CLEVELAND -- Outside the Yankees' extended universe, the three most dreaded words in baseball are in play today: first-place Yankees. Loathed by many for spending oceans of money in an attempt to purchase championships, people in and out of the...

Jay Williams was just looking to have some fun playing the game he loves. The former Duke star and current ESPN college basketball analyst figured he’d enter the game at Dyckman, pass the ball around a bit, maybe knock down a few jumpers. But he didn’t expect the...

Patriots starting quarterback goes down, maybe for the season. Unknown backup steps in. At least when Tom Brady took over seven years ago, he had started in college. That's more than can be said about Matt Cassel, who seems up to the challenge anyway, Mike Freeman says.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A fluky goal with 67 seconds sent the Islanders to a 3-2 loss at the Wild last night, but coach Scott Gordon figures his załoga lost it long before Owen Nolan's scrambling goal. "I thought that we had some great chances that we ju...

ALTOONA, Pa. -- Wherever Stephen Strasburg's formidable right arm eventually takes him, the record books will always show his first professional win came April 11, 2010, in his minor league debut, at a krok with a rollercoaster looming beyond right field, in this town of 50,000 nestled in...