RECENT SPORTS NEWS

  • AL Capsules

    May 24, 2013

    DETROIT (AP) - Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Minnesota's Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out single, and that was the only hit the Detroit right-hander allowed in the Tigers' 6-0 victory over the Twins on Friday night.

  • Nationals' Espinosa has broken bone in right wrist

    May 24, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Danny Espinosa's .163 batting average makes a lot more sense. He's been playing with a broken wrist.

  • Johnson says no shave until Nats start hitting

    May 24, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Davey Johnson says he's giving up his razor until the Washington Nationals find their bats.

  • NL Capsules

    May 24, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Jordan Zimmermann became the National League's first eight-game winner, and the Washington Nationals followed a calamitous road trip with a winning start to a homestand, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 Friday night.

  • Late turnovers doom Heat in Game 2 loss, 97-93

    May 24, 2013

    MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James blamed one person after the Miami Heat let home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals slip from their hands.

  • Dodgers open homestand with 7-0 loss to Cardinals

    May 25, 2013

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Dodgers returned home and lost for the fifth time in seven games, with sluggers Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier going hitless in a combined six at-bats.

  • Kasten: 'I expect Donnie to be here a long time'

    May 25, 2013

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Don Mattingly isn't in immediate danger of being fired as manager of the last-place Los Angeles Dodgers, with team president Stan Kasten saying none of the players are asking for his dismissal, either.

  • Pacers steal Game 2 away from Heat in Miami, 97-93

    May 25, 2013

    MIAMI (AP) - David West was more than a little disappointed when the Indiana Pacers failed to make a defensive play at the end to win Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

  • Penguins oust Sens in five, reach Eastern finals

    May 25, 2013

    PITTSBURGH (AP) - Boston or the New York Rangers? To be honest, Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson doesn't think it matters who the Pittsburgh Penguins face in the Eastern Conference finals.

  • Kuchar leads Colonial without finishing 2nd round

    May 25, 2013

    FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Matt Kuchar got off to a tremendous start in his second round at the Colonial. There was the eagle putt that stopped just short on his first hole and the approach at No. 2 that actually went in before ricocheting out of the cup.