RECENT SPORTS NEWS

• Ramirez might not be ready to play for A's May 30

  May 23, 2012

  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Manny Ramirez might not be ready to play for the Oakland Athletics by May 30 when his suspension ends.

• Dubinsky, Prust back in Rangers lineup for Game 5

  May 23, 2012

  NEW YORK (AP) - Brandon Dubinsky is back in the New York Rangers' lineup after missing 11 playoff games because of an injury to his right foot.

• Girardi noncommittal on his closer

  May 23, 2012

  NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees manager Joe Girardi will not commit to using David Robertson as his closer when the right-hander returns from a ribcage injury.

• Heat's LeBron James leads NBA all-defensive team

  May 23, 2012

  NEW YORK (AP) - NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James was the leading vote-getter for the league's all-defensive squad Wednesday, while Defensive Player of the Year Tyson Chandler didn't even crack the first team.

• I'll Have Another jogs at Belmont for 1st time

  May 23, 2012

  NEW YORK (AP) - Triple Crown contender I'll Have Another returned to the track for the first time since winning the Preakness with a jog around Belmont Park's 1 1-2-mile oval Wednesday.

• UK bans leaders who abuse rights from Olympics

  May 23, 2012

  LONDON (AP) - Britain will ban leaders guilty of human rights abuses from traveling to the U.K. for the 2012 London Olympics, a senior British official said Wednesday.

• Steelers RB Redman ready to carry heavy load

  May 23, 2012

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Isaac Redman says his journey from rookie free agent to NFL starter has changed the way he's received in his hometown of Paulsboro in southern New Jersey.

• Archery hits pop culture's bull's eye with movie

  May 23, 2012

  Two-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols' eyes light up with she talks about her sport finally climbing out of the shadows.

• Wrestlers to compete for Olympic spot in New York

  May 23, 2012

  NEW YORK (AP) - Three wrestlers will compete for the final spot on the U.S. Olympic men's freestyle team during an event in Times Square next month.

• Tennessee suspends Clear indefinitely after arrest

  May 23, 2012

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has suspended sophomore tight end Cameron Clear indefinitely after his arrest on a felony theft charge.