CINCINNATI — No. 1 for Aroldis Chapman. Eight and counting for his new team. The Cuban left-hander hit 103 mph on the radar gun during another sizzling inning Wednesday night, then got his first big-league win when the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 6-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that ...
NEW YORK — A.J. Burnett bounced back from an awful August by pitching six effective innings and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. The Yankees held their one-game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East. They'll go for a four-game sweep ...
ISTANBUL — In the political arena, Iran vs. the United States is a matchup that gets attention. In a basketball arena, not so much. “For me, it’s a normal game,” Iran captain Mahdi Kamrany said. The United States won it easily, earning a top seed in the knockout round of the world ...
The Big Ten's athletic directors got together on what was truly a conference call on Wednesday. The first thing Ohio State's Gene Smith did was open some accompanying e-mails that listed proposed Buckeyes football schedules for 2011 and 2012."I went straight to the end," Smith said, "and I was ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Brian Kelly's office balcony provides a sweeping view of Notre Dame football. Straight ahead, the practice field. To the right, Touchdown Jesus. In the distance, the stadium. Saturday afternoon against Purdue, Kelly's first game on the Irish sideline will also be the first time he ...
LOS ANGELES -- Frank McCourt had trouble recalling some details involving his purchase of a professional baseball team, but he was certain of one thing: he's the sole owner. On Wednesday, the 57-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers executive couldn't recall at his divorce trial if he had reviewed a business ...
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. (AP) - DeMarcus Love still remembers his first reaction to Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino's playbook. Love, then wrapping up his redshirt freshman season for the Razorbacks, was accustomed to running only a handful of different plays on the offensive line under previous coach ...
CLEVELAND — For the second straight game, Manny Ramirez watched from a few feet away as one of his new teammates hit a decisive home run. Claimed on waivers by Chicago for his renowned power, Ramirez provided only a bloop a single in his debut but he was on deck when Paul Konerko hit a three-run ...
Former Corona del Mar High tennis standouts Taylor Dent and Carsten Ball are both alive in men's singles at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York. Newport Beach resident Alexa Glatch is playing women's doubles. Dent, 29, beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 in his first-round match ...
LOS ANGELES -- Frank McCourt testified Tuesday in his divorce trial that a now-contested postnuptial agreement was his wife's idea to protect her assets from his creditors. McCourt, 57, took the stand late in the day and mostly recalled his conversations the weeks before he and his wife, former ...
