Woods failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs that start this week in New Jersey for the top 125 players in the...
View ArticleHaynesworth pleads no contest to assault (AP)
NFL defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth pleaded no contest to a charge of simple assault on Monday to resolve a case in which he was accused of touching a waitress' breast while having drinks with...
View ArticlePhils' Rollins on DL, Polanco activated (AP)
Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a groin strain, and All-Star third baseman Placido Polanco has been activated from the DL. The moves were made before...
View ArticleBroncos QB Orton wins starting job (AP)
Denver Broncos coach John Fox has seen enough to name Kyle Orton his starting quarterback. What he hasn't determined is who's No. 2. Fox said Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn have two more preseason games to...
View ArticlePack's Zombo to miss 'significant' time (AP)
Frank Zombo is sidelined indefinitely after breaking one of his shoulder blades, leaving the Green Bay Packers with one less option at outside linebacker. The team has not established a specific...
View ArticleGolfer Holmes to have brain surgery (AP)
J.B. Holmes withdrew from The Barclays on Monday as he prepares to have brain surgery that will force him to miss the rest of the season. Holmes has been diagnosed with structural defects in the...
View ArticleCandlestick attack victims improving (AP)
The 49ers will ban tailgating in the parking lot of Candlestick Park after games start, and season ticket holders caught misbehaving on video will have their passes revoked in moves announced Monday...
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