BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox clinched the AL East title on Friday night, getting seven strong innings from Jon Lester to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 and eliminate Tamp...
PITTSBURGH — It was a play, Jordy Mercer estimates, he makes “99 times out of a 100.”
That 100th time couldn’t have popped up in worse moment for the shortstop and his P...
LOUDON, N.H. — Ryan Newman used a track-record lap to fuel his run at a championship.
Newman set the New Hampshire Motor Speedway qualifying record with a lap of 136.497...
BEREA, Ohio — The cursive, decade-old tattoo on Willis McGahee’s neck reads “Guess Who’s Back.”
Briefly out of the league, he is indeed back again — this time with his f...
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco 49ers All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith was released from jail Friday after his pickup truck apparently struck a tree and he was arrested on s...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger called him the best tight end in the game, a sentiment echoed throughout the locker room.
However, Heath ...
You are the general manager of a football team about to play in a championship game. You have three spots left to fill on the roster and you need a quarterback, running ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pirates had a plan for Gerrit Cole when they drafted the hard-throwing right-hander with the top pick in the 2011 amateur draft.
They hoped Cole would d...
CHICAGO — Beau Bennett scored the lone goal in the shootout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins rebounded after giving up a two-goal lead to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 Thu...
PHILADELPHIA — This was one time Andy Reid didn’t mind being a big target.
The man in the bull’s-eye so often when he coached in Philadelphia was easy for Chiefs receive...
