RECENT SPORTS NEWS

  • Padres farmhand Tate reports to extended spring

    June 18, 2013

    SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Padres say minor league outfielder Donavan Tate has reported to extended spring training in Arizona.

  • Rangers' Kinsler gets stitches after collision

    June 18, 2013

    ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler is back on the field with stitches on his face and blood on his jersey after a vicious collision at home plate.

  • Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government

    June 18, 2013

    SAO PAULO (AP) - About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call a corrupt and inefficient government that has long ignored the demands of a growing middle class.

  • Mattingly's return to Yankee Stadium washed out

    June 18, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) - Back in the 1980s, when the New York Yankees were in a championship drought, there was one player most fans were inevitably drawn to.

  • Police visit home of Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez

    June 18, 2013

    NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.

  • Oly sprinter Campbell-Brown suspended amid probe

    June 18, 2013

    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Veronica Campbell-Brown's agent insists one of the cornerstones of Jamaica's wide-ranging sprint success ``is not a cheat,'' even though the test results read differently.

  • NL Capsules

    June 18, 2013

    ATLANTA (AP) - Zack Wheeler lived up the hype in his major league debut, pitching six scoreless innings to lead the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory over the first-place Atlanta Braves and a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday.

  • Rockies trade OF Young to Mets for RHP McHugh

    June 18, 2013

    ATLANTA (AP) - The New York Mets have traded right-hander Collin McHugh to the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Eric Young Jr.

  • Chivas USA youth player Chaves dies

    June 18, 2013

    CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Julio Chavez, a defender and captain of Chivas USA's Under-18 team, has died in an auto accident. He was 19.

  • AL Capsules

    June 18, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) - Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep.