AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Pat Burrell lined a go-ahead two-run homer into the left-field seats with two outs in the eighth inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Saturday. Chad Billingsley extended his scoreless innings streak to 21 2-3 spanning three starts, but the bullpen couldn’t [...]
AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — Two-a-days and wind sprints. Lugging heavy playbooks and checking into dorms. As NFL teams get going this weekend, take a long, hard look. This might be the end of training camp as we know it. Next year a work stoppage might affect camps. Then by 2012 the league’s owners [...]
SOUTHPORT, England — Yani Tseng shot her third straight 4-under 68 on Saturday, and will take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Women’s British Open. The 21-year-old star from Taiwan took advantage of the short, 472-yard, par-5 final hole by hitting an 8-iron to within 20 feet with her second shot. She [...]
AP Sports Writer LONG POND, Pa. — Pocono Raceway keeps taking hits. Often criticized by drivers for unnecessary 500-mile races and for clogging two spots on the Sprint Cup schedule, the 2 1/2-mile triangle track is now deemed by some unsafe after an accident in the June race involving Kasey Kahne. The rally cry of [...]
AP Sports Writer LATROBE, Pa. — His No. 7 hasn’t changed. Neither has his place in the offense. Ben Roethlisberger is the Steelers’ starting quarterback, and that was quickly evident during their first practice of training camp. What is different, teammate Hines Ward said, is Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger, whose image and popularity were badly damaged [...]
SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks have re-signed restricted free agent forward Devin Setoguchi to a one-year contract. The team announced the deal with the 23-year-old Setoguchi on Saturday. Setoguchi was tied for fourth on the team with 20 goals last season. He had 36 points in 70 games while playing mostly on the [...]
SANTA CLARA — Patrick Willis reported for training camp Saturday morning with a gleam in his eye and a glow reflecting from his hairless scalp. Starting nose tackle Aubrayo Franklin didn’t report at all. Franklin, the anchor of San Francisco’s 3-4 defensive scheme, is seeking a new contract and did not participate in any of [...]
AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants have acquired Javier Lopez from the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting the left-handed reliever they were looking for at the trade deadline. The Giants are sending right-hander Joe Martinez and outfielder John Bowker to the Pirates. San Francisco, which has missed the playoffs the past six seasons, [...]
AP Sports Writer NAPA — Lost in all the struggles by quarterback JaMarcus Russell and the passing game a year ago for the Oakland Raiders was the fact that the running game regressed as well. Once considered a major strength for the team, the Raiders’ running game has slipped from sixth-most productive in the league [...]
AP Sports Writer LONG POND, Pa. — Smoke was on a hot streak at the free-throw line. Tony Stewart, the pole-sitter for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway, got a chance to show his skills on the hardwood during a recent appeararnce at Syracuse University. He had teamed Wednesday with Orange coach Jim Boeheim [...]
AP Sports Writer OCEANPORT, N.J. — The Haskell Invitational never had it so good. “This,†beams Monmouth Park general manager Bob Kulina, “is the deepest field we’ve ever had.†No doubt, the $1 million Haskell not only helps kick off the second season for 3-year-olds following the grueling Triple Crown campaign, but the winner Sunday [...]
AP Baseball Writer Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox. Octavio Dotel, Rick Ankiel, Kyle Farnsworth, Chad Qualls and Ryan Theriot also joined [...]
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