ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The home run was tangible evidence. Yet it wasn’t the only indication to Mark Teixeira that he is slowly emerging from a miserable start. “(Thursday) were the best four at-bats I had all year,’’ Teixeira said after the A’s edged the Yankees, 4-2, in Oakland...

In Junichi Tazawa’s first game with the majors, he was the first and the only pitcher who allowed any runs.

Believe this at your own risk. If he scores a touchdown on Sunday against the Giants, Chad Ocho Cinco says he'll do, well, nothing. "There won't be any celebrating right now," said Ocho Cinco, the Bengals receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson...

Though the N.B.A. may be out of reach, Len Chenfeld, a starzec at Poly Prep Country Day School, relentlessly pursues the chance to play at a higher level.

The first alert occurred in the second quarter when Jets kicker Mike Nugent was wide right on a 43-yard field goal attempt. That was from a distance Nugent usually pretty consistently makes. Perhaps it was just a miss-hit, a push right. No harm...