BALTIMORE (AP) - Terry Francona nearly carved a path into the infield grass at Camden Yards while walking from the dugout to the mound.

Melky Cabrera hits his run-scoring double against the Mariners in the eighth inning as the Yankees defeated Seattle to extend their winning streak.

Suspended from a crane , a construction worker rescues a woman who fell into a river from a boat in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The body of a man who had also been in the boat was found downriver.

Chiavon: He (Joe Dumars) won the Title. Any talk about how Joe should be fired, he shouldn't be a GM, yadda yadda. … Has Dumars made mistakes?

SAN DIEGO -- "Breaking the ice" is the phrase second baseman David Eckstein used to describe an RBI double by Will Venable in the seventh inning Tuesday against the Astros.

MILWAUKEE - Jerry Manuel plans to give David Wright Wednesday's matinee off against the Brewers, even if it leaves an already depleted lineup naked.

BETHESDA, Md. - The grounds of Congressional Country Club appear to be bursting at the seams this week. Ropes, fences, hospitality tents, grandstands, portable toilets, and refreshment stands dot the landscape ...

CLEVELAND -- Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye drove in two runs apiece, Chicago chased Cleveland ace Cliff Lee in the fourth inning, and the White Sox pounded the miserable Indians, 11-4, Tuesday night in a game called in the seventh inning because of ...

Matt Cain didn't fare well in his latest attempt to win his 10th game. Facing the struggling St. Louis Cardinals might help him finally accomplish that feat.

By Darron Cummings, AP By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Time will tell whether Tony George will be remembered more for dividing open-wheel racing by founding the Indy Racing League in 1996 or for unifying the sport last year, but his body of work goes beyond ...

LOS ANGELES -- No one with a bat could slow Rockies pitcher Jason Marquis on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. But a rumbling-voiced man with a thick gray beard in a red shirt and overalls, who took his position in front of ...

Polanco, for all the luminous descriptions he has earned, probably will never be known as a power hitter. But both homers that Pujols hit Tuesday night off the Giants' Randy Johnson - soon-to-be ...

By Frank Dell'Apa and Marc J. Spears Eddie House decided yesterday against free agency and will remain with the Celtics next season, according to his agent, Mark Bartelstein.

Lance Stephenson, the former Lincoln basketball star whose future has been complicated by a sexual harassment case and questions about his amateur status, has ended months of speculation by finally deciding on a college ...

Ron Artest and his agent are confident that the Rockets have the depth and roster flexibility to make moves without stepping back to rebuild.

MIAMI | Nobody owns the Washington Nationals on a team level like the Florida Marlins. And nobody owns them on an individual level like Hanley Ramirez.

The blazers at the All England Club were hoping that Andy Murray's criticism of their £80 million roof was no more than a player looking for an excuse.

July 1 - free agency day - is one of the NHL's most exciting days, especially for fans who look at life through the prism of a rotisserie league.

With the Sox leading, 10-6, in the eighth, Matt Wieters tagged out George Kottaras, a run that became crucial in the Sox' collapse.

By David O'Brien Martin Prado played like a (utility) man on a mission Tuesday night for the Braves, and in the end he won more than just a 10-inning game against the Philadelphia Phillies.