Manny Ramirez is trying to get the Los Angeles Dodgers into the playoffs, and looking forward to his future at the same time. Ramirez homered twice and the Dodgers ended an eight-game losing streak with a 6-2 victory over Dan Haren and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. “I play the game, go have fun,” [...]
The NFL suspended New England Patriots running back Kevin Faulk for the team’s opening game against the Kansas City Chiefs for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Faulk was also fined two game checks. Faulk’s suspension began Saturday. He will be eligible to return to the team Sept. 8, the day after New England’s opener [...]
CC Sabathia wasn’t as sharp as he has been for the Milwaukee Brewers the last time he faced the Pittsburgh Pirates, but has a chance to make up for that outing. Sabathia looks to remain perfect with his new club while trying to help the visiting Brewers complete their third straight series sweep of the [...]
It’s Kyle Busch — again. The 23-year-old NASCAR star was dominant Saturday night on the 2-mile oval at Auto Club Speedway, leading 144 of the 150 laps to race off with his seventh Nationwide Series victory of the season. Busch easily held off Sprint Cup rival Carl Edwards on a pair of late-race restarts, piling [...]
The Green Bay Packers made the tough decisions at running back Saturday but might have delayed for a day or two making another at linebacker as they reached the National Football League roster limit of 53 players. Vernand Morency and Noah Herron, both of whom once held the designation as “featured back” during their careers [...]
Jeff Suppan thinks his winning streak has as much to do with the Brewers’ recent success as it does his own mastery of opponents. Suppan won his fifth consecutive decision, Corey Hart and Mike Cameron homered, and the Milwaukee Brewers handed the Pittsburgh Pirates their ninth straight loss, 11-3 Saturday night. The Brewers improved to [...]
A hurricane has driven the Saints out of New Orleans again. They don’t plan on being gone nearly as long this time. With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast three years after Katrina swamped New Orleans, the Saints left Saturday for Indianapolis, where they will spend the week preparing for the Sept. 7 [...]
Jayson Werth homered twice, Ryan Howard hit his major league-leading 37th homer and the Philadelphia Phillies ended the Chicago Cubs’ seven-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory Saturday. Werth also hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the sixth for the Phillies, who got a nice effort from their bullpen and ended a three-game skid. Howard [...]
Offensive tackle Willie Anderson and running back Rudi Johnson lost their starting jobs with the Cincinnati Bengals during training camp. Now, they’ve lost their roster spots, too. The Bengals released Anderson and Johnson on Saturday as part of their moves to get to the 53-man roster limit. The 33-year-old Anderson was the most tenured Bengal, [...]
Felix Sabates has never been one to hide his true feelings. Whatever pops into his head comes out of his mouth. In many instances, I admire that characteristic in people. Far too many times, people say what they think others want to hear no matter if that is what they truly believe.Sabates is part owner [...]
