Yankees top Rays, go up 2 1/2 in AL East (AP)
Real fast, Nick Swisher and the New York Yankees got real comfortable against James Shields. Swisher homered to key a five-run burst in the first inning against Big Game James and the Yankees beat...
View ArticleTwins clinch AL Central title (AP)
No need for a 163rd game in the AL Central division this year. The Minnesota Twins have this baby wrapped up with plenty of time to spare. Denard Span's RBI-single highlighted a four-run eighth inning...
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Twins clinch AL Central title (AP)
The Minnesota Twins arrived at Target Field on Tuesday night with a magic number of two, a day game on Wednesday and their AL Central rivals from Chicago playing late into the night on the West Coast....
View ArticleNASCAR checking on Bowyer's winning car (AP)
NASCAR was taking a closer look at Clint Bowyer's race-winning car from New Hampshire on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the inspection process.
View ArticleEls elected to Hall of Fame on first try (AP)
Ernie Els has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in the first year he was on the ballot. Els, a three-time major champion from South Africa with 62 victories around the world, received 66...
View ArticleTorn ACL ends Patriots RB Faulk's season (AP)
New England running back Kevin Faulk says he'll miss the rest of the Patriots' season with a torn knee ligament. Faulk said Wednesday that he will undergo surgery for the injury to his right knee. He...
View ArticleDiamondbacks hire Towers as GM (AP)
The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired Kevin Towers as their next general manager. The team will hold an afternoon news conference to introduce Towers, who spent 14 seasons as GM in San Diego, building a...
View ArticleLiriano to start Twins' playoff opener (AP)
Francisco Liriano will get the start when Minnesota opens the AL playoffs next month, "He's been winging it pretty good," manager Ron Gardenhire said before Wednesday's game against Cleveland. Liriano...
View ArticleJets CB Revis out against Dolphins (AP)
Darrelle Revis will not play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night because of his strained left hamstring. After the All-Pro cornerback did not practice Wednesday, coach Rex Ryan said Revis would...
View ArticleJets' Edwards practices after DUI arrest (AP)
New York Jets receiver Braylon Edwards has apologized to his teammates, coaches, family and fans, a day after he was arrested for drunken driving. Edwards practiced with the Jets on Wednesday and later...
View ArticleAgent had deals in place for WR Jackson (AP)
Holdout wide receiver Vincent Jackson remains the property of the San Diego Chargers despite his agent saying he had deals in place with several teams before Wednesday's deadline. Agent Neil Schwartz...
View ArticlePhils win 10th straight, go up 6 games (AP)
Roy Oswalt watched Philadelphia's other two aces do their job, then he outdid them. Oswalt and a pair of relievers combined on a one-hitter and the NL East-leading Phillies beat Atlanta 1-0 Wednesday...
View ArticleTejada hits 300th HR, Padres reclaim 1st (AP)
Miguel Tejada snagged the ball from his 300th career home run, a milestone insignificant to him except that it helped San Diego reclaim first place in the topsy-turvy NL West race. Tejada's two-run...
View ArticleHatton loses license due to drug use (AP)
Former world champion Ricky Hatton was stripped of his boxer's license Thursday after he was found guilty of misconduct by the British Boxing Board of Control following newspaper revelations of drug...
View ArticleStern to Arenas: Stay mum about gun flap (AP)
Interested in hearing Gilbert Arenas describe the lessons he learned from serving time in a halfway house? Don't hold your breath. NBA commissioner David Stern has advised Arenas and the Washington...
View ArticleBlue Jays' Bautista hits 50th home run (AP)
Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 50th home run Thursday, a first-inning solo blast off Seattle Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez. Bautista is the 26th player in baseball history to reach...
View ArticleSMU out to make statement vs. No. 4 TCU (AP)
SMU coach June Jones is sending mixed messages about the significance of the Mustangs' home game against fourth-ranked TCU. He is probably doing that on purpose. Jones, in his third season trying to...
View ArticleSuzuki gets 10th straight 200-hit season (AP)
Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki became the first Major League Baseball player with 10 straight 200-hit seasons on Thursday, breaking his own record with a single to center in the fifth inning of the Mariners'...
View ArticleBautista's 50th HR lifts Jays by M's 1-0 (AP)
Jose Bautista drove in the only run with his major league-leading 50th homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Thursday. Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki also became the first player...
View ArticleNationals president Kasten to resign (AP)
Stan Kasten is leaving the Washington Nationals after 41/2 years as the team's president, announcing Thursday that he will resign at the end of the season. The Nationals are headed toward a third...
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