WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings and Ryan Zimmerman homered twice to help the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Friday ...
PHILADELPHIA — Pete Mackanin got a contract extension when the Philadelphia Phillies were scuffling and lost his job after they turned it around.
Mackanin is out as mana...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook is staying with the Thunder.
The superstar point guard and reigning NBA MVP has signed a contract extension to remain in Oklahoma City,...
Poor tackling doomed unit against Bears
PITTSBURGH — Like any defensive coordinator worth his gameplan, Keith Butler knew what was coming.
So when the man in charge of g...
WASHINGTON — The NL East champion Washington Nationals began their last — and meaningless — series of the regular season without a sore Bryce Harper and with a blown sav...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes, and the injury-riddled Green Bay Packers converted three turnovers into scores in an eventful 35-14 victory ...
Commissioner, owners, players talk future plans
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell held a round-table meeting with roughly 25 owners, league executive...
QB says sputtering offense is on him
PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger has a pretty good idea what’s wrong with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense. Him.
“The quarterback need...
The wake-up calls for Dwyane Wade were coming at 5:45 a.m. for much of the summer. An hour or so later, he and LeBron James would be in the gym together working on their...
ST. LOUIS — Addison Russell hit a three-run homer and John Lackey pitched six strong innings as the Chicago Cubs clinched their second consecutive National League Centra...
