Cubs batters bludgeon Bucs at PNC
PITTSBURGH — A day after cautioning his team that this is no time to sit around, Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella got plenty of product...
Hartwig wins center's job
PITTSBURGH — Receiver-kick returner Jeremy Bloom, the former World Cup skiing star and two-time Olympian, was among three players in the Pittsbu...
NEW YORK — It was at last year's U.S. Open that James Blake finally won a five-set match.
Maybe now he's starting to get the hang of it.
The No. 9 seed had to work past ...
BEIJING — What fencer Mariel Zagunis started, Dwyane Wade and the "Redeem Team" finished.
In between, Michael Phelps and the rest of the U.S. delegation put on one heck ...
SONOMA, Calif. — Helio Castroneves didn't want to let Team Penske down.
Five days after one of the team's trucks caught fire during the long trek from its race shop in N...
Hardy RBI single difference in 12th
MILWAUKEE — J.J. Hardy's patience was wearing thin in extra innings, but he waited — exactly one more pitch.
Hardy drove in the winnin...
Steelers, Vikings prove stingy in preseason tussle
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's defense hasn't lost its edge without Mike Tomlin.
The Vikings kept the pressure on Ben Roethl...
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Rather than give Matt Ryan a few games to watch from the sideline, the Falcons decided on Sunday to throw the rookie into the fire as their starter...
Olympics success bolsters country's rulers, serves as jolt to U.S.
BEIJING — China's grand Olympic performance will raise the standing of the ruling Communist Party at ho...
MILWAUKEE — Dave Bush seems to always struggle in the opening innings. Good thing a run or two doesn't matter to these Brewers.
Bush rebounded from another slow start to...
